[Plone-conference] SIM card with data

Dylan Jay djay at pretaweb.com
Sun Sep 29 21:03:22 UTC 2013


In this case I had a CPF and they preferred to use my passport. go figure.

Dylan Jay

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On 29/09/2013, at 4:29 PM, Mikko Ohtamaa <mikko at opensourcehacker.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I think there exist a process to activate Brazilian SIM cards for foreigners, but shops are reclutant to do it because 1) they don't know how (a rare event) 2) a lot of manual work for them.
> 
> So if you go to a random shop, don't expect they can serve you only with passport. 
> 
> -Mikko
> 
> 
> On 29 September 2013 20:57, Dylan Jay <djay at pretaweb.com> wrote:
> So it turns out you don't need a cpf number. Get a sim from americanas
> department store. Take it to a TIM shop and they will activate it
> using your passport.
> 
> Dylan Jay
> Technical solution manager
> PretaWeb 99552830
> 
> On 27/09/2013, at 3:43 PM, Patrick Gerken <gerken at patrick-gerken.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > i've got two working sims with tim pre.
> > While you can buy these cards without needing a CPF, you need a CPF to
> > activate them. You have to enter a number for for activation (*144#)
> > then you have to enter a CPF, and after that they ask you if you want to
> > receive spam. 2 stands for no.
> > I did not try to enter a random CPF, but I had to enter the CPF three
> > times because of some server problems, so there must be some form of
> > online check happening.
> > I've filed the form to apply for a CPF online, but I didn't try to get
> > one yet.
> > Unfortunately, the form is only in portuguese. They ask some strange
> > things like in which part of the city you live.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> >        Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> > On 19.09.2013 13:48, Davi Lima wrote:
> >> I believe TIM has one of the best prepaid data plans, called "Infinity
> >> Pré": http://www.tim.com.br/se/para-voce/planos/pre-pago/-infinity-pre
> >>
> >> You pay R$ 0,50 for each day you do download some bits. There's no
> >> bandwidth limit but if you use more than 10MB per day
> >> you connection speed downgrades itself to 2G. Unlimited SMS is
> >> provided in the same manner: if you send just one SMS then you're
> >> charged R$ 0,50 and you can send as many SMS as you can in that day.
> >>
> >> Calls for other TIMs numbers are very cheap too: R$ 0,25 per call,
> >> even across cities. If your friend doesn't have a TIM but a non-mobile
> >> number you pay R$ 0,60 per call. If it's a non-TIM mobile prices are
> >> not as cheap (ie: charges per minute).
> >>
> >> Cya!
> >> Davi
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/9/19 Nejc Zupan <nejc.zupan at gmail.com <mailto:nejc.zupan at gmail.com>>
> >>
> >>    Hey all,
> >>
> >>    can anyone recommend which provider to get a prepaid SIM card with
> >>    data from?
> >>
> >>
> >>    Thanks,
> >>    Nejc Zupan
> >>
> >>    M: +386 (0)40 730 735
> >>    E: nejc.zupan at gmail.com <mailto:nejc.zupan at gmail.com>
> >>
> >>    www.niteoweb.com <http://www.niteoweb.com/> |
> >>    www.mladipodjetnik.si
> >>    <http://www.mladipodjetnik.si> | www.eestec.net
> >>    <http://www.eestec.net/>
> >>
> >>
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