Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Telephones, Broadband and Mobiles => Topic started by: mamion on June 13, 2019, 21:42:23 PM
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Hi, as always I need a little help, we are due to fly out in all just under 6 weeks, and where we are staying does not have wifi. We need access for our granddaughter to be able to facetime home, she has down syndrome so will need to see who shes speaking to. Anyway, long story short last time we came out we were loaned a wifi dongle by a wonderful person so long as we added credit, and returned it as we received it which we did. We thought this year as we come so often we should invest in one. Please could someone tell me how we would go about this, where would we get one from, an approx cost and could we set it up using just mobile phones or tablet?
Thank you for reading and any advice you can give us.
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I advise avoiding Turkish sim cards - use a pay as you go UK Vodafone sim, Vodafone are the only UK network who include Turkey as one of the free to use countries.
You can buy a dongle but any iphone or ipad can be used as a personal hotspot - it's quite easily set up in settings (but shout if you need any help).
Buy a sim just before you go, it will arrive in around 4 days. Keep an eye out for special deals on data on the vodafone website. At the end of the month you can simply chuck the sim away and get a new one next time.
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Choose a 30 day one then cancel at the end of the month: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/shop/bundles-and-sims/sim-only-data-bundles/
Or a Pay As You Go Sim with data: https://freesim.vodafone.co.uk/
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Another alternative is to go on ebay or amazon and purchase a data-only sim card with preloaded data if you don't need calls or texts. I use them in my mifi device to share data with my kids. When you've exhausted the data (or less likely, time has run out), then throw it away and use the next one. No contract, no credit or address/utility bills checks, etc.
Easy-peasy.
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Interesting option hornedfrog, would you mind posting a link or two for these?
Cheers!
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£15.29
EE PAYG Triple SIM Card Preloaded with 6 GB of 4GEE Data
Lasts for 90 days after activation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/EE-PAYG-Triple-Card-Preloaded/dp/B013EBUPDI/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3PL4UZQUD8ZWI&keywords=data+only+sim+card&qid=1560507524&s=gateway&sprefix=data+only+%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-4
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But for Turkey? I understood EE works in EU but not Turkey.
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This one then,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vodafone-V-Sim-Connected-Tracking-Devices/dp/B07D3XPFHC/ref=asc_df_B07D3XPFHC/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=311059984004&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12772667254050532911&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046480&hvtargid=aud-545671390501:pla-530253736986&psc=1&th=1&psc=1
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Interesting, thank you, although it will mean getting phones unlocked etc, I'll have a chat with my daughter see what she thinks about it! Thank you for your help and advice very much appreciated. See you in a little over 5 weeks 8) ;D 8) ;D xxx
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There's also the ebay choice https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.Xdata+sim.TRS0&_nkw=data+sim&_sacat=0
I've used both...there's a Vodafone sim 50Gb for around £20 but you need to look carefully...you can't buy a "phone" sim to put into a data-only device like a mifi; they'll cancel it if you're caught.
I'd check both Amazon and ebay; sellers are nearly always on both but you'll find they'll sometimes put offers on to make their sales quotas on one platform.
Good luck and pm me if you want to discuss.
Dale
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But again, only the Vodafone ones allow use in Turkey.
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I have a Dongle which Iv not used for good few years now
You are more then welcome to have it for nothing for your daughter if it’s still any use as in I honestly can’t rem how it all works like does it need unlocking etc or can you just take it to a shop and top it up?
I think it’s a vodaphone one...
Il did it out tomorrow and have a look at it .
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(https://i.postimg.cc/BjqzQ9hH/CC1-DB294-99-DA-48-F2-A908-82-FF212-B2-EA4.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BjqzQ9hH)
This is what I have I don’t have a laptop here anymore to plug it into to try out.
If any members can shed some light as in can u still top it up etc?
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Thank you sooooo much karenina, I'll show my daughter this when I see her in the week, as I'm not sure if she has a USB port on her tablet, but I'll get back to you as soon as I've shown her. Thank you again xxxx
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Your very welcome to it if any good ooh I don’t think tablets have a USB port...
If it’s no good the phone shop by old Meri Bar in Calis I’m sure folk have recommended the guy in there for WiFi stuff...
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you n can buy a j
vinn from any phone shop which i top up every time i come over
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https://www.voxi.co.uk/
Try this, it’s a Vodafone company so you get all the same benefits + endless social media
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After our recent move I was informed TT didn't have a spare internet module near the apartment.
I went into one of the shops just passed the PTT and was shown a "Mobile Wifi" unit. 15.5 GB.
600 tl for the unit, 90 for the sim and 60 for the 15.5 gb.
Where ever you are , as long as you have it near, you have your own personal WiFi.