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Originally Posted by lynex123
Bro nono,
appreciate a lot your help with all detail answers. Just a quick question, about the SIM. do you mean actually there are other sims which are cheaper and lesser days?
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I am actually not sure what are ALL the available packages for all Indo Telco services,hehehe...there are too many (its gonna take me ages to translate and figure out,hehehe...).
BUT, I think I did saw some adverts on M1 ,Starhub and Singtel sim card selling at Harbour Front which anyone could use it in Malaysia, Indonesia etc at about S$5/S$8 that comes with roaming and a few hundred megabytes of data free (to be use in some Asian countries).
There's one thing I notice in this thread,whenever anyone advise newbies to buy a simple sim card in Batam for data (usually the mention price is 10k rupiah to 50k rupiah), BUT from reading their FRs and reviews,i notice most if not all ,ends up buying 100k rupiah sim (there are others who even end up topping more money after their 100k rupiah sim card purchase, worrying themselves that they might not have enough).
Now, i put myself in the shoe of a sim card seller. I see a tourist walking into my shop asking for a 10k sim card (or anything under 50k),will I sell that to him/her? (even if I have the stock) Hehehe...I will try to sell him/her the 100k one obviously and even ask him to top up more.
Another angle of view,will batam locals buy sim card at places where there are many tourist? Or at tourist spot? Obvious answer...right?
Yes ,here's yet another angle of view from a tourist's perspective. Will he/she spend time in Batam to hunt around for a 10k (or anything under 50k) sim card? Hehehe... unlikely too, right?
Standing from a Sillyporean perspective (as myself),what are my options?
1. Buy a S$5/S$8 pre-paid sim card in Singapore (or activate the data passport thingy on post paid sim card). Singtel,M1 and Starhub all have such.
2. Don't rely on internet upon stepping out of hotel by doing my own homework beforehand.
3. Have someone (which I knew in person) brought me to a place where I can figure out my options for a sim card (which will again, takes time). Not a compulsory on this one tho.
4. Read the respective Indonesia Telco website info to find out more (which I did).
So,my solution/s would be as in my below reply :
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Originally Posted by lynex123
or do you mean i should all together dont get any sim card since i am just there for less than 36hours?
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Hehehe...most of what I said here would be myself putting in another person's shoe (and sometime trying my best to get into his mentality) to think and later source for the best solution that most suit me.
My answer is Yes,there is No Need to get a sim card if a Batam newbie is gonna be staying around for only 2D1N or maybe even 3D2N, UNLESS he would be coming back in the next 30 days or so.
Its just too time consuming to get all the right information on their telco (as it changes all the time too) and unproductive. Worse is, if one do not understand Bahasa Indo like myself.
Do some homework, copy down the maps here and set up itinerary to note down those places one wish to go. Avoid over planning and being too ambitious (I think you are already having those mindset). And you are ready to step into the island,just as anyone would do if he/she goes to Sentosa island,hehehe...
Enjoy your next Batam trip.