city02 63 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 got a lovely birthday gift from my wife but its not really usable without a sim if i want a prepaid - which operator has the best speeds in mumbai [eastern suburbs]? my default is airtel since the shop is close to home but that's obviously not a good criteria despite being a loyal rcom customer since 2003 i had to eliminate the gsm since they don't offer prepaid at all with any micro sim the cheapest postpaid plan starts at rs 750 monthly unlike airtel that starts at rs 100 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarun_kabra 204 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 they don't offer prepaid at all with any micro sim I don't think you need to buy Micro Sim specifically. You can buy any normal sim and get it cut to fit in iPad/iPhone4. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 i have been using prepaid Micro sim from BSNL got it for 25/- it has a special plan 999/- unlimited use and 5xx/- for 6-8 GB once activated it comes with 6GB data prepaid. speed is very good - it comes in pre / post paid both Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@mitJ@in 256 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 RCOM GSM should be good. There are specific iPad 2 plans in RCOM GSM. Rs.799 - 5GB, Rs.1199 - 10GB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city02 63 Report post Posted November 21, 2011 RCOM GSM should be good. There are specific iPad 2 plans in RCOM GSM. Rs.799 - 5GB, Rs.1199 - 10GB as i already mentioned above: they don't offer prepaid at all with any micro sim the cheapest postpaid plan starts at Rs. 750 monthly unlike airtel that starts at Rs. 100 vodafone had prepaid but again too expensive like rcom very few major operators seem to have rs. 100 - 200 prepaid recharge / top-up offers for data only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted November 21, 2011 vodafone had prepaid but again too expensive like rcom very few major operators seem to have rs. 100 - 200 prepaid recharge / top-up offers for data only Vodafone has double the data offers for 3G this month... Which shall be continued as normal offer later on i presume.. See the details in image.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted November 21, 2011 Update: BSNL has closed unlimited ipad plans from 1st nov - i think because i downloaded 54 GB since 26th oct (yes thats right) Rcom - GSM has a double data offer in MP-CG may be they have it there its not in there site but i have a pamphlet of the offer. Vodafone has a offer if you give them your old USB 3g stick (any) they will give you new one in that there is a top plan of pay once 10,000/- and unlimited for 1 year - i am getting more details by evening, you can use this sim on ipad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inception 75 Report post Posted November 21, 2011 very much waiting for BSNL upgrades its bandwidth on wired broadband plans. If UL750 turns to offer 1Mbps unlimited, I would consider buying a tablet with WiFi/no 3G! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city02 63 Report post Posted November 22, 2011 i have an old rcom data stick [black usb] ec1260 will this work for vodafone exchange? though 10 k for a year seems like a lot for low users i hardly expect to cross 5-10 gb in that period mainly FB [over 3/4th] and occasional email [5-10% of the total usage] Update: BSNL has closed unlimited ipad plans from 1st nov - i think because i downloaded 54 GB since 26th oct (yes thats right) Rcom - GSM has a double data offer in MP-CG may be they have it there its not in there site but i have a pamphlet of the offer. Vodafone has a offer if you give them your old USB 3g stick (any) they will give you new one in that there is a top plan of pay once 10,000/- and unlimited for 1 year - i am getting more details by evening, you can use this sim on ipad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted November 22, 2011 ^^^ yes it will work for exchange, but it's not a unlimited plan got to know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city02 63 Report post Posted November 23, 2011 OK, i got the airtel SIM inserted into the iPad its a huge pain to remove the 'tray' for the sim i was kind of shocked at how hard it was given that apple is world famous for its usability and good design the tray itself is very flimsy and will break easily if you push too hard during sim insertion there does not seem to be any way to get a replacement of course despite the micro sim being activated on a handset the pad still can't get data access going does anyone know what settings are needed for airtel 3g? i'm so used to putting in a sim and everything working instantly that the pad has been a big let down of course all the hype about apple has not helped either in setting expectations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genius 817 Report post Posted November 23, 2011 You need to feed apn manually I guess! In network settings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city02 63 Report post Posted November 25, 2011 yes, we had to google it: airtelgprs.com so stupid that airtel did not give this info up front i hate the 20 mb limit on 3g downloads set by apple! this should be determined by the operator instead not to mention no itunes to add insult to injury i also wish we could have 'folders' instead of just screenfuls of icons or categories like games, utilities, news, social, etc is there any benefit to 'jailbreaking' my ipad? will the 20mb download limit go away? i also can't find any free app to track my lost device this is my 1st apple product and the user interface left much to be desired... wi fi notifications can't be filtered - all or nothing but i would prefer an 'ignore' option for each network encountered instead there should be some local caching of app store and web pages since 3g is quite slow in the eastern suburbs its the same speed as cdma 2g as far as i can tell even if there is to be an arbitrary limit on download size, the apps should mention the size BEFORE we click on them and wait 10-20 sec to find out its too big! also could not change the date format from mm/dd to dd/mm its correctly detecting the 'region' as india in the settings You need to feed apn manually I guess! In network settings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
