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Q: For God sake, tell me which sim card I should buy !
I need to buy a sim card which receives all kind of calls for free with fixed call rate in all provinces. I travel a lot and I found out that I've changed my phone number 4 times, 'cause mobile shops claim to sell me the right sim but once I change the province I ran out of balance immediately !
13 years 31 weeks ago in Money & Banking - China
TBH, I'm not sure you can unless you get some sort of special plan. As you've noticed, the sim cards appear to be linked to a province... so, once you're out of that province (or not dialing into that province, you get charged a fortune...).
If your Chinese isn't up to it, take a translator (and expect to get disappointed...)
China unicoms plans are ok, they are prepaid but charged monthly from 20 something rmb per month and up, and if you are on a A or B plan they are the same rate nation wide, A has more data B has more calling, C gives you loads of minutes but is city based. International calls require a deposit of 500rmb. recieving calls is free.
