Ordering a Saunalahti SIM from my home country

[Pursuivant]

Prepaid SIM's working abroad... mmmm... used to be NOT... these days... MAYBE...

Avaamme ensi vaiheessa yhteydet Suomen lähialueilla Virossa, Ruotsissa, Liettuassa ja Latviassa sekä suosituissa matkailumaissa Isossa-Britanniassa ja Sveitsissä. Kevään aikana maita on tulossa lisää ja tavoitteena on, että heinäkuuhun mennessä Saunalahti Prepaidiä voi käyttää 20 - 30 maassa.

In any case, you pay your ass off.

[menene]

It's stupid because as I explained in the first post I made:

1. The SIM might not work in your country.
2. If it does, it'll still cost a fortune to do anything.
3. You don't need a number already that badly. You said you were months away from coming here.
4. In my experience Saunalahti sucks.
5. You can buy one for less than a packet of chips in the airport in Helsinki. It can be the first thing you do.
6. You basically need a friend inside Finland who will send you the SIM.
7. Activating it in your country might not work because it may not activate over a roaming network.
8. It's a stupid idea.
9. It's a stupid idea.
10. Stop jumping-the-gun and wait until you get here.

Actually I'm coming the 21th August and all those problems can be solved, as you said, having a friend who can buy, activate and send it to me. It's ok if there's no other way to do that.

You will keep saying my idea is stupid because you don't understand my problem with the current contract, but I'd recommend you to re-read and try to understand that it's a real need and otherwise I have to waste too much time and money cancelling the current contract, and I'd like to avoid that.

[Kutittaa]

Get a new contract with your phone then in your OWN country. Or simply WAIT until you come to Finland. If you use your phone that much there is something wrong with you and you're missing out on life. I might have spent 385€ on a Galaxy S 2 but I only got it so I had something stable that I could get email, use facebook and etc. on without a hassle. I barely touch my phone these days and it's been 5 months and I still haven't gotten a bill from DNA because I've sent 2 text messages since I've been here and made 1 phone call. I use VoIP for everything else.

[menene]

Get a new contract with your phone then in your OWN country. Or simply WAIT until you come to Finland. If you use your phone that much there is something wrong with you and you're missing out on life. I might have spent 385€ on a Galaxy S 2 but I only got it so I had something stable that I could get email, use facebook and etc. on without a hassle. I barely touch my phone these days and it's been 5 months and I still haven't gotten a bill from DNA because I've sent 2 text messages since I've been here and made 1 phone call. I use VoIP for everything else.

Definitely you did not understand my problem. This is the last time I try to explain it for you. Otherwise you can start again with your personal attacks, I won't reply anymore.

1) I have a local phone number in my country. OK?
2) I have many accounts (not only internet accounts, but most of them) linked to that number.
3) Since I am moving there and have a new number (having the old one cancelled), I have to change all the linked accounts.
4) When changing a phone number of an account, they usually send a SMS to the old (current) number to confirm the change (seems logical, uh?).
5) I would like to wait until going to Finland - but I have to cancel my current number (contract) first. Why? Because it is nearly impossible to do outside the country. Yes, it's a bad policy from the company, but I have to do it in person, and no other can do this for me. If I wait to go to Finland to get the number, then, I have to pay for the old number (which I won't use) every single month while doing silly burocracy that I could avoid doing what I am saying.
6) Having the finnish number beforehand allows me to make the appropiate changes to my accounts and cancel my old (current) number and go to Finland with everything done and no more worries.

I hope you understand the issue now. If you don't, please don't come again to this thread, you're not helping at all.

[Pursuivant]

Yeah, get someone in Finland to get you a prepaid Saunalahti SIM, activate it and whatever is needed (buy a few scratch cards for it). Ask them to send it over to you - test if it works, bingo. Then getting rid of your stuff is one worry less. One thing though, all these services, do they accept +358 in the beginning.... I've encountered a few that still require a "local number". What I'd do is get a "local number" from VOIP provider thats your own country number (theres services) so you can direct all calls to there and then you get a Skype call forwarded to your Finnish mobile number.

[menene]

Yeah, get someone in Finland to get you a prepaid Saunalahti SIM, activate it and whatever is needed (buy a few scratch cards for it). Ask them to send it over to you - test if it works, bingo. Then getting rid of your stuff is one worry less. One thing though, all these services, do they accept +358 in the beginning.... I've encountered a few that still require a "local number". What I'd do is get a "local number" from VOIP provider thats your own country number (theres services) so you can direct all calls to there and then you get a Skype call forwarded to your Finnish mobile number.

They do accept the +358 as far I know (at least Google and three others). Also, I have a VoIP local number with OVH (shame they doesn't have finnish landline numbers - yet) and without intention of being a spammer, it's very cheap: ~1 € per month, unlimited landline calls, not-very-expensive mobile calls, free geographical number... and works like a charm.

About the SL SIM... I think it's the easiest way to achieve my task, so I'll do it. I'll remember to tell him to active it before sending.

Thank you for your help!

[Upphew]

Also, I have a VoIP local number with OVH (shame they doesn't have finnish landline numbers - yet) and without intention of being a spammer, it's very cheap: ~1 € per month, unlimited landline calls, not-very-expensive mobile calls, free geographical number... and works like a charm.

Finnish landline numbers are going the way of dodo, so I wouldn't bother with that. There are 8,9 million mobile subscriptions vs. 1,1 landlines.
More numbers: http://www.viestintavirasto.fi/attachme ... i_2706.pdf