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In comp.mobile.android, on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:08:34 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 2026-04-25 22:53, micky wrote:
>> In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:06:44 +0200, Jörg Lorenz
>> <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Am 24.04.26 um 11:09 schrieb Carlos E.R.:
>>>> On 2026-04-24 03:13, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> On 23.04.26 22:37, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>> On 2026-04-23 22:01, Jörg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>>>> On 23.04.26 09:54, micky wrote:
>>>>>>>> https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, either can't or very difficult.  Mentions Peru, India, Japan (data
>>>>>>>> only), Pakistan, sometimes Brazil or South Africa
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     China, Iran, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan require mandatory, often
>>>>>>>> extensive registration processes that can make obtaining a SIM as a
>>>>>>>> tourist cumbersome
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CAnada 6 years ago, haven't read about now. But I think a USA resident
>>>>>>>> can use his USA sim as if they were 18 more states, right?   And vice
>>>>>>>> versa.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why should I care to buy a foreign SIM? Nobody knows this number and
>>>>>>> nowadays a lot of basic services (banking for instance) are tied to the
>>>>>>> regular number at home.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not a problem. That's why phones have dual SIMs.
>>>>>
>>>>> The worst of all solutions. That is why Google and Apple do not sell
>>>>> these cripples.
>>>>
>>>> Which is why professionals don't buy them. They need two sims: one for
>>>> personal use, another for the company. :-P
>>>
>>> Perhaps in Spain but I doubt it strongly. Exactly this kind of use
>>> strictly forbids Dual-SIM. Companies want to manage their own phones
>>> themselves.
>>>
>>> I'm working in highly security sensitive areas
>> 
>> Well, bully for you, but most people don't.
>> 
>>> and I can tell you: An
>>> absolute no go.
>> 
>> So what has where you work got to do with what other people do?
>> 
>> In the USA, many people work just as Carlos describes, with two sims,
>> one for work and one for non-work.
>> 
>> And your use of "lagging" to describe Spain is interesting.  You love to
>> give zingers even when polite speech could make your point in a better
>> way. I suppose it's better that you get your aggression out here, rather
>> than beating your wife.
>
>The Swiss love to ditch technologies that other countries keep using for 
>many years because they consider them obsolete. For instance, I believe 
>they no longer have FM radio (use DAB instead), or over the air digital 
>TV (you need to pay for Internet tv instead).
>
>Thus they consider other countries "lagging" when they are just "normal".

All very interesting. 

So that accounts for some of his obnoxiousness, but not all of it. 

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are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-23 03:54 -0400
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 12:53 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:47 +0200
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-23 22:01 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 22:37 +0200
      Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 03:13 +0200
        Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-24 09:10 +0200
        Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-24 11:09 +0200
          Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 12:06 +0200
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-25 10:35 +0200
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-25 09:59 +0100
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-25 16:53 -0400
              Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 14:08 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 13:19 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 16:03 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 15:18 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-26 16:32 +0100
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 19:45 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-27 10:47 +0100
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 21:14 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-26 20:11 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-26 22:28 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-27 23:48 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-28 13:39 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 12:37 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 12:54 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-12 19:33 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-12 19:29 +0200
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-12 17:37 +0000
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-12 18:44 -0400
                Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-05-13 01:22 +0000
          Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 15:10 +0000
            Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2026-04-24 19:00 +0200
              Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 17:59 +0000
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-04-24 09:08 +0200
    Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-24 11:20 +0200
  Re: are+there+countries+where+tourists+cannot+buy+a+sim micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-04-25 17:04 -0400

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