jamar030303

Because that population is massive, but gender imbalanced.

Oh hey, it's been a while. I remember when you were at Ting and helped me with a few things (like trying, if not succeeding, to get my Japanese iPhone 7 onto Sprint).

That said, my question for you is also tangentially related to Ting, though the initial answer I got from Ting people seems to point to it happening across all providers, so I imagine you'd have some understanding of it too- it was explained to me that over the course of a phone being connected to a tower, there will always be a small amount of data communication between the two even if mobile data is turned off, and to think of it as being like a "heartbeat" (a "heartbeat" that's costing me international data fees because I'm currently in Canada, which is how I first noticed it). What data, exactly, is being transmitted when this happens?

Good to know, thanks for the explanation!

That aside, Mobi looks pretty interesting and it seems like I'd save a bundle by porting my mainline Sprint line to it (I've got multiple numbers going on here, my Ting number for some things and my Sprint number for others, and a local Canadian number for Canadian things). Right now, with that line, I'm paying $50/month for unlimited data that I'm not even using. I'm assuming you can't mail a SIM to Canada, though. Or can you? That was the roadblock that kept me from porting that number to Ting to be together with my other number- I can't have a SIM mailed out to me here, and sending it to my PO box place at home and having them forward it would take forever (I'm still waiting for a packet of forwarded mail that was sent to me Priority Mail- 13 days ago).

I'm putting aside the possible lack of Canada roaming as an issue, because I've got a data-only plan here in a WiFi device that I've got my phone connected to pretty much all the time so as long as it does WiFi calling, I'm good.

Well, it was worth a shot, but trying it with my Canadian address got me a "your state is invalid" error. I'll ping you in a bit with my order number. Thanks again!

EDIT: Also, this is very much thinking ahead, but you'd mentioned in a reply to someone else that you were trying to do a multi-IMSI thing for roaming for better pricing. Could that translate to having a second number on the same SIM? Because hoo boy what I wouldn't give to be able to have Canadian and American numbers on the same SIM and pay only one carrier, but at the same time I realize that's like asking someone to join the national Olympic team when they've only just started learning how to walk.

As a former international school student, the international schools don't have the same curriculum restriction the local schools do. This comes with a ban on admitting local students.