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antgonz
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 Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: What cell phone companies in Seoul have the best rates? |
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KTF ( I hear they don't need a deposit)
SK Telecom
LG Telecom |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: Re: What cell phone companies in Seoul have the best rates? |
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| antgonz wrote: |
KTF ( I hear they don't need a deposit)
SK Telecom
LG Telecom |
This has been done to death.
As a newbie the chances of you successfully getting a "plan phone" at any of the 3 phone companies without some significant help from someone who is already here (read Korean) are next to 0%.
Until you get your ARC there is NO chance of a "plan phone".
The other option is a "card phone" which amounts to a "pre-paid / pay as you go" phone. You can do this with any of the phone companies and the charges are the same (government regulated). The only requirements are some cash and a passport.
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| I have a couple of card phones for sale... just haven't put them up for sale yet. I got a few when my parents came here for vacation. I'll try to post something in the next week. |
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christopher1magelli
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:22 am Post subject: Re: What cell phone companies in Seoul have the best rates? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| antgonz wrote: |
KTF ( I hear they don't need a deposit)
SK Telecom
LG Telecom |
This has been done to death.
As a newbie the chances of you successfully getting a "plan phone" at any of the 3 phone companies without some significant help from someone who is already here (read Korean) are next to 0%.
Until you get your ARC there is NO chance of a "plan phone".
The other option is a "card phone" which amounts to a "pre-paid / pay as you go" phone. You can do this with any of the phone companies and the charges are the same (government regulated). The only requirements are some cash and a passport.
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Sure this has been done to death. Gee only if the search function worked properly maybe the op wouldn't be asking.
Hourly rates on a plan phone are around 6,500 Won and service fee is about 12,000 Won a month.
Prepaid card plans are about 10,000 per 28 mins.
Also it is Very easy to get a phone on a plan.
You can call 82-2-1688-0120 its the number to the Seoul Global Center in downtown. |
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superdave
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: over there ----->
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SK now offers plans to foreigners. you need your ARC, and the bond is 200,000 won.
KTF and LG sometimes have dodgy reception. I've lost calls in the subway. Never had a call drop out or any problems with SK. A few cents a minute is worth the convenience of not yelling at someone in a phone on the subway, just to have them hear you ... and looking like a psycho foreigner at the same time! LOL |
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antgonz
Joined: 30 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| What does ARC mean? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| What does ARC mean? |
Alien Registration Card - National identity card that says you are here and legal to stay as a resident. All foreigners who will remain here for more than 90 days (with the exception of Canadians on a B2 stamp) are required to be registered at their local immigration office and will be issued a card.
No card = most services are NOT available to you.
Tourists don't have cards. Tourists don't need bank accounts. Tourists don't need plan phones. No card = tourist. The picture should be getting clearer for you now.
Time for you to read the FAQs - BEFORE you sign away a year of your life and make some HUGE mistakes that you will regret later.
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creesschaef
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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Here's what happened to me:
I went out to try and get a plan phone and wasted an entire day. I picked out a phone, filled out the paperwork, and the clerk called the company and they said, "No dice."
So, he said that even with a 200K won deposit, I could not get a phone with a SIM card. OK, so I figured that I could just pic out one without a SIM card. Well, all of those phones were significantly more money. I would have been surprised, but this is Korea and I am a waygook. The company rep cited Chinese immigrants as the root of all evil. Therefore, they had to change their regulations.
My co-teacher ended up putting the phone in her name for the first 3 months, after which time I had the phone transferred to my name.
This is with SK and my bills run me around 40-55K per month with 3.5-4.5 hundred text messages and a 2-3 hours of outgoing call time.
I have never had to deal with dropped calls or service issues. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: Re: What cell phone companies in Seoul have the best rates? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| antgonz wrote: |
KTF ( I hear they don't need a deposit)
SK Telecom
LG Telecom |
This has been done to death.
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and you answer again and again and again.
Don't complain if you're going to vouluntarily give the answer again and again and again.  |
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kara_gina
Joined: 21 Jan 2008
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| okay, I'm a newbie on this, but a little confused. A plan phone is on a contract right? Is it easy to just buy a pre-paid SIM card if you're not wanting to go on a contract? Can this just be bought at a normal shop like we do in most places? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| kara_gina wrote: |
| okay, I'm a newbie on this, but a little confused. A plan phone is on a contract right? Is it easy to just buy a pre-paid SIM card if you're not wanting to go on a contract? Can this just be bought at a normal shop like we do in most places? |
They don't use sim cards. You buy a phone, get a number assigned and pay as you go instead of getting a contract phone.
Quick, easy and painless. Phones can be as cheap as 30k won or as expensive as you want to spend. |
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kara_gina
Joined: 21 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: |
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thanks for clearing that up for me  |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for clearing that up for me |
you're welcome.  |
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Chris Kwon
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Location: North Korea
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: |
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| no free nights and weekends is gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy |
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