https://forgeover.com/tags/edge/ Recent content in Edge on Forgeover Hugo en-us Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:38:32 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/travel/buying-a-sim-card-in-india/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:04:01 +0000 https://forgeover.com/articles/travel/buying-a-sim-card-in-india/ <p>I had a heck of a time purchasing and subsequently using my Indian Airtel SIM card. I learned a lot in the process that might be useful to other travelers visiting India. The following are some of my experiences as well as a few suggestions.</p> <h2 id="obtaining-a-sim-card-from-abroad"><strong>Obtaining a SIM card from abroad:</strong></h2> <p>This is perhaps the most confusing step in an entirely confusing process. I started by trying to purchase a card online. This is a complete non-starter. All of the links that I found point to sites that seem to have been set up prior to 26/11 (Mumbai&rsquo;s Terrorist attacks). Subsequent to the attacks, India&rsquo;s government set up a serious bureaucracy that seems to do little more than inconvenience legitimate customers.</p>