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The 12 month Vodafone data plan that came on the installed SIM with my new XC40 has just run out.
Does anyone if it it can be replaced with a normal SIM card or does have to be a specific data only SIM? Thanks
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You need a Data only Sim, a lot of people on here, including myself, use the one from 3. 24 gb with 2 year life. Was available from Amazon for £34 last week but gone up to £45 now. You could use your phones data temporarily until the price drops again which it could do before Christmas or early next year.
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Thanks.
To be honest I am not sure I believe that a normal SIM wont work. A data only SIM is exactly the same card its just only got data on it. I want to use a SKY card as I have a huge amount of data in rollover so it would cost me next to nothing. I have had a look on the SKY forum and there are lots of people on there saying they use them in their cars. Will give a go I think. Nothing to lose
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For anyone interested I can confirm that a normal SIM card does work and does not need to be data only.
Now using a Sky SIM for £4.50 a month with 2GB a month data and I can use all my rolled over data from our other Sky SIM cards. Result!
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Should a new XC40 (uk) come with a SIM card in the unit in the boot? There isn't one in mine, so have Volvo stopped handing these out with new cars?
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all SIM's are the same, it just depends what package you pay for.
Unless you're going to use any streaming downloads or similar, I've used a free 200Mb a month SIM from 3 for the last couple of years in my S90 without problems.
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