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edwin108

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Aug 25, 2006
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Hello,

I have one sim card for my iPhone that I remove and insert into my laptop from time to time for EDGE internet access when I travel. I would like to know if there is a way to duplicate a SIM card so that I wouldn't have to swap the SIM in and out.

Thanks
 

killmoms

macrumors 68040
Jun 23, 2003
3,754
55
Durham, NC
Hello,

I have one sim card for my iPhone that I remove and insert into my laptop from time to time for EDGE internet access when I travel. I would like to know if there is a way to duplicate a SIM card so that I wouldn't have to swap the SIM in and out.

Thanks

No, there isn't. That's the whole point of a SIM card—that your number is tied to ONE card.
 

fishkorp

macrumors 68030
Apr 10, 2006
2,536
650
Ellicott City, MD
Hello,

I have one sim card for my iPhone that I remove and insert into my laptop from time to time for EDGE internet access when I travel. I would like to know if there is a way to duplicate a SIM card so that I wouldn't have to swap the SIM in and out.

Thanks
are there ways? yes. are they legal? i don't think so in the US.
 

unity

macrumors 6502a
Sep 30, 2005
926
0
Green Bay, WI
If you really want to, I believe one can get a data sim. Its just a sim card associated with a data only package. I am not sure if they still do it. When I worked at Cingular during the GSM roll out there were packages available, I know since I set them up. You had to buy the GSM PCMCIA Card at the time too.
 
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