Hey all,
I'm going to china for the first time and will just spending two nights in Shanghai pre cruise. I'm with virgin, but have borrowed an extra iPhone. If I get a postpaid Vodafone plan that includes data and the $5 pd roaming, will I be able to access google and gmail?
Thanks!
a lot of the VPN's get shut down pretty frequently, even the paid ones
ALSO, a friend who lives over there told me that there's been a change recently in some parts of China and you can't buy prepaid sim cards anymore unless you're a local. If this is true, thats one of the stupidest things i've heard in a long time
If I get a postpaid Vodafone plan that includes data and the $5 pd roaming
Why not pickup a local sim?
The cheapest voda plan is $30/m for 1GB of data, plus $5/day x 2. So $40 for 1GB plus a lot of work for 2 days access.
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I've just been to China and used $5 Vodafone roaming - no problems using Google and Gmail when you use it.
I was on a tour and a number of other people tried to buy Chinese sim cards, apparently it's a bit of a nightmare and Google and Gmail ARE banned if you use those (but you can get around it with a VPN). If you're only there 2 days I'd just use the roaming.
If you connect to Wifi you will need to download a VPN app - but honestly the roaming worked absolutely flawlessly and for the most part I didn't bother with Wifi.
Roaming in China with Vodafone for some reason means all blocked sites arr allowed. Used Facebook and Gmail with no problems.
I think your best option would be to download a VPN app, this will let you get onto any site you want. I did this when I was in Shanghai 2 years ago :)