SIMple/AweSIM down

Purism has sent me new SIM cards which I assume would work if I used them, but I am holding off on having my service restored with Purism and am using a different carrier for the time being.

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Can any AweSIM user indicate what protection this plan has against SIM swaps?

From my experience, I have my shipping address on file with Purism. They have never sent me anything without using my saved shipping address.

Could someone at Purism be duped into sending a new SIM to a different address, I do not know.

Just received my new SIM and it works. Just selected the AweSIM Internet NXTGENHONE Access point as originally instructed.

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my Awesim service is restored: quick question on the APN settings are we supposed to use NXTGENPHONE which is a AT&T APN setting or use the TMobile APN setting:

fast.t-mobile.com

Which i have been using so far with the following observations:

  1. mmsg works with image receive send but only in jpg between L5 and iphone, iphone cant receive .png files apparently (something L5 can do but Apple mega corp cant :yum: )
  2. while on an active domestic call that i placed, with openvpn active, the Firefox browser was not able to receive data - basically couldnt use it (turning wifi on while on the call made the browser work again also over openvpn again)
  3. could not place an international call, long waiting no tone followed by a weird message from TMobile or the other side Voda Phone saying something about the number not being recognized (AWESIM on AT&T did not have any issues using +## phonenumber so i assume its an incorrect Virtual Network setting)

SIMple/AweSIM Voicemail solves the proper Purism APN settings

It would been a horrible internet consumer (and business, yes, of course, business) experience to have the SIMple/AweSIM plan shutdown.

In terms of non-proprietary cellular data service, here is a quote from a different topic.
As mentioned from Kyle_Rankin, post:11, topic:10418, full:true,


And here’s the company statement for more evidence.


Other than looking for a backup carrier, Purism’s data plan policy is said to register its name in place of its customers like a retail store. It would appear that there is no true non-proprietary cellular data service provider, especially in GNU/Linux standard, just yet, or at least in the main markets.

I would at least remain hopeful that Purism’s privacy policy for its data plan makes a difference compared to other cellular data service providers (aka Mobile Virtual Network Operator [MVNO]). I also hope that plan payments/services would transfer to and from the company as the transaction stated despite corporate contracts (hey, PureOS is a pretty good product [and that’s without embellishment]). It’s kind of weird to see other operators come into play like it’s two companies wrangling over the data due to contradictory privacy policies. Then again, I recall smaller mobile phone companies make their own plans as minor businesses from the much larger telecommunication corporations. I guess that’s just reality to take place in the form of trust and acceptance.


To sum it all up, regardless of cellular data service privacy policies, I am just being a bit cynical over the sustainability of the plan transactions just because some corporation made an uncompromising act against its business customers. Maybe Purism did got a bit too good for a corporation’s comfort zone?

If things do come shaking down, I guess the next best thing would be alternatives to Purism’s cellular data service plans.