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Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Europe?

"Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> Sat, 16 March 2013 17:48 UTC

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From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>
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Hi,

On Mar 16, 2013, at 13:33, Philip Matthews <philip_matthews@magma.ca> wrote:
> Prompted by Lars's question on US SIM cards, I would like to look forward to the next IETF meeting in Berlin and SIM cards for Europe.
> 
> I am looking for a pre-paid SIM card, mostly for data, but also some voice and texting.
> Obviously I would like it to work in Germany, but I am going to be in Italy afterwards and would like it to work there as well.

it's HIGHLY country-dependent. I think the only operator that has a pan-EU plan is Vodafone, but I don't know if their prepaid ones have that feature.

In Germany, T-Mobile usually wins the various comparisons for speed and coverage, and they have a prepaid plan similar to the US one I was pointed at: http://www.t-mobile.de/xtradata/0,24748,27850-_,00.html

Lars

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