Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Europe?
"Scheffenegger, Richard" <rs@netapp.com> Mon, 18 March 2013 12:06 UTC
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From: "Scheffenegger, Richard" <rs@netapp.com>
To: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>, Philip Matthews <philip_matthews@magma.ca>
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:06:44 +0000
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Subject: Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Europe?
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For my (regular) data needs in Germany (als also passive SMS reception abroad), I have a pre-paid Vodaphone SIM; At the time, 24hrs/1GB for 3,95 EUR was the best and least expensive plan I could find. Also, recharging can be done multiple way (anonymous using cards from a supermarket, or via credit card, or one can upgrade and register a (german?) bank account. As Lars mentioned, that SIM also works in other countries, just not that cheaply... But it's still lower cost than my regular, home-country, fully paid subscription contract as company policy excludes data roaming (and voice roaming is quite expensive with the corporate plan we subscribed here). OTOH - Apparently as a T-Home/T-Mobile user one can have free T-Mobile Hotspot access across Germany, and it appears that they don't check for concurrent access in multiple locations/devices. At least when I tried this with the colleagues account, while he was surfing in another hotel, we both had access... So, if you have a german colleague with a T-Home/T-Mobile account, that might be the least cost option for data roaming (hotspots should be pretty dense). Finally, I believe that Berlin has a city-wide public, open WiFi zone; but that might easily overloaded with a few IETF participants :) Best regards, Richard Scheffenegger > -----Original Message----- > From: 86attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:86attendees-bounces@ietf.org] > On Behalf Of Eggert, Lars > Sent: Samstag, 16. März 2013 18:48 > To: Philip Matthews > Cc: <86attendees@ietf.org> > Subject: Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Europe? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 86attendees mailing list > 86attendees@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/86attendees
- [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Europe? Philip Matthews
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Ole Jacobsen (ole)
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Eggert, Lars
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Ted Lemon
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Kireeti Kompella
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Ted Lemon
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Michael Tuexen
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Ole Jacobsen
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Carlos M. Martinez
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Rajiv Asati (rajiva)
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Chris Morrow
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Francis Dupont
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Francis Dupont
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Warren Kumari
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Ted Lemon
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… John Bradley
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Zartash Uzmi
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Black, David
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Scheffenegger, Richard
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… Francis Dupont
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for Euro… N.Leymann
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Keith Mitchell
- Re: [86attendees] Good prepaid SIM cards for GERM… Alexandru Petrescu