Mobile Internet / Germany - no roaming ?

Dear All
Apologies for slightly off topic but couldn't find another better group !
I will have to work for about 3 - 4 months in Germany and I need to have
internet access during that time and the charges in the hotels are
incredible (15 euros / 24 hours).
Does anyone know a provider with UMTS / 3G data cards / modems that accepts
shorter contracts (even if I have to buy the hardware)?
TIA
JS

Joao Saraiva wrote:
> Dear All
> Apologies for slightly off topic but couldn't find another better group !
> I will have to work for about 3 - 4 months in Germany and I need to have
> internet access during that time and the charges in the hotels are
> incredible (15 euros / 24 hours).
> Does anyone know a provider with UMTS / 3G data cards / modems that accepts
> shorter contracts (even if I have to buy the hardware)?

The scene here (Germany) is poor in comparison to the UK. The carriers
all have 2 year contracts. There are PAYG deals but none of them have
inclusive data.

To give you an idea of a "good" providers rates Simyo
(http://www.simyo.de/) has "only" 24 Cent/MB with (billed with 10 KB
chunks). Depressing.

A 2 year contract with a carrier will set you back around 10Euro/200MB
(eplus.de)

On the other hand there is a healthy sprinkling of cafes with open
internet access points. Perhaps a T-mobile WLAN account would help you
(usable at any Starbucks).

It's a depressing situation that I hope follows the UK model soon.

S.