Re: Mobile data options for travelling around Europe ??

Peter wrote:
> I wonder if anybody here can offer me some tips on the most cost
> effective way to do this.
>
> Problem: I might spend £100+ in 1 week when abroad, on PAYG data. The
> domestic Voda GPRS is about £10/MB and abroad (always roaming) it
> seems to be 2x that.
>
> The obvious solution is to buy a Voda "business" data contract, say
> £40/month ...
>
> #1 problem with that is that the £500/year rental is a helluva price
> to pay, largely wasted, and the #2 problem is that the data allowance
> vanishes when roaming, which is nearly always when abroad. The per-MB
> cost is less than £20/MB but not enough to counter the massive rental.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Get a Wind SIM from Italy

monthly payg opt-in or out data tariffs available until Dec (but has
been extended a few times already)

Mega 300: € 8.00 for 20 MB while roaming
Mega No-Limit: € 20.00 for 200 MB while roaming

Peter wrote:
> I found this in google cache
>
> http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:2...k&ct=clnk&cd=2
>
> suggesting that Wind doesn't support GPRS when roaming

It doesn't say anything of the sort.

GPRS or 3g roaming is possible in plenty of countries. Read some other
threads on the same forum, or Wind's website

>That's interesting, but presumably I could not my UK number
transferred to it So this would be for data-only usage. I will
google around.

Just found it:

"The initial activation must take place in Italy" <

Of course an Italian SIM card has an Italian number, but as you were
asking for data use, that is what I thought you were looking for, in
which case the number is irrelevant.

If you don't care to save the £100 a month you were whingeing about,
then kindly don't waste people's time by asking

"Peter" <nowhere@anon.com> wrote in message
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> "andy" <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>"The initial activation must take place in Italy" <
>>
>>Of course an Italian SIM card has an Italian number, but as you were
>>asking for data use, that is what I thought you were looking for, in
>>which case the number is irrelevant.
>
> I thought I made it clear that the overseas trips were occassional. So
> with this I will have to go to Italy to get the card started - even if
> it can be bought by mail order.
>
>>If you don't care to save the £100 a month you were whingeing about,
>>then kindly don't waste people's time by asking
>
> I don't think I indicated it is *per month*. If I was spending 100
> quid *a month* on data then I would have other options, like a Voda
> business contract with roaming packages.
>
> But this remains an intereesting lead. That site with the discussion
> on it was offline this morning. I believe it contained details of how
> to buy this or similar card by mail order and get it activated without
> having to go to Italy.

An alternative while you get the Wind card set up is a Virgin PAYG sim. Data
costs £5 per MB home or abroad.

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"Peter" <nowhere@anon.com> wrote in message
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> "John Blessing" <blessij@**REMOVE**THIS**gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>An alternative while you get the Wind card set up is a Virgin PAYG sim.
>>Data
>>costs £5 per MB home or abroad.
>
> This sounds like the best option. £5/MB while roaming is about 1/4 of
> the Vodafone rate.
>
> The question is the coverage - who does Virgin use for their network?
>
T-mobile. Check on the Virgin site for who they have roaming agreements with
in each country you plan on visiting. I have never had any real problems in
Italy and Spain.


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