Spanish data?

Hi

Off to Tenerife soon for my yearly break from the British winter and I'd
like to plug in a spanish prepay SIM to get some 3G data.

Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange UK's
£1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?

Cheers

Geoff

Geoff Winkless wrote:
> Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange UK's
> £1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?

Following up to my own post...

Looks like new operator Yoigo may offer something along these lines:
data charged at €0.0012 per kilobyte with a maximum price to the day of
1.20 € + IVA.

In other words, pay 90p and get a day's net usage.

However 3G data coverage for Tenerife looks pretty poor - mostly around
the capital (Santa Cruz).

Plus I'm not sure (my Spanish isn't great) if you must take out a
contract, Virgin-mobile stylee, or if you can get a PAYG in the
traditional style - there seems to be some sort of monthly minimum
expenditure figure.. Anyone with 5 minutes to spare who can read
http://www.yoigo.com/tarifas/index.php better than my combination of
slight Spanish and google-translate?

Cheers

Geoff

Geoff Winkless wrote:
> Geoff Winkless wrote:
> > Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange UK's
> > £1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?
>
> Following up to my own post...
>
> Looks like new operator Yoigo may offer something along these lines:
> data charged at €0.0012 per kilobyte with a maximum price to the day of
> 1.20 € + IVA.
>
> In other words, pay 90p and get a day's net usage.
>
> However 3G data coverage for Tenerife looks pretty poor - mostly around
> the capital (Santa Cruz).
>
> Plus I'm not sure (my Spanish isn't great) if you must take out a
> contract, Virgin-mobile stylee, or if you can get a PAYG in the
> traditional style - there seems to be some sort of monthly minimum
> expenditure figure.. Anyone with 5 minutes to spare who can read
> http://www.yoigo.com/tarifas/index.php better than my combination of
> slight Spanish and google-translate?
>
no better skills here, but there are several references to card or
contract (tarjeto o contrato), and this looks like top-ups are of any
discretionary value - I haven't found a validity period for it yet
though ...

http://translate.google.com/translat...%2findex%2ephp

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:33:39 +0000, Geoff Winkless wrote:
> Hi
>
> Off to Tenerife soon for my yearly break from the British winter and I'd
> like to plug in a spanish prepay SIM to get some 3G data.
>
> Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange UK's
> £1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff

I've been looking for something similar. So far my most promising lead
is http://www.gosim.com/index.php?page=spain which offer a prepaid Amena
sim that allows you to use WAP for about 1c per kB. Works in Tenerife too
but looks expensive for the SIM.

Pete
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Geoff Winkless wrote:
> Geoff Winkless wrote:
>> Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange
>> UK's £1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?
>
> Following up to my own post...
>
> Looks like new operator Yoigo may offer something along these lines:
> data charged at €0.0012 per kilobyte with a maximum price to the day of
> 1.20 € + IVA.
>
> In other words, pay 90p and get a day's net usage.
>
> However 3G data coverage for Tenerife looks pretty poor - mostly around
> the capital (Santa Cruz).
>
> Plus I'm not sure (my Spanish isn't great) if you must take out a
> contract, Virgin-mobile stylee, or if you can get a PAYG in the
> traditional style - there seems to be some sort of monthly minimum
> expenditure figure.. Anyone with 5 minutes to spare who can read
> http://www.yoigo.com/tarifas/index.php better than my combination of
> slight Spanish and google-translate?

I have friends who speak pretty fluent Spanish - so will probably be
better asking them.

However, the card says that you remain in control of your spending and
recharge when necessary.

The sim costs nothing, but it's €15 for a new number. Says it includes
€20 as well.

However there is a minimum spend of €6 per month.

Peter Lynch wrote:

>
> I've been looking for something similar. So far my most promising lead
> is http://www.gosim.com/index.php?page=spain which offer a prepaid Amena
> sim that allows you to use WAP for about 1c per kB. Works in Tenerife too
> but looks expensive for the SIM.

Virgin Mobile UK sim would be better at 0.5p/kB!

"Geoff Winkless" <usenet-at-geoff-dot-dj@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:457d6911$0$310$4d4eb98e@read.news.uk.uu.net.. .
> Geoff Winkless wrote:
>> Do any of the networks (maybe Orange?) do the equivalent of Orange UK's
>> £1 per day unlimited data? What should I ask for in the local shop?
>
> Following up to my own post...
>
> Looks like new operator Yoigo may offer something along these lines: data
> charged at €0.0012 per kilobyte with a maximum price to the day of 1.20 €
> + IVA.
>
> In other words, pay 90p and get a day's net usage.
>
> However 3G data coverage for Tenerife looks pretty poor - mostly around
> the capital (Santa Cruz).
>
> Plus I'm not sure (my Spanish isn't great) if you must take out a
> contract, Virgin-mobile stylee, or if you can get a PAYG in the
> traditional style - there seems to be some sort of monthly minimum
> expenditure figure.. Anyone with 5 minutes to spare who can read
> http://www.yoigo.com/tarifas/index.php better than my combination of
> slight Spanish and google-translate?
>
This any help?
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/spain.html
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Cheers, Steve.
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