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wco81 · 03-05-2013, 22:02

You might consider a package that gives you more data, like Internet Start or Internet Large.

A lot of hotels, both those belonging to big chains and small family-operated ones often have unreliable, slow Wifi. The chains are now giving you real slow connections for free but try to upsell you to "business class" broadband which is only about 2 Mbps.

I've used the predecessor to the Internet Large plan over a 2-week period as I was moving around to different hotels. It was good not having to rely on hotel Wifi, which is unreliable.

ETA: In most cases, the TIM coverage is good and I got over 4 Mbps regularly. Compare that to a recent trip in London. My hotel gave 30 minutes of Wifi for free so I bought a 1-week package for 10 pounds. Speeds would sometimes be over 12 Mbps down and about 500 kbps down. But then during the day and night, that speed would degrade often to a few hundred kbps down.

I also got a 3 SIM, 1 GB for 10 pounds, and the speeds on that were 3-4 Mbps.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	03-05-2013, 22:02 You might consider a package that gives you more data, like Internet Start or Internet Large. A lot of hotels, both those belonging to big chains and small family-operated ones often have unreliable, slow Wifi. The chains are now giving you real slow connections for free but try to upsell you to "business class" broadband which is only about 2 Mbps. I've used the predecessor to the Internet Large plan over a 2-week period as I was moving around to different hotels. It was good not having to rely on hotel Wifi, which is unreliable. ETA: In most cases, the TIM coverage is good and I got over 4 Mbps regularly. Compare that to a recent trip in London. My hotel gave 30 minutes of Wifi for free so I bought a 1-week package for 10 pounds. Speeds would sometimes be over 12 Mbps down and about 500 kbps down. But then during the day and night, that speed would degrade often to a few hundred kbps down. I also got a 3 SIM, 1 GB for 10 pounds, and the speeds on that were 3-4 Mbps.