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10-03-2011, 12:04
VODAFONE
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- Vodafone Prepaid - Credit balance check: Send Y to 1252 (or call 1252) Prepaid data plans and offers 1. VODAFONE Surf & Email 60 Included volume: 60MB Duration: 30 days Price: 3€ Charge after the included volume: 1€/day (see plan #3) Activation: Send "SE60" to 19109 Deactivation: Send "SE60OFF" to 19109 Remaining volume: Send a blank SMS to 1286 APN: internet.vodafone.gr or webkarta.vodafone.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
2. VODAFONE Surf & Email 200 Included volume: 200MB Duration: 30 days Price: 7€ Charge after the included volume: 1€/day (see plan #3) Activation: Send "SE200" to 19109 Remaining volume: Send a blank SMS to 1286 APN: internet.vodafone.gr or webkarta.vodafone.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
3. VODAFONE Internet All-Day Included volume: Unlimited with bandwidth throttle after 10MB (see notes) Duration: 1 day Price: 1€/day Charge after the included volume: No charge, bandwidth throttle Activation: Preactivated APN: internet.vodafone.gr or webkarta.vodafone.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
4. VODAFONE KartoInternet Included volume: 0.5, 1, 1, 2 or 3GB Duration: 2h, 8h, 1, 2 or 10 days respectively Price: 3.5, 7, 10, 14 or 20€ respectively Charge after the included volume: Ν/Α Activation: Through a web interface Remaining volume: Through a web interface APN: web.session (leave the rest blank) Web page (in English): Notes:
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10-03-2011, 12:45
WIND
General Information - New Wind Card - Credit balance check: Send a blank SMS to 1269 (or call 1269) Prepaid data plans and offers 1. WIND Plus Non Stop (Google translation) Included volume: 40MB Duration: 30 days Price: 4.12€ Charge after the included volume: 0.007€/KB (with internet APN) or 0.0123€/ΚΒ (with wap APN) Activation: Send PLUS to 19349 Remaining volume: Send CHECK to 19349 Deactivation: Send STOP to 19349 APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
2. WIND Non stop "surf" Included volume: 100MB Duration: 30 days Price: 5€ Charge after the included volume: 0.0009€/KB (or 0.92€/ΜΒ) Activation: Send "100" to 1210 Remaining volume: Send YP or ΥΠ to 1210 APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
3. WIND ADSM Card (Google translation) Included volume: 1GB Duration: 30 days Price: 15€ Charge after the included volume: 0.02€/ΜΒ Activation: Send "1GB" to 19595 Remaining volume: Send YP to 19595 APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
4. WIND ADSM Non-Stop (NS2 or NS7) Included volume: 3GB (NS2) or 12GB (NS7) Duration: 2 days (NS2) or 7 days (NS7) Price: 7€ (NS2) or 14€ (NS7) Charge after the included volume: 0.02€/ΜΒ Activation: Send "NS2" or "NS7" to 19595 Remaining volume: Send YP to 19595 APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
5. WIND Mobile Broadband me karta Included volume: 1, 2 or 3GB Duration: 1, 7 or 30 days respectively Price: 5, 10 or 30€ respectively Charge after the included volume: Ν/Α Activation: Send the 16-digit e-Voucher number to 1268 through the WIND Connection Manager Remaining volume: Send "YP" or "balance" to 1228 through the WIND Connection Manager APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave the rest blank) Notes:
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14-03-2011, 08:37
Thank you for the comments and the feedback
Some amendments and corrections of the overview post. A small correction to the point #6 of the general post. Instead of (in bold): Quote:
An amendment to the Vodafone data plan #4 (Vodafone KartoInternet). Instead of: It should read: There will be only three available sessions, offering 30 minutes, 1 day or 15 days for 2, 5 and 20€ respectively, and 500MB, 1GB and 1GB respectively. |
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14-03-2011, 09:37
@wisniak: If you want to use the new Mobile Hotspot feature of iOS 4.3, I read that Vodafone allows it only with its Data Plan #4 (Vodafone KartoInternet). On Cosmote and Wind the Mobile Hotspot is activated on all their data plans. This of course is a limitation/"feature" of iOs only. Other devices/OS (Android, WinMo or WiFi modems) can still do a Mobile Hotspot.
@timmfive: Regarding your problem with the speed decrease from "1M down/up to 50k down/up", I just read on a Greek Q forum, that few people have the same problem but only if they've far exceeded their 100MB data allowance. People who used more than 1 or 2GB had their speed throttled to 40-50kB/s while others who have used 2-5GB had their speed throttled to GPRS, i.e., 4-7kB/s. Since you've used the plan for tethering, have you've exceeded the 100MB data plan by far? I'm not sure if the local Wind store agent can help you to get the speed back but alternatively you can contact the customer care through their site or mail to crm@wind.com.gr. @Majkee(SK): Welcome to the forum and thank you for your report. Postpaid (data) plans are the best solution for people who will stay in Greece for at least 2 months or more, since the terms of the contracts are quite "flexible" comparing to many other countries (e.g. Germany). Most of the contracts last for 12 months but you can cancel them at any time after the first month. And if you got an unsubsidized contract you don't pay anything for the cancellation. On a subsidized contract you pay the price of the device subsidy. Regarding the speed of "only 512kbit/s", consider yourself lucky you got that especially in Thessaloniki. I read reports of many problems in Thessaloniki (and elsewhere), because many of the antennas were taken down. There is a recent craze where many uninformed locals and their mayors consider that the mobile radiation is bad, so they make petitions, gather signatures, go to court and take the antennas down. As for the islands, the situation varies depending on where you will stay or which network you will use. In general, and this applies also to short stay visitors, before committing to a postpaid plan or an "expensive" prepaid plan, it is advisable to check first the network coverage and speeds of the area that you will be staying. To do this, just get a prepaid SIM card from all three operators (cost 5€ or in many cases free), subscribe to a 60-100MB data add-on (3-5€) and check the network speeds. You will save yourselves from a lot of frustration and money. |
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10-03-2011, 14:42
Thanks, Evan. That's much appreciated. We're back in Greece (and Turkey) in May.
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10-03-2011, 18:41
thanks a lot for the very detailed information! We travel to greece again in august...
Thailand: truemove (phone+sms+wifi) International: xxSim+372, toggle +44/+49/+41/+31 Phones: Huawei Mate7, Huawei P9 |
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10-03-2011, 19:36
Evan,
Thank you very much for your efforts. What's the difference between the info posted under "prepaid products" and "Prepaid data plans and offers"? Thanks. |
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11-03-2011, 12:21
The "prepaid products" are the different prepaid SIM cards offered by the operator. Every operator offers 2 or more prepaid cards with different branding, voice/SMS options, offers, prices etc. (you can check their pages to have an idea). However, their differences are more important for people who stay in Greece, not for the short stay visitors.
"Prepaid data plans and offers" are the different data plans or add-ons that could be combined with any of the above prepaid products/cards. You can combine any of the data plans with any of the prepaid products/cards. The only exception (and an important one) are the available data plans for computers which are offered with a special data SIM card. Those SIM cards offer only data, not voice or SMS. Those plans are the Cosmote #2, Vodafone #4 and Wind #5 (have a look on their respective pages to see how they are functioning). |
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11-03-2011, 12:24
OK
So in the case of "computers" I assume that this refers to SIM cards, not USB stick (which is the more common method in France). |
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11-03-2011, 13:53
It refers to both actually. When you purchase a data-only SIM card, you can get a "SIM Starter Pack" or a "SIM+USB stick Starter Pack" (if you don't have an USB dongle)
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