Italy: Options for heavy internet usage for a month

[inigar]

Hi

I am staying in Lucca, Tuscany for a month and I need to have good 3G internet access while here so I can work.

I have read the Prepaid thread for Italy, and also researched all the networks' sites.

So far the offers that seem to work best for me are :

Three: Tre.Time Large : 300 hours for €19 per month
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Vodafone: Internet Facile Sempre : unlimited time, 500Mb per day, €30 per month


However, my uncertainty about these is whether I need to be tied to a contract for these. I already have the internet key, and only need it for a month - so are these plans available for a prepaid sim?

If not, can anyone suggest an alternative for 200+ hours for a month.

thanks in advance

Ben

[vegemite]

Have you looked at Wind and Three? They seem to get quite a mention.

[inigar]

Originally Posted by vegemite

Have you looked at Wind and Three? They seem to get quite a mention.

Yes I have, infact since I wrote the post, i found out the offers I mentioned were contract only and so i've gone for the Wind MEGA ORE 100 option which is currently 50% discounted with free activation for new sims. (€7.50 p/month for three months - sim is €15 with €10 credit).

Unfortunately the Wind Restart (which lets you start your next month billing early) option isn't compatible with this offer, so I'm probably going to buy another sim when I run out of time.

[Effendi]

100 hours are just 400 connections of 0-15 minutes... It's not a good offer in my opinion.
It much depends on what you are planning to do with internet. If just normal surfing and not music/video downloading, I think 3's Super Internet or Wind's Internet No Stop are the best choices...

[inigar]

Originally Posted by Effendi

100 hours are just 400 connections of 0-15 minutes... It's not a good offer in my opinion.
It much depends on what you are planning to do with internet. If just normal surfing and not music/video downloading, I think 3's Super Internet or Wind's Internet No Stop are the best choices...

Thanks for the response.

I do need the ability to upload / download things, however most of the time all I need to is basic browsing so I would be happy to switch sim card when I need to download something.

Three's Super Internet seems like a good option - do you know how much a three sim card is?

Regarding the Wind Internet No Stop, for some reason I thought that it was for mobiles only - it is in that section on their site: is that just a suggested usage because of the 1GB limit?


Thanks again

Ben

[wco81]

If I use Internet 40 on TIM, how do I deactivate it? Will it try to deactivate until it runs out of credit?

How about Mega Ore with Wind, need to deactivate?

[vegemite]

I will be in Italy for about 2 weeks, is Wind the way to go? I also have 3 Australia post-paid which gives me 3 Like Home in Italy. Going through Venice, Rome and Amalfi Coast.

[Effendi]

You can go with 3 Like home in towns. Check the coverage maps (3 has good ones). In any case a Wind card costs just 10 euros and you can go with it too.

[vegemite]

Wind seems the way to go. Is this only available in Italy? I.e. can't get Wind SIMs for other countries? Does Wind have a good coverage like Amalfi coast and other non city areas? Where can you get Wind SIMs and do I need ID or any particular places to get it? We'll be in Italy for two weeks, 1GB or so should be fine - it's just for my Android phone and possibly my wife as well to use Google Maps.

[Effendi]

Guys, why don't you read all the pages I wrote about the subject before asking FAQs?

Here are all the offers (with activation cost):
PrePaidGSM: Italy

Here is the complete overview for data (including coverage maps):
PrePaidGSM: Prepaid Data in Italy

You can buy a simcard anywhere in Italy, it's really easy, there's plenty of shops in every town. If you go out of Italy there are other operators with other offers.