Cheap GPRS card to surf on Internet while traveling in the car all around Europe...
 

Hi to you all and I present myself cause this is my first post:
I am Luca , an 25 yo Italian guy that lives in Belgium and I love to travel, that's why I ask this question:

I am looking for a cheap GPRS card (or whatever) to surf on Internet while traveling in the car all around Europe...

I live in Belgium and here is really easy to "be abroad" cause the country is very small,
I would like to have at least the possibility to check emails and surf on some web pages during my trips with the car..

does someone have a solution for me?

a flat rate or a "pay what you use" tariff, it doesnt matter, it should be cheap, I don't care if is not so fast...

thanks in advance!!

Luca:evil:

Please HELP!!!

We've been struggling with data for years. That is why you are hearing silence. For a long time Wind out of Italy had an affordable package, but now it is gone. There is a Czech package posted in this forum that is pretty good, but is contract only.


http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/new-...-o2-t3149.html

There may be others that I am not aware of. Howecer, while it's not realy that cheap, Virgin UK charges the same for data roaming or not. So, that is the card I use for data when I travel. It's half of what my provider AT&T charges for data roaming.

rates?
 

So what does Virgin UK charge?

When will UM+ introduce data? They have claimed they intend to do this. If they can, that may be their big advantage IF the rate is low enough.

One unpleasant alternative is a different SIM for each country you roam in. Rates in Germany are not too bad, right?

Stan

Bossman,

What is that rate? I'm hunting for South Africa and Brazil at the moment.

SA data
 

I believe for South African data is better to use local Virgin SA SIM card. No idea about Brazil.

It's about 5 pounds/meg.

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/callC...ymentPlan=PAYG

Virgin SA Data Rates
 

VIRGIN SA DATA RATES
SMS messages Virgin to Virgin R0.20
First 5 SMS messages per day R0.60
Further SMS messages R0.35
International SMS messages R1.20
MMS messages R0.75
GPRS/EDGE Data per MB R0.50

I'm guessing that I'll be in South Africa for roughly one week. I didn't think it was worth getting a prepaid, but I'm rethinking.

If you need to use more data try to look at prepaid data bundles from Vodacom or MTN. Some of them are really good value. Dont buy SIM from company shop. Go elsewhere. I normally get them for about R2 each. If you go to big shopping mall ask at newspaper stand or stationery shop, just shop around. As I dont know where you will be staying, cant help more with this.