What 3G operator to use
 

Hello. I read the topic about prepaids in Italy. Want to buy super internet from 3 tre.it for my iPad. But my trip will be 2 weeks and many different regions of Italy - and I afraid that covering of 3 is not so good and the rouming will eat my money. I will travel from Rome to napoli to Bari to Gallipoli to Sicily. I need about 1.5 gb for all period.
Can you advice me the best operator of 3G for my trip.
Thank you!

Go with TIM or Wind, not 3, they don't have so much coverage outside bigger cities...

Thank you, Mr. Effendi. I decided to buy Tim. As I understood unlimited internet (5th in month) for 19 euro.
And one more question: I want to buy iPhone in Tim store, they say on the site that give a micro-sim but I didn't understand the conditions of it. Can I use it for unlimited Internet?:eek:

I do agree with Effendi.
Both tim and wind offer, on a prepaid sim card, 1gb/month for 9€, (if you are under 30 there's tim young, 6€ for 1gb+ 1000 free texts to Italian mobile)
tim offers also 5gb for 19€
wind offers 10gb for 20€

You should have decent speeds with both tim and wind, and the 3g coverage is good for both (wind made strong investments on 3g in southern and central Italy recently).

3 has a really slow 3g network.

Thank you very much. I will buy Tim in Napoli. I can't find winds office near my hotel.
Also i want to buy phone in tims office. On the site there is promo that they give 5 euro microsim for who bought iphone. But i didnt understand can i use the unlim inet on this sim.

Ok, im in napoli. In napoli's shops nobody speak english and want to help you, unfourtenetly. I went to wind thay said we dont have microsim, i went to tim they disscusd about one hour what to do and said me that the best one it to buy 250 mb wap in week... After that i went to vodafone, they gave me a microsim for 15 euro and sempre internet for 20 euro 3 gb.... Lets how i can use it;)

That's fine, at Vodafone shops they are sometimes smarter than at TIM or Wind... they even didn't cheat you so much ;)

3g from vodafone is very good in napoli. Now on road to bari the coverage is good too. Lets see how it works in puglia and sicily ;)

Puglia and Sicily are usually better with TIM and Wind, but it will be quite ok with Vodafone too.

hi
the vodafone sheen got will be good for at android phone and pc internet.
Chr

The road from Bari to Gallipoly is covered by 3g as 50/50 with edge. But to get information about road, cities it was enough. Now I am in Gallipoli, 3g works but slowly than in Bari or example, the speedtest.net shown onky 1mb/s.
Offtop. Gallipoli is beatiful city with planty of fish dishes and wonderful sea...

Vodafone has no EDGE, it's normal GPRS.
Vodafone 3G is not so fast usually. Consider that's summer and Gallipoli is a holiday town, so probably there's a lot of people using data.

Hi
Do Vodafone ind Italy not have fast 3 g? (wcdma)
Chr

Yes you all right it was gprs thats why it was so slow.

To Flychr: the vodafone's 3g is fast enough to use inet as yiu wish except watching tv.

Thank for the replay!!
but i may be made a bad deal:
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/ital...oce-italy.html
chr

Hello. About vodafones 3g. At the road from puglia to sicily by autostradas the coverege was quite good. Now Im in Sicily near Taormina, the coverege and speed here is wonderful, I can easily surf, watch tv, everything is good. Also today we were n Siracusa, the inet there is quiet good too. Thanks to vodafone.

Which 3g network do you suggest for a roadtrip to Toscana??