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RTuesday · 29-03-2007, 07:23

Thanks Andy and Chrget, Swisscom does look like a very good price for data with the 5 CHF/mo plan (without it it's a bit more than Virgin UK, but close enough to be a backup).

Hunting on their website, I can't find anywhere how long their recharge cards work for, i.e. how much would it cost to maintain an account? If the details here are current, it looks like it costs 30 CHF/mo, expensive.

Although another way of looking at that would be 30 CHF / $25/mo would buy me 8MB+ of data per month, nearly anywhere in the world - except the Isle of Man though as Swisscom don't have data roaming there...

However getting one of their cards looks like a challenge as it seems to require physical presence in CH to register/activate, which is unlikely for me in the foreseeable future (just don't have any reason to go near there).

Any other carriers around like this, perhaps with less strict rules for getting a card and long validities?

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RTuesday (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 344 Join Date: 28 Mar 2005 Location: See flag Country:	29-03-2007, 07:23 Thanks Andy and Chrget, Swisscom does look like a very good price for data with the 5 CHF/mo plan (without it it's a bit more than Virgin UK, but close enough to be a backup). Hunting on their website, I can't find anywhere how long their recharge cards work for, i.e. how much would it cost to maintain an account? If the details here are current, it looks like it costs 30 CHF/mo, expensive. Although another way of looking at that would be 30 CHF / $25/mo would buy me 8MB+ of data per month, nearly anywhere in the world - except the Isle of Man though as Swisscom don't have data roaming there... However getting one of their cards looks like a challenge as it seems to require physical presence in CH to register/activate, which is unlikely for me in the foreseeable future (just don't have any reason to go near there). Any other carriers around like this, perhaps with less strict rules for getting a card and long validities?