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petkow · 18-02-2010, 13:17

Simyo have changed tariff since 4th Feb. Old users who registered their cards before this date still get the 5Euro tariff. For the rest, it has lost so much value it's not even worth talking about any more. It is now 17,99 for 1GB. That coupled with useless customer service muppets, means Simyo is now officially a terrible choice for travellers. (Unless of course you still have one of the old SIM's).

Also, I know this is an old thread but it's been a while since I've been back to this thread as I have been quite tied up. However, I've just read some of the posts above, and wanted to post in order to set the record of this thread straight on something and confirm what Inquisitor has been saying above.

Firstly, it is completely untrue that Simyo is a GPRS only service. It uses Orange, and it all depends on whether you can get Orange UMTS coverage where you are located or not. Until recently, I have been using high speed UMTS through Simyo for VoIP, maps and mobile browsing on a more or less daily basis. AFIK I have never been overcharged. I am only not using it now as I am temporarily outside of Spain.

I think user gaidal had a particularly bad experience, but it is not representative of the normal service. He admits his iPhone was set up on auto-email-retrieve every 15 minutes. Because of the high block size of 256k, Simyo is just not suited to this. For him 4 tiny connections will already be 1MB, even though the real data transmitted will be a few kilobytes!

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petkow (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 696 Join Date: 01 Aug 2006 Location: Madrid Country:	18-02-2010, 13:17 Simyo have changed tariff since 4th Feb. Old users who registered their cards before this date still get the 5Euro tariff. For the rest, it has lost so much value it's not even worth talking about any more. It is now 17,99 for 1GB. That coupled with useless customer service muppets, means Simyo is now officially a terrible choice for travellers. (Unless of course you still have one of the old SIM's). Also, I know this is an old thread but it's been a while since I've been back to this thread as I have been quite tied up. However, I've just read some of the posts above, and wanted to post in order to set the record of this thread straight on something and confirm what Inquisitor has been saying above. Firstly, it is completely untrue that Simyo is a GPRS only service. It uses Orange, and it all depends on whether you can get Orange UMTS coverage where you are located or not. Until recently, I have been using high speed UMTS through Simyo for VoIP, maps and mobile browsing on a more or less daily basis. AFIK I have never been overcharged. I am only not using it now as I am temporarily outside of Spain. I think user gaidal had a particularly bad experience, but it is not representative of the normal service. He admits his iPhone was set up on auto-email-retrieve every 15 minutes. Because of the high block size of 256k, Simyo is just not suited to this. For him 4 tiny connections will already be 1MB, even though the real data transmitted will be a few kilobytes!