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Prepaidtraveller · 21-09-2011, 10:47

Guys regarding lidl, I used them for my holiday and for the most part it was good but I had to call them to activate the €15 data plan, not easy as I don't speak German but some family assisted me there. One fact I do remember and it may have changed since is they do have a 500meg a day like fonic do. It was spelled out in their t&cs. Plenty for a traveller thou.

It may have changed since then, I for example noticed the portal changed and also it appears u can now activate the 15€ plan online which would have saved me some headache.

Oddly with the u2 network where I was staying (Karlsruhe in Frankfurt) it was terrible, slow as anything. Out of interest I got a aldi sim that runs on eplus and it was quite fast in comparison.

Of course once I left Karlsruhe and returned to frankfurt flughaben the tables turned and the lidl sim was much better in comparison...

Also one tip, once u leave Germany be sure to login to the portal an change your plan to the casual charge as it will try to rebill automatically and if it fails will default to the 2€ a day instead. I found this out the hard way but stopped it in time only being billed one day.

Also if u use the sim for voice and roam outside Germany it seems to like sending a SMS to 88969 or someting and charging u 0.60€ for the privilege. Be careful as it can eat your credit away.

I've since put mine away in a safe place and will reuse if I ever return to Germany in the near future.

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Prepaidtraveller (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 20 Jul 2011 Country:	21-09-2011, 10:47 Guys regarding lidl, I used them for my holiday and for the most part it was good but I had to call them to activate the €15 data plan, not easy as I don't speak German but some family assisted me there. One fact I do remember and it may have changed since is they do have a 500meg a day like fonic do. It was spelled out in their t&cs. Plenty for a traveller thou. It may have changed since then, I for example noticed the portal changed and also it appears u can now activate the 15€ plan online which would have saved me some headache. Oddly with the u2 network where I was staying (Karlsruhe in Frankfurt) it was terrible, slow as anything. Out of interest I got a aldi sim that runs on eplus and it was quite fast in comparison. Of course once I left Karlsruhe and returned to frankfurt flughaben the tables turned and the lidl sim was much better in comparison... Also one tip, once u leave Germany be sure to login to the portal an change your plan to the casual charge as it will try to rebill automatically and if it fails will default to the 2€ a day instead. I found this out the hard way but stopped it in time only being billed one day. Also if u use the sim for voice and roam outside Germany it seems to like sending a SMS to 88969 or someting and charging u 0.60€ for the privilege. Be careful as it can eat your credit away. I've since put mine away in a safe place and will reuse if I ever return to Germany in the near future.