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drjhf · 07-07-2006, 15:53

For those following this thread, I did resolve the www.155.it registration (with some help from this forum's administrator). It turned out that the official WIND store in Florence that sold me the SIM paid no attention to the Codice Fiscale that I had so cleverly generated on the Web using EE or ES (I do not recall) as foreign residence - and instead created one for me based on my passport that they copied and my casual comment that I was staying at X hotel!

Putting in that CF produced an instant registration and several wonderful SMS messages from my new friends at WIND. And the www.155.it site has a full range of information, including Web recharge, well beyond the MondoWind site.

The moral of the story is:

Ask the WIND clerk when you buy a SIM what CF they will enter into their system - whether they intend to use one that you generated as a foreigner or one that they generate.

If you buy from Andrea on this Forum, he will handle those issues.

If you buy from Ebay, you may end up with a piece of plastic that cannot be registered.

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drjhf (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 8 Join Date: 05 Jul 2006 Country:	07-07-2006, 15:53 For those following this thread, I did resolve the www.155.it registration (with some help from this forum's administrator). It turned out that the official WIND store in Florence that sold me the SIM paid no attention to the Codice Fiscale that I had so cleverly generated on the Web using EE or ES (I do not recall) as foreign residence - and instead created one for me based on my passport that they copied and my casual comment that I was staying at X hotel! Putting in that CF produced an instant registration and several wonderful SMS messages from my new friends at WIND. And the www.155.it site has a full range of information, including Web recharge, well beyond the MondoWind site. The moral of the story is: Ask the WIND clerk when you buy a SIM what CF they will enter into their system - whether they intend to use one that you generated as a foreigner or one that they generate. If you buy from Andrea on this Forum, he will handle those issues. If you buy from Ebay, you may end up with a piece of plastic that cannot be registered.