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wisniak · 06-03-2011, 09:49

Hi,

I'm finally traveling to Greece on mid April.
I hope that there will be an update here by then.

Are there stores in the Athens airport where I can buy & activate the SIM card (of whatever cellular company I find there)?
I don't want to be stuck w/o a SIM card. I don't know the free WIFI situation in the areas I'm going to be visiting (mostly mountain areas/villages).

And how long till the SIM card is activated (in case this is relevant)? In France it took about 2 days...

I have another alternative, which is to rent here at home a WIFI device which will include an appropriate SIM card. This will cost me about 18 Euros a day for 200MB (even if I won't use even 25% of that..), but the upside is that since the device is WIFI, my wife will be able to use her laptop with the device as well.
And if I'm REALLY lucky, the iPad2 will land here before we travel, so I'll be able to take it with me.

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wisniak (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 92 Join Date: 12 May 2009 Country:	06-03-2011, 09:49 Hi, I'm finally traveling to Greece on mid April. I hope that there will be an update here by then. Are there stores in the Athens airport where I can buy & activate the SIM card (of whatever cellular company I find there)? I don't want to be stuck w/o a SIM card. I don't know the free WIFI situation in the areas I'm going to be visiting (mostly mountain areas/villages). And how long till the SIM card is activated (in case this is relevant)? In France it took about 2 days... I have another alternative, which is to rent here at home a WIFI device which will include an appropriate SIM card. This will cost me about 18 Euros a day for 200MB (even if I won't use even 25% of that..), but the upside is that since the device is WIFI, my wife will be able to use her laptop with the device as well. And if I'm REALLY lucky, the iPad2 will land here before we travel, so I'll be able to take it with me.