Austria: Orange's Datenpaket

9eor9 · 13-03-2012, 18:56

If you want (Highspeed-)coverage whereever possible, you should use 4 SIMs.
For that purpose I carry A1, Yesss, 3 and T-Mobile

9eor9 · 13-03-2012, 19:01

@VladS
Regarding bob you must mention, that it uses A1 network but CANNOT BE RECHARGED. It must be registered after you have used the 1st GB which comes with the SIM. You need an austrian bank account to settle the charges from!

VladS · 14-03-2012, 19:20

@9eor9

As a matter of fact you can. The prepaid bob SIM (bob wertkarte) has a new 1GB/month option for EUR4. Here's the link: main_contentpage login

9eor9 · 15-03-2012, 16:26

Thanks a lot, I've learned something. Further details I have to check. Recently I used a bob data SIM which came with a modem somebody needed for fast uploading. This SIM did not offer this way of prepaid top up. Maybe it's a different plan with a special SIM.

VladS · 15-03-2012, 16:38

It's the voice SIM, not the data one.

9eor9 · 15-03-2012, 19:25

I went to 3 shops, but nobody knows it!

Their website is by far not clear, but it is an option for the Prepaid Wertkarte 6,8ct or the Vielwert - Wertkarte. The option can be renewed also before the end of the 30 days period of validity, if the 1GB has been used. Then another 30 days period begins.

http://www.bob.at/final/de/Media/PDF...tkarte_1GB.pdf

According to the decription upload speed is only up to 384kBit/s which is much slower than my experience with bob "contract" data SIMs. These reached about 2 MBit/s upload speed.

VladS · 15-03-2012, 21:11

I agree... Most bob dealers don't have a clue. In fact there's only one bob voice card - the vertrag one. Once you recharge it, it becomes a wertkarte, otherwise you have to provide your banking info to continue as a vertrag account.

This being said, I found bob's wertkarte datenpaket to be much more reliable than that from yesss!.

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	13-03-2012, 18:56 If you want (Highspeed-)coverage whereever possible, you should use 4 SIMs. For that purpose I carry A1, Yesss, 3 and T-Mobile

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	13-03-2012, 19:01 @VladS Regarding bob you must mention, that it uses A1 network but CANNOT BE RECHARGED. It must be registered after you have used the 1st GB which comes with the SIM. You need an austrian bank account to settle the charges from!

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	14-03-2012, 19:20 @9eor9 As a matter of fact you can. The prepaid bob SIM (bob wertkarte) has a new 1GB/month option for EUR4. Here's the link: main_contentpage login VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	15-03-2012, 16:26 Thanks a lot, I've learned something. Further details I have to check. Recently I used a bob data SIM which came with a modem somebody needed for fast uploading. This SIM did not offer this way of prepaid top up. Maybe it's a different plan with a special SIM.

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	15-03-2012, 16:38 It's the voice SIM, not the data one. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list

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9eor9 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 223 Join Date: 10 Apr 2009 Country:	15-03-2012, 19:25 I went to 3 shops, but nobody knows it! Their website is by far not clear, but it is an option for the Prepaid Wertkarte 6,8ct or the Vielwert - Wertkarte. The option can be renewed also before the end of the 30 days period of validity, if the 1GB has been used. Then another 30 days period begins. http://www.bob.at/final/de/Media/PDF...tkarte_1GB.pdf According to the decription upload speed is only up to 384kBit/s which is much slower than my experience with bob "contract" data SIMs. These reached about 2 MBit/s upload speed.

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	15-03-2012, 21:11 I agree... Most bob dealers don't have a clue. In fact there's only one bob voice card - the vertrag one. Once you recharge it, it becomes a wertkarte, otherwise you have to provide your banking info to continue as a vertrag account. This being said, I found bob's wertkarte datenpaket to be much more reliable than that from yesss!. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list