2 weeks in Switzerland - best option for GPRS and voice usage?

[mirandabam]

If anyone with an orangeclick.ch SIM is reading -- can I add and remove the "International Option" and "Mobile Internet" options via the customer web interface, or do I have to add these when I get the SIM at an Orange store? And can I just get them for one month at a time? I won't need them when I'm not in .ch...

[AndreA]

Originally Posted by mirandabam

If anyone with an orangeclick.ch SIM is reading -- can I add and remove the "International Option" and "Mobile Internet" options via the customer web interface, or do I have to add these when I get the SIM at an Orange store? And can I just get them for one month at a time? I won't need them when I'm not in .ch...

This is an old question that I lost... well, you can remove it when you prefer and usually you have a charge only for the day that you used (so if you paid 3 CHF for a month and use the option only for 15 days Oclick will refund 1.5 CHF on your balance)...


...any way today I'm a lucky customer: just logged in and... I get this promotion Try Mobile Internet (free for a month)

[mirandabam]

Originally Posted by AndreA

This is an old question that I lost... well, you can remove it when you prefer and usually you have a charge only for the day that you used (so if you paid 3 CHF for a month and use the option only for 15 days Oclick will refund 1.5 CHF on your balance)...

Thanks. Yes, I actually got an orangeclick.ch SIM when I went to Switzerland in September and October and I did this. They automatically pro-rate the add-on services for you when you remove them. (If I remember right, they remove the full monthly amount from your balance when you add the feature, but then refund the fraction of the amount if you remove it partway through a month.)

Overall the whole experience was very nice. The fellow at the Orange store at the Zürich airport even let me request the last four digits of the phone number so I could have them match my US number. Now I have a Swiss number I can use every time I visit -- I just have to "recharge" the account at least once a year.

[gustabmo]

Originally Posted by AndreA

..any way today I'm a lucky customer: just logged in and... I get this promotion Try Mobile Internet (free for a month)

Awesome indeed!!!

Does anyone know how long it takes for the SIM card to be delivered after the order through the web site? I'll arrive in Switzerland in a few days from now... if they take some days to deliver I'd like to order it in advance, but if it's next day delivery I'll order it when I get there!