HUNGARY: data access, ppd, GPRS and up?

Effendi · 18-06-2008, 16:16

I'd go with Pannon which has some data bundles too (and the best coverage, in 3G too, and an easy tariff).

It's not so easy to buy a prepaid card in Hungary, BTW. When I was in Budapest 1,5 years ago I couldn't buy it... the main problem is that it seems you must go to an official dealer (Pannon, T-Mobile, Vodafone) and there are really few of them and often with quite short open times. And overcrowded. I wanted to buy a Pannon prepaid card in Budapest and it took me time to find the official shop, then it was totally crowded and I was hungry, so I went to eat a goulash and when I came back the shop was closed (about 2pm). It was Saturday so it didn't open at all in the afternoon and Sunday all day. Then I didn't buy it, since I was leaving Hungary the following day...

heinz57g · 18-06-2008, 18:10

effendi, i am glad you just verified and doubled my experiences. these shops are so flooded
with 'normal' buyers who will stand in line to get the latest blue blinking sliding mobile phone,
and pay anything for it, that the odd-one-out buyer asking for data sims is plainly forgotten.

hope this will change one day. soon.

greetings - heinz -

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	18-06-2008, 16:16 I'd go with Pannon which has some data bundles too (and the best coverage, in 3G too, and an easy tariff). It's not so easy to buy a prepaid card in Hungary, BTW. When I was in Budapest 1,5 years ago I couldn't buy it... the main problem is that it seems you must go to an official dealer (Pannon, T-Mobile, Vodafone) and there are really few of them and often with quite short open times. And overcrowded. I wanted to buy a Pannon prepaid card in Budapest and it took me time to find the official shop, then it was totally crowded and I was hungry, so I went to eat a goulash and when I came back the shop was closed (about 2pm). It was Saturday so it didn't open at all in the afternoon and Sunday all day. Then I didn't buy it, since I was leaving Hungary the following day... Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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heinz57g (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 17 Join Date: 17 Jun 2008 Country:	18-06-2008, 18:10 effendi, i am glad you just verified and doubled my experiences. these shops are so flooded with 'normal' buyers who will stand in line to get the latest blue blinking sliding mobile phone, and pay anything for it, that the odd-one-out buyer asking for data sims is plainly forgotten. hope this will change one day. soon. greetings - heinz -