Cheap prepaid Internet for short stay in Germany? [merged]

TheMadBrewer · 11-04-2009, 21:54

I thought I'd add my 2 cents to this.

My brother and I bought one during the December promotion. We filled out a form, using our hotel address and returned to the Tchibo store. I seem to remember we also had to call a number to activate the SIM -- I don't remember if we did that from a mobile or whether we put the Tchibo SIM into unlocked phone.

The stick worked fine in both my brothers window laptop and my Macbook. The software automatically installs when you connect the stick. It worked flawlessly.

I am headed back to Germany next month for three weeks and I hope to use it again. It appears (thanks Inquisitor) that all I'll need to do is purchase a €20 top up and then using the software loaded from the stick, send an SMS to activate.

StefanoA · 11-04-2009, 22:21

Once again thanks for your prompt and precise reply.

Now everything is clear for me. I'll manage to buy immediately one stick online (I'll check if it's possible to let it be shipped to my hotel in Frankfurt).

One more time Internet was the right place to provide me the best solution.

I'd would be happy to offer a good German beer to all of you in case we can meet in Frankfurt in first middle of may!

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TheMadBrewer (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 127 Join Date: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Marina del Rey, CA Country:	11-04-2009, 21:54 I thought I'd add my 2 cents to this. My brother and I bought one during the December promotion. We filled out a form, using our hotel address and returned to the Tchibo store. I seem to remember we also had to call a number to activate the SIM -- I don't remember if we did that from a mobile or whether we put the Tchibo SIM into unlocked phone. The stick worked fine in both my brothers window laptop and my Macbook. The software automatically installs when you connect the stick. It worked flawlessly. I am headed back to Germany next month for three weeks and I hope to use it again. It appears (thanks Inquisitor) that all I'll need to do is purchase a €20 top up and then using the software loaded from the stick, send an SMS to activate. Whole bunch of SIMs, mostly dead, some still working...

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StefanoA (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 11 Apr 2009 Country:	11-04-2009, 22:21 Once again thanks for your prompt and precise reply. Now everything is clear for me. I'll manage to buy immediately one stick online (I'll check if it's possible to let it be shipped to my hotel in Frankfurt). One more time Internet was the right place to provide me the best solution. I'd would be happy to offer a good German beer to all of you in case we can meet in Frankfurt in first middle of may!