Help! Need an Italian SIM, special conditions...

wait...now it seems to be working. so can i purchase these from the U.S.? i assume not.

i'll forward this link to my family, and have them purchase...if they have a credit card.

[Motel75]

Originally Posted by praiano

wait...now it seems to be working. so can i purchase these from the U.S.? i assume not.

i'll forward this link to my family, and have them purchase...if they have a credit card.

Vodafone is a big company (it owns about 45 percent of Verizon Wireless - and, anomalously, Verizon owns 22 percent of Vodafone Italy - but is present under its own name in most European markets), and they have shops all over Italy, as do the other majors. Your family can pick up a SIM for you there, too, if that works out better.

[Effendi]

Originally Posted by praiano

wait...now it seems to be working. so can i purchase these from the U.S.? i assume not.

i'll forward this link to my family, and have them purchase...if they have a credit card.

I really don't get your point. Since your family is in Italy they can go at any Vodafone shop (there's plenty of them) and just buy a prepaid card. They don't need any credit card, the sim usually costs 10 euros. Since registration is compulsory they need their ID/Passport and their codice fiscale (real or fake, it doesn't matter). The sim card will be automatically activated at once or in a couple of hours.

BTW if you have your family in Italy which can top up your card at any time I wouldn't choose Vodafone since it's the most expensive network in Italy and usually not so fast with data (even if it has a very wide 3G coverage).