Greece HSPA (prepaid and postpaid offers)

Evan · 12-07-2010, 14:39

WIND

UPDATED! 1. Data Plan "Wind Plus Internet", Internet (no proxy), 4.12€/month, 40MB volume included, 0.5€/MΒ afterwards.

Info (only in Greek) here: Wind - ?????????????

Activation and Settings:

Buy and register a Wind prepaid card ("New Wind Prepaid" or "Wind Free2Go") from any Wind store.
To activate the "Wind Plus Internet", send an SMS with the text PLUS to 19349.
To configure the internet settings manually, use the APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else)
To check the remaining data volume, send CHECK to 19349.
To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269.

Notes:

The plan is renewed automatically every month.
To deactivate the plan, send the word "STOP" to 19349.

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UPDATED! 2. Data Plan "Wind Plus WAP", WAP (with proxy), 4.12€/month, 40MB volume included, 0.0123€/ΚΒ afterwards.

Notes: This is exactly the same plan like the above, but is not recommended over the previous one, because it uses the WAP APN instead of the Internet APN. That means that you cannot use services like e-mail etc. and also that after exceeding the 40MB of the included volume, you will be charged 12.6 €/MΒ instead of 0.5€/MΒ of the previous plan.

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NEW! 3. Data plan "WIND Mobile Broadband with card", Internet (no proxy), 9.90€/30-days, 1GB volume included, 0.02€/MΒ afterwards.

Detailed information (in English) here: Wind - Mobile Broadband without contract

Notes:

To activate the packet, send an SMS with the text 1GB to 19595.
To check the remaining volume, send yp to 19595.
To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269.
The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else).
According to their English page, if you consume the 1GB of the included volume, you can activate the packet again even before the 30 days are over. However, the same is not written on their Greek page, which makes me think that it's a lost-in-translation case, i.e., you have to wait 30 days before you activate again a new packet.

UPDATED! 4. Data Plan "WIND Mobile Broadband Non-Stop 7", Internet (no proxy), 14€/7-days, 12GB volume included, 0.02€/MΒ afterwards

Detailed information (in English) here: Wind - Mobile Broadband without contract

Notes:

To activate the packet, send an SMS with the text NS7 to 19595.
To check the remaining volume, send yp to 19595.
To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269.
The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else).
According to their English page, if you consume the 12GB of the included volume, you can activate the packet again even before the 7 days are over. However, the same is not written on their Greek page, which makes me think that again it's a lost-in-translation case, i.e., you have to wait 7 days before you activate again a new packet.
There is another plan called "WIND Mobile Broadband Non-Stop 2" that offers 3GB for 2 days and costs 7€, i.e., much more expensive than the Non-Stop 7.
The two plans called NS2 (for 2 days) and NS7 (for 7 days) they actually give you almost 3 and 8 days respectively. For example, if you activate the NS2 on Monday morning, it expires at 12 midnight of Wednesday.
Currently, there is an offer Starter Pack which includes 7 days of free unlimited internet and USB Modem for 34.90€.

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Q-mobile

1. Data plan "1500", Internet (no proxy), 1€/month, 100MB volume included, 1€/MB afterwards

Info (only in Greek) here: 1500 ??? 1500

Notes:

Q-mobile is now merged with Wind, so you can purchase and register a prepaid Q-card in any Wind store
To activate the data plan send "1500" to 12200.
To check the remaining volume send "υπ1500" to 12200 (not sure if "yp1500" works as well) or call 12200.
The data packet can be activated up to 4 times each month, giving you 400MB in total for 4€.
The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: myq (leave blank everything else).

AndyF · 18-07-2010, 22:54

I purchased a qcard sim at a wind store, but the lady there wasn't able to top up the balance since the sim wasn't alreadxy unlocked (she said the system was slow) and since I don't live near the wind store I purchased a 5€-code in a supermarket. But i don't undertsand the greek instructions. I called 1223, the number taht appears in the instructions, and tried to enter he code, but I think it didn't work since I can't activate the 1500-option and can't send any sms other than to Q numbers (haven't tried phoning though). Maybe someone here can give me some information on how to put money "on" the QCard with a predpaid code? That would be very much appreciated, thanks

Schlips1 · 19-07-2010, 07:34

Hello!

To top up dial 1223 and then listen to the announcement (that tells you that you have to register your Sim-card) then type in the 16 digit code and end with the hash/pound (#) key.

The Q-card menue may be changed to english. But I do not remember, how....

AndyF · 19-07-2010, 19:06

Thank you.
Luckily, it worked just a few minutes after I posted the message yesterday. This time i tried pressing "1" before entering the code (didn't have to end it with #) and it worked. Apparently, there are different options availabe ánd you have to choose the first one. Anyway, it works fine now, tethering to my Archos 5 IT and to my netbook works fine as well.

Evan · 27-07-2010, 11:39

An update on the previous posts. Cosmote has just announced its first prepaid plans for data connection on computer. The plans are quite more expensive than the similar plans of Wind and Vodafone but I post them here in case there is only 3G coverage of Cosmote on the place you will visit.

COSMOTE Internet On The Go with Card

They offer 3 plans, each with 1GB included volume, that differ on the connection time only. The 1-day plan costs 5€, the 7-day plan 10€, and the 30-day plan 30€. After 31 August 2010, they will cost 10, 14 and 50€, respectively.

You can get the SIM pack for 20€ or the Full Pack with 50€ (which includes USB modem) from any Cosmote or Germanos shop, activate and register the SIM and connect immediately. In case you need the connection settings for your own USB modem, the APN is "internet" and leave everything else blank.

More info in Greek here (after the middle of the page):
http://www.cosmote.gr/cosmote/cosmot...rnet+On+The+Go

italos · 31-08-2010, 11:50

Just an update to this based on my experience.

1) Availablility is very very limited. ie ( they are out of stock ).
I was only able to get mine as I know someone who knows someone...

2) The 20 euro pack gives you 7 days to use the 1G. In order to upgrade to 30 days I had to pay an extra 10 euro. the OTE staff were unable to do this so I went to a Germanos store who were happy to help except when I paid the 10 euro in order to top up to 30 I found that it would only go as far as 28 euro. The missing 2 was due to tax.....

So I had to go back purchase another $5 top up to get me to $33 and then I was able to activate the 30 days usage...

Another screw up was that I orginally purchased the $10 top up from a periptero (newsagent) but that was o9nly vaild for mobiles not internet...

hmmmm.... the joys of doing things in a foreign country.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evan

An update on the previous posts. Cosmote has just announced its first prepaid plans for data connection on computer. The plans are quite more expensive than the similar plans of Wind and Vodafone but I post them here in case there is only 3G coverage of Cosmote on the place you will visit.

COSMOTE Internet On The Go with Card

They offer 3 plans, each with 1GB included volume, that differ on the connection time only. The 1-day plan costs 5€, the 7-day plan 10€, and the 30-day plan 30€. After 31 August 2010, they will cost 10, 14 and 50€, respectively.

You can get the SIM pack for 20€ or the Full Pack with 50€ (which includes USB modem) from any Cosmote or Germanos shop, activate and register the SIM and connect immediately. In case you need the connection settings for your own USB modem, the APN is "internet" and leave everything else blank.

More info in Greek here (after the middle of the page):
COSMOTE: /??? '????/COSMOTE Internet On The Go

timmfive · 12-10-2010, 15:07

Hi all, love this site. Have been using in the UK (3), France (Orange), Italy (TIM), and Greece (Q) to get unlimited internet on my Nexus One android phone. (France was very tricky, and Italy was 250MB/month).

Anyway, there have been some great contributors for this Greek thread.
After reading all 13 pages it seemed like the best/obvious/only option was Wind and the ~€18 for 1G deal. :-/ (Which frankly, isn't great... pretty expensive for 1G)
So I went into a Wind shop the other day to get the above.
There were two useless agents, but one really good guy there who knew his stuff.

I explained that what was most important for me was internet on my phone.
He knew about the Wind 1G/30day "deal", but said he was going to sell me the Q package as he reckoned it was unlimited.
I said that it seemed Q was only 100M a month, or whatever, and he said that while that is what it says, it is really unlimited.
It was only a €5 risk and I am currently at ~500M and its still working.

It was a bit painful to get working, but here is my workflow:

1) Q-card, buy it for €5 at a Wind store. I think it comes with €1 credit which will be used below.
2) install it in phone. On my Android it shows a little "R" next to the network, meaning Roaming, but the guy reckoned that was normal. Said it was cause WIND bought Q and their network roams on WINDs... if that makes sense... i was a bit worried about this initally.
But I think the most important point here is, in your android/iphone whatever, you will need to enable the tickbox to "enable data when roaming".
2.5) APN is simply "myq" for name/APN. nothing else changed.
3) Dial 1333. not sure what this is, but you will hear a Greek recording, then a long tone. Apparently this is just a normal call to activate/unlock the SIM.
4) Buy "Q" credit from a kiosk/tobacco shop. I bought €5.
5) to install the credit i had to dial 1223, listen to what sounds like an advertisment, wait for a slight pause in the recording, enter 16-digit credit code, follow by #. (the tobacco agent was kind enough to help me with this... i just put it on speakerphone!)
6) dial 12200, press 1, 1, 1. this should activate the 1500 SMS/etc package mentioned in previous posts.
7) reboot your phone.

hopefully at this point you will see your 3G data icon start working.
9) don't take the p1ss with the data connection especially when/if tethering to netbook.
9.5) don't tell too many people about this and hope it lasts.
10) enjoy!

TIM

PS: ~500k down/300k up. worked acceptably for a sip call.
if there are any Q users out there who know how to change any of the menus/texts to english, please let me know.

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Evan (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 102 Join Date: 17 Aug 2009 Country:	12-07-2010, 14:39 WIND UPDATED! 1. Data Plan "Wind Plus Internet", Internet (no proxy), 4.12€/month, 40MB volume included, 0.5€/MΒ afterwards. Info (only in Greek) here: Wind - ????????????? Activation and Settings: Buy and register a Wind prepaid card ("New Wind Prepaid" or "Wind Free2Go") from any Wind store. To activate the "Wind Plus Internet", send an SMS with the text PLUS to 19349. To configure the internet settings manually, use the APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else) To check the remaining data volume, send CHECK to 19349. To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269. Notes: The plan is renewed automatically every month. To deactivate the plan, send the word "STOP" to 19349. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED! 2. Data Plan "Wind Plus WAP", WAP (with proxy), 4.12€/month, 40MB volume included, 0.0123€/ΚΒ afterwards. Notes: This is exactly the same plan like the above, but is not recommended over the previous one, because it uses the WAP APN instead of the Internet APN. That means that you cannot use services like e-mail etc. and also that after exceeding the 40MB of the included volume, you will be charged 12.6 €/MΒ instead of 0.5€/MΒ of the previous plan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW! 3. Data plan "WIND Mobile Broadband with card", Internet (no proxy), 9.90€/30-days, 1GB volume included, 0.02€/MΒ afterwards. Detailed information (in English) here: Wind - Mobile Broadband without contract Notes: To activate the packet, send an SMS with the text 1GB to 19595. To check the remaining volume, send yp to 19595. To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269. The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else). According to their English page, if you consume the 1GB of the included volume, you can activate the packet again even before the 30 days are over. However, the same is not written on their Greek page, which makes me think that it's a lost-in-translation case, i.e., you have to wait 30 days before you activate again a new packet. UPDATED! 4. Data Plan "WIND Mobile Broadband Non-Stop 7", Internet (no proxy), 14€/7-days, 12GB volume included, 0.02€/MΒ afterwards Detailed information (in English) here: Wind - Mobile Broadband without contract Notes: To activate the packet, send an SMS with the text NS7 to 19595. To check the remaining volume, send yp to 19595. To check the remaining credit, send a blank SMS to 1269. The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: gint.b-online.gr (leave blank everything else). According to their English page, if you consume the 12GB of the included volume, you can activate the packet again even before the 7 days are over. However, the same is not written on their Greek page, which makes me think that again it's a lost-in-translation case, i.e., you have to wait 7 days before you activate again a new packet. There is another plan called "WIND Mobile Broadband Non-Stop 2" that offers 3GB for 2 days and costs 7€, i.e., much more expensive than the Non-Stop 7. The two plans called NS2 (for 2 days) and NS7 (for 7 days) they actually give you almost 3 and 8 days respectively. For example, if you activate the NS2 on Monday morning, it expires at 12 midnight of Wednesday. Currently, there is an offer Starter Pack which includes 7 days of free unlimited internet and USB Modem for 34.90€. ================================================= Q-mobile 1. Data plan "1500", Internet (no proxy), 1€/month, 100MB volume included, 1€/MB afterwards Info (only in Greek) here: 1500 ??? 1500 Notes: Q-mobile is now merged with Wind, so you can purchase and register a prepaid Q-card in any Wind store To activate the data plan send "1500" to 12200. To check the remaining volume send "υπ1500" to 12200 (not sure if "yp1500" works as well) or call 12200. The data packet can be activated up to 4 times each month, giving you 400MB in total for 4€. The settings for the mobile/modem are: APN: myq (leave blank everything else).

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AndyF (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 18 Jul 2010 Country:	18-07-2010, 22:54 I purchased a qcard sim at a wind store, but the lady there wasn't able to top up the balance since the sim wasn't alreadxy unlocked (she said the system was slow) and since I don't live near the wind store I purchased a 5€-code in a supermarket. But i don't undertsand the greek instructions. I called 1223, the number taht appears in the instructions, and tried to enter he code, but I think it didn't work since I can't activate the 1500-option and can't send any sms other than to Q numbers (haven't tried phoning though). Maybe someone here can give me some information on how to put money "on" the QCard with a predpaid code? That would be very much appreciated, thanks

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Schlips1 (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 64 Join Date: 20 Sep 2009 Country:	19-07-2010, 07:34 Hello! To top up dial 1223 and then listen to the announcement (that tells you that you have to register your Sim-card) then type in the 16 digit code and end with the hash/pound (#) key. The Q-card menue may be changed to english. But I do not remember, how....

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AndyF (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 18 Jul 2010 Country:	19-07-2010, 19:06 Thank you. Luckily, it worked just a few minutes after I posted the message yesterday. This time i tried pressing "1" before entering the code (didn't have to end it with #) and it worked. Apparently, there are different options availabe ánd you have to choose the first one. Anyway, it works fine now, tethering to my Archos 5 IT and to my netbook works fine as well.

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Evan (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 102 Join Date: 17 Aug 2009 Country:	27-07-2010, 11:39 An update on the previous posts. Cosmote has just announced its first prepaid plans for data connection on computer. The plans are quite more expensive than the similar plans of Wind and Vodafone but I post them here in case there is only 3G coverage of Cosmote on the place you will visit. COSMOTE Internet On The Go with Card They offer 3 plans, each with 1GB included volume, that differ on the connection time only. The 1-day plan costs 5€, the 7-day plan 10€, and the 30-day plan 30€. After 31 August 2010, they will cost 10, 14 and 50€, respectively. You can get the SIM pack for 20€ or the Full Pack with 50€ (which includes USB modem) from any Cosmote or Germanos shop, activate and register the SIM and connect immediately. In case you need the connection settings for your own USB modem, the APN is "internet" and leave everything else blank. More info in Greek here (after the middle of the page): http://www.cosmote.gr/cosmote/cosmot...rnet+On+The+Go

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timmfive (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 14 Join Date: 12 Oct 2010 Country:	12-10-2010, 15:07 Hi all, love this site. Have been using in the UK (3), France (Orange), Italy (TIM), and Greece (Q) to get unlimited internet on my Nexus One android phone. (France was very tricky, and Italy was 250MB/month). Anyway, there have been some great contributors for this Greek thread. After reading all 13 pages it seemed like the best/obvious/only option was Wind and the ~€18 for 1G deal. :-/ (Which frankly, isn't great... pretty expensive for 1G) So I went into a Wind shop the other day to get the above. There were two useless agents, but one really good guy there who knew his stuff. I explained that what was most important for me was internet on my phone. He knew about the Wind 1G/30day "deal", but said he was going to sell me the Q package as he reckoned it was unlimited. I said that it seemed Q was only 100M a month, or whatever, and he said that while that is what it says, it is really unlimited. It was only a €5 risk and I am currently at ~500M and its still working. It was a bit painful to get working, but here is my workflow: 1) Q-card, buy it for €5 at a Wind store. I think it comes with €1 credit which will be used below. 2) install it in phone. On my Android it shows a little "R" next to the network, meaning Roaming, but the guy reckoned that was normal. Said it was cause WIND bought Q and their network roams on WINDs... if that makes sense... i was a bit worried about this initally. But I think the most important point here is, in your android/iphone whatever, you will need to enable the tickbox to "enable data when roaming". 2.5) APN is simply "myq" for name/APN. nothing else changed. 3) Dial 1333. not sure what this is, but you will hear a Greek recording, then a long tone. Apparently this is just a normal call to activate/unlock the SIM. 4) Buy "Q" credit from a kiosk/tobacco shop. I bought €5. 5) to install the credit i had to dial 1223, listen to what sounds like an advertisment, wait for a slight pause in the recording, enter 16-digit credit code, follow by #. (the tobacco agent was kind enough to help me with this... i just put it on speakerphone!) 6) dial 12200, press 1, 1, 1. this should activate the 1500 SMS/etc package mentioned in previous posts. 7) reboot your phone. hopefully at this point you will see your 3G data icon start working. 9) don't take the p1ss with the data connection especially when/if tethering to netbook. 9.5) don't tell too many people about this and hope it lasts. 10) enjoy! TIM PS: ~500k down/300k up. worked acceptably for a sip call. if there are any Q users out there who know how to change any of the menus/texts to english, please let me know.