SIM card for Germany, Austria, and Swiss

inquisitor · 11-06-2012, 00:04

You won't find a single SIM card enabling affordable data use in all three countries. For Germany the usual recommendation is Lidl (for detailed info see this wiki and the Lidl thread on this forum.
Depending on how much data you need in Switzerland I would either recommend Swisscom's "Natel Easy BeFree" (CHF 4/day for unlimited data) or ok,- mobile (300MB for CHF 7/month or 1GB for CHF 15/month). The latter are sold by most "k kiosks" scattered all over Switzerland (including airports and train stations).
As of Austria hopefully another forum member will be able to advise you. However it may help if you provided an indication of your expected data demand.

pb111222333 · **Not sure -** 11-06-2012, 21:21

I'm not sure how much data I'll be using. I think Lidl's 15 euro a month for 5GB is pretty good.

I'm not sure about getting a different carrier for each country. I'm only going to be in Switzerland for 3 days... I dont want to pay 5 francs for a SIM card and then load it up with 10 francs, only to use 3 of them.

I'm going to be in Austria for 3 days as well. Do I really need to get a new SIM card from a different carrier? Does Lidl not offer roaming capabilities?

Thanks again.

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	11-06-2012, 00:04 You won't find a single SIM card enabling affordable data use in all three countries. For Germany the usual recommendation is Lidl (for detailed info see this wiki and the Lidl thread on this forum. Depending on how much data you need in Switzerland I would either recommend Swisscom's "Natel Easy BeFree" (CHF 4/day for unlimited data) or ok,- mobile (300MB for CHF 7/month or 1GB for CHF 15/month). The latter are sold by most "k kiosks" scattered all over Switzerland (including airports and train stations). As of Austria hopefully another forum member will be able to advise you. However it may help if you provided an indication of your expected data demand. terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com

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pb111222333 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 4 Join Date: 22 Sep 2010 Country:	Not sure - 11-06-2012, 21:21 I'm not sure how much data I'll be using. I think Lidl's 15 euro a month for 5GB is pretty good. I'm not sure about getting a different carrier for each country. I'm only going to be in Switzerland for 3 days... I dont want to pay 5 francs for a SIM card and then load it up with 10 francs, only to use 3 of them. I'm going to be in Austria for 3 days as well. Do I really need to get a new SIM card from a different carrier? Does Lidl not offer roaming capabilities? Thanks again.