Lidl

[inquisitor]

Your request to change your data tariff was obviously successful but have you thereafter received a message confirming that the tariff change has been carried out? It may take several hours until your data option is active and as I wrote in the PWIA-wiki it usualy takes effect much faster if you perform tariff changes on the Fonic website instead of by SMS.

[toofrequentflyer]

Just to add my recent (current) experience on Lidl and Fonic: I tried to buy a Lidl SIM but the only shop within practical walking distance said that they did not have any. This brought to mind some other reports that Lidl shops are prone to being sold out of these SIMs. Instead of going far out of the way to the next nearest Lidl -- and possibly finding they also were out of stock -- I bought a Fonic SIM from a shop next to my hotel (you can search for shop location at FONIC -- Partnersuche )

In an absolute sense Lidl is the best value for reasons already discussed here. But if you are in Germany for only a few days and put some value on your time, you might consider the relative ease of buying a Fonic SIM to be worth sacrificing a little higher cost for service.

I was a little worried about the possibility that my Fonic SIM could eventually be de-activated because the confirmation letter would be returned by my hotel. But I activated the Fonic SIM on Wednesday night (remembering to give Inquisitor's number for the referral ) and the confirmation letter arrived at my hotel on Friday. Quite impressive. So now I have a German number that I can use on future trips, even if it is a year or more later.

The Fonic SIM has perforations so that it can be broken out to micro-SIM size but I have not tried that.

[stefan0325]

you could have just kept your Lidl SIM and used a Fonic voucher to recharge it. You can buy Fonic vouchers at every gas station and supermarket