Piranha Mobile Sim Card

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

Piranha has a very aggressive data pricing policy lately.
the only disadvantage is the billing increment (minimum charge), that's per 100kb, instead of 10kb of most international simcards or even per 1kb within EU.

I would still much rather pay 10p-20p per Mb on 100kb increments than 40p-50p per Mb with 1-10kb increments, mathematically not much of a disadvantage.

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

I would still much rather pay 10p-20p per Mb on 100kb increments than 40p-50p per Mb with 1-10kb increments, mathematically not much of a disadvantage.

for small data sessions (eg email checking) you can end up paying more

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

for small data sessions (eg email checking) you can end up paying more

I have to disagree, the maths do not support the argument. An average email including headers etc uses approx 50/75kb. So based on this, 1 email = 50/75kb @ 10p per MB with 100kb increments = 1p or 40p per Mb based on 10 kb increments = approx 2/3p.

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

I have to disagree, the maths do not support the argument. An average email including headers etc uses approx 50/75kb. So based on this, 1 email = 50/75kb @ 10p per MB with 100kb increments = 1p or 40p per Mb based on 10 kb increments = approx 2/3p.

most simcards (travelsim, camel, xxsim, airbalticcard etc) for EU roaming charge 0.39eurocents/mb billing per 1kb ... not 40british-pence per mb as you mention

they also have data bundles availiable.

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

most simcards (travelsim, camel, xxsim, airbalticcard etc) for EU roaming charge 0.39eurocents/mb billing per 1kb ... not 40british-pence per mb as you mention

they also have data bundles availiable.

0.39 Euro cents or £0.40 still mathematically more expensive and bundles are use it or lose it. its all about how much you use and as i have already pointed out the standard email is 50kb-75kb. I am happy leaving my data on knowing that worst case it will costs me £0.10 or £0.20 per Mb when travailing in the EU. and much cheaper outside of EU than the companies you have mentioned, but everyone to his own. My original point was they seem to be getting some very good deals in and outside of EU.

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

0.39 Euro cents or £0.40 still mathematically more expensive and bundles are use it or lose it. its all about how much you use and as i have already pointed out the standard email is 50kb-75kb. I am happy leaving my data on knowing that worst case it will costs me £0.10 or £0.20 per Mb when travailing in the EU. and much cheaper outside of EU than the companies you have mentioned, but everyone to his own. My original point was they seem to be getting some very good deals in and outside of EU.

for EU data roaming (including Turkey, Switzerland and Albania) the best current solution is europasim (vodafone italy sim), 500mb/day for 3euro.
even if if you exceed the 500mb you aren't charged, you simply get lower browsing speed.

except the 500mb, you also get 25min. of outgoing calls & 25min. for incoming calls, plus SMS.

[gkeeper]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

for EU data roaming (including Turkey, Switzerland and Albania) the best current solution is europasim (vodafone italy sim), 500mb/day for 3euro.
even if if you exceed the 500mb you aren't charged, you simply get lower browsing speed.

except the 500mb, you also get 25min. of outgoing calls & 25min. for incoming calls, plus SMS.

Agreed Europasim Card is best solution for Europe. Unfortunately most of my travel is outside of the EU.

[peterdoo]

Originally Posted by gkeeper

0.39 Euro cents or £0.40 still mathematically more expensive and bundles are use it or lose it. its all about how much you use and as i have already pointed out the standard email is 50kb-75kb. I am happy leaving my data on knowing that worst case it will costs me £0.10 or £0.20 per Mb when travailing in the EU. and much cheaper outside of EU than the companies you have mentioned, but everyone to his own. My original point was they seem to be getting some very good deals in and outside of EU.

When going to a hotel with WiFi I normally use it as well as other free WiFi spots available (airports, shopping malls,...). With mobile data switched on constantly, this causes me 10 or more reconnects a day (room->breakfast & return, entering/leaving hotel...). Each connection change from mobile data to WiFi terminates a charging block. With charging blocks of 100kB this causes me 1 MB of data to be charged even if no data has been transfered in the sessions. Not really a problem for me in the EU with today's low per MB prices.

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