abroadband

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Originally Posted by kuba.g

This is how it looks like: YouTube - abroadband

On Youtube it looks like the network mode is still on GSM ONLY. Maybe Abroadband has only 3G roaming with KPN? Does swithing to 3G mode solve the problem?

[kuba.g]

Yes I think it was on 2G mode when I flimed it.

That however doesn't explain it, because I am getting similarly strange things on forced 3G mode. Sometimes it connects to Vodafone, sometimes to KPN. In both cases, when I try to manually switch to the other network it denies and I cannot connect to either of the networks any more!

[davidtheprof]

I'm in the US, and had to order via a cousin in the UK, who shipped it on to me. But I had no trouble registering the sim card and using it in my great new Zoom We3G.

No problem registering a US credit card and managing the account online from the US.

[HowieB]

I checked a similar service that also relies on the Vodafone network but they cover only 33 EU countries. www.europasim.com
It costs 6 € per day, with 150 MB included (4 cent/mb), which is enough to work the whole day if I don't use video. Skype is fine. With the same card, I pay 2 € per day in Italy, with 500 MB included. Since it is prepaid, there are no fix costs and I recharge in advance and know how much I am going to spend. Important: I set the threshold to 140 MB a day, so I have a safety net, but usually I use 50-100 MB per day to work.

[tux]

Originally Posted by HowieB

I checked a similar service that also relies on the Vodafone network but they cover only 33 EU countries. www.europasim.com
It costs 6 € per day, with 150 MB included (4 cent/mb), which is enough to work the whole day if I don't use video. Skype is fine. With the same card, I pay 2 € per day in Italy, with 500 MB included. Since it is prepaid, there are no fix costs and I recharge in advance and know how much I am going to spend. Important: I set the threshold to 140 MB a day, so I have a safety net, but usually I use 50-100 MB per day to work.

It's too similar to this offer... ---> http://www.areaprivati.vodafone.it/1...sport_internet
And "Special price for Italy: 2 € per day with 500 MB included " makes me thinking that it's simply a Vodafone IT sim... and also, in the recharge page: "Please select the amount you would like to recharge, enter your number without country code +39 and 0 (e.g.: 349 1234567) and complete the transaction.". Better buying directly a Vodafone sim, isn't it?

[kuba.g]

Nice offer from Vodafone there

Before they also had something like €3,50/day for 100MB in the EU, but I assume that's gone now?

[tux]

Do you mean Vodafone Italy? That offer still exists: http://www.areaprivati.vodafone.it/1...obile_internet

The only difference between these offers is the APN you have to use.

[kuba.g]

Yes that's the one I ment. For ~50MB Europe traffic Vodafone Ireland still is a bit cheaper though, they charge €2,99 per day. On the other hand, they don't include some of those countries like Ukraine.

[fsotirop]

do they actually validate corporate European VAT numbers to abolish the VAT? i tried with them with my corporate eu vat but they said is not recognised by their system! i have read a lot of complaints from others about this matter

[davidtheprof]

someone mentioned this in another forum recently, but here for the main abroadband thread: it does not seem to be working in the US right now, I get a "no network" error in an area with strong TMobile and ATT signal.