Cell Phone Data Service in Europe?
Apr 3, 2015, 2:04 pm
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Cell Phone Data Service in Europe?
I'm taking a 3 week trip to western Europe (England, France, Space, Italy, Switzerland, Germany) and would LOVE to have cell service during the trip. It's not really the phone that I'm after, it's the data service. I know there's WiFi here and there, but things would be so much simpler, if I could just hop on Google Maps whenever I want to get somewhere and have an in-pocket translator at all times. I have an unlocked Nexus 5 phone. Is there a way to buy a 1 month sim card with "unlimited" data that can be used throughout Europe?
Apr 3, 2015, 2:26 pm
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Suggest you look in here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...i-country.html
Apr 4, 2015, 9:03 pm
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Take a look at the Orange Mundo SIM with the Go Europe option. €1 gets you 100MB of data for that day (with more data available in 100MB/€ increments) for all of the countries you mentioned except Switzerland.
Alternatively, look at switching to T-Mobile service here in the US, which includes unlimited roaming in all of the countries you're visiting.
The link that UAPremExecflyer posted has some pretty comprehensive threads, though.
Alternatively, look at switching to T-Mobile service here in the US, which includes unlimited roaming in all of the countries you're visiting.
The link that UAPremExecflyer posted has some pretty comprehensive threads, though.
Apr 5, 2015, 3:50 pm
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highlanderfil - Check out this page. As I understand it, you buy the SIM card before you leave from one of those providers (not directly from Orange Spain) and they ship it too you, already activated with 10€ or so on it. When you arrive in Europe, go to http://en.orange.es/ to create an account and associate it to the phone number that is already tied to the SIM. This will automatically charge you an extra 1€ each day you use the card.
Apr 5, 2015, 4:47 pm
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highlanderfil - Check out this page. As I understand it, you buy the SIM card before you leave from one of those providers (not directly from Orange Spain) and they ship it too you, already activated with 10€ or so on it. When you arrive in Europe, go to http://en.orange.es/ to create an account and associate it to the phone number that is already tied to the SIM. This will automatically charge you an extra 1€ each day you use the card.
Apr 7, 2015, 11:15 am
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Apr 7, 2015, 12:21 pm
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I ordered mine yesterday from here. http://simcard.spainsur.com/orange/1...10-credit.html
Apr 7, 2015, 12:45 pm
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They still have one for 10€. It comes loaded with 5€ worth of credit instead of 10€.
http://simcard.spainsur.com/orange/1...-5-credit.html
http://simcard.spainsur.com/orange/1...-5-credit.html
Apr 7, 2015, 1:06 pm
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They still have one for 10€. It comes loaded with 5€ worth of credit instead of 10€.
http://simcard.spainsur.com/orange/1...-5-credit.html
http://simcard.spainsur.com/orange/1...-5-credit.html
Apr 13, 2015, 6:44 am
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A MiFi rental will be far more expensive for the average user than the Orange SIM card we're discussing.
Apr 13, 2015, 11:11 am
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