Toggle UK
- carrier notification messages come in English
- option of other local numbers, though not Italy
- Use every 90 + 30 days to keep credit & sim active, cheap to do in a Toggle Local # country like USA.
- Can activate sim outside UK
- Text messages can be a bit flaky.
- Top up min 20 GBP
TIM Italy 10 EUR /week (and likely Vodafone IT 3 EUR /day)
- carrier notification messages come in Italian
- only Italian number
- Top up every 13 months to keep sim active
- Top up min 5 EUR
- Requires passport or coda fiscale to purchase
I prefer my notification messages in English. My TIM sim was activated within Italy. Europasim might activate the Vodafone sim in Italy for their customers.