Comments on: Mobile Broadband in Italy

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:02:08 +0000

Great, Kaz, happy to help! =)

By: kazinitaly

kazinitaly — Sun, 22 May 2011 10:38:44 +0000

Hi Michael I have read your info on wireless broadband options in Italy with interest. As a non-techie, I think I even understand what you are advising!You have also confirmed my thoughts of getting set up in Rome, where shop assistants are more likely to speak English. Rhanks for a very helpful post. Regards Kaz

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:26:52 +0000

There are plenty of Wind shops in Rome, and no doubt in Milan too. Just do a google maps search.

By: Regg

Regg — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:50:14 +0000

Mike, Thanks for the information. I will be traveling to Bologna in two weeks and I need a pre-paid card for my iphone. I do not plan to use my laptop for the internet, but will access the net from time-to-time for my iphone. What’s the best place to purchase the pre-paid card in Rome or Milan?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:54:11 +0000

Hey Zage =) Yeah, Wind screwed us good – but they’re still better than anyone else currently, bizarrely.

By: Zage

Zage — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:11:28 +0000

Ah when you first said that Wind was your fave, i was shocked you didn’t have problem with them.. But then.. :P

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:53:32 +0000

No problem Tricia! Actually, we use my iPhone as a wireless router (using “MyFi”), along with just plugging the iPhone into the laptop via Internet Tethering and sharing internet over wifi from the laptop – it works quite well for us. I definitely recommend some kind of sharing if there’s more than one computer user among you, though – leads to much less strife ;-) If you’re mobile and will be running off a leisure battery or anything (like we are!), be sure to factor in your energy requirements with something like a mifi – ideally, it should run off 12V (not mains power, for which you need an inverter – we’re still trying to remove our reliance on that power-sucker by building 12V power supplies for our laptops)

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:14:12 +0000

Thanks so much, Michael! Have you tried the mifi? Thinking of getting one and putting local sim cards in that. Four of us, plus my brother and his family, so no fights over who gets to use their laptop if it works! Then I'll have it for future trips US and abroad.

Tricia

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:30:47 +0000

Hi! Well, we had the same requirements (but just Italy) and Wind worked for us. As above, it's entirely prepaid, no contract.

Multiple countries or Europe-wide? I doubt you'll find anything particularly affordable. We get local sim cards instead.

Cheers, Michael

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:12:01 +0000

Going to Italy and Switzerland for 3 weeks. Can I buy a sim card for a laptop usb modem with a certain amount of time on it or do I have to sign up for a plan? What would you recommend for going to europe about once a year for anywhere from 3 weeks to 2 months for internet service? Internet cafes are getting old fast and seem hard to find in the places we travel! Thanks so much for any advice you can give!