Talk:Italy/@comment-36511686-20180808152231

'''I have a TIM SIM card that I think I can put back into my unlocked iPhone as I go from the U.S. to Italy. My TIM account is active; it’s stayed on the TIM Base New plan with a balance just over €8 since our last trip there a year ago. Do I understand correctly that the phone would work as a voice phone on arrival, but I’d need to set up a data plan on arrival (at least if I don’t want my credit wiped away)? I’ve read the guidance here, and I speak Italian to read the offers on the TIM site; it’s hard to choose the best plan. Ah, now I’m seeing in the discussion Supergiga e Chat 20 GB for €10 a month: even if it says for 3 months I can deactivate as we leave (17-day trip). That link indicates that the offer expires Aug. 26, a week before we leave. Good if I can use either the Ricaricard I got on the last trip, or the PayPal trick described here. If I can’t use it, I’ll see what offers are out there for when we leave and go to TIM in person if need be. '''

'''I own a house that’s empty for the rest of the year; I wasn’t billed to continue Wi-Fi service in the house, but it was working last year, and I didn’t really need the Expresso Wi-Fi pocket device that I rented last year. If the Wi-Fi in the house doesn’t work this year, I need to decide if that amount of cellular data will be adequate for our needs, including for my wife who is on Facebook quite a lot, or see then about mail ordering pocket Wi-Fi, or could an electronics store in a small town cover that need? Would one of the Wi-Fi modems sold by TIM be available, could we just pay the monthly charge for the time we’re there rather than €100 per six months that we paid the local provider when the house was empty most of the time? '''

'''Would the Wi-Fi hotspot capability of the iPhone work to let a MacBook get Wi-Fi? '''