Talk:Italy/@comment-220.255.1.108-20150410235524

Hi,

I will be arriving at Rome on 24 Apr '15 (Fri) and departing Rome on 10 May '15 (Sun).

Besides Italy, I will also be visiting a few other European cities such as London and Paris. I would like to have data connection for the entire travel period. Some call time and SMS would be good to have but not essential. Tethering on my Android phone would also be preferred.

I have been reading up and there seems to be 2 options for me.

1) Buy a SIM card from home

It cost  € 67 for 20 x 100MB roaming data packs. It allows data only. A 100MB pack ends by end of the day. If I used 150MB in a day, 2 packs will be consumed.

2) Buy a SIM card with EU data plan from TIM or Vodafone in Italy

For Vodafone's Smart Passport, some website says that it doesn't cover UK?

Over at http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/European_Union, there is a mention of Smart Passport for 500MB data for € 3 daily. But on this page, it mentions the Internet Passport for 1GB for € 6 daily? I am a little confused on which Vodafone package is suitable for me.

For TIM, I supposed I need to get a TIM Smart for € 20 with EU Roaming offer (TIM Inviaggio Pass) for 3 weeks (€ 15 x 3) making it a total of € 65? Or I can just get a prepaid SIM card at € 10 and activate Inviaggio Pass for 3 weeks?

Any advice?

Thanks.