Talk:Greece/@comment-37.32.164.51-20150601225316

As a resident of Greece, just saying that a sim from any carrier can only be obtained when you visit the carrier's store in Greece and you sign up for a prepaid sim (you can't order a sim online to be shipped at your home address). Your passport will have to be scanned, in order for the prepaid sim to be issued, as this is required by law.

I would recommend only the first 2 carriers (Cosmote and Vodafone), as the third one (Wind Hellas) has terrible coverage, and you might not connect to a 4G(or even 3G !) network at all. Cosmote has the best coverage in Greece, but Vodafone is also quite satisfying, and I haven't had any issues with them(I'm a customer).

Vodafone's plans are much cheaper than Cosmote. You can ask for the "CU" prepaid package of Vodafone, and topup your account with 10 euros (ask them to do it for you when you are at the store). Then you immediately get 500MB(valid for one month), without the 10 euros to be removed from your balance. Then you can use your balance to buy an additional 500MB for 5 euros, again valid for one month (and do that again and again). Then signup at vodafone.gr to track your balance, and your remaining MBs, or activate new packages (eg. 500MB for 5 euros)

The following info applies to both carriers (Cosmote and Vodafone):

You can get any type of sim card you want without any additional cost, when you sign up. Once you have bought your sim card, you can topup you account via the carrier website, or their mobile app(Android/iOS), with credit card or paypal (minimum amount of top up 10 euros). Both carriers have throttling at some rate(though this is a bit hidden at the terms), for example if you abuse the network, the carrier might limit your 4G/3G access to GPRS for a few hours (ask each carrier for more info, although I wouldn't worry with regular use, and even some videos streaming through out the day). Finally, I wouldn't open data traffic on my cell if I knew that I don't have a current data plan enabled, as they will charge you 1 euro for 15-20 MB (depends on carrier) of use, valid for 24 hours (with throtling to GPRS after 20 MBs)

I hope this helped. Ask any questions in the comments, and I'll try to answer them!