Talk:Norway/@comment-142.106.122.179-20150813141502

Just came back from a trip to Norway and can report on my use of the Chilimobil kontantkort. Bought the SIM card on arrival at a Narvesen outlet in a mall. It cost 19 NOK, which included an initial top-up bonus of 25 NOK. Setting up the account was easy, but I'm a Norwegian citizen (living abroad) with a Norwegian personnummer (social security number), so I'm not sure what the process would be for a foreigner.

Later bought a top-up at Narvesen that cost 200 NOK for 300 NOK worth of credit.

Used data extensively (10 NOK per day) and at around 2 Gb (total use over several days) it got throttled. Didn't become unuseable, but significantly slower. Speeded up again on Aug 1, so it seems like it's determined by calendar month. The 2 Gb was measured by the phone. Not sure how accurate that was.

My phone does not support LTE, but HSPA+ speeds were fast enough and network coverage was very good, even in the rural parts where we stayed. Tethering was no problem and we used that extensively with several devices connected at once.

Calls anywhere in Norway were 0.09 NOK per minute, but beware that the startup cost for each call is 0.99 NOK. As with all cell phones in Norway, there is no charge for incoming calls.

So, for my 18-day stay in Norway I spent 19 NOK for start package, 119 for 1Gb data package (before I realized how much data I was actually using - went with the 10 NOK per day after that), 80 NOK online top-up (before I found out about the 200 NOK deal) and 200 NOK for Narvesen top-up. Total: 418 NOK.

After having made 25 phone calls, sent 65 SMS and used 3.7 Gb of data I still have a credit of 157 NOK.