July 30th, 2009 by David Mutlow
In previous articles I’d mentioned the merits of pay-as-you-go mobile broadband in Greece.
‘Wind’ are a recent Internet provider that’s predicted to dominate the telephony market within Greece in the next couple of years. (Reuters)
Walking into their local shop on the Island of Lefkas. I purchased a ‘Wind USB Modem’ plus 7 days of pay-as you-go credit. The cost of the USB stick is €126.00 (There is a cheaper option) which provides mobile broadband coverage throughout their extensive 3G Network. Due to the language barrier my Greek is not that good. I was able to ask the staff (In English) to activate my first pay-as-you-go-card within the shop. For a total of €140.00 (€14 = 7 days credit) I was ready to plug and play my new Internet access from my boat. Continue reading ‘Using a Wind USB Modem in Greece’
June 11th, 2009 by David Mutlow
Internet access whilst travelling in Greece has improved dramatically.
Returning from a recent trip with ‘Peter Sommer Travels’ to the eastern Aegean. I made a point of researching cheap and effective ways of maintaining reliable Internet access whilst on the move. In my previous post 3G Mobile Internet Access with Wind. I’d researched an effective pay-as-you-go method of using Mobile broadband in Greece.
There were some down sides namely the initial cost of buying a ‘Wind’ mobile broadband stick at €90 however its frequently recommended by their staff to use an unlocked broadband stick and use their pay-as-you-go cards that can be found in most shops.
In reality if you don’t have an unlocked mobile broadband stick the cost of the ‘Wind’ stick is not only expensive it’s not always easy to get hold of outside Athens. Walking into their local shop in Vathi (Capital of Samos Island) I was informed that it would have to be ordered from Athens and would take a couple of days.
Continue reading ‘3G & Wi-Fi Internet in Greece’
April 13th, 2009 by David Mutlow
In recent years Greece has invested heavily in Mobile technology. Cosmote, Vodafone GR and Wind GR are the main companies that provide mobile Internet access on the move. There are however restrictions with Cosmote and Vodafone in the form of contract agreements that are goverened with an additional restriction of having to provide a Greek Tax code before you can use their service. The exception is Wind.
‘Wind’ is an Athens based mobile telephony company that invested 88 million euros into its start-up business and is predicted as becoming the main mobile Internet provider in Greece (Reuters)
Prepaid: Wind has two prepaid sim cards Continue reading ‘Greece: Cheap 3G Mobile Internet access via pay-as-you-go’
