thanks we are in Greece and going to Tunisia for the winter so will only be in Italy for a few weeks so do not need lots of gigs just for weather forecasts and emails etc.
Not sure if you are still interested but we got a dongle from TIM in Sardinia and sailed up Sardinia to Rome down western Italy and across the boot to Ortanto and TIM was great. We came back into Italy in Venice and now in Brindisi and headed to Tunisia for the winter and again TIM works great. Never an issue with it.
Used TIM on PAYG, from N Italy, round the S, right up to Venice.
Poor coverage (non 3G) round Campania, Calabria and S Abruzzi. Easy to deal with and reasonably economical.
Would happily use them again, arther tha Vodafone.