Sim Card for the Cyclades

[Dave100456]

Anyone advise on the best network for mobile coverage, I'm cruising the Cyclades next month.
Thanks

 

[vyv_cox]

You will find several threads on this subject. It is generally acknowledged that Cosmote offer the best coverage throughout Greece. I now have a Cosmote mifi that is very reliable, currently offering 10 Gb per month for €30. Vodafone are OK, I have used a SIM from them throughout the Cyclades with very few areas where I could not receive a 3G signal. Wind often have attractive offers but their coverage can be shaky.

 

[TonyMS]

If you buy your Cosmote SIM from Germanos, you've a good chance of dealing with someone who can speak good English and will help you set it up.

 

[sailaboutvic]

You will find several threads on this subject. It is generally acknowledged that Cosmote offer the best coverage throughout Greece. I now have a Cosmote mifi that is very reliable, currently offering 10 Gb per month for €30. Vodafone are OK, I have used a SIM from them throughout the Cyclades with very few areas where I could not receive a 3G signal. Wind often have attractive offers but their coverage can be shaky.

Offer just run out , it's back to 5 GB .

 

[vyv_cox]

Offer just run out , it's back to 5 GB .

Summer is over then? can't complain, Vodafone's equivalent is only 2Gb for €40.

 

[Dave100456]

Thank you all for the information. In Turkey I usually buy the 1Gb for one week for 12TL (£2.75) or 4Gb for one month for 36TL (think thats the price) and these both give me adequate data allowance for weather, email, etc. so even the reduced Cosmote allowances should be sufficient.

Vyv, Do Cosmote charge you for the initial purchase of the SIM?
Thanks

 

[[3889]]

I used Wind throughout the Ionian, Peloponnese and Cyclades this summer and found coverage perfectly acceptable - maybe not as good as others though, I can't say. Topping up on line gets you 3Gb for 10 euro, valid for a month. Sim is free from Wind shops, 6E from kiosks.

 

[Dave100456]

Thanks Quiddle

 

[sailaboutvic]

I used Wind throughout the Ionian, Peloponnese and Cyclades this summer and found coverage perfectly acceptable - maybe not as good as others though, I can't say. Topping up on line gets you 3Gb for 10 euro, valid for a month. Sim is free from Wind shops, 6E from kiosks.

We are at the moment sailing in company with old friends who have wind , they spend more time on our boat useing our internet then they do on theirs .
Since returning back to greece from Turkey in Aug we not had one day when we where not able to log on, with cosmote

 

[sailaboutvic]

Summer is over then? can't complain, Vodafone's equivalent is only 2Gb for €40.

The weather we had latery , yes I would say summer is over.
Fingers cross it start again soon we still have a few months to go .

 

[vyv_cox]

The weather we had latery , yes I would say summer is over.
Fingers cross it start again soon we still have a few months to go .

Almost over for me, lift out next week. Following last week's storms we have had a nice quiet period that allowed me to get the sails off. No blue sky today though, clouded right over since midday.