Wind Greece: mobile data offer on prepaid SIM

[DaveRo]

1.5GB per month free data during 2010

See here:
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/europe/5706-wind-greece-1-5gb-per-month-free-data-entire-2010-a.html

There may be a catch. Please post any experience with this here or on PrepaidGSM.

 

[Richard10002]

Seems to check out ok on the WIND web site, but still seems too good to be true.

 

[AndersG]

Thanks, exactly what I need to get the weather in the summer,
I have already sent the sms.
But free sms, free talk and free data?
It does sound to good to be true. Where is the catch?

 

[DaveRo]

...But free sms, free talk and free data?
It does sound to good to be true...

The free talk and SMSes is only to other Wind F2G mobile numbers - though that's still pretty useful.

 

[charles_reed]

The WIND deal

I have just swapped my Vodafone mobile card for a WIND card - only problem I couldn't migrate my Vodafone number, because I have no Greek tax no. If I'd changed supplier, with my No, there was no charge.

Strictly speaking I should have paid €5 for the SIM, but WIND waived that.

The 1.5Gb data for free is fact - calls between you and WIND numbers are free - charges to landlines are higher than Vodafone but other tariffs similar.

As the network cells are mostly shared between the suppliers I'd doubt there is any difference in reception.

And I can do away with that damned Huawei USB modem, insensitive, power-hungry and with bulky, balky software.

 

[charles_reed]

WIND deal update

Well the local WLAN went down and I've just got on via WIND cellular using an EDGE capable Nokia.

Its running at 480kbps, which is a lot faster then the municipal WLAN, which is off net right now.

Almost fast enough to use video Skype.

So it's all real...

PS Nearly forgot - you've got no means of auto checking your usage to date - any over the top costs you €0.006/Mb. In fact a lotless than you'd pay in UK.

 

[Davy_S]

http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
This is not bad for checking usage, I nicked it from a link by Brendan.

 

[BrendanS]

it's not perfect, but will give a good indication, and has the benefit that you can tell it which day to reset, and try to predict usage patterns and if you will go over limit - warnings can be custom set

 

[charles_reed]

http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
This is not bad for checking usage, I nicked it from a link by Brendan.

'Fraid the link is an error message - the programme was included in one of the earlier versions of SuSe.

Try the tbb meter on Thinkbroadband.