Spain Pay As You Go sim card for internet access

nickcc

In Marbella at the moment and using Mifi with Vodaphone sim. Plenty fast enough for normal use but as I only bought 1 gb of data would not think about using Skype.

NiftyDigits

nickcc wrote: »

In Marbella at the moment and using Mifi with Vodaphone sim. Plenty fast enough for normal use but as I only bought 1 gb of data would not think about using Skype.

Wasn't too impressed with Marbella. You didn't like the Carrefour SIM idea?
Buying packages is much more expensive, as you have probably found. 22,99 IVA inc for 1GB, plus the cost of the Vodafone SIM if you buy it in Spain. More outside.

nickcc

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Wasn't too impressed with Marbella. You didn't like the Carrefour SIM idea?
Buying packages is much more expensive, as you have probably found. 22,99 IVA inc for 1GB, plus the cost of the Vodafone SIM if you buy it in Spain. More outside.

Would have gone for the Carrefour package but realised that I was only taking my ipad, even put the Malaga Carrefour into my sat nav
With all the problems I'm having over here, with fuel charges with Avis and only half the Villa habitable thanks to blocked toilets, I'm just glad that I can use the Wifi ipad.

NiftyDigits

nickcc wrote: »

Would have gone for the Carrefour package put realised that I was only taking my ipad, even put the Malaga Carrefour into my sat nav
With all the problems I'm having over here, with fuel charges with Avis and only half the Villa habitable thanks to blocked toilets, I'm just glad that I can use the Wifi ipad.

Forgot that you had you had already purchased the Vodafone ES data SIM.

Fuel charges? You wrote that you obtained Full/Full with AVIS(on the Goldcar thread).

nickcc

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Forgot that you had you had already purchased the Vodafone ES data SIM.

Fuel charges? You wrote that you obtained Full/Full with AVIS(on the Goldcar thread).

Seems that Avis UK assumed that Spain only operated a full mt policy but my rental voucher stated full full. Now sorted by local Malaga A/P manager so now full out and full return, seems that Avis UK and Avis Spain had a misunderstanding.

dazzaofdagenham

Must say the speed of Internet in the Alicante area is very slow

On the moviestar network....getting less than 2mbps

Any ideas on ways of getting faster web ?

1mix

I'm going to Ibiza for a week in 2 weeks and need to get online while I'm there.

I was going to buy a Carrefour SIM when I get there but have just read that both stores have just closed.

Does anyone have any suggestions please?

nickcc

Local phone shop when you get there will be the way to go, take your passport and local address and you should have no problems.

1mix

Will I be able to buy a Carrefore SIM in a local shop?

They seem to offer the best value for what I need..

nickcc

Would have thought that you can only buy carrefore from carrefore, plenty of other suppliers over there at much the same prices.