techieguy

I was having a sniff around vodafone.es and in my limited Spanish I managed to determine that Vodafone offers prepaid Internet from your laptop. I have a similar thing with three in the UK and it rocks!

Anyway I checked coverage around Denia, Costa Blanca in general and it seems to be covered. It would be ideal for someone who doesn't want to be contract tied or have the issues of line rental etc

So do any other expats use this?

I fear it may be too good to be true?

xxfrecklesxx

HI Yes we have Vodafone internet connections, with the little white, stick in the side thing (moderm)

mines on contract, 45€ a month, allowed to download 1GB, (broardband speed) if i go over 1GB then it slows down, it used to charge you an extra 20€

daughter has prepay, 60€ = 1GB, but will last for upto 3 months, BUT the thing they did'nt tell us, that when you buy it or top up, you have to ring 123 (vodafone) and tell them its for the internet, otherwise they think the sim is in a mobile phone, and you get charged as if on Vodafone live!! So in our case, 40€ worth or credit went in 5 days!! I went mad, so they are sorting it out,

we are in the mountains, so the signal flips between Broardband and normal speed, but its pretty fast , im really pleased with it,

Jenny

techieguy

Thats very expensive in my opinion.

I get 7GB for £25 in the UK, prepaid with Three, but I guess you cannot compare apples with oranges.

Having said that 1GB can last for a while if you stay away from downloading movies, watching iPlayer etc...

Good to know there is an option anyway! Thanks for the response.

xxfrecklesxx

yes it is expensive, but at least ive got the internet,
I do believe Orange do the same sort ofthing here, but you can have 3GB, forabout the same price,
Luckily I dont download movies or music, so 1GB is enough for me.

Jenny

YMF

You can read about the various options HERE on the vodafone website.

One snag with them is that Vodafone do not tell you how much you are using, even if you set up a Mi Vodafone account on the website it still does not give you any info on data usage. Just shows it as a data call with zero cost.

This site gives lots of info in English about data sims and bonos, it is not completely up to date but may help you.

Yvonne

Mitzyboy

You wont be able to compare what you got in the UK with what you will get in Spain. I pay a lot more for a lot less over here unfortunately

techieguy

Yea I understand that. We are lucky in the UK I guess! Good that there are options in Spain anyway,

valenciatim

The other thing to consider when looking at the cost of the 3g option and high usage, is 2 way satellite broadband. There must be suppliers in the area. I have purely because like thousand of others here, I cannot even get a phone line, let alone ADSL.

lic

I'm looking into this at the moment, and had decided on vodafone prepay. Does anyone know if 3 operate in Spain?

valenciatim

As far as I know, it is only Vodafone, Movistar, Orange and Yoigo.
PM me if you need info on 2 way satellite broadband, 1 way is also possible and a lot cheaper.

jurdyr

well watch out vodafone are about to put there price up