Comments on: Overview of Prepaid UMTS Surf Stick Packages for Notebook Users http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/    Your English Language Guide to the German Phone Market Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Bjoern http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Bjoern Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:22:23 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2828 Please, check this website: http://www.o2online.de/nw/support/mobilfunk/netz/index.html Please, check this website: http://www.o2online.de/nw/support/mobilfunk/netz/index.html

]]> By: Hazel C http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Hazel C Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:31:30 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2827 Hi Bjoern, Thanks for the info. I checked on the link and boy, they've increased the surf stick price by 10euros! Wow! So, what does 5gb per 30 days for HSPA transfer mean? Does that mean 5gb worth of downloads or uploads or both? I am not familiar with this set-up. I have always had internet connection at home in the US that is a contract so, it's unlimited and all that, so please forgive my ignorance. If yo could explain the whole plan a little bit more for me, I'd really appreciate it. I'm a student here in Dessau, I was wondering if you could check the coverage here for me for O2 - the one that you were suggesting? Or if you could send me to a site that would show coverage for O2, that would be great. As for special tariff option for the other plans, what kind of tariffs are they and how much? Would it need some kind of special set-up? I appreciate all the info you can give me and I appreciate all the info that you've put up here! Thanks much! Hazel Hi Bjoern,

Thanks for the info. I checked on the link and boy, they’ve increased the surf stick price by 10euros! Wow!

So, what does 5gb per 30 days for HSPA transfer mean? Does that mean 5gb worth of downloads or uploads or both? I am not familiar with this set-up. I have always had internet connection at home in the US that is a contract so, it’s unlimited and all that, so please forgive my ignorance. If yo could explain the whole plan a little bit more for me, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m a student here in Dessau, I was wondering if you could check the coverage here for me for O2 – the one that you were suggesting? Or if you could send me to a site that would show coverage for O2, that would be great.

As for special tariff option for the other plans, what kind of tariffs are they and how much? Would it need some kind of special set-up? I appreciate all the info you can give me and I appreciate all the info that you’ve put up here!

Thanks much!
Hazel

]]> By: Tamas http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2826 Tamas Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:30:08 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2826 Dear Bjoern, Thank you for your quick response. Can I see the values of the network coverings somehow, is it measured and displayed? Or I can check it only by practising? Best regards, Tamas Dear Bjoern,
Thank you for your quick response. Can I see the values of the network coverings somehow, is it measured and displayed? Or I can check it only by practising?

Best regards,
Tamas

]]> By: Bjoern http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Bjoern Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:38:52 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2824 Unfortunately, I haven't found anything about data traffic for Skype calls. Other users report traffic will be about 3.5 MB per minute. The O2 offer should work for that assuming that mobile network coverage in Dillingen is good enough. Unfortunately, I haven’t found anything about data traffic for Skype calls. Other users report traffic will be about 3.5 MB per minute. The O2 offer should work for that assuming that mobile network coverage in Dillingen is good enough.

]]> By: Tamas http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2822 Tamas Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:13:16 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2822 Dear Bjoern, Your site it very useful especially for me, because I will head to Dillingen tomorrow. It might be a big fortune to get an answer from you still today, but I try, maybe I will succeed. I will have to keep contact with my family through Skype during the month, and as I read the O2 offered USB surfstick looks suitable for that task. Only question: what do you think for a half an hour talk daily through Skype with this package it will be sufficient for me in a month? Sorry if my question is not really professional, but hopefully you can revert. Thank you in advance, Tamas Dear Bjoern,

Your site it very useful especially for me, because I will head to Dillingen tomorrow. It might be a big fortune to get an answer from you still today, but I try, maybe I will succeed.
I will have to keep contact with my family through Skype during the month, and as I read the O2 offered USB surfstick looks suitable for that task. Only question: what do you think for a half an hour talk daily through Skype with this package it will be sufficient for me in a month?
Sorry if my question is not really professional, but hopefully you can revert. Thank you in advance, Tamas

]]> By: Bjoern http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2817 Bjoern Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2817 Hi Hazel - sorry for answering so late, I was on a trip abroad. "Credit" means starting balance that you get when buying a new SIM card. O2 Germany is the only mobile network operator in Germany not prohibiting voice over IP calls via Google Talk or Skype and instant messaging over its network. Other operators make you book a special tariff option for voip and IM. Regarding Skype: It should work over the O2 network or any other network when you have a good coverage. I am not sure what you mean about the web stick: Your web stick won't work without a data SIM card. You can buy a prepaid package including a prepaid web stick and a SIM card at O2 shops for just € 19.99. Check this offer here: http://www.o2online.de/tarife/mit-prepaid-surfstick/ Hope that helps! Hi Hazel – sorry for answering so late, I was on a trip abroad. “Credit” means starting balance that you get when buying a new SIM card. O2 Germany is the only mobile network operator in Germany not prohibiting voice over IP calls via Google Talk or Skype and instant messaging over its network. Other operators make you book a special tariff option for voip and IM. Regarding Skype: It should work over the O2 network or any other network when you have a good coverage.

I am not sure what you mean about the web stick: Your web stick won’t work without a data SIM card. You can buy a prepaid package including a prepaid web stick and a SIM card at O2 shops for just € 19.99. Check this offer here:

http://www.o2online.de/tarife/mit-prepaid-surfstick/

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Hazel C http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2809 Hazel C Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:53:16 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2809 Hi Bjoern, Can you give me info on which ones do allow Internet Telephony? I am here in Germany right now and I have google voice and use that for calls to the U.S. (it's free since it's a U.S. number). And how about Skype? Any of these pre-paid web-stick good with doing skype? Also - on your table - where it says purchase price (credit) - what exactly does "credit" mean? Also, which one would you recommend given the needs I have stated above for a macbook? I just need the web stick and have no need for a data sim card. ( I don't carry a smart phone). Hope you can answer my questions! Great info on the pre-paid sim card phones, too! Thanks much! Hazel Hi Bjoern,

Can you give me info on which ones do allow Internet Telephony? I am here in Germany right now and I have google voice and use that for calls to the U.S. (it’s free since it’s a U.S. number). And how about Skype? Any of these pre-paid web-stick good with doing skype?

Also – on your table – where it says purchase price (credit) – what exactly does “credit” mean? Also, which one would you recommend given the needs I have stated above for a macbook? I just need the web stick and have no need for a data sim card. ( I don’t carry a smart phone).

Hope you can answer my questions! Great info on the pre-paid sim card phones, too!

Thanks much!
Hazel

]]> By: Anselm jay http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/overview-prepaid-umts-surf-stick/3613/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 Anselm jay Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:57:16 +0000 http://www.phone-guide-germany.com/?p=3613#comment-2466 I will be travelling to Rodby in Denmark I would like to know which shops sell pre-paid mobile internet sim in that area. I will be travelling to Rodby in Denmark I would like to know which shops sell pre-paid mobile internet sim in that area.

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