Mobile Internet in Europe

Question

Mobile Internet

A trip across Europe is planned, starting in Riga. Is it possible to connect some type of mobile Internet there or directly from here so that you can normally access the network from a laptop in the center of more or less large cities? How much will it cost approximately? Who is better to choose?

Answer 1

In Europe, roaming is everywhere, even with the same vodafone, I tried to find a single SIM card a couple of years ago, it didn’t work out. Moreover, there very often you cannot go online with a voice SIM and vice versa.
It is better to use a free Wi-Fi, since it is there in every cafe,
I have never seen McDonald's without a network.

Answer 2

I would suggest doing this: You
come to the country, buy the cheapest Pre paid card at a kiosk and connect to the Internet, pre-throw some euros on it and find out what stocks are.
In Latvia and Lithuania, the mobile operator Tele2, which is not expensive in my opinion, works.
In Lithuania, the cheapest Pildyk card - you can use it to access the Internet.
It is clear that in addition to Pildyk there are other options (Labas, teleMaxima, Extra ...) and so on.
I wrote from my "Lithuanian bell tower".
Prices for mobile Internet and calls in the Baltics are about the same.
It is important to follow the promotions, now Pildyk (Lithuania) has a promotion on GPRS Internet.
A one-time payment of 50 - 70 rubles and you get 3GB of data as a gift + more bonuses for calls in Lithuania.
I can’t say specifically about Latvia - you need to ask our colleagues on habrahabr. :)
www.pildyk.lt
www.tele2.lv
Prices in Poland are also not high, but closer to Germany and Austria prices rise 2-3 times and there are already few promotions. We need to study this issue very seriously.
As a rule, there are a lot of wi-fi access points in the Baltic States.
Cafes, restaurants, hotels, but you have to ask for a key - a password.

Answer 3

I think you won’t find adequate roaming, and in each country, studying tariffs, buying prepays is inconvenient, long and also expensive by the way. For example, in France, you can get cheap 3G only by signing a contract, but it is expensive with a prepay. As already mentioned above, McDonald's rules, there is a toilet and Wi-Fi. But there may be some regional troubles. In Italy, for example, you need an Italian phone number to get a password. But the wifi there is really fast in Mac, and not the same as, for example, in Kyiv. If you do not stay in expensive hotels, then there will also be Wi-Fi. The most seedy hostel has wifi, and a 5 star hotel can ask you 5 euros for half an hour of internet, gygy)

Answer 4

As for a single WiFi provider, take an interest in Boingo, Easy WiFi, iPass, jiwire. These are virtual providers that allow you to pay at one point, and then use this login on various paid hotspots around the world.

Answer 5

Mobile Internet from our OpSoSs is better not to connect, I think. There has already been a precedent with the series Interns for 1 million rubles. You can look in the direction of tele2, but it's better to clarify.

Answer 6

I think that in the center of more or less large EU cities there will be spherical WiFi. You will not find a single system. A friend traveled all over Europe on a bicycle and used only free points everywhere.

Answer 7

I did not want to buy a SIM card, I used Comfortway. The whole family went abroad by car, charged the device from the battery, throughout the trip the Internet worked without glitches and disconnections, everything worked fine.

Answer 8

The communication problem in Europe and Asia (and all over the world) is solved by the guys from ComfortWay. Their SIM card is connected to a local mobile operator and there is no roaming. HannaS, Their SIM works fine with routers.
How the card works in Prague