Austria - Yess

Overview:

In Austria, Yesss (www.yesss.at) offers a prepaid GSM/UMTS SIM card called "Diskont-Surfen". The Download-Speed is max 1 MBit/s.Yesss uses the GSM1800/2100 UMTS Network from ONE (No EDGE available in the GSM network). HSDPA and UMTS is available in big cities and mostly along highways.

Price:

The Starter Package is 19,99 Eur and includes 1 GB Data. The 1 GB are valid for 12 months.
You can buy the card online (shipping only to Austrian addresses) or directly in one of the Hofer-Supermarkets.

They also offer for 55 euros a starter package including an unlocked Huawei E160 3G modem and a data SIM card with 2 GB of data, valid for 12 months.

How to buy Top up Cards:
10 Euro "Ladebons" (Topup Cards) are not usable.
20 Euro "Ladebons" are available at all Post-Stores and many other Shops.

Misc Info:

A 20 Euros recharge buy 1GB(valid for 12 Month) or 2 GB(valid for 1 Month) if you switch to "Poweroption" Tariff.
Recharge and switching between Tariffs ist only possible via this Website.
The SIM card is also enabled for voice calls (9 ct./min) and SMS (13 ct.).
The 5 digit password for the web page is included in the letter which was part of the SIM card package. It's also possible to check the remaining data volume via this page.

Activation:
There is no special activation nessesary. Just buy the card at a Hofer Store with no ID or what so ever for 19.99€, insert the SIM to your Phone or Data Card.
Telephone-No. of Customer-Support is 0820-810810

Misc:

  • APN to use: web.yesss.at, no username or password
  • Proxy-server: 194.24.128.118, port 9201 (not needed for PCs and also not needed in most phones)
  • Connection-type: wap (not needed for PCs and also not needed in most phones)

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Anonymous Sartup package including 3G modem and 2Gb of data for 55€ 0 Jun 26 2009, 6:25 AM EDT by Anonymous
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Yesss is now selling for 55 euros a starting package including a Huawei E160 unlocked 3G modem, and a data SIM card with 2 GB of data, valid for 12 months.
The SIM card can also be used to receive incoming phone calls, put you need to top it up to be able to make phone calls. SMS and phone calls rate are quite cheap (9cts/min I think)
The package can be bought in the Hofer, but it's really hard to find them. You can also order them through the Yesss webpage, including free shipping.
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Anonymous Yess PAYG mobile broadband 0 Mar 22 2009, 9:29 AM EDT by Anonymous
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Used the YESS SIM card in my HP IPAQ smartphone while on holiday in Austria near Zell Am See last September for 2 weeks. The ability to buy a SIM only solution was the key as I did not need a USB modem that typically comes with most options of this type.

Took a bit to set it up (the instructions on this site were invaluable). Got 3G connections while in larger towns, GPRS in more remote areas. Worked well, though slow with GPRS when using the "internet sharing" feature on my IPAQ phone with my laptop.

Bottom line is it gave me 2 weeks of internet access/email for 20 Euros which was very useful. Ability to use for voice calls was also excellent. I managed to actually use less than 10 Euros of air time during that period, so I will be curious to see if the card is still usable this September when I return to Austria (almost exactly 12 months from date of purchase.
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Anonymous GSM/UMTS SIM card called "Diskont-Surfen". 1 Feb 23 2009, 4:39 PM EST by Chris_M
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I was glad to find this info on the web.

When in Austria, I purchased a wireless modem and card, which as an intro gave 3GB. The speed was adiquite and I finally used the 3GB and was ready for another sim card.
As mentioned in the information the new card was for one GB for 12mos or two GB for one month. However, I do not read German and the loading of the new card was very time consuming and I could not figure out how to get the 2GB for one month?

My reason for posting this information is to ask if there is a way to have the loading information in English? If not could someone please send me information on how in simple language, to chose the one month for 2GB? I have business in Austria and often need the computer. My email is adventfirst@yahoo.com
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