Overview:

Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) offers Internet access via their prepaid cards with several options (see below)

Where to get the SIM card: In a TIM shop in Italy.

Activation of the Offers:

Offer	Send following Text to 4916
Maxxi Alice 30: 30 Hours, 15 €	PRO MAXXIALICE30
Maxxi Alice 100: 100 Hours, 25 €	PRO MAXXIALICE100
Maxxi Alice 150: 150 Hours valid daily 5pm to 9am, Weekends and Bank holidays, 25 €	PRO MAXXIALICE150
Maxxi Alice Day: Max 90 minutes at one day, counting 15 minutes, 3€	PRO MAXXIALICEDAY
Maxxi Alice 3x2: 3 € per Month fixed, each 15 Min Online = 0,50 €	PRO MAXXIALICE3x2
Maxxi Alice Facile: 500 MB per month, €20. If you top-up another €20 within 30 days from the activation, you are given 1GB, instead of just additional 500 MB. So you get 1.5GB for €40.	PRO FACILE (doesn't seem to work by SMS at this time anymore, so either go to a TIM shop or call Customer Service at 119 to activate it (both tested in May 2008).
iPhone Daily: 30 MB per Day, 1€ per Day You need as least 4 Euro credit to activate this option. You receive an SMS if the 30 MB are reached. Overtraffic will then billed with 6€/MB!	call Customer Service at 119 to activate it. SALDO DAILY (to check your data-balance) INFO DAILY (to check if it is activated) DAILY OFF (to deactivate the service)
Maxxi per iPhone: 50 MB per Day, 10€ per Month (till 05.October 08, afterwards 15€ per Month). You need as least 4 Euro credit to activate this option. If you are using more than 50 MB the iPhone Daily will be activated for this day (and you get another 30 MB). Overtraffic will then billed with 6€/MB! (Page)	call Customer Service at 119 to activate it. IPHONE OFF (to deactivate the service)

Activation only takes a couple of minutes.

Misc:

• APN to use: ibox.tim.it, no username and password required
• All services are open

How to check the balance: To check how many mega bytes are still left, call 4916, wait till the announcement of the remaining credit is over and then go to menu option "3". Listen to all the options, blablabla, and after a while the computerized voice will announce the remaining volume of the Web Facile option.

Or send a SMS for free to 4916, with text SALDO MAXXIALICE100

How to top-up the card: Buy a scratch card for 20 euros. Send an SMS to 4916 which contains "RIC XXXXXXXX", where XXXXXXXX is the secret number from the scratch card.

Links:

• Link to the TIM offer
• The Maxxi Alice Facile offer for pre-paid