To become a pre-paid customer, obtain a pre-paid starter kit for 10 euros at an official KPN shop (“Primafoon”), a filling station, or a supermarket. These come with ten euros worth of credit, which can then be used for purchasing these internet add-ons.

Option 1 – Surf&Mail Today (Vandaag)

At a price of EUR 1.50, this option gives you up to 20 MBs to use on the current day. Activate it by "calling" *133#. Your bundle starts at the moment of activation and lasts until midnight. It does not auto-renew, so cancelling the option is not necessary.

Option 2 – Surf&Mail Basic (Instap)

These packages gives you 5 MB worth of data that lasts throughout the current calendar month. Instead of offering packages that last 30 days, KPN has chosen to let all bundles expire at the same moment. The price, however, is not fixed. You only pay for the days you can use the bundle. So activating on the first day of the month costs EUR 5, but activating midway through the month only costs EUR 2.50. To activate, call *129#. Be sure to cancel before auto-renewal by calling *129*009#. You can view how many MBs are left by calling *129*001#.

Option 3 – Surf&Mail Total (Totaal)

These packages gives you access to an unlimited amount of data(actually 200 MB)that lasts throughout the current calendar month. The idea is like that of the Basic option: instead of offering packages that last 30 days, KPN has chosen to let all bundles expire at the same moment. The price, however, is not fixed. You only pay for the days you can use the bundle. So activating on the first day of the month costs EUR 9,95, but activating midway through the month only costs EUR 5. To activate, call*132#. Be sure to cancel before auto-renewal by calling *132*009#.

The fine print

There are some restrictions that all three packages have in common. Speeds are capped at 128/32 kpbs, so you’ll have a hard time using VoIP. Also, tethering to a laptop is not allowed. And as usual, these bundles include access from within the Netherlands only.