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Spain - Yoigo
Overview:
There is a prepaid SIM available from a new operator called Yoigo to keep up with the mobile web. Yoigo is a 3G operator with attractive rates for both voice and data. Voice calls are € 0.12/minute, € 0.08/minute or 0.06/minute within Spain to both landline and mobile numbers and international calls are € 0.30/minute to anywhere except Cuba, Somalia and North Korea.
Best of all data, both WAP and web, is € 0.0012/KB and data charges are capped at € 1.20/per day, (plus tax = 1.39 per day), no matter how much you use. There is also a € 6.00/month minimum charge. Some users say there is a limit of 10-20 MB then the speed is limited to 10 kbps (not usable).
Yoigo primarily uses its own 3G network which covers the largest cities of Spain but has weak coverage outside the metropolitan areas. It has roaming agreements with Movistar, which you can get full HSDPA speeds with it.
Connection Details:
APN: Internet (no username, no password)
Wap Proxy (not needed): 10.8.0.36:8080 (don't use it! it works VERY slow)
Misc:
To check current balance dial *111#
A 2G/3G coverage map of Yoigo can be found here.
According to reports no ports are blocked so notebook access should be fine. Checked in August 2007 and all ports I tried were open (http, POP, SMTP, Shozu picture upload, IPSec VPN tunnel). You can use everything which is not P2P or voIP.
This ressource points out that SIMs can be bought at 'The Phone House' stores (http://www.thephonehouse.es). For locations see their store locator. I tried myself and the staff was very helpful.
There is a prepaid SIM available from a new operator called Yoigo to keep up with the mobile web. Yoigo is a 3G operator with attractive rates for both voice and data. Voice calls are € 0.12/minute, € 0.08/minute or 0.06/minute within Spain to both landline and mobile numbers and international calls are € 0.30/minute to anywhere except Cuba, Somalia and North Korea.
Best of all data, both WAP and web, is € 0.0012/KB and data charges are capped at € 1.20/per day, (plus tax = 1.39 per day), no matter how much you use. There is also a € 6.00/month minimum charge. Some users say there is a limit of 10-20 MB then the speed is limited to 10 kbps (not usable).
Yoigo primarily uses its own 3G network which covers the largest cities of Spain but has weak coverage outside the metropolitan areas. It has roaming agreements with Movistar, which you can get full HSDPA speeds with it.
Connection Details:
APN: Internet (no username, no password)
Wap Proxy (not needed): 10.8.0.36:8080 (don't use it! it works VERY slow)
Misc:
To check current balance dial *111#
A 2G/3G coverage map of Yoigo can be found here.
According to reports no ports are blocked so notebook access should be fine. Checked in August 2007 and all ports I tried were open (http, POP, SMTP, Shozu picture upload, IPSec VPN tunnel). You can use everything which is not P2P or voIP.
This ressource points out that SIMs can be bought at 'The Phone House' stores (http://www.thephonehouse.es). For locations see their store locator. I tried myself and the staff was very helpful.
Also, you can check their stores (franchises) all over Spain.
Carrefour and Alcampo supermarkets sell Yoigo as well. The SIM was ready to use after about 15 minutes.
An ID is needed to buy the SIM. The price is 20€ including 20€ of credit.
Before you buy the SIM, you should decide which type of plan. "Solo SIM de Contrato", SIM only purchase, has 2 tariffs, LA DEL OCHO, LA DEL CERO or LA DEL SEIS (only for monthly billing). LA DEL OCHO is 8 cents per min. flat, and LA DEL CERO is free between Yoigo phones, but 12 cents to other mobiles and land lines.
There was no detailed manual within the SIM package. All the things are written in Spanish only.
Madrid is covered by Yoigo with a 3G network but HSDPA has not been available at the end of August 2007 (checked with a Motorola V3xx).
Barcelona is also covered by Yoigo, and the SIM can be bought in "The Phone House" and Yoigo stores. There were so few shop staffs who could speak English fluently, but it was not so hard to get a SIM. Please note The Phone House shops in Barcelona close beteen around 2pm to 4pm.
There was no telephone shops in Barcelona airport and could not get a SIM card. (As of Feb. 2009)
There is no way to buy a SIM outside of Spain with any operator by law.
The SIM works both with a phone and the notebook. Billing stops as advertised at €1.39 a day and any other traffic afterwards is 'free' for the day. Thus, if the card is used daily, Internet access costs (31 days * 1.39) €43,- a month.
Note: In Germany, Yoigo's roaming partner for prepaid cards (e.g. to check the balance) is ePlus
Carrefour and Alcampo supermarkets sell Yoigo as well. The SIM was ready to use after about 15 minutes.
An ID is needed to buy the SIM. The price is 20€ including 20€ of credit.
Before you buy the SIM, you should decide which type of plan. "Solo SIM de Contrato", SIM only purchase, has 2 tariffs, LA DEL OCHO, LA DEL CERO or LA DEL SEIS (only for monthly billing). LA DEL OCHO is 8 cents per min. flat, and LA DEL CERO is free between Yoigo phones, but 12 cents to other mobiles and land lines.
There was no detailed manual within the SIM package. All the things are written in Spanish only.
Madrid is covered by Yoigo with a 3G network but HSDPA has not been available at the end of August 2007 (checked with a Motorola V3xx).
Barcelona is also covered by Yoigo, and the SIM can be bought in "The Phone House" and Yoigo stores. There were so few shop staffs who could speak English fluently, but it was not so hard to get a SIM. Please note The Phone House shops in Barcelona close beteen around 2pm to 4pm.
There was no telephone shops in Barcelona airport and could not get a SIM card. (As of Feb. 2009)
There is no way to buy a SIM outside of Spain with any operator by law.
The SIM works both with a phone and the notebook. Billing stops as advertised at €1.39 a day and any other traffic afterwards is 'free' for the day. Thus, if the card is used daily, Internet access costs (31 days * 1.39) €43,- a month.
Note: In Germany, Yoigo's roaming partner for prepaid cards (e.g. to check the balance) is ePlus
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| laptopnomad | Yoigo in December 2009 | 0 | Sunday, 7:45 AM EST by laptopnomad | ||
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Here's my experience in December 2009. Worked ok, 100 Mb daily ceiling. http://www.laptop-junction.com/toast/content/prepaid-high-speed-3g-internet-spain Found the auto-deduction of € 3,- a bit sloppy, not all days where charged. |
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| Anonymous | Yoigo pre-paid costs | 0 | Sep 4 2009, 11:52 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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My Yoiga dongle worked fine, but I feel that, when they say it is 3 euros per day unlimited they should tell you that this includes tax. This means that it is actually 3.48 per day. By paying 30 euros ostensibly for 10 it will stop working after 8 as you'll have run out of money. The only real problem that I encountered was that at the end of our holiday the dongle was not recognised at all by my netbook. I am hoping that the shop we bought it at will replace it when I go back.
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| Anonymous | I cannot get the Yoigo dongle to work!!! | 0 | Sep 4 2009, 1:40 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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It doesn't help that all the instructions are in Spanish.
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