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  • Still having some trouble sleeping, but glad we planned on a ‘staging’ stop in London so that we didn’t lose too much Venice time to jet lag! As usual, I wake up very early and eventually fall back asleep. We get down to the breakfast room a little late but well before the 10:30 cutoff.

    Day 5 (Part 1) London and Italy: First Morning in Venice

    Posted on August 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Still having some trouble sleeping, but glad we planned on a ‘staging’ stop in London so that we didn’t lose too much Venice time to jet lag! As usual, I wake up very early and eventually fall back asleep. We get down to the breakfast room a little late but well before the 10:30 cutoff.

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  • There are 4 primary GSM providers in Italy: Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Vodafone, Wind Telecomunicazioni, and Hutchison 3G Italia (H3G, 3 ITA, or 3). PrepaidGSM.net has a great page describing the operators and their plans. Also be sure to read through their Europe forums. Prepaid sim cards seem to be common for use by locals as well as tourists, and the websites of each carrier seem geared towards local users and have little or no English available. From what I can gather you can typically pick up these cards at dedicated storefronts for around 10 Euros. Rates for calls within Italy range from about 9 to 20 cents per minute and per-call fees of 0-16 cents, depending on which prepaid package you choose.

    Italy Prepaid SIM Cards Part II: Carriers

    Posted on April 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
    There are 4 primary GSM providers in Italy: Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Vodafone, Wind Telecomunicazioni, and Hutchison 3G Italia (H3G, 3 ITA, or 3). PrepaidGSM.net has a great page describing the operators and their plans. Also be sure to read through their Europe forums. Prepaid sim cards seem to be common for use by locals as well as tourists, and the websites of each carrier seem geared towards local users and have little or no English available. From what I can gather you can typically pick up these cards at dedicated storefronts for around 10 Euros. Rates for calls within Italy range from about 9 to 20 cents per minute and per-call fees of 0-16 cents, depending on which prepaid package you choose.

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