Thanks to everyone for piping in and offering suggestions.  Very helpful!
-Kevin
Sent from my iPad with Retina Display
http://www.kevincallahan.org


On Jul 22, 2012, at 4:13 AM, Andy Fuchs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
> 
> as others already mentioned: if your device(s) have Simlock, you can't simply 
> put in an italian sim card.
> 
> Forget about free WiFi in Italy. They are restricted by law and you'll hardly 
> find one.
> 
> Here's another idea (something I did frequently over the last couple of 
> years):
> 
> - use a pay-as-you-go sim-card from the carrier 'Three'. Three is very 
> flexible in Europe - they work in UK, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark 
> (everywhere three has a network) at local prices (which are cheap). AND you 
> can buy the card in UK (three.co.uk), which may be easier for you unless your 
> italian tongue is good and they still work at local rates in Italy (I dunno, 
> if there's a three-network in Sicily, though).
> 
> - get a small MiFi-router (e.g. Huawei 5830, or E5), so you can surf the web 
> with all your devices at once (with only one contract/card)
> - get a cheap and unlocked phone, just in case you want to call somebody 
> locally
> - get a SIM/Micro-SIM-Adaptor to be flexible
> 
> The only disadvantage is, that you must switch on the MiFi, if you want to go 
> online.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> Am 22.07.2012 um 01:41 schrieb Kevin Callahan <[email protected]>:
> 
>> My wife and I will be taking a 17 day trip to Rome and Sicily.  I have a few 
>> questions about data plans, sims etc.  
>> After trying to find the answers online, I thought I'd come to you guys as a 
>> better source. 
>> 
>> We will take the following -- ALL are on AT&T:
>> 
>> iPhone 4
>> iPhone 4S
>> Two iPad (3)s
>> 
>> We'd like data on all 4 devices and of course, phone coverage.
>> 
>> 1) Are we better off getting sims in Italy? (assuming all 4 of our devices 
>> are capable?)  or, is AT&T's international data plan more reasonable now?
>> 2) Is there a  preferred carrier in Italy?
>> 3) Should I assume that Siri will work as normal since it's hooked into the 
>> account on the 4S?
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> -Kevin
>> 
>> 
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