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Where to get phone plan in Italy

I will be in Italy soon, and I'm wondering whether it would be fine to look for a store selling a SIM or eSIM for a phone plan in Fiumicino or whether the same plan would be cheaper if purchased in Rome. Anyone know? Asked by: Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ikan Kekek: You might get a better answer on it:Wikivoyage:Ufficio turistico. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta) 09:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I'll try posting there. Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to let everyone know, my partner and I got data-only plans from Holafly while we were in Italy, and then when we got to Germany, we found out that it would have been no problem to get an Italian phone number, because the EU forbids charging more for a call from a phone number of another EU country to a German phone than between phone numbers. In any case, having data was useful, though the connection was spotty outside, but we've been happy with our phone-and-data O2 plans in Germany, with the exception that calls to the U.S., other than on programs like WhatsApp, are completely impossible on our plan. For the record, our Holafly plan was via an eSim but our O2 plan required a change of SIM unless we wanted to wait like 7 business days for an eSIM code to be mailed to us (yeah, I know that doesn't make sense, but it's nonetheless true). Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]