German Prepaid 3G possible?

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

I am heading of to northern Germany and would like to continue using the inet while being there.

Are there any 3G prepaid sims available for use in Germany? Ideally, I would be able to pick them up either at the airport in Hamburg, or the train station (Hauptbahnhof).

Any response is appreciated

 

[Mike_73]

Best option in my opinion would be the sim card from Tschibo (They sell usually coffee). It's 10Euro for 500MB and 20Euro for 5GB per month. I just don't know how I would activate the card without a laptop and the sim is a regular size. So it would need to be cut down to fit in the iPad.

 

[DontUnderstandMyIpad]

So the Tschibo SIM is not a plug-and-play card?

Here in the UK, Prepaid cards are just that, put them in and they work. If the Tschibo one requires activation, I will have to see, whether the store can activate them, as my laptop is at home.

Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[Mike_73]

The store will only be able to activate via snail mail.
So you would want to activate via internet. I think some Burger Kings and all of Starbucks locations should have free wifi.
You'd probably also need a valid address for registration and maybe some money to load up the card initially.

 

[Safotravels]

For prepaid data in Germany there are 3 different options, take a look here wiki.apnchanger.org