No-Contract Sim with Personal Hotspot for Unlocked USA iPhone 3GS in Spain?

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No-Contract Sim with Personal Hotspot for Unlocked USA iPhone 3GS in Spain?

I'll be in Fuengirola, Spain soon for a full month. I will only, at best, have a USB internet stick for my Air. Which means no wifi for our 1st gen iPad (no 3G) and our phones.

I do have an unlocked iPhone 3GS that I successfully used in Austria as a Personal Hotspot with a sim from "3".

The providers listed on the Apple site are Movistar, Orange and Vodaphone.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937

I can't tell from their sites if I can get a no-contract Data Sim with Personal Hotspot. Anyone have any details on what the carriers offer, and what my options might be?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Oct 8, 2012 6:31 AM

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KiltedTim

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Oct 8, 2012 7:26 AM in response to tyler93023

In order to use the personal hotspot option, you must be using a supported carrier. The carrier must support that feature. You must subscribe to a data plan that permits tethering. And, last, but not least, the carrier must have your account properly provisioned for an iPhone.

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tyler93023 Author

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Oct 8, 2012 7:29 AM in response to KiltedTim

Hi KiltedTim -

Thank you kindly for your reply.

Yes, I understand all this. My questions is specifically asking about which carriers in Spain support and allow these features. And I need to do this without contract, because I will only be in Spain for one month.

Cheers, Tyler

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KiltedTim

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Oct 8, 2012 7:31 AM in response to tyler93023

Movistar, Orange, and Vodafone all support the feature. Whether they support or will permit its use on a no-contract SIM is something you will have to ask them.

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tyler93023 Author

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Oct 8, 2012 7:33 AM in response to KiltedTim

Hi KiltedTim -

OK that helps - they all support the feature, which I see on the Apple page I have already linked to.

And I realize I may have to "ask" these carriers, but I can't tell from their websites (Google translated). I am hoping someone in this community has direct knowledge of this question. Thanks.

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wegras

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Oct 8, 2012 7:40 AM in response to tyler93023

Look at their web sites if you do not speak Spanish there may be a

language switch

in fact if you have google enabled I had the option to translate the vodafone site to English

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tyler93023 Author

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Oct 8, 2012 7:40 AM in response to wegras

Hi Peter - Thanks for the reply. I have been through all three carrier sites, and have not definitively found an answer to my question. I've been traveling for nine months now through ten countries, and I know that sometimes it just takes someone on the ground who speaks the language to help out on a question. So in this case, after three hours of searching sites and forums online, I was hoping someone from the Apple community has specific knowledge of my question. Cheers, Tyler

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