Austria: Free UMTS access for beginners
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The Austrian UMTS network operator 3 (Hutchison 3G Austria) is now offering free Internet access for everyone. It is a basic access with 20 MB of data transfer per day. In the first seven days of activation is 1 GB free. The target group are mainly those who want to try the mobile internet or even where it fails on the financial. The offer is part of the "Initiative 100% - the whole country on the Internet" by the Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications (ÖIAT).
The available free SIM cards are anonymous, are given for the activation, an Austrian mobile phone number. In Austria, also anonymous phone SIM cards are available for little money. Each number can only be used for the activation of a free port. 3 sent to this number up to five advertising messages per month, which can be canceled after activation but also online. Option is to purchase a USB modem for 29 €, which according to 3 of the cost. Available for 299 € it's a Samsung Galaxy Tablet 8.9.
20 MB are used up, the port is shut down until the next day. The user may purchase a download voucher for 2 € from a GB, seven days is valid. This package is renewed automatically at the end as long as sufficient credit is available. For up vouchers, credit cards and Paypal, the minimum charge 10 €, for online bank transfer (EPS) by an Austrian account is the payment of only 2 Euros.
One meta-study (PDF file) of the ÖIAT According to one in five residents of Austria for over 14 years is still not online: 15 percent of men and 25 percent of women. Especially those without Matura (high school) and older half surf rarely, if ever, from the more than 70 years, almost three quarters are offline. In part, this is also the love of money. However, the study could be the average household with online services save an annual 700 €, for example through better or more favorable price comparisons bank accounts.
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