I can live long without food, but water and Internet are for me a must. So first thing after arriving in Stockholm was to find a sim card with data traffic.
I did before some reasearch, and I found that Telia are the oldest in Sweden and they have the best coverage, including outside big cities; this was for me a very important point, because I plan to spend some days at the country side and a reliable Internet connection is critical.
Telenor are very good as well, they claim to have better coverage than Telia. I cannot compare the signals, but I decided to go with Telia, based on the reputation.
Below is some price comparation:
Telenor:
- 2 GB + sms and calls – 199 sek
Telia:
- 2GB data only – 149 sek
- 2GB + sms and calls – 199 sek
I chose Telia including sms and calls (only national) for critical cases, to call the hotels if I need to.
The connection is perfect until now, in Stockholm I have most of the time 4G speed, at the underground I saw that I have “only” 3G. I am curious if during my train trips will I encounter any issue. Hope not.
If I would have stayed only in Stockholm, this Internet connection would be useless. In the city there is free wifi almost everywhere.
Update 26.09: All train stations and trains have wifi connectivity, 200MB for free in the trains. So unless you are an Internet-freak (like me), you actually don’t need a sim card.
(10 sek ~ 1 euro)