Exclusive: Orange offers free internet in the Bucharest metro

    Although nothing was officially announced, today I found out that Orange offers free internet in the Bucharest metro to all its customers. I am talking about the internet via EDGE/3G which is free for all subscribers who have the APN NET set for the data connection, the APN that was theoretically set by Orange since last year when I had iOS 4.1 or 4.2.1. Having this APN set for the phone, your traffic in the subway should not be recorded and if you have a card you should be able to browse the internet without problems even if you do not have credit or an active internet option.

    There is no information about this free service on the Orange website, but the telephone operators have been informed about the Orange promotion. Free internet is available in any station and on the entire metro section, throughout Bucharest.

UPDATED: The information was confirmed on Orange's Twitter account, so you can quietly use the free 3G internet in the subway. A good initiative from the "oranges", I hope others will come in the future.

24 COMMENTS

  1. un lucru bun,pacat ca e limitat…in schimb ma uit la americani care o sa aiba 4G de sarbatori….sint curios cind vor lansa si in Europa si mai ales la noi…

  2. Am cartela, o sa vad eu cum e cu traficul. Ce sa zic, competitia deabia incepe, urmeaza restul. Viteza este buna, acum e folositoare tableta u 3g pe metrou.
    Dar, aici e smecheria: daca ai uitat conexiunea de date in afara metroului te va cam ustura la buzunar. Sigur o sa apara si reactii de la utilizatori.

  3. Media e de 3,5 MBs, atat in statii(inclusiv in cele ce pana acum 2 saptamani era EDGE), cat si intre statii. Se misca peste tot foarte bine, pe un iphone 4. Aveam nevoie de asta!

  4. OT: In statia Unirii, pe RDS wifi, 23 de deviceuri erau logate in hot spot in momentul in care am efectuat o scanare, nu stiu cat trafic facea fiecare… stiu ca erau 70% Apple, in rest HTC, Samsung si… cam atat.
    Viteza undeva in jur de 7,5 MBs.

  5. Nu va mai vaitati voi de net-ul din România căci e foarte bun comparativ cu Italia unde e varza. Eu mai mult de 1,5Mb nu vad cu operatorul Wind.

  6. Pai cine se plange(aici)? Orange sta excelent in orasele mari(terci pe iphone, in EDGE, e adevarat, in zonele fara acoperire 3G), dar per ansamblu chiar e OK netul in RO, atat fix cat si mobil.
    Chiar îi cred pe americani saracii 😀 cata bataie de cap le dadea iphone in retele lor..

  7. @anjuna.La net pe abonament/cartela ai APN:internet. La metrou trebuie sa treci la APN:net. Celelalte spatii le lasi libere.