Hi Views on the above, do people feel they do not always get replies? Of course it is difficult as people just may not answer, but the numbers may tell...
Ah posts on two fronts! Perhaps April could say why one was needed? At the end of the day even our solicitor , who was very honest, said "in Italy you really don't want to take legal action as it just costs a lot of time and money!
Last time I recommended her the person in question came back saying she was expensive! No idea how true this is, but know she (Cristina) was great for us. Link here to her website.
Going forward I think it is likely you will need a mobile number for most things. Perhaps longer term Italy (and the UK) will get with it and allow any numbers (not just local). In the meantime there may be a simpler way than the solution I had. It may be possible to get a virtual sim number using the likes of Skype. There are many more out there like "Cloud sim", but they don't yet do Italy, but I'm sure more than Skype will do so.
When there in Italy we bought a cheap mobile (€25<>) and had a PAYG sim with WIND to start with, then TIM simply because things were going that way then. I've so many old mobiles now it would never be a problem here.... Unfortunately pretty soon I don't think you will be able to get by without a "smart" mobile!
Have a look at the gov.uk site here, if it does not have what you want try having a look at the comuni you will be staying in on here. It will have links to the official comuni sites, but you will need to read it in Italian or translate with google or the likes.
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Ah posts on two fronts! Perhaps April could say why one was needed? At the end of the day even our solicitor , who was very honest, said "in Italy you really don't want to take legal action as it just costs a lot of time and money!
No problem. I should clarify, we did not really need one, but it was a comfort thing and in the scheme of things was not expensive at the time.
I'm with Ugo, we had a lawyer, but they were really not needed....
Last time I recommended her the person in question came back saying she was expensive! No idea how true this is, but know she (Cristina) was great for us. Link here to her website.
Going forward I think it is likely you will need a mobile number for most things. Perhaps longer term Italy (and the UK) will get with it and allow any numbers (not just local). In the meantime there may be a simpler way than the solution I had. It may be possible to get a virtual sim number using the likes of Skype. There are many more out there like "Cloud sim", but they don't yet do Italy, but I'm sure more than Skype will do so.
When there in Italy we bought a cheap mobile (€25<>) and had a PAYG sim with WIND to start with, then TIM simply because things were going that way then. I've so many old mobiles now it would never be a problem here.... Unfortunately pretty soon I don't think you will be able to get by without a "smart" mobile!
No chance for us this year or next!
Have a look at the gov.uk site here, if it does not have what you want try having a look at the comuni you will be staying in on here. It will have links to the official comuni sites, but you will need to read it in Italian or translate with google or the likes.