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nawalelmakni

Hi,


I plan to temporarily move to Morocco for my daughter’s schooling (6months). I will also be working remotely, and therefore would need a very reliable internet connection.

I had a look on Maroc Telecom’s website and found their tariffs confusing. In addition, I would not want to be tied in a contract.

Can anyone please provide any guidance?

I will be based in MArrakech.

ramko61

I usually use Inwi hotspot around 20G for $30/month no contract.  Both I and my wife work remote and have all our phones and TV streaming.  Initially we had bad performance, we then moved it to a different location in our condo and we had no problem since.

Make sure you specify the no contract option.  The first time we did it, unbenounced to us, we ended with a contract and it was costly to have and to cancel it

nawalelmakni

Thanks for your response. That's very helpful.


20G seems too little. but it's good to know what my options are.


Many thanks

ensamkurt

The inwi "Dar Box"(i-Dar)/4G LTE WiFi box is not "20GB for $30/month), it is actually around 80GB for $20 (USD). I use this service and it is good usually during the day, but at peak times in the evening and weekends, it can slow down due to the network getting overloaded with users/traffic.

ramko61

@ensamkurt

My box must be old or my location has a week signal.  For me the $30/month because I don't have a contract, usually 1-2 months. Thanks for your update.

ensamkurt

@ramko61


You can do it with or without a contract, with an Inwi i-Dar box: if you do it with a contract (e.g. 12 months), the modem price is halved and is 250 Dh upfront, or if you don't have a contract the modem price is 500 Dh upfront.


With both contract and non-contract services, there is also a one-off upfront service charge of 199 Dh (called a "Frais de mise en service").


Then it is 199 Dh monthly for the internet service, supposedly "unlimited", but I believe after a certain amount of data, the speed will slow down to a crawl.


With Orange, that is around 80 GB for their comparative service, so I imagine Inwi is the same; however I have used slightly more than 80 GB in a month previously, and it didn't slow down.

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