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[Pekousek]

It seems we come to Cyprus on February. We will be living and working in Limassol. Could anyone to recommend me any bank for establish account, mobile operator and internet provider? We will need this things almost immediately after our arival, I think.
thanks

[sk]

the two biggest(local) banks are "bank of cyprus" and "laiki".they have a lot of branch offices.my parents have their acounts at laiki
for mobile phone providers ,there are two: "cyta" and "areeba". i think cyta is better.
as for internet providers i think there are a lot.....otenet,spidernet,cyta etc....i have a connection with cyta,not the best but its ok

[Sotos]

banks: Bank of Cyprus, Popular (Laiki) Bank, Hellenic Bank, Alpha Bank. All of them are about the same. Choose the one that offers a package closer to your needs. mobile operator: Cyta. ISP: Otenet.

[Pekousek]

Thank you,
I'll look for detail information about bank's product. I need e-banking, I think Bank of Cyprus and Laiki offers that.

[Pekousek]

Is there electric outlets like follow in Cyprus?
http://www.synergy-vs.cz/erh/zasuvka.htm

230V?

Or must we buy reductions for our el. devices?

[sk]

i think its 240v here......and they are square not round......and...(how to say it in english ...)...they dont have that hole to "insert" them in.....maybe someone can explain better

[Pekousek]

Hmmmm,
240V isn't too good
Can anyone find any picture of that outlet, please?

[Sotos]

The plugs look like this:

They are the same like the UK, and the voltage is the same also. I think all Europe has the same voltage. You will just need to change the plug or get one of those 1 pound things that will "modify" your plugs.

[Pekousek]

Thank you Sotos.
I'll try to buy the "modify" thing in Czech Rep., but I am afraid it will be difficult to find it in any shop. Or I will hope to buy it in Cypus.

[Sotos]

We have many of those things in Cyprus. Maybe the best way is to simply change the plug though. It is very easy.