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Cheap data roaming: Article discussion

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  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    Just been told by T-Mobile on upgrading that BlackBerry 10 devices (Q5/Q10/Z10) are not compatible with the £4/day worldwide unlimited data.

    Looks like I'm sticking to SIM only till this potential EU law where I can use inclusive minutes/texts/data comes into force next year.

    Caveat emptor!
  • orrery
    orrery Posts: 833 Forumite
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    m5rcc wrote: »
    Just been told by T-Mobile on upgrading that BlackBerry 10 devices (Q5/Q10/Z10) are not compatible with the £4/day worldwide unlimited data.Looks like I'm sticking to SIM only till this potential EU law where I can use inclusive minutes/texts/data comes into force next year.
    Caveat emptor!

    Looking at the price of the Google Nexus 4 Android phone - about £160 SIM free, unlocked, any network, I'd say SIM-only is the way to go!
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  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    orrery wrote: »
    Looking at the price of the Google Nexus 4 Android phone - about £160 SIM free, unlocked, any network, I'd say SIM-only is the way to go!

    Indeed. Will get the 500mins/unltd txts/1GB data for £7.50/mth
  • If you are travelling to Barcelona and want to be always connected for a reasonable price without the need of buying a SIM card, just take a look at this service of Tab2let, is a router renting service (3G and 4G)company!
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    Alex_Per wrote: »
    If you are travelling to Barcelona and want to be always connected for a reasonable price without the need of buying a SIM card, just take a look at this service of Tab2let, is a router renting service (3G and 4G)company!

    At €25/day?! No thanks...
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    Alex_Per wrote: »
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    Thanks, but no thanks.
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    The updated guide on 29th April omits any information for BlackBerry devices. Just to point out the £4/day or £48/month unlimited data offer still applies to BlackBerry 7 devices on T-Mobile tariffs.
  • MDonovan
    MDonovan Posts: 9 Forumite
    Hi, I read on MSE's main Cheap Data Roaming section about Three's "Feel At Home". I wanted to make it clear that the data allowance is NOT unlimited. If you read the Feel At Home small print you'll see:

    -- If you have all-you-can-eat data you can use up to 25GB.
  • BobbyG_2
    BobbyG_2 Posts: 16 Forumite
    In the guide it says that though I can't use 3's SIM-Only Feel at Home feature until 30 days after I join, there is a "trick":
    "If you're not already a customer, but you're planning on visiting one of the covered countries, here's a neat trick. You can pick up a pay-as-you-go Sim, buy an add-on with an allowance, and access it immediately abroad."
    But on the 3 website, I can't find any PAYG SIM add-ons that add USA data.... Am I missing something?


    What I actually want is about 3GB of 4G US data starting in early September for about three weeks, ideally including tethering (which I know 3 PAYG doesn't include, but I can live with that if the saving is enough). It'll cost me a couple of hundred quid with EE on my current contract, and 3rd-party SIM will be £80, also no tethering, and also the nightmare of trying to forward calls and txts reliably (failed miserably to get any txts to forward when I was in Mexico last year).


    Any hints appreciated!


    Ta,


    Bob.
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    BobbyG wrote: »
    In the guide it says that though I can't use 3's SIM-Only Feel at Home feature until 30 days after I join, there is a "trick":
    "If you're not already a customer, but you're planning on visiting one of the covered countries, here's a neat trick. You can pick up a pay-as-you-go Sim, buy an add-on with an allowance, and access it immediately abroad."
    But on the 3 website, I can't find any PAYG SIM add-ons that add USA data.... Am I missing something?


    What I actually want is about 3GB of 4G US data starting in early September for about three weeks, ideally including tethering (which I know 3 PAYG doesn't include, but I can live with that if the saving is enough). It'll cost me a couple of hundred quid with EE on my current contract, and 3rd-party SIM will be £80, also no tethering, and also the nightmare of trying to forward calls and txts reliably (failed miserably to get any txts to forward when I was in Mexico last year).


    Any hints appreciated!


    Ta,


    Bob.

    Is EE for you actually EE4G or T-M/Orange?

    If you can find an old OS7 BlackBerry and get BB services then you can get unlimited data for £4 x 21 inc. tethering with T-M.
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