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Affordable roaming data

any ideas where I can find an affordable solution for using data while travelling abroad (mainly in Europe)

Are there any foreign networks that provide a more reasonable tariff?

I'm not interested in minutes, just the data.

thanks.

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  • any experts here would care to comment?
  • redux
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    Unfortunately I don't think there are any cheap options now. Wind from Italy used to be excellent, but no longer.

    If you want 50 or 100MB then I think you're in trouble, but if it's just for emails and you can stop images and get by on a couple of megabytes, then Virgin's tariff of 0.5p/KB does not change when abroad.

    Or Wind has low use options of around £2 for 2MB or £4 for 4MB. Or there is a new Swisscom data roaming deal I don't know much about, but I think it is has a monthly rental of 5 CHF (just over £2) and data slightly over £1/MB

    There may be local SIM cards in some countries with better tariffs, but it really isn't easy to find out

    you might have to find and pay for wi-fi zones
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