MSE News: Three Mobile scraps roaming costs in seven countries

grant32

Thanks. Guess I should have researched this some more. It's fine for calls but I mostly joined three for data. Seems impossible I'd ever reach the 25GB limit for roaming ;-). Off to buy an Aussie sim for data now. Crazy.

bobstheboy

I am on Three visiting Perth. My son lives their so my question is can you dial local mobile and fixed line numbers for free, within the allowance ?

Roger1

It almost certainly depends on your Three tariff. They have several!

Feel At Home lets you take your UK allowance away with you to 11 destinations around the world, to call or text back to the UK or to get online. So you can use your phone or device, just like you would at home. And you won’t be charged to receive a call or text while you’re away.

http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=roaming,varset_subcat=4157,Case=EXT%28EM11925%29

If you art on 3-2-1 PAYG, you would need to buy a bundle in advance.

Note the bit I highlighted. This suggests if you call a local Australian number, you will be charged roaming rates. I'd be happy to be corrected on this.

Toggle could be worth considering. Australia to Australia rates at 3p per minute, 9p mobiles. Check how to do this at www.togglemobile.com . I've used mine in the UK, Switzerland and the USA.

redux

bobstheboy wrote: »

I am on Three visiting Perth. My son lives their so my question is can you dial local mobile and fixed line numbers for free, within the allowance ?

It's probably to UK numbers only, as in the post above.

You could set up a callthrough or calling card option, so you'd call a UK access number then dial the Australian number.

Or some providers allow you a series of numbers which can be directly diverted, for example Localphone, so in this instance you call a UK number and it rings the destination straight away, no extra dialling

dealer_wins

bobstheboy wrote: »

I am on Three visiting Perth. My son lives their so my question is can you dial local mobile and fixed line numbers for free, within the allowance ?

"Feel at home" is as if you were in the UK when making calls.

So calls to UK mobiles and landlines will be free (Within your allowance), but calls to Australia would be like calling Australia from the UK and incur that cost.

Great for keeping in touch with family and friends whilst away, but not for calling local numbers.

bobstheboy

Many thanks for the replies.


I thought that it would be the case that it was for calls to the UK only.


Had a look at Toggle but, when my son rings me , he would pay as if it was an international call, so I will purchase a local sim for my spare phone and use that to keep in contact with him and use my Three phone to phone home.

redux

bobstheboy wrote: »

Had a look at Toggle but, when my son rings me , he would pay as if it was an international call, so I will purchase a local sim for my spare phone and use that to keep in contact with him and use my Three phone to phone home.

With an Australian mobile number applied to Toggle, that worry does not apply, and incoming calls to any number on the Toggle SIM will work.

Outgoing calls from Toggle will show the UK phone number, so the main thing for the other person to remember is not to be tempted to call that number back but the local one.

One way to reduce that inclination might be your son not adding it to the contact details, so the UK number not the name will appear on his screen for your call to him, or else list it as a separate contact with UK mentioned.

You could add an Australian number permanently for a small annual fee if you wish, and still use it between you when you get home here.

Roger1

redux wrote: »

Outgoing calls from Toggle will show the UK phone number, so the main thing for the other person to remember is not to be tempted to call that number back but the local one.

If the son can be persuaded to use a Toggle SIM - even if it's just for use with Mum - calls to the UK number will cost 3p per minute.

If on a UK Toggle number, he would need to register an Australian local number, details on the website. It may even be that Toggle SIMs can be supplied in Australia but that would need separate checking to confirm.