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Mobile Roaming: Cheapest Calls When You're Abroad
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On a trip to Japan a couple of years ago we successfully used a eSIM (which is available on later iPhones) with a countywide roaming package from Ubigi that was very affordable.0
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I'm going to be visiting the US soon for 2 and a half weeks, am on O2 so it is £6 per day, which adds to about £100 over the course of my stay.
Just wondering if there may be a better deal for the time I am there, I do have a dual sim phone so can load up a second sim if I need to.
Can I check, can you add the £10 free roaming option onto a 30 day EE Sim only deal or is that only on the 12 month+ sim only deals?0 -
Filo25 said:I'm going to be visiting the US soon for 2 and a half weeks, am on O2 so it is £6 per day, which adds to about £100 over the course of my stay.
Just wondering if there may be a better deal for the time I am there,koru1 -
Filo25 said:I'm going to be visiting the US soon for 2 and a half weeks, am on O2 so it is £6 per day, which adds to about £100 over the course of my stay.
Just wondering if there may be a better deal for the time I am there, I do have a dual sim phone so can load up a second sim if I need to.
Can I check, can you add the £10 free roaming option onto a 30 day EE Sim only deal or is that only on the 12 month+ sim only deals?1 -
BUFF said:Filo25 said:I'm going to be visiting the US soon for 2 and a half weeks, am on O2 so it is £6 per day, which adds to about £100 over the course of my stay.
Just wondering if there may be a better deal for the time I am there, I do have a dual sim phone so can load up a second sim if I need to.
Can I check, can you add the £10 free roaming option onto a 30 day EE Sim only deal or is that only on the 12 month+ sim only deals?
Looking for a bit of everything, probably a fair of data usage0 -
We are off to France in our campervan on 12th May returning on 26th May. We are on a SIM-only contract with Three that started in December 2021.
It seems that we fall foul of their "no roaming charge if your contract started before Oct 2021" rule so, if we use both our phones every day for the 14 days that will add £56 to our mobile phone bills.
I had a long live chat with Three earlier this evening and this is what they say:
"We had hoped that roaming charges would not change and that we would not need to introduce the charges. However, variations in underlying and the wholesale market costs have meant that we, like some other providers, made the difficult decision to introduce a Roaming Charge. However until 23/05/2022 all the charges will be waived off."
They say they have updated their website but I can't find this information on it!
It means we potentially will be charged £8 for our last couple of days in France so not the end of the world but, we will have to pay the full whack if we cross the channel again this year. Apparently the charge for cancelling the contract is over £50 so I think we are going to have to stick with Three for the time being.
Has anyone else found a way around this please?
SMARTY seem to be part of Three's business empire yet don't charge for roaming. Very odd!0 -
Filo25 said:BUFF said:Filo25 said:I'm going to be visiting the US soon for 2 and a half weeks, am on O2 so it is £6 per day, which adds to about £100 over the course of my stay.
Just wondering if there may be a better deal for the time I am there, I do have a dual sim phone so can load up a second sim if I need to.
Can I check, can you add the £10 free roaming option onto a 30 day EE Sim only deal or is that only on the 12 month+ sim only deals?
Looking for a bit of everything, probably a fair of data usage
They have an IMEI checker on their site. https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/bring-your-own-device so you can check if your phone will work. US mobile costs tend to be higher than the UK/EU though so you probably need to budget for $50+taxes https://prepaid.t-mobile.com/prepaid-plans & another $15+taxes if you want international calling out.0 -
Filo25 said:
Looking for a bit of everything, probably a fair of data usage
1pMobile has a 10GB sim, for £10, but I'm not sure if that data allowance is valid for the US. You could call them to ask.
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koru said:Filo25 said:
Looking for a bit of everything, probably a fair of data usage
1pMobile has a 10GB sim, for £10, but I'm not sure if that data allowance is valid for the US. You could call them to ask.Or could just check their website: https://www.1pmobile.com/international-and-roaming.tafAnswer is no, mobile data is 2p/MB which is no use if you're going use GBs of data, but probably fine for eg satnav use and messaging if you avoid videos/lots of pictures, if you're capable of leaving high bandwidth usage till when you have wifi.
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zagfles said:Answer is no, mobile data is 2p/MB which is no use if you're going use GBs of data,koru0
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