Replacement for Orange, without roaming voicemail divert charges

eDicky

I have been with Orange since they began, and benefited from never being charged for diverts to voicemail when roaming anywhere overseas (unless of course I call to listen to messages).

But now that my free Orange home broadband has finally been disconnected I no longer need to continue paying £10 monthly for the Orange sim-only rolling contract to keep it going.

Calling to get my PAC, I was offered a £4.99 12-month sim-only contract (250 mins / unl.texts / 500MB) - fine, but this is with EE and would involve charges every time a call is diverted to voicemail when I'm roaming outside the EU, which is quite often. New Orange contracts are no longer available.

So I am looking for advice about which networks and their MVNOs definitely don't charge for calls diverted to voicemail when roaming outside EU, their availabilities of low-user tariffs similar to the one above, or other possible solutions.

I have my PAC, could still take up the above EE offer, don't have use of a computer right now to research (only phone), and I know some of you guys have much more insight and knowledge than I do. . . Cheers!

afzaal1988

Is voicemail really important to you? I tuned voicemail off on t mobile sim when i was abroad and there were no extra charges.

eDicky

afzaal1988 wrote: »

Is voicemail really important to you? I tuned voicemail off on t mobile sim when i was abroad and there were no extra charges.

It's my main number but rarely switched on when I'm travelling, so if voicemail is also switched off I would never know about the occasional important call. It's not even possible to set an announcement to tell callers to text or email instead, when voicemail is switched off.

simax

Orange is the only network to not have voicemail divert charges outside the EU (all networks are banned from charging for voicemail diverts inside the EU by law).

Prob best to stick with the Orange sim only.... Unless you would spend less than £10 a month on diverts...

afzaal1988

eDicky wrote: »

It's my main number but rarely switched on when I'm travelling, so if voicemail is also switched off I would never know about the occasional important call. It's not even possible to set an announcement to tell callers to text or email instead, when voicemail is switched off.

you can signup for third party voicemail service i.e Hullomail and than divert all calls to that voicemail number.
As far as i m aware you will than not pay any roaming charges as your phone never rings so your call is diverted from uk instead of foreign network diverting calls after you dont pick it up or when its switched off back to uk voicemail number(charging you for incoming+outgoing call at same time)

Hullomail i think send you email with voicemail as .mp3 file

boatman

simax wrote: »

Orange is the only network to not have voicemail divert charges outside the EU (all networks are banned from charging for voicemail diverts inside the EU by law).

Prob best to stick with the Orange sim only.... Unless you would spend less than £10 a month on diverts...

Does anyone know if ID Mobile charge you when they leave you a voicemail while you are roaming? At the moment you cannot turn off voicemail with them.

System

You can try dialing ##002# then call from your handset.

Otherwise, if you divert all calls to voicemail via your phone's menu system, it won't ring at all.

boatman wrote: »

Does anyone know if ID Mobile charge you when they leave you a voicemail while you are roaming? At the moment you cannot turn off voicemail with them.

boatman

Heng_Leng wrote: »

You can try dialing ##002# then call from your handset.

Otherwise, if you divert all calls to voicemail via your phone's menu system, it won't ring at all.

##002# doesn't deactivate it. Its says its successful but stays the same...
Don't want to dirvert all calls to voicemail as I want to answer it, I just don't want voicemail full stop but it appears not to be an option with iD Mobile.

eDicky

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Otherwise, if you divert all calls to voicemail via your phone's menu system, it won't ring at all.

The objective is to avoid being charged for diverts to voicemail when roaming outside the EU. Unless you still have an Orange contract (or PAYG?) the only way seems to be turning off voicemail completely.