Mobiles

kah22

I've already posted in the mobile forum but thought I'd come here for some cross border information

I'm often down South and I frequently roam into Vodafones Southern network while here in the North. Money wise not good. My contract with Vodafone has ended and I'm beginning to shop around

So I'm after recommendations on Networks which might cut out these tarrifs. At the moment I'm thinking BT as I have my landline and Internet with them and they seem to be offering a good deal on Sim only but I haven't checked out their roaming charges. Would appreciate your experiences

Kevin

dmxdave

I am with Vodafone and have Vodafone Ireland Plus for £5 per month, all calls, texts and data from my plan are included when roaming in Ireland.

Honkycat

Three? Free roaming in lots of countries.

thetope

Three are great, they have 6 months half price offer on at the minute but I have been using their pay-as-you go service for almost 2 years and think it's great.

kah22

dmxdave wrote: »

I am with Vodafone and have Vodafone Ireland Plus for £5 per month, all calls, texts and data from my plan are included when roaming in Ireland.

Are you on a contract, how much?

I ask because I was in the Vodafone shop the other day and they were offering, I've lost the quote but I think it was £16 for 900 min and if you add on another £2 a month it becomes unlimited calls, North and South, on a Sim only deal. But I'll need to check that again

Milko

All new (after 6th May) Vodafone contracts offer "Free" roaming in Europe, some 26 odd countries from memory. I too use Vodafone Ireland though as this allows my calls to Irish numbers as part of my plan as with my data

dmxdave

kah22 wrote: »

Are you on a contract, how much?

I ask because I was in the Vodafone shop the other day and they were offering, I've lost the quote but I think it was £16 for 900 min and if you add on another £2 a month it becomes unlimited calls, North and South, on a Sim only deal. But I'll need to check that again

Yes 600 min unlimited texts and 1GB Data for £14 per month plus £5 for the Ireland plus SIM only

kah22

dmxdave wrote: »

Yes 600 min unlimited texts and 1GB Data for £14 per month plus £5 for the Ireland plus SIM only

was in the Vodafobe shop today and here's the deal they were offering
12 months Sim only
Minutes: unlimited
Texts: unlimited
Data: 2G
Free EU roaming
250 my data outside UK
Monthly 16.20

They also looked at my account and the girl reckoned I could get by on 250 minutes month and 250mb data for £9.50 month

KEVIN

esuhl

I'm on a SIM-only deal with Vodafone in the UK. It was £10.50 a month for 12-months, but now I'm out of contract it's £15.50/month, so time to shop around.

I get unlimited minutes and texts and 1GB data.

I'm not sure about roaming costs, but if you hop across the border regularly, would it be worth getting a SIM card for each region so you don't have to pay for roaming?

ballyblack

but if you hop across the border regularly, would it be worth getting a SIM card for each region so you don't have to pay for roaming?

Not practical

You have to have 2 separate numbers and UK callers will have to call an international number most likely not included in their own plan

Tesco has free roaming at the moment for the summer

Honkycat

esuhl wrote: »

I'm on a SIM-only deal with Vodafone in the UK. It was £10.50 a month for 12-months, but now I'm out of contract it's £15.50/month, so time to shop around.

I get unlimited minutes and texts and 1GB data.

I'm not sure about roaming costs, but if you hop across the border regularly, would it be worth getting a SIM card for each region so you don't have to pay for roaming?

You definitely should shop around, that's expensive for what you're getting.