Cross Border Calls

kah22

I hope someone here can help me. I’m trying to understand what Roaming really means. I have a contract with Tesco (O2( and I’m quite happy with it. Happy but a bit confused!

Tesco operate what they call a safety buffer and I bought into that thinking it was to do with excess data. I discovered to my cost it wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind the buffer.

However, over this past little while I’ve had to make a number of calls down South but in the middle of the last call my phone went dead! It was only then that I realised the calls were using up my buffer

So roaming within Europe, what does it mean? Does it mean that calls made from here to the RoI will cost the same as calls from the North to, say, Manchester? Are these calls priced separately? Or does it just mean that if I’m in the South, France or wherever that calls back to Northern Ireland the call will just be taken from my plan?

As I said I’m confused.

Honkycat

As far as I understand it, calls made to home when you are away in Europe are just taken from your normal allocation, but calls from home TO Europe are not and incur extra charges. It's great when you are on holiday, but calling from home, not so much.

dsab

If you make a call from Northern Ireland to Ireland on Tesco Mobile UK it is treated as an International call, and Tesco charges 0.25p per minute for it.


If you call Northern Ireland from Ireland on Tesco Mobile UK it is treated as roaming, and the call will come out of your allowance. If you are out of your allowance they will charge 4p a min and 1p a text for any calls/texts from within the EU to the UK.



So it is considerably cheaper to call the UK from within the EU then it is to call someone in the EU from the UK.

ballyblack

Does it mean that calls made from here to the RoI will cost the same as calls from the North to, say, Manchester?

NO
You are not roaming

Are these calls priced separately? Or does it just mean that if I’m in the South, France or wherever that calls back to Northern Ireland the call will just be taken from my plan?


YES

You are roaming


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CKhalvashi

English resident here, but using my phone in Lithuania last month to make calls to the U.K. didn’t cost anything as they came from my allowance. This is the case in Ireland as it is an EU country.

If I called Lithuania (or Ireland) from the UK I would be charged as I wouldn’t be roaming.

I use Skype for international calls on my phone. Other packages are available from other suppliers.

ballyblack

i use 'whatsapp'.......all free

or 'Ringo international calling' app for calling landlines in ROI from uk

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Milko

EU roaming

UK mobile contract = receiving a call or text in another European country is free as you are receiving the call hence no charge

UK mobile contract = making a call or text back to the UK or to a local number in the European country you are in will be free

UK mobile contract = calling an EU country from the UK will be chargeable

Risteard

I have a dual SIM BlackBerry with northern and southern SIMs.