Roaming in Andorra

arty688

Hello,

My contract with Vodafone is coming to and end and was looking around at alternatives. However I have booked a holiday next year in Andorra so I could do with roaming data for the kids to use mainly. Vodafone charge £6 per day which is fair enough but I'm struggling to find another operator that does roaming in Andorra at a reasonable rate. I've found Plusnet that say they include Andorra in there roaming but google seem to suggest it doesn't work in reality. Does anyone know of other operators that cover Andorra?

Cheers

JenB79

Any particular reason why you don’t want to buy a local SIM?

arty688

expensive and not straightforward I believe.

JenB79

In that case, Plusnet offer free roaming in Andorra (no idea about others):

https://www.plus.net/help/mobile/roam-like-at-home/

arty688

yes spotted that but there seems to be a few negative stories on the net about it not working and it seems a bit odd that Plusnet owned by BT offers Andorra for free and EE don't even offer it as one of the add ons, so not convinced its not a typo. Anyone used Plusnet in Andorra ? 

JenB79

arty688 said:

yes spotted that but there seems to be a few negative stories on the net about it not working and it seems a bit odd that Plusnet owned by BT offers Andorra for free and EE don't even offer it as one of the add ons, so not convinced its not a typo. Anyone used Plusnet in Andorra ? 

Its there's in black and white, you don't need any further proof. As to why EE and BT don't offer it, its purely a commercial decision. Its a bit like asking why don't Plusnet offer offer wifi calling or Visual Voicemail when EE does...after all they're both owned by BT group right?

arty688

Slightly different as Andorra is a telecoms monopoly which charges quite a lot for roaming so it just seem a bit odd that a small subsidiary provider is the only one to have struck a deal with them. Odd but not impossible I would also guess that there are get outs in the black and white small print as well. Probably worth a punt at £8 for 12gb 30 day contract but will probably stay with Vodafone just incase.

redux

The presence of Anguilla, and no other Caribbean country (bar those which are integral parts of France), on Plusnet's list looks even more odd, and increases my suspension of error.

But still, if it's there, you should have good grounds to argue a refund if they do charge.

Try and be modest, and not flirt with any numbers that could be fair use limits.

For instance, I'd switch off all automatic app updates and automatic message synchronisations. But at that sort of level of usage, can you make do with just passing wifi?

simax

Given the size of Andorra, depending on where you are located, you’ll probably pick up the French or Spanish networks as well anyway, so set a manual roam for those?

arty688

no chance of Spanish or French  signals in most of Andorra  I'm afraid (been there a few times)maybe somewhere  in Pasa De le Casa but unlikely 

lon_don

arty688 said:

no chance of Spanish or French  signals in most of Andorra  I'm afraid (been there a few times)maybe somewhere  in Pasa De le Casa but unlikely 

Been there 5 times in the last 6 years for skiing. Can confirm Plusnet inclusive roaming worked fine (at least until 2020, no skiing in 2021!) but never picked up any French or Spanish signal (in Andorra la Vella or La Massana).