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Halifax no longer sending login codes to overseas phone
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Why would I take a British mobile which in principle has no useful function ?
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To receive the bank's SMS messages. Most phones will take two SIMs. You can fit a British SIM and a foreign SIM.
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I'm in this camp although opposite situation. I've lived in UK for quite a while now but still have stuff linked to my foreign phone number. I have two phones, one for each SIM (I could do dual SIM but I'd rather not risk losing the foreign one as it's a big hassle to get a replacement from overseas so it lives in a phone that never leaves the house).
I've got both numbers linked to my LBG profile, and I also can only use my UK phone number to receive security codes...
Easiest solution might just be to pick up a UK SIM next time your back in the country, or get family/friends to post one to you. Can get some fairly cheap PAYG ones, which cost nothing to receive SMS whilst roaming.
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Just to elaborate, my mobile coverage at home is pretty poor so the mobile phone lives in the car. It seems pretty odd to take the mobile from the car just in case I might need it abroad when I already have a mobile there.
And be warned. When I did get a new SIM so that I could have a UK mobile number, EE managed to send me a SIM on which SMS messages were blocked !
It really needs the UK to become less provincial and realise that many people spend significant time abroad.
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If you have a poor signal most networks and phones have an option to route calls and SMS' via wifi ("wifi calling"). When you're 'roaming' abroad your phone will make and receive calls and SMS' the same as in Britain using the same number so, particularly in the OP's position, it's very useful.
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Unfortunately EE, like most mobile operators, does not understand that most countries have boundaries with neighbouring countries so that you cannot automatically connect to the tower with the strongest signal, but need to ensure that the phone and the signal origin are in the same country. "Roaming" can be dangerous.
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If you go away and don't have free EU roaming (sadly predictable) then you might get an e-SIM from another firm to provide the data and phone coverage and not be connected on your main number.
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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You can often make a manual network selection but we’ll leave it there. In my experience roaming works well and it could be a solution to the OP’s problem.
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Most people visiting Italy or other EU countries won't be using a local mobile, just their normal one. It sounds like there is far more to it than the info given. It seems entirely reasonable for a UK bank to only message UK mobiles
The useful function is to keep in contact with everyone (like banks) that uses your Uk number
Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.4 -
This is the daft attitude that seems to be not uncommon in the modern UK. There are thousands of Britons who have properties abroad and use the local telephone facilities which may not include mobile coverage. Have we become so provincial that they are not expected to use their UK bank account while abroad ?
Even in the UK there are people who have more than one property and need to use multiple phone numbers.
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