I thought of moving to Three but think you have to have been with them for at least a month before you can activate this inclusive roaming?
What are the charges if you're a new customer, for calling, texting and data when in France and Spain?
Tricky where I am going as it's right on the french-spanish border so if it's picking up the 'wrong' signal, I could get charged (if Spain isn't included but France is).
Orange Fr are pretty useless anyhow. I always use SFR or Bouyges. It's much much cheaper than using my french phone but I have to keep that as otherwise my french mates won't call me (as they get charged for an international call).
Just wish it was EU standardised. And that we don't leave the EU
I thought of moving to Three but think you have to have been with them for at least a month before you can activate this inclusive roaming?
What are the charges if you're a new customer, for calling, texting and data when in France and Spain?
Tricky where I am going as it's right on the french-spanish border so if it's picking up the 'wrong' signal, I could get charged (if Spain isn't included but France is).
Orange Fr are pretty useless anyhow. I always use SFR or Bouyges. It's much much cheaper than using my french phone but I have to keep that as otherwise my french mates won't call me (as they get charged for an international call).
Just wish it was EU standardised. And that we don't leave the EU
You can activate it straight away now I believe. They got rid of the 30 day thing recently. I'd just check before signing up first though as I could be wrong.
I thought of moving to Three but think you have to have been with them for at least a month before you can activate this inclusive roaming?
You could experiment with a PAYG SIM for 3 - these have always been roaming enabled from day 1. Note that on PAYG you do have to pre-purchase a "bundle" as 3-like-home does not work for calls made from the PAYG cash balance.
I was in Paris this week and found F-BOUYGUES gave excellent 3G or H+ signals wherever I was in the city, however the data delivered was somewhat patchy taking time to open up Google maps or other apps, streaming was out the question pretty much despite speed tests giving results that would normally be sufficient. I imagine there's some traffic prioritisation going on for us on Three roaming.
I just came back from Paris. F-Bouygues had good coverage but was painfully slow much of the time. I don't think there was a speed cap though as I managed 15mb down on a speed test in my hotel room over the 3g network (my phone wouldn't connect to the 4g, nor Free or any other networks despite SFR, Free and F-Bouygues showing as available to connect in the manual network selection).
I just came back from Paris. F-Bouygues had good coverage but was painfully slow much of the time. I don't think there was a speed cap though as I managed 15mb down on a speed test in my hotel room over the 3g network (my phone wouldn't connect to the 4g, nor Free or any other networks despite SFR, Free and F-Bouygues showing as available to connect in the manual network selection).
It would appear from when I last went to France that Bouygues & Free are available to use on a Pay Monthly plan but only Bouygues Télécom is available on Pay As You Go.
Just a heads up....was in Portugal recently & using the Europass. Not too fast but okay..
Was okay for 8 day then couldn't renew the pass. Then couldn't make calls or texts.
There is a 41.29 limit on roaming apparently. So if you need more than that you have to ring them and increase it. Obviously by then I couldn't ring up doh.
To be fair their twitter support solved the problem for me. They raised my limit to 80 quid.
Sadly they replied to my GMAIL account & not on twitter and I never checked my GMAIL until I got home.
Was using my Vodafone sim for the rest of my hols.
So just be aware. Why oh why you just can't buy the Europass for a block of days than one day at a time????? & surely for a fiver it should include using your contracted texts & calls.
Other than that I'm extremely happy with 3 in the UK
Just a heads up....was in Portugal recently & using the Europass. Not too fast but okay..
Was okay for 8 day then couldn't renew the pass. Then couldn't make calls or texts.
There is a 41.29 limit on roaming apparently. So if you need more than that you have to ring them and increase it. Obviously by then I couldn't ring up doh.
To be fair their twitter support solved the problem for me. They raised my limit to 80 quid.
Sadly they replied to my GMAIL account & not on twitter and I never checked my GMAIL until I got home.
Was using my Vodafone sim for the rest of my hols.
So just be aware. Why oh why you just can't buy the Europass for a block of days than one day at a time????? & surely for a fiver it should include using your contracted texts & calls.
Other than that I'm extremely happy with 3 in the UK
The EU mandate a limit that is the maximum you can be charged of 50 euro per month in data roaming charges, which is the limit you hit, this applies to ALL operators and there's nothing Three can do as it's EU rules.
They can't reply with account data to Twitter or they'll be in trouble with regards to data protection. hence why they used your registered email.
You can probably agree to waiver the EU limits before you go. but nothing in your post is Three's fault, they are doing exactly what they are meant to do.
The EU mandate a limit that is the maximum you can be charged of 50 euro per month in data roaming charges, which is the limit you hit, this applies to ALL operators and there's nothing Three can do as it's EU rules.
They can't reply with account data to Twitter or they'll be in trouble with regards to data protection. hence why they used your registered email.
You can probably agree to waiver the EU limits before you go. but nothing in your post is Three's fault, they are doing exactly what they are meant to do.
Was just kind of warning people they might need to increase their limit so as not to get stuck like I was.
3 were extremely helpful but unfortunately I didn't get the message
No real moaning at 3 just a few suggestions
Just a heads up....was in Portugal recently & using the Europass. Not too fast but okay..
Was okay for 8 day then couldn't renew the pass. Then couldn't make calls or texts.
There is a 41.29 limit on roaming apparently. So if you need more than that you have to ring them and increase it. Obviously by then I couldn't ring up doh.
To be fair their twitter support solved the problem for me. They raised my limit to 80 quid.
Sadly they replied to my GMAIL account & not on twitter and I never checked my GMAIL until I got home.
Was using my Vodafone sim for the rest of my hols.
So just be aware. Why oh why you just can't buy the Europass for a block of days than one day at a time????? & surely for a fiver it should include using your contracted texts & calls.
Other than that I'm extremely happy with 3 in the UK
Out of curiosity, what network(s) were you able to use in Portugal?
Some good news: 3 are now showing their *Actual* roaming partners again right at the bottom of the page under the network prices of the roaming destination.
Im in Australia ATM and enjoying the free data. I can see being able to use Google maps while out and about is going to be a godsend.
It's all good at the minute.
Im in Australia ATM and enjoying the free data. I can see being able to use Google maps while out and about is going to be a godsend.
It's all good at the minute.
Loving this move to three
Out of interest, are you able to use the Telstra network?
Out of interest, are you able to use the Telstra network?
Have a great time
When I first landed I did a check networks search and picked Vodafone, I did another scan last night and it just seemed to time out and didn't find any other networks. Originally I'm sure it showed Telstra as an option.
Maybe up in cairns Telstra doesn't have any coverage, although I'd find that odd. May try another scan later.
When I first landed I did a check networks search and picked Vodafone, I did another scan last night and it just seemed to time out and didn't find any other networks. Originally I'm sure it showed Telstra as an option.
Maybe up in cairns Telstra doesn't have any coverage, although I'd find that odd. May try another scan later.
Ok, I believe only pay monthly customers can use Telstra ;-)
Ok, I believe only pay monthly customers can use Telstra ;-)
Ok, I was up in daintree earlier and lost connection to Vodafone so I did another search. It saw Telstra and I connected with full signal, I used that for the next 4 hours until I was back in cairns and switched back to vf.
I'm on pay monthly so I can't answer that specific question
I'm quite disappointed three hasn't added any additional countries lately. I was hoping for Germany and Portugal next!
Considering the Dec 2015 deadline for the end of roaming is just a little over a year away I was hoping for more action from operators..
Operators will lose the right to charge for incoming calls while a user is travelling abroad in EU as of 1st July 2014.
Operators will have to charge no more than a domestic long-distance call for all fixed line calls to other EU member states. Any extra costs have to be objectively justified.
As I say, it is the per minute rates that matter, you won't get to use your "plan" minutes I don't think. Most networks already charge quite a high out of bundle rate. The stick is that customers can switch to the prices of a roaming network when abroad.
Operators will lose the right to charge for incoming calls while a user is travelling abroad in EU as of 1st July 2014. They will additionally face a choice between a carrot and stick .
The carrot is that they can be largely free of European regulation, if they extend their domestic plans/bundles from 2014 so that by 2018 at the latest, customers throughout the Union are able to use their phones and smartphones while travelling throughout the Union at domestic rates. There will be a glidepath from July 2014, allowing operators to adapt either the number of plans they offer or the number of countries they cover at domestic rates.
The stick is being subject the 2012 roaming regulation which forces companies to offer their customers the possibility to roam with new competitors (alternative roaming providers) as of July 2014. From this date a customer will have the right to leave their domestic operator when travelling and take cheaper roaming services from a local company or a rival company in the home country.
Operators should take advantage of the opportunities to offer Roam Like at Home to their consumers. The Commission will review the implementation of the Roaming regulation in 2016 and may consider further Regulatory options.
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Germany, Spain. Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland... ;-)
What are the charges if you're a new customer, for calling, texting and data when in France and Spain?
Tricky where I am going as it's right on the french-spanish border so if it's picking up the 'wrong' signal, I could get charged (if Spain isn't included but France is).
Orange Fr are pretty useless anyhow. I always use SFR or Bouyges. It's much much cheaper than using my french phone but I have to keep that as otherwise my french mates won't call me (as they get charged for an international call).
Just wish it was EU standardised. And that we don't leave the EU
You can activate it straight away now I believe. They got rid of the 30 day thing recently. I'd just check before signing up first though as I could be wrong.
I just came back from Paris. F-Bouygues had good coverage but was painfully slow much of the time. I don't think there was a speed cap though as I managed 15mb down on a speed test in my hotel room over the 3g network (my phone wouldn't connect to the 4g, nor Free or any other networks despite SFR, Free and F-Bouygues showing as available to connect in the manual network selection).
It would appear from when I last went to France that Bouygues & Free are available to use on a Pay Monthly plan but only Bouygues Télécom is available on Pay As You Go.
Was okay for 8 day then couldn't renew the pass. Then couldn't make calls or texts.
There is a 41.29 limit on roaming apparently. So if you need more than that you have to ring them and increase it. Obviously by then I couldn't ring up doh.
To be fair their twitter support solved the problem for me. They raised my limit to 80 quid.
Sadly they replied to my GMAIL account & not on twitter and I never checked my GMAIL until I got home.
Was using my Vodafone sim for the rest of my hols.
So just be aware. Why oh why you just can't buy the Europass for a block of days than one day at a time????? & surely for a fiver it should include using your contracted texts & calls.
Other than that I'm extremely happy with 3 in the UK
The EU mandate a limit that is the maximum you can be charged of 50 euro per month in data roaming charges, which is the limit you hit, this applies to ALL operators and there's nothing Three can do as it's EU rules.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_roaming_regulations
They can't reply with account data to Twitter or they'll be in trouble with regards to data protection. hence why they used your registered email.
You can probably agree to waiver the EU limits before you go. but nothing in your post is Three's fault, they are doing exactly what they are meant to do.
Was just kind of warning people they might need to increase their limit so as not to get stuck like I was.
3 were extremely helpful but unfortunately I didn't get the message
No real moaning at 3 just a few suggestions
Out of curiosity, what network(s) were you able to use in Portugal?
Thanks.
OPTIMUS
MEO...formerly TMN
VODAFONE
By default it connected to OPTIMUS
I did try MEO to see if it was faster as I was told they were also a partner but it wouldn't connect so I guess it is not
Hope that helps
Thank you for this ^_^
It's all good at the minute.
Loving this move to three
Out of interest, are you able to use the Telstra network?
Have a great time
When I first landed I did a check networks search and picked Vodafone, I did another scan last night and it just seemed to time out and didn't find any other networks. Originally I'm sure it showed Telstra as an option.
Maybe up in cairns Telstra doesn't have any coverage, although I'd find that odd. May try another scan later.
Ok, I believe only pay monthly customers can use Telstra ;-)
Ok, I was up in daintree earlier and lost connection to Vodafone so I did another search. It saw Telstra and I connected with full signal, I used that for the next 4 hours until I was back in cairns and switched back to vf.
I'm on pay monthly so I can't answer that specific question
APPARENTLY! DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!
Considering the Dec 2015 deadline for the end of roaming is just a little over a year away I was hoping for more action from operators..
I will though!
I'm sure it'll continue, and even expand to more places. A lot of the places in Feel at home aren't even Europe anyway.
The EU roaming rates bill still has to be agreed by all EU member states, there is some debate about exactly how it'll work.
I don't think it applies to your minutes allowance, I think it is based on the per minute national calls a network charges.
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/node/67489/#roaming
From the official European Commission website http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/node/67489/#roaming