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Old 01-05-2014, 22:53
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I am currently away in Romania. I have roaming activated and am making calls/texts okay.

However, I am trying to use data but can only get 2G data. It appears Three only roam on a network called COSMOTE and do not work on Orange or Vodafone.

Even in the centre of Bucharest I am only able to get 2G. Is it normal for roaming to be limited to 2G only or should I be getting 3G?
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Old 01-05-2014, 23:00
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It just says the network you said and these details

http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Roami...=1220457058005

That network does run a 3G network on 2100Mhz so you should be able to connect to it if you have data roaming enabled and 3G selected.

If you do a manual search you may find more than one listing for it, worth trying to see if you can see 3G on a manual search.
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Old 01-05-2014, 23:27
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There may not be a 3G roaming agreement though. Which is why you're getting GSM only.
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Old 01-05-2014, 23:58
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Why don't you get a Romanian SIM card and pay local rates?
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Old 02-05-2014, 08:54
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I am currently away in Romania. I have roaming activated and am making calls/texts okay.

However, I am trying to use data but can only get 2G data. It appears Three only roam on a network called COSMOTE and do not work on Orange or Vodafone.

Even in the centre of Bucharest I am only able to get 2G. Is it normal for roaming to be limited to 2G only or should I be getting 3G?
http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Roami...=1214306363657

The lack of ticks under Video and My3 would seem to indicate it is intentionally 2G only.

At least it's not Rhodes, where you don't even get 2G data.
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Old 02-05-2014, 08:55
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Why don't you get a Romanian SIM card and pay local rates?
It's cheaper for me to text/call the UK on Three's rates. I'm not really using it for data that often, it was more out of curiosity than anything.

Thanks for the answers guys, I assume it's 2G roaming agreement only.
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Old 02-05-2014, 12:42
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It's cheaper for me to text/call the UK on Three's rates. I'm not really using it for data that often, it was more out of curiosity than anything.

Thanks for the answers guys, I assume it's 2G roaming agreement only.
Thanks. That's a surprise as I always assume local is cheaper than Three. I must check regularly.

But for internet it surely must be cheaper using a local SIM?
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Old 02-05-2014, 12:59
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Maybe their 3G network is worse than Vodafone UK, who knows :P
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Old 02-05-2014, 13:13
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At least it's not Rhodes, where you don't even get 2G data.
That's a pain, i'm off to Rhodes soon and had checked that data is available in Greece on 3's website, not realising they list Rhodes separately. I was still on O2 last time I went and had no problems with data (unlike at home..!)
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Old 02-05-2014, 14:26
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It's cheaper for me to text/call the UK on Three's rates. I'm not really using it for data that often, it was more out of curiosity than anything.

Thanks for the answers guys, I assume it's 2G roaming agreement only.
Are you sure it's cheaper? You don't need to be on Cosmote but Orange RO offer very cheap (inclusive) calling to international numbers. Just check here: https://www.orange.ro/prepay/oferte-...y-baza-ro.html €8 gives you 200 minutes to UK landlines and mobiles as well as the option to use 1 minute as 1 SMS and 400MB of data. Not to mention unlimited national minutes and SMS.

The added bonus with Orange is the coverage is fantastic, you'll even get it up some mountains! 3G as well!
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Old 02-05-2014, 16:30
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Decided to buy an orange SIM anyway to try out Orange 4G. Got 12GB for 13 Euros which I thought was pretty good.
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Old 02-05-2014, 16:55
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Decided to buy an orange SIM anyway to try out Orange 4G. Got 12GB for 13 Euros which I thought was pretty good.
Mobiles are cheap in Romania for some reason, it makes us over here look very expensive. Especially when you see the service Romanians get from their networks is great as well.

Orange should be good in Bucharest, south of the Carpathians they love Vodafone, north of the Carpathians it's mostly Orange. I've never understood the split.
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