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Three roaming in the UK???
Hi,
Have put a three PAYG sim into my phone. I do not get good signal here on any network (despite apparently being in a large town with supposedly good signal) - but on Three I am seeing R come up above bars (I do not get this on Vodafone) I also get a message to say that Roaming is disabled, which it is. Two questions therefore.... 1) Why am I seeing roaming in the UK? (I am nowhere near the coast or foreign land) 2) If I enable roaming might I be charged for roaming data / calls? Am a bit confused! Thanks. |
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Hi,
Have put a three PAYG sim into my phone. I do not get good signal here on any network (despite apparently being in a large town with supposedly good signal) - but on Three I am seeing R come up above bars (I do not get this on Vodafone) I also get a message to say that Roaming is disabled, which it is. Two questions therefore.... 1) Why am I seeing roaming in the UK? (I am nowhere near the coast or foreign land) 2) If I enable roaming might I be charged for roaming data / calls? Am a bit confused! Thanks. Your questions ;- 1) Why am I seeing roaming in the UK? (I am nowhere near the coast or foreign land) 2) If I enable roaming might I be charged for roaming data / calls? No one can answer that unless you provide information of the site your connected to using software which will tell you. No user here has any idea of which Cell Site you're connected to. |
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Hi,
Have put a three PAYG sim into my phone. I do not get good signal here on any network (despite apparently being in a large town with supposedly good signal) - but on Three I am seeing R come up above bars (I do not get this on Vodafone) I also get a message to say that Roaming is disabled, which it is. Two questions therefore.... 1) Why am I seeing roaming in the UK? (I am nowhere near the coast or foreign land) 2) If I enable roaming might I be charged for roaming data / calls? Am a bit confused! Thanks. Three roams on to Orange in some places, you can enable data roaming, but it would be pointless as the Orange 2G backup for Three doesn't allow data roaming, but it is fine for calls and texts. Hopefully you have wifi for data at home and you'll get mobile data when you're out and about. I hope that answers the question. |
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Thanks.
I see 3 WCDMA 3 GSM vodafone UK GSM vodafone UK WCDMA EE GSM EE WCDMA O2 - UK GSM apparently the cell is 11529 (short) or 1649929 (long) |
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I might be able to guess where you are based on your username Canvey Island? might be wrong though!
Three roams on to Orange in some places, you can enable data roaming, but it would be pointless as the Orange 2G backup for Three doesn't allow data roaming, but it is fine for calls and texts. Hopefully you have wifi for data at home and you'll get mobile data when you're out and about. I hope that answers the question. I am using three's software over wifi to get calls. Was concerned if I enable roaming I would get billed. I do pick up three sometimes, depending on where I am in the house. |
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Thanks - no in Lancashire. used to be Canvey many years ago LOL
I am using three's software over wifi to get calls. Was concerned if I enable roaming I would get billed. I do pick up three sometimes, depending on where I am in the house. The only way you could get charged for roaming in the UK is if you were in a coastal areas and happened to get a French network, that is fairly rare and you would get a text message welcoming you to France! + the operator wouldn't show as Three. If it shows Three it's free (well, included) |
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You won't be billed for roaming in the UK, if you're worried just login to "my three" and you'll find and international roaming toggle for on and off.
The only way you could get charged for roaming in the UK is if you were in a coastal areas and happened to get a French network, that is fairly rare and you would get a text message welcoming you to France! + the operator wouldn't show as Three. If it shows Three it's free (well, included) |
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... and of course, if you're on Three you probably won't see any roaming charges when picking up a French signal - because of Feel at Home*
*Unless you did something that wouldn't be included in Feel at Home (e.g. premium rate number). |
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The only way you could get charged for roaming in the UK is if you were in a coastal areas and happened to get a French network, that is fairly rare and you would get a text message welcoming you to France! + the operator wouldn't show as Three.
Or even the Channel Islands? (I wonder why the other networks didn't do what 3 is doing in respect of Irish roaming, years ago, it sounds really unfair for people on the border that they risk roaming charges. Especially where the network operator owns both a UK and Irish network) |
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(I wonder why the other networks didn't do what 3 is doing in respect of Irish roaming, years ago, it sounds really unfair for people on the border that they risk roaming charges. Especially where the network operator owns both a UK and Irish network)
Vodafone have a similar scheme for their retail outlets as well in NI for contract customers. |
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(I wonder why the other networks didn't do what 3 is doing in respect of Irish roaming, years ago, it sounds really unfair for people on the border that they risk roaming charges. Especially where the network operator owns both a UK and Irish network)
Why would they want to close down any source of income? |
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££££££££/€€€€€€€€!
Why would they want to close down any source of income? Indeed, in fact it's more of a surprise that they do allow free roaming !!! |
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