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Old 01-12-2016, 23:26
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Hi all,

I am hopefully jetting to Japan later next year and I wondered if there is a chance that Japan will have become a Feel At Home destination on Three by then?

I know Hong Kong & Australia has and they are both not exactly in the EU (maybe slightly cheaper because of this) but they are still about as far as Japan. i.e on the other side of the world?

Is this likely to happen?, as £3 per MB is veryyyy expensive!

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Old 02-12-2016, 00:03
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cant say 100% but i doubt its in their plans, you could look at getting a prepaid sim when you get there though you can get a 1GB sim for about £20 still not the upto 12gig you'd get on Threes FAH, but its a few P per MB VS £3

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Old 02-12-2016, 00:59
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Thanks for the reply. Again, I hope they do..

As Aus & HK are both Three FAH destinations, I just wondered network wise, how much more would it cost them to 'use' it? (Japan specifically)

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Old 02-12-2016, 10:26
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Thanks for the reply. Again, I hope they do..

As Aus & HK are both Three FAH destinations, I just wondered network wise, how much more would it cost them to 'use' it? (Japan specifically)

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The reason you can use FAH in Australia and Hong Kong is almost certainly because those countries both have a '3' network that is at least partly owned by the same company (Hutchison) that owns the UK's '3' network. As there isn't a '3' network in Japan, it would likely cost Hutchison a significant amount of money to give their customers inclusive roaming using another provider.
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:59
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:05
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Japan has a compatible 3G network... it was analogue and 2G that wasn't...
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:10
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Japan has a compatible 3G network... it was analogue and 2G that wasn't...
Fair enough, I stand corrected!

It was 7 years ago that I went, and I think I was still using a Motorola Razr at the time, so that's probably why I didn't couldn't' use it. Obviously things have moved on since then!
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Old 03-12-2016, 23:23
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Either buy a local sim and pay a bomb for uk calls

or do what most do when there on holiday is turn on aeroplane mode on and use the hotels free wifi or areas that you are in that offer free wifi and use services like three stay at home or other wifi calling apps or whatsapp snapchat viber or apps to that affect
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Old 04-12-2016, 13:21
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Some details here about buying a local SIM: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Japan

Note: You'll only be able to get a data SIM if you are not a resident of Japan.
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Old 04-12-2016, 20:02
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Some details here about buying a local SIM: http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Japan

Note: You'll only be able to get a data SIM if you are not a resident of Japan.
You can pick up a 5GB Data Only LTE sim card from b-mobile (NTT DoCoMo Network): http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english/index.html

It costs ¥3,480 = £25.00 approx.
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