EU Roaming Options

[pacman]

After using a 100G SIM from Popit mobile for the last couple of years I am now searching for a replacement since they have reduced their roaming allowance.
Initially signed up for a Tesco Mobile 100G SIM but this refuses to work in my Huawei E5785 router. Spent a hour and a half in my local Tesco Mobile shop trying to get it working with no joyso had to cancel 24 mth contract.

Does anyone now provide full roaming SIMs anymore, either on contract or pay per month?

 

[Speve]

Try Tiekom they are a Spanish company but they will sell a sim to you and they have various sizes we have 400gb per month one that we can put on hold when not using which has 200gb roaming so you can use it throughout EU and UK

 

[Neil S]

Try Tiekom they are a Spanish company but they will sell a sim to you and they have various sizes we have 400gb per month one that we can put on hold when not using which has 200gb roaming so you can use it throughout EU and UK

do you need a VPN to watch live UK tv

 

[pacman]

Try Tiekom they are a Spanish company but they will sell a sim to you and they have various sizes we have 400gb per month one that we can put on hold when not using which has 200gb roaming so you can use it throughout EU and UK

Thanks for the suggestion. I now have it on my very short list of possibles. How easy is it to put on hold and revive, is there an app.

 

[Wh05apk]

Id mobile currently have no fair use policy except max if 63 days in 4 months, unused data is also rolled over.

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[Fontie]

Thanks for the suggestion. I now have it on my very short list of possibles. How easy is it to put on hold and revive, is there an app.

No app, email them they will put it on hold or reinstate. They do charge something like £3 a month to keep it on hold.

 

[pacman]

Id mobile currently have no fair use policy except max if 63 days in 4 months, unused data is also rolled over.

All the sim only deals I can find restrict roaming to a max of 30G a month

 

[Manic]

do you need a VPN to watch live UK tv

Yes you would need a vpn to watch uk tv

 

[Speve]

Thanks for the suggestion. I now have it on my very short list of possibles. How easy is it to put on hold and revive, is there an app.

There is not an app however all I do is email Camino she is very good and will do it immediately for date required or hold indefinitely until you want it again

 

[fishplug]

do you need a VPN to watch live UK tv

yes - you will do.

There are ways of setting up a VPN yourself at home which mean you don't have to pay for a service (e.g. Nord VPN etc) but it depends on your level of IT comfort / skills / ability to follow instructions!

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[ChrisL]

The Tesco sim works perfectly in both my Huawei mifi devices, you MUST manually configure the Tesco APN.

 

[pacman]

The Tesco sim works perfectly in both my Huawei mifi devices, you MUST manually configure the Tesco APN.

Yes I am fully aware of that. Even Tesco Mobile staff were baffled.

 

[Wh05apk]

All the sim only deals I can find restrict roaming to a max of 30G a month

It looks like they have not updated their front page, this is under their roaming page, I'm guessing the standard terms are 30gb which is what you agree to, but they are currently allowing full roaming, and may switch back at some point in the future?

 

[BikerGraham]

Yes I am fully aware of that. Even Tesco Mobile staff were baffled.

doesn't work in my MIFI either.
when I first got it and configured it correctly it did work for a few weeks then just stopped. Put it into a phone and works perfectly. Back into MIFI and nope.

 

[Rogerwyn]

Yes I am fully aware of that. Even Tesco Mobile staff were baffled.

I had the same issue with Tesco the old 4g worked fine in the HUAWEI but the new 5g does not and according to Tesco it’s not for routers and are able to block it when fitted to one

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[ChrisL]

Yes I am fully aware of that. Even Tesco Mobile staff were baffled.

I was just reading back through some old posts on this subject, when I bought my SIM card I went into a store and explained exactly what I wanted the SIM for and where I wanted to use it, (I was three days away from travelling over to France and then Spain) they said that's fine but you must use it in the UK as well, my contract was an unlimited data one and I've never used it in a phone, it worked perfectly in the EU for nearly three months, averaging 500gbs/month, with no messages or warnings and is still happily working away in the UK three years later. So i'm wondering if I got a data only SIM, maybe it's worth asking the next time you're in Tesco.

 

[clonkel]

pacman went to the local tesco mobile today with the mifi in hand. They fitted the new sim and it worked instantly. Now at home and all working as it should. Need to work out how to change the APN but at present here in the UK its working.

ChrisL Tesco don't do data only (I asked) as the sims will always come with minutes and text allowance. Following this thread I asked for data only.

 

[ChrisL]

pacman went to the local tesco mobile today with the mifi in hand. They fitted the new sim and it worked instantly. Now at home and all working as it should. Need to work out how to change the APN but at present here in the UK its working.

ChrisL Tesco don't do data only (I asked) as the sims will always come with minutes and text allowance. Following this thread I asked for data only.

It may have connected to an O2 APN which may or may not work consistently, I have experienced that when trying the sim in a different device. But the Tesco APN should work both in the UK and the EU.

 

[clonkel]

I should also say that I was going to take out a contract but they advised me not to until the last two weeks in November when they will have their Black Friday deals

 

[Stonemags76]

I went unlimited on ID mobile after confirming that they have lifted their fair usage policy for the moment (I asked on chat, & saved the chat). It’s £15 per month on a monthly contract, so I will stop it when they put the 30gb fair usage back. I’ve also changed to EE on my phone & home broadband, with unlimited data, & confirmation on chat that all the data can be used in the EU. That is a 24 month contract at £16 per month, so I’m using the ID mobile as back up in the MiFi for our trip next week. My fingers are all crossed!

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[Soycd]

do you need a VPN to watch live UK tv

You can watch iPlayer and catchup stuff without a VPN.

 

[ChrisL]

You can watch iPlayer and catchup stuff without a VPN.

If he's using the Tiekom sim he will need a VPN as it has a Spanish ip address.

 

[stevewagner]

Just back from Europe and my iD sim was faultless with no VPN required. Regularly getting in excess of over 200gb download speeds

 

[Soycd]

If he's using the Tiekom sim he will need a VPN as it has a Spanish ip address.

Must admit I was surprised to be able to get iPlayer but then I am using an IQ sim in a ZTE U50 so I'm assuming it has a UK ip.