Giffgaff reduce their roaming allowance to 5 GB and then charge £100 /GB.

[Manic]

Just a note that when roaming you are able to choose which network your device uses. On a android phone its in network settings or Link Removed for a huawei mifi.not sure about apple

Yes you can select which network an iPhone uses in the data part of settings.

 

[Manic]

I found that with the Smarty you can cancel for upto 6 months , I’m thinking of doing that and then getting a local sim for my router next time

 

[Minxy]

Heads up to anyone heading to France shortly on EE that they’re not currently applying the fair usage limits. Not sure how long it’ll last for though…

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Does that mean that if you call the UK as it's not in the EU you'll be hit with the extortionate charges?

 

[LesW]

Does that mean that if you call the UK as it's not in the EU you'll be hit with the extortionate charges?

No.

 

[ChrisL]

Tesco do an unlimited data on 24 month contract which can be used in EU on home from home tariff, so no cap as long as you keep usage in UK/EU comparable, only down side is the 24 month contract but I found it great as I work from my Moho all the time and need reliable internet.. BTW I also have Smarty and Voxi sims as never sure of coverage but thinking of binning Voxi as the have just changed their EU roaming policy to charging a £1 a day and still capped at 20GB per month, not good!!

As has been said previously as from the 16th June for new contracts you can only use your Tesco unlimited data home from home until 31st December 2022 after that you will have to buy data. If you have a contract from before 16th June you will be okay until such time as you renew your contract, i'm not sure what happens at end of contract whether you will just be able to continue or if you have to renew.

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[DavidCh]

We live in Portugal but our PAYG Portuguese Data SIM does not roam into other EU countries. This year we are touring a number of countries so my intention was to just pick up a PAYG data SIM in each one. However, first place was Spain where we got a 150gb Movistar in Valencia for €20. This worked in Spain, and to my surprise, all the way through France and for the last couple of weeks in Italy. So far so good All you need is passport in a Movistar shop to buy it and then top it up practically anywhere.

 

[Abacist]

Rip off Britain at its worse but they are all at it! We are probably a minority so they think they can rip us off! I’ll be buying local country unlimited data sims wherever possible!

 

[LesW]

This seems OK from EE, though wouldn't maybe suit those who stream loads of stuff.

What is Reserve Data?

ee.co.uk

 

[Soycd]

Another benefit of brexit. I've changed my GiffGaff to 3GB from 10GB, never really use that much anyway. That way I can't get clobbered for £100 for 1GB if I go over the 5GB limit. I'll just start another 'goodybag' (hate that term) for £8 once I've used the 3GB up. I'll probably move over to Lebara at some stage They don't seem to any caps on roaming in the EU.

 

[Stonemags76]

I’ve just changed to Lebara, but as far as I can see they have a fair usage limit on EU roaming, in that you must use less in the EU than you do at home. Ok for low users, but not for us, as we use data for streaming when in the EU. I plan to get the sim from Tiekom (?) recommended on here when we go in October.

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[jongood]

Another benefit of brexit. I've changed my GiffGaff to 3GB from 10GB, never really use that much anyway. That way I can't get clobbered for £100 for 1GB if I go over the 5GB limit. I'll just start another 'goodybag' (hate that term) for £8 once I've used the 3GB up. I'll probably move over to Lebara at some stage They don't seem to any caps on roaming in the EU.

I think you will find most companies have a roaming limit, I include EU providers here. They simply cant afford to offer the same mega data deals for the prices they do domestically on a 3rd parties network.

 

[Soycd]

I think you will find most companies have a roaming limit, I include EU providers here. They simply cant afford to offer the same mega data deals for the prices they do domestically on a 3rd parties network.

I don't doubt you are right, but I'm not sure how many are charging a whopping £100 per GB. I'm all for fair usage and personally don't use any more date in the EU than at home so I should be ok. I'm also getting a bit fed up with GiffGaffs false 'mateyness' and all this "The network run by you for you" nonsense. End of rant.....for now.

 

[jongood]

I don't doubt you are right, but I'm not sure how many are charging a whopping £100 per GB. I'm all for fair usage and personally don't use any more date in the EU than at home so I should be ok. I'm also getting a bit fed up with GiffGaffs false 'mateyness' and all this "The network run by you for you" nonsense. End of rant.....for now.

I agree. Left Giff Gaff about 5 yearsbecause I got fed up of them. Like many businesses they were better when they were smaller.

 

[Sharned123]

As has been said previously as from the 16th June for new contracts you can only use your Tesco unlimited data home from home until 31st December 2022 after that you will have to buy data. If you have a contract from before 16th June you will be okay until such time as you renew your contract, i'm not sure what happens at end of contract whether you will just be able to continue or if you have to renew.

Thanks ChrisL, this is news to me and luckily I got my contract before 16th June