SIM cards for use in EU. EE free roaming SIMs.

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all of them had a monthly limit of about 25gb when in Europe
Except Tesco who allow you all your data whilst roaming in the EU even unlimited contract subject to fair use of two months in every four although some of us have done three months with no issues, but it must be used in the UK as well. The Tesco sim is a phone sim and will not work in home routers but will work in some mifi devices, there is a list of compatible devices on their website however my mifi is not listed as compatible but still works okay, I believe Tesco allow you a two week trial period in which it can be returned if it doesn't work in your device, in addition you must manually enter the Tesco APN or else it is unlikely to work or work reliably.
 
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Hmm. Wife and I get 5Gb each from EE for £5/mth each. With "gift your data" this is plenty for me, since wife uses approximately oMb/month ..
 
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I suspect the 600GB of data. I don’t think that’s the real truth but the proof will be in the the actual data used.
 
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I guess it's all about how much you need at what time and on what devices,
In the UK and Europe all year but only for navigation and occasional email and web browsing use, I have an old iPad with an 8GB SIM from Smarty for £6.30 that I use in the van, and in the car.
Then a Smarty sim in my phone 12Gb/month all year for £7.20/month which is good for UK and Europe
Plus a Tiekom 400 GB/ €44/£36 a month contract for the MIFi that I switch on only for the 3 months I am away in Europe and switch off when I am back in the UK
So over three devices, over a full year over three devices and including three months in Europe with 400GB additional a month, I am paying £22.5 a month on average.

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I guess it's all about how much you need at what time and on what devices,
In the UK and Europe all year but only for navigation and occasional email and web browsing use, I have an old iPad with an 8GB SIM from Smarty for £6.30 that I use in the van, and in the car.
Then a Smarty sim in my phone 12Gb/month all year for £7.20/month which is good for UK and Europe
Plus a Tiekom 400 GB/ €44/£36 a month contract for the MIFi that I switch on only for the 3 months I am away in Europe and switch off when I am back in the UK
So over three devices, over a full year over three devices and including three months in Europe with 400GB additional a month, I am paying £22.5 a month on average.
How do you get a Tiekom sim, I can't see anything on.their website?
 
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Except Tesco who allow you all your data whilst roaming in the EU even unlimited contract subject to fair use of two months in every four although some of us have done three months with no issues, but it must be used in the UK as well. The Tesco sim is a phone sim and will not work in home routers but will work in some mifi devices, there is a list of compatible devices on their website however my mifi is not listed as compatible but still works okay, I believe Tesco allow you a two week trial period in which it can be returned if it doesn't work in your device, in addition you must manually enter the Tesco APN or else it is unlikely to work or work reliably.
Thanks Chris. I will check it out for the next trip.
 
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How do you get a Tiekom sim, I can't see anything on.their website?
There is quite a lot elsewhere on MHF about getting the Tiekom SIm.
Emailing their sales team is a good route to go here:
This link also provides details of the product.
It's 400GB max a month in Spain 200GB of which can be used outside of Spain.
So if you need more than 200GB a month outside Spain you may need to look elsewhere.
 
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How do you get a Tiekom sim, I can't see anything on.their website?

There are 3 tabs on this page. 3rd one is 'Only Data 400GB EU



**Edit - Sorry, duplicates #38 - too slow!
 

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There is quite a lot elsewhere on MHF about getting the Tiekom SIm.
Emailing their sales team is a good route to go here:

This link also provides details of the product.
It's 400GB max a month in Spain 200GB of which can be used outside of Spain.
So if you need more than 200GB a month outside Spain you may need to look elsewhere.
Thank you, I was looking at normal sim didn't see the data one. I'll order for our euro trip in January if IQ don't come up with anything.

I assume you can pause it when not in use?

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Can you advise me please? I have to make decision soon. For 3 weeks in Spain/France...iQ Go or Tesco?
If you decide to go the Tesco route go into a Tesco Mobile shop with the MIFI, get the deal there and get them to set it all up.
 
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For those interested in the Tesco 100 Gb sim deal, we were assured by the South Norwich store that it will definitely finish on the 31st of this month. They were not aware of what was coming next.
 

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