Three "at Home"

[DBK]

Can is ask Rory, and Jumar please,
1.What's the best deal on a PAYG 3 sim?
And,
2. Does it need to be used in the UK, before going abroad to one of the countries listed in their "At Home" scheme?

Cheers,

Jock.

I would advise checking it works in the UK before you leave. Easier to sort out any problems. And if it is payg make sure you have registered your card with them. I found you can only do this by calling them despite the facility on their website to do it online.

I have also read you can't top up when outside the UK. I did it in Spain last week so this may no longer be true.

 

[JockandRita]

Everything answered for me Jock, PAYG 3gb about £20 lasts 3 months, top up as and when. Not possible in Germany, yet.
Enjoy your travels.

I would advise checking it works in the UK before you leave. Easier to sort out any problems. And if it is payg make sure you have registered your card with them. I found you can only do this by calling them despite the facility on their website to do it online.
I have also read you can't top up when outside the UK. I did it in Spain last week so this may no longer be true.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[SteveandSue]

How do you log in to orange when it's a 3 sim card? I thought they were different companies? I'm interested as I have 3 and an orange sim, I expect to use my 3 'at home' from Sunday as I'm going to France and I'm interested how I'll use it.

We are using our 3 Dongle here in France and it is logged into Orange- it connected automatically and seeing as its the same price as in the Uk who is going to complain.

 

[Chockswahay]

@JockandRita

To save me re-typing.......

http://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/data-sim-for-mifi-to-use-in-germany.109292/#post-1433958

 

[Forestboy]

Just got home 5 miserable hours from Dover always seems harder coming home.
Definitely need to phone 3 and get away from home activated first time after the first time it always works.
Forgot this my first trip and it didn't work.
Its all I use now when travelling or free wifi if available, not prepared to pay for wifi nowadays.

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[mikekaren2]

If you have a 3 contract with all you can eat data you can use 4Mb per month from your allowance when abroad (that's what my contract says)

Just checked again on the 3 website, it's not 4gb it's 25Gb. I was wrong regarding tethering abroad you can't do it, but as stated previously it seems that if you tether in short bursts it is not detected.
Extract from the 3 website:
Unless you’re in a Feel At Home destination, using data abroad is always excluded from any inclusive allowances or Add-ons you have, and our control your spend blocks don't work when you're abroad, so you'll be charged for using it in megabytes. All-you-can-eat data can't be used abroad, again unless you’re in a Feel At Home destination, in which case you can use up to 25GB of data. Find out more about Feel At Home.

 

[Welsh girl]

Just got home 5 miserable hours from Dover always seems harder coming home.
Definitely need to phone 3 and get away from home activated first time after the first time it always works.
Forgot this my first trip and it didn't work.
Its all I use now when travelling or free wifi if available, not prepared to pay for wifi nowadays.

@Forestboy I read on the 3 website that your phone is already enabled for overseas use, are you saying we need to phone them before we go to france on Sunday?

 

[Munchie]

I did not! Our PAYG sim just....errr......worked!!!!

 

[Chockswahay]

Mine just worked too..... didn't ring 3....

 

[Forestboy]

@Forestboy I read on the 3 website that your phone is already enabled for overseas use, are you saying we need to phone them before we go to france on Sunday?

Can only tell you what happened to me.
Mine didn't work first time abroad had to phone 3 to get it activated.

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[spitfire]

Does this need to be activated in the uk before travel please?

Sorry not sure as I bought for use when in the UK and used the remainder in France on my way home.