Vodafone Scrapping Roaming Charges

[DBK]

Vodafone are apparently scrapping roaming charges but only on new contracts. However, this article suggests others will be doing the same in June so no need to rush to join Vodafone.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576402

 

[robnchris]

We are both with EE and haven`t paid for roaming for a couple of years, calls and txts free from any eu country.

 

[DP+JAY]

We are both with EE and haven`t paid for roaming for a couple of years, calls and txts free from any eu country.

Agreed, but what about data?
I get 10gb at home but only allowed 2gb when roaming which is when I need it most.

 

[robnchris]

We also get 2gb when abroad but have never struggled as almost everywhere we have been you can get free wi-fi.

 

[ludo]

We are with EE too and get exactly what we get at home when in any EU country. All calls to land lines unlimited and 20G data per month. Also, unlike Three, we can not only call the UK when in other EU countries but can also call any other EU country whilst there.

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[DBK]

We are with EE too and get exactly what we get at home when in any EU country. All calls to land lines unlimited and 20G data per month. Also, unlike Three, we can not only call the UK when in other EU countries but can also call any other EU country whilst there.

I assume that is 20Gb of data on the phone but can you use the phone as a hotspot for tethering other devices to it? I guess what we don't know yet is whether the cancellation of roaming charges will apply only to phones and data cards in MiFis might still be restricted.

 

[ludo]

I assume that is 20Gb of data on the phone but can you use the phone as a hotspot for tethering other devices to it? I guess what we don't know yet is whether the cancellation of roaming charges will apply only to phones and data cards in MiFis might still be restricted.

Yes you can!

 

[DBK]

Yes you can!

That's very useful to know, thank you. When I looked at EE a year or so ago they had quite high daily charges for using a phone in Europe. I can't remember what it was but it was a lot higher than the £1.99 a day O2 charge me.

 

[Khizzie]

Thought that Vodafone had scrapped roaming charges last May. (2016) ..

 

[2657]

Thought that Vodafone had scrapped roaming charges last May. (2016) ..

A few weeks ago when I looked to upgrade most plans were offering 500Mb of roaming data but now the roaming data is the same as your plan on most.

Whilst on the subject of Vodafone I found out when trying to upgrade that the administration of my Vodafone account had been transferred to some organisation called 'One Com', which meant that I could not upgrade or even communicate with Vodafone direct but had to deal with someone on the phone and could not even arrange for pickup in a Vodafone shop. To say I was displeased would be somewhat of an understatement and eventually the telesales person became aware of this.

This arrangement was agreed to over the phone by my son, to revert back so that I can buy Vodafone products on line and buy in their shops requires a letter(no postal address provided) or a signed email, which for me is not a simple procedure and then wait six days to be asked to confirm and then wait a month for the change......definitely not best pleased

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[Khizzie]

A few weeks ago when I looked to upgrade most plans were offering 500Mb of roaming data but now the roaming data is the same as your plan on most.

Whilst on the subject of Vodafone I found out when trying to upgrade that the administration of my Vodafone account had been transferred to some organisation called 'One Com', which meant that I could not upgrade or even communicate with Vodafone direct but had to deal with someone on the phone and could not even arrange for pickup in a Vodafone shop. To say I was displeased would be somewhat of an understatement and eventually the telesales person became aware of this.

This arrangement was agreed to over the phone by my son, to revert back so that I can buy Vodafone products on line and buy in their shops requires a letter(no postal address provided) or a signed email, which for me is not a simple procedure and then wait six days to be asked to confirm and then wait a month for the change......definitely not best pleased

Kicked Vodafone into touch a long time ago .. Been with 02 now for 5 years. Probably the best of the worst ...

 

[ludo]

We are with EE too and get exactly what we get at home when in any EU country. All calls to land lines unlimited and 20G data per month. Also, unlike Three, we can not only call the UK when in other EU countries but can also call any other EU country whilst there.

Sorry, forgot to mention, unlimited calls to mobiles as well!