Euro sim card

trevorstretch
trevorstretch Forum Participant Posts: 52
edited February 2016 in New to Caravanning & Touring #1

hi

we are traveling around Europe this summer, can anyone recommend a good sim for our phones whilst traveling.

 

thanks

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  • KjellNN
    KjellNN Club Member Posts: 8,669 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2016 #2

    3 sims can be used as at home in many countries, otherwise there are (were?) a few international SIMs where you didn't pay to receive calls.

    Roaming charges are coming down.

    The other option is to tell people not to ring you, only answer calls you want to receive!

    Who are you with at the moment?

  • peedee
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    edited February 2016 #3

    I used to divert my phone to voice mail when charges for receiving calls were high. Family members new this and were told to text me to call in case of urgency. I agree "3" gives the best deal and with no or very low charges there is no need to do this unless
    you get a lot of nuisance calls.

    peedee

  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,860 ✭✭✭
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    edited February 2016 #4

    Trevor

    Might be worth giving a bit more detail on the sort of use. Is it just calls and texts or are you also thinking about data? If its just the odd call and a few texts just use the phone as normal (assuming you have set up call roaming with yout network) The cost for voice and texts in Europe is uniform and if your demands on voice and texts is quite modest then its likely cheaper just to pay for normal roaming cost. Its data where costs can accumulate quite quickly and that is where it would be more worthwhile to seek out something like the Three Network sims. When mobile phones were just that rather than mini computers everything was relatively easy!!!!

    David

  • DSB
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    edited February 2016 #5

    I agree with what has been written above.  The 3 network deal is quite good and we have some data too.  The data is not completely unlimited though, like it is here at home.

    David 

  • trevorstretch
    trevorstretch Forum Participant Posts: 52
    edited March 2016 #6

    Trouble is 3 network only lasts for 90 days!

  • Motorhomist
    Motorhomist Forum Participant Posts: 29
    edited May 2016 #7

    Trouble is 3 network only lasts for 90 days!

    That is not so. I've been in Europe since September 2015 using Three mobile feel at home. 

    tethering is not permitted though 

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