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These new plans have addressed an issue I had with Three and it’s the roaming option. They’ve gone down the EE route and added a monthly supplement for those who want the ability to roam back without having to buy an add on. It’s definitely up there in price though, though having said that the price isn’t much more than Three’s current standard unlimited plan. I am going to the USA in May for a holiday. I am not sure if it’d be worth my while going back to the Three and retain my free EU roaming with Smarty.

Or

I should just buy a SIM card when I go to the USA and limit my data usage to what I just need.

Or

Maybe even just take out a months plan and cancel when I come back from the USA. I think it might even be cheaper to do that and then switch back to Smarty when I come back from the USA.
 
It doesn't work because of IMS settings. It might work when VoLTE roaming comes into existence, but for now it doesn't work. Only way I've had it working before was Airplane mode on & external router tunnel back to a UK IP. Too much effort whilst youre on holiday lol.
Sky mobile/O2 does have intl wifi calling
 
These new plans have addressed an issue I had with Three and it’s the roaming option. They’ve gone down the EE route and added a monthly supplement for those who want the ability to roam back without having to buy an add on. It’s definitely up there in price though, though having said that the price isn’t much more than Three’s current standard unlimited plan. I am going to the USA in May for a holiday. I am not sure if it’d be worth my while going back to the Three and retain my free EU roaming with Smarty.

Or

I should just buy a SIM card when I go to the USA and limit my data usage to what I just need.

Or

Maybe even just take out a months plan and cancel when I come back from the USA. I think it might even be cheaper to do that and then switch back to Smarty when I come back from the USA.
Both Verizon and T-Mobile have a 30 day “test drive” where you can get an unlimited eSim for free, depending on phone.
 
Sky mobile/O2 does have intl wifi calling
Have you used it? Lebara, Three and Smarty didn't when I went to Spain.
 
Have you used it? Lebara, Three and Smarty didn't when I went to Spain.
Yes, friends phone but was definitely wifi call. For some reason, he wasn't able to make calls back home, connecting to WiFi and turning on wificalling fixed it, still wasn't able to make calls when not on wifi though, this was in Italy
 
Yes, friends phone but was definitely wifi call. For some reason, he wasn't able to make calls back home, connecting to WiFi and turning on wificalling fixed it, still wasn't able to make calls when not on wifi though, this was in Italy
last time I went to Italy was when I had Three and BT mobile. BT used TIM and Three used WIND. Both worked fine for incoming, outgoing calls and texts + data
 
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That part isn't true, it's blocked purposely by the UK operators. My theory is to make money from roaming packages. US networks surprisingly let you use their WiFi calling anywhere there's WiFi, but on ours you connect from any non-UK IP then it refuses to work.
Ah. I was under the impression it was because when roaming is enabled, it's connected to the other countries calling system since you're assigned a foreign number + all calls are forwarded there (that's why you get the dialling sound of the country you're in when someone calls you). I also thought this as Orange FR's WiFi calling page says you have to enable Airplane mode for it to work in a different country which suggests it is something to do with the phone being registered in a different country.
 
I'm curious about these new plans.

Capped speeds to come along with them? Standard, Plus, Premium network access.
 
last time I went to Italy was when I had Three and BT mobile. BT used TIM and Three used WIND. Both worked fine for incoming, outgoing calls and texts + data
I was on BT Mobile as well, TIM, never connected to the wifi where we were staying so I can't comment on wificalling, this was in 2020, maybe sky have disabled it since
 
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How do you mean this?
No mobile user needs 1.5gig speeds.

So a structured pricing plan and speed capped plans make sense.

Edit: I refer to mobile plans not home broadband plans, but those could also have levels as do our fixed line services.

So people can have unlimited data for £15 per month at 10meg for example. Far more sufficient for anything a mobile user needs.

Then you go into the 100meg and unrestricted levels because a user WANTS those speeds, but doesn't NEED those speeds. The reality is they'd never really use anything more than 5-10meg at any get given time as a mobile user, and that's very generous.

So those who WANT more should pay more for the extra unused/unwarranted speeds/bandwidth for no reason other than because they can.
 
No mobile user needs 1.5gig speeds.

So a structured pricing plan and speed capped plans make sense.

Edit: I refer to mobile plans not home broadband plans, but those could also have levels as do our fixed line services.

So people can have unlimited data for £15 per month at 10meg for example. Far more sufficient for anything a mobile user needs.

Then you go into the 100meg and unrestricted levels because a user WANTS those speeds, but doesn't NEED those speeds. The reality is they'd never really use anything more than 5-10meg at any get given time as a mobile user, and that's very generous.

So those who WANT more should pay more for the extra unused/unwarranted speeds/bandwidth for no reason other than because they can.
Your quite wrong, Xcloud on Android requires more than 10 megabits as does Gforce now etc and its usage will only increase.
 
No mobile user needs 1.5gig speeds.

So a structured pricing plan and speed capped plans make sense.

Edit: I refer to mobile plans not home broadband plans, but those could also have levels as do our fixed line services.

So people can have unlimited data for £15 per month at 10meg for example. Far more sufficient for anything a mobile user needs.

Then you go into the 100meg and unrestricted levels because a user WANTS those speeds, but doesn't NEED those speeds. The reality is they'd never really use anything more than 5-10meg at any get given time as a mobile user, and that's very generous.

So those who WANT more should pay more for the extra unused/unwarranted speeds/bandwidth for no reason other than because they can.
What about those people who are PAYING full price for a certain speed and not getting it!!

Three did something last January which cut my speeds to shreds. I've been up to the CEO's office who basically won't do any thing about it, blaming the distance between me and the mast (which has not changed for the previous 18 months of the contract!!).

I even reported it to Ofcom to run some tests on where the extra noise was actually coming from and they fobbed me off with non-sense as well. They are basically a toothless tiger, do a lot of roaring and shouting about what they might do about something, but do nothing.

I was told by an insider that Three and EE have had to do some adjustments due to interference on Band 3 and it is Band 3 I have noticed the huge drop in actual signal and lots of noise appear on it literally over a 24 hour period.

A local mast was physically off-line due to an issue on the antennae, for over a month. Every-time I spoke to Three they blamed everything and everyone but the actual problem. I even drove to the mast and took readings on CellMapper and NSG, proving that this particular mast was dead! Yet Three kept going over the same things, get the router in front of you, reboot the router, take out the SIM card and reseat it, after literally hundreds of times doing the same thing and them still refusing to transfer your call to someone who can help you. It is soul destroying!! Yet they still manage to take the direct debit from us all every month and we have to pay them to get out of the contract early!

Fair enough I don't need the speed all the time, but I do like to grab alternative operating systems to test and they are a couple of GB. Why shouldn't I be allowed to use full speed for a few minutes to download updates and other files quickly so I don't have to wait hours for it to download at a capped 10mbps.

It is really sad that towns and cities are getting these 5G upgrades and ability to reach great speeds when they really don't need it due to having fibre to premises and high speed WiFi all around them. Whereas rural people haven't got good WiFi and only have crumbs of what the main mobile operators allow us to have, despite paying the same price!!
 
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Your quite wrong, Xcloud on Android requires more than 10 megabits as does Gforce now etc and its usage will only increase.
I'm not sure what Xcloud and Gforce are?

Computing requirements? Thats when things go beyond browsing or basic internet needs. Gaming is not basic.

I just checked, so yeah gaming would be next tier for browsing therefore my original post is correct.

You'd be in the want section that falls outside mobile data usage in general.

Nobody says you wouldn't be eligible for the high speed tariffs, youd choose what suits your requirements.

To use your phone, browse the web and watch a 420/720 video on Netflix, the lower package would be fine.

I've watched 720 on 3mbps before (good old TalkTalk ADSL) so it's possible.
 
What about those people who are PAYING full price for a certain speed and not getting it!!

Well those would be on older contracts therefore the rules wouldn't be changed, only those going forward.

In terms of getting 3mbps on your current contract, you'd see no less a service on the 10mbps contract say, as you're not losing connectivity in any form, just speed restricted from the end point by Three.
 
Well those would be on older contracts therefore the rules wouldn't be changed, only those going forward.

In terms of getting 3mbps on your current contract, you'd see no less a service on the 10mbps contract say, as you're not losing connectivity in any form, just speed restricted from the end point by Three.

I don't get your point. vodafone and o2 already do this. But I have no signal from them where I live, so zero signal = zero speed! Even if I could get a little bit of signal, what good is it if I'm paying for 10mbps but the physical connection is so unstable and only gets a max of 2mbps, how is that fair charging full price for 10mbps and only getting a fifth of that in real life?!

Mobile signals are prone to interference, you can never promise a minimum or maximum speed, especially in rural areas or even built up areas with reinforced concrete shielding and blocking the signal from the mast.
 
I don't get your point. vodafone and o2 already do this. But I have no signal from them where I live, so zero signal = zero speed! Even if I could get a little bit of signal, what good is it if I'm paying for 10mbps but the physical connection is so unstable and only gets a max of 2mbps, how is that fair charging full price for 10mbps and only getting a fifth of that in real life?!

Mobile signals are prone to inference, you can never promise a minimum or maximum speed, especially in rural areas or even built up areas blocking the signal from the mast.
Maybe read the message again.

I'm talking about speed limited plans, your issue is you have no signal at all, that's not related.

Total separate issue but your approach would need to be to take the lower end plan IF you were to go on contract with a provider.

My opinion was an example, in your case we can start at 2mbps as a lower end plan instead of 10mbps. That better?

The principal is still the same.
 
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