Insane Tesco mobile roaming charges

StonedPenguin · Thursday at 12:57

We've planned a trip to Australia next year and I'm figuring out roaming costs, I thought my EE plan was high at £25 per 7 days to use like at home over there but my mother-in-law is on Tesco mobile..
There's no option to buy a roam pack or anything on Tesco mobile and it's £5 per MB! £5000 per GB!! what the actual!?

She's tied into a contract with them so cannot change yet, are there any options other than getting a temporary Aus sim-card?

Thanks!

VaderDSL · Thursday at 13:05

Do they have a device that support esim? Something like https://esim.holafly.com/esim-australia/ or similar?

deviation · Thursday at 13:06

Jesus, that's insane!

Darkpilgrim · Thursday at 13:08

Surely that can't be right? Thats insane.

StonedPenguin · Thursday at 13:10

VaderDSL said:
Do they have a device that support esim? Something like https://esim.holafly.com/esim-australia/ or similar?

She has an iPhone se (2nd gen I think) so having looked I believe an esim is supported so I'm going to look into it.
thankyou!

StonedPenguin · Thursday at 13:15

Darkpilgrim said:
Surely that can't be right? Thats insane.

That's what it says on Tesco's website:

Orcvader · Thursday at 13:15

StonedPenguin said:
She has an iPhone se (2nd gen I think) so having looked I believe as esim is supported so I'm going to look into it.
thankyou!

There's other eSIM options worth checking too, see what's best for Australia, I find different eSIM networks vary in price depending on the location you're planning to go to:https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/e-sims-for-travel.18987189/