EE to reintroduce Roaming Europe Charges

McBain · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:42

All hail O2 and Sky mobile! Although I fear it's only a matter of time until they also introduce roaming charges.

explicit4u · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:43

That's annoying, their Go Roam was just about the only thing keeping me with them.

A2Z · 9 Sep 2021 at 13:51

Same, only reason I have stayed with them for years and years was because of the roaming as I like to travel.

Not sure if it's worth going with O2 now if chances are they will just follow at some point..

bingham67 · 9 Sep 2021 at 17:50

b0rn2sk8 said:
Looks like Three have joined the roaming charges party. I’m surprised as they had included roaming for awhile before it became EU law and it went well beyond that requirement as well.

Just O2 remaining, should we place bets for how long it takes them to change?

This sucks im also shocked as they was doing international roaming included way better then the other operators back before the charges were dropped!

Although reading on the BBC it says for new customers / contracts?

DataVampire · 9 Sep 2021 at 19:26

if your with ee you can get a roaming smart bennefit

GR63 · 10 Sep 2021 at 09:26

DB_SamX said:
Sad times - one of the main reasons I stayed with 3 for years. Any provider is fair game now when I come up to renewal. Flippin' Brexit.

Words popped into my head "Brucie Bonus" and then "Brexit Bonus"

EH75 · 14 Sep 2021 at 18:23

Just renewed my Three contract early to keep the roaming benefits for another 24 months. Apparently if you renew before Oct 1st you'll keep the roaming for the life of your contract. We'll see I guess. I usually visit upwards of 50 countries a year through work so its a necessity really.

malachi · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:17

EH75 said:
Just renewed my Three contract early to keep the roaming benefits for another 24 months. Apparently if you renew before Oct 1st you'll keep the roaming for the life of your contract. We'll see I guess. I usually visit upwards of 50 countries a year through work so its a necessity really.

They did the same to me, then with the prices increase I was forced to change to a cheaper contract with less benefits :mad:

mrgubby · 15 Sep 2021 at 11:53

A few years ago I was walking the white cliffs of Dover with my phone continuously swapping between French / UK networks.

It will be interesting to see what happens with charges if it happens again

Fatboy123 · 16 Sep 2021 at 17:05

mrgubby said:
It will be interesting to see what happens with charges if it happens again

A well known issue that's been going on for years apparently..... your required to turn roaming OFF unless you want a massive bill! Its in the small print it seems

muon · 26 Oct 2021 at 16:07

Noticed this in the smallprint of Three emails.

There is a £2 daily charge to unlock your UK allowance in Go Roam in Europe destinations and a £5 daily charge in Go Roam Around the World destinations. We are waiving the daily charge until 23 May 2022 but from then, the daily charge will be applied as soon as there is a "chargeable event" (such as accessing data services or making an outbound call or text). There is no daily charge if you choose to stay on your plan after your current contract ends. Go Roam use in the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man is excluded from the daily charge. Our fair use policies apply in Go Roam destinations. See www.three.co.uk/priceguide for full details.

I thought they would be the last to introduce this.

I'm a little confused if this only applies to new contracts though. Currently pay £8.36 for 12GB of data and unlimited minutes. Might be a strong incentive to leave it rolling over forever.

SonicSW20 · 26 Oct 2021 at 17:35

muon said:
Noticed this in the smallprint of Three emails.

I thought they would be the last to introduce this.

I'm a little confused if this only applies to new contracts though. Currently pay £8.36 for 12GB of data and unlimited minutes. Might be a strong incentive to leave it rolling over forever.

I would assume there is a provision in the rolling contracts for terms to change at the end of the contract period, which will be the end of the 30 day period.

malachi · 26 Oct 2021 at 22:49

It was only a matter of time before Three done this. Now they are taking advantage, with the UK leaving the EU. Ok fair enough but now a charge to unlock for the rest of the world?!?!?!?! When did that agreement change??!?!?

They are going to do with what they did with Go Binge, raise of the price of the current/older contracts. Forcing you to take out a new contact with their new roaming terms.

muon · 28 Oct 2021 at 08:29

SonicSW20 said:
I would assume there is a provision in the rolling contracts for terms to change at the end of the contract period, which will be the end of the 30 day period.

Dunno, the wording seems to imply I won't be charged. I'll find out once the contract ends next month I guess.

They phoned me up last week to "upgrade". I asked what they had and the best they could offer was £12 for the same deal on a 24 month contract. I asked what the benefit of me upgrading would be and the answer was, I would benefit from being on a new contract :cry:

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GR63 · 28 Oct 2021 at 10:29

muon said:
Dunno, the wording seems to imply I won't be charged. I'll find out once the contract ends next month I guess.

They phoned me up last week to "upgrade". I asked what they had and the best they could offer was £12 for the same deal on a 24 month contract. I asked what the benefit of me upgrading would be and the answer was, I would benefit from being on a new contract .

Sounds like the salesman would benefit from you being on a new contract... I struggle to see why people buy SIM CONTRACTS from MNOs when monthly rolling deals offer so much better value AND flexibility... (says man, leaving EE for a monthly rolling contract with an MVNO)