Hi, we haven’t been abroad on a family holiday since pre-brexit. We’ve also now got two teenagers who are glued to their phones. While I’m sure we’ll discourage them a bit, they’ll still use their phones. With all the new charges for roaming, is there a good way to roam while away - or do people go for PAYG sims from the local country?

We’re going to Madeira in this case, but would be interested to hear if there’s any general advice.

  • mark
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    1 year ago

    In an odd twist of fate, a lot of the cheaper operators (e.g. iD mobile, Lycamobile, Giffgaff) still have free roaming in the EU+.

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      1 year ago

      That describes the overall picture, the main infrastructure owning network operators are more expensive than the piggybackers.

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        1 year ago

        I’m probably far too late, but giffgaff have a 5Gb limit on EU roaming.

        Hope you enjoy Madeira!