Article taken from android central - One of the most attractive perks for Three UK customers has been its "Feel At Home" program — the ability to roam at no extra cost in a selection of countries — mainly territories where Three already has a local mobile network. From September that list will be expanding significantly to cover 24 new territories, including major European destinations like Germany, Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands and Malta, as well as the Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
Here's a complete breakdown of the new "Feel At Home" countries, which expands the service's area to cover most of the European continent.
Germany
Greece
Portugal
Croatia
Poland
Belgium
Netherlands
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Malta
Lithuania
Slovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Iceland
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Gibraltar
Isle of Man
Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey)
That's in addition to the 18 existing Feel At Home countries, which covers many destinations in Asia, and the United States:
Spain
France
Switzerland
Israel
Findland
Norway
USA
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Macau
Australia
New Zealand
Italy
Austria
Hong Kong
Sweden
Denmark
Republic of Ireland
The fact that the new list kicks in from September means holidaymakers traveling this month will miss out on free roaming in these countries. Nevertheless, bringing most of Europe into the "Feel At Home" zone makes sense ahead of the looming abolition of roaming charges within the EU, set to kick in from June 15, 2017.
This does not apply on the new essential plans!
- dmcmsn
Edit As per above All plans apart from the Essential Plan and with Pay as You GO users the All in Addon is required same as it currently is from what ive read.
And Finland!
- nublets2k
Top comments
Newbold to credington
11 Aug 1689#10
Doubt the Brexit voters could read them - there you go. :neutral_face:
Newbold
12 Aug 1631#57
You really think that Three would be doing this had it not been for the EU harmonisation policy? Come on.......
By the way, something else from the Telegraph (and YouGov):
Brexiteers vs Remainers | by brands
The top 10 with Leave voters
HP Sauce
Bisto
ITV News
The Health Lottery
Birds Eye
Iceland
Sky News
Cathedral City
PG Tips
Richmond sausages
The top 10 with Remain voters
BBC.co.uk
BBC iPlayer
Instagram
London Underground
Spotify
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Virgin Trains
Twitter
EasyJet
Says it all, doesn't it? Richmond sausages, ITV News and Sky News. Still think Brexit voters have the same level of intelligence? :wink:
10bellies
11 Aug 1626#23
...or, you could have just logged onto your account and turned international roaming/data on.
But yes, it's probably easier just to blame others for something you could have done yourself....
cleverguy12
11 Aug 1618#5
This same deal was posted by 2 other people before this. I wonder why theirs were removed and this one is allowed? :/
Latest comments (352)
asters
25 Oct 16#352
Got back from our trip which included Barcelona. Ponta Deldada, New York & Orlando (2 places in Nova Scotia not covered) For basic use, emails, Phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, web browsing etc. absolutely no problems at all. This is more or less all we do with our phones so excellent for us BUT if you do anything data intensive it struggles, I tried to use an app called CGeo for Gecaching, did work eventually but so slow.
All 3 of us received texts on return, apparently we saved over £4,000 on standard pricing. Total cost for 3 phones away for 24 nights, £9.24 (1 call lasting a few minutes from Nova Scotia to UK)
suecoo1966
25 Oct 16#351
shame it does include Turkey
Petetobin
13 Sep 16#350
They probably throttle by traffic type. Some have reported success by using VPN to mask the headers. I have an Orange Mundo sim which charges €1 for 100MB which I keep for emergencies. This site is very good http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Prepaid_SIM_with_data
alanjrobertson
13 Sep 16#349
I do wonder if they purposely unblock speed testers to make it more difficult to document the rubbish speeds!
Scotty2k0
13 Sep 16#348
Absolute waste of time in Ibiza, speed tests of around 10meg but waiting for web pages to load. Can't even stream Tune-in Radio. We've got a mobile mast on the hotel roof but still absolute garbage on Three. My wife is on Vodafone (E2Save) for £8 after cash back and is getting 40meg+ on Vodafone 4G. I can only confirm what everyone else has said about data speeds abroad.
Chasloyal
12 Sep 161#347
Getting the thought police to delete any dissent to your leftist intolerant attitude to democracy again it would appear.
My life, even your avatar is the usual socialist pet topic of demanding more dough for the world health service.
Should change your name to Oldmould #justsaying
SilverBlack
12 Sep 16#346
Working great in Bulgaria, tried tethering to my tablet but no joy got the not allowed Web page.
Newbold
11 Sep 16#345
Unfortunately, you've shot yourself in the foot rather by fitting the stereotype of the typical 'out' voter, with an inability to write grammatically correct English.
amazon54
11 Sep 161#344
Shard. I know a lot of young people who voted out and are intelligent. Your comment's about someone's age is unbelievable We have our children and grand children so DO have a reason to vote what we think is the right thing to do. Typical in voter same old comment's and nothing positive to say.
soldierboy001
11 Sep 16#343
If you were to read the posts on this thread you would understand the reason for your complaint.
Chasloyal
11 Sep 16#342
I'm on O2 with the smallest sim only contract(£8 a month) so I'm definitely not getting anything special as such.
I'm registered for O2 Travel so for £1.99 a day you get I quote "all the data, minutes and texts you need" which has worked sound.
I been in Switzerland and Austria since Wednesday and not had any 'slow down' sending bundles of pics and talking for hours on what's app. Also spent over three hours calling transferwise.com, my mum and Lloyds back home on Friday. Definitely no hidden excessive use charge as I just checked the recent charges on the My O2 app which has got Friday's use loaded, only the £1.66 for the day's O2 Travel packet in the 'things you've bought' section.
cts_casemod
11 Sep 16#341
After the initial excitement , just came back from Holliday and no roaming on the new countries as of yet. Was a bit caught of guard with that!!!
No official information on 3 website as far as I can tell?
Elsewhere, was planning on listening to a 64kb AAC radio stream which proved impossible. I understand for video, but even something I can stream locally over EDGE (2.5G) is blocked!? For the record I had full 3.5G service, but also tried on EDGE with similar Symptoms. WhatsApp video upload was relatively quick so that confirms throttling. Voip (WhatsApp and 12Voip) also had breakouts.
Using ZPN connect the VPN is blocked.
Occasional blockage with tethering warnings, even though I had no computer with me (Restarting phone fixed this)
For most places just ended up getting a local €5 phone sim with some data allowance and using Voip on that, everything worked nice that way, plus one gets to be able to call local numbers for hotels and the like.
I will not dump £20 on 3 again!! I'm a low data user (1GB/month at home) and still seen my usage impaired...
da_pwomise
9 Sep 16#340
Just come back from visiting the USA which could explain why my Three sim card (that has £ 0.00 balance!!) registered to i think the AT&T network and still let me use the GPS navigation with the data switched on! Saved myself a lot of money !
efem
9 Sep 16#339
Tested in slovakia just now, it works fine. Measured so far between 2-8mbps download speed.
dannyhumphreys
8 Sep 16#338
No network is gonna be perfect. Mate they all drop calls. It's just where you get a good deal you go to. Generally.
Nope only link I would have to be to the three at home page itself.
Like I say I got it confirmed via live chat as I am travelling to Poland on Sunday and Amsterdam next month so it's ideal timing. Would imagine the main page will update tomorrow.
MarzBarz
6 Sep 16#334
Hi there is there any link to this? as I may be travelling next week too so this could be ideal.
asters
6 Sep 16#333
Thank you. That works well for us :smiley:
gkay2009
6 Sep 162#332
three just confirmed to me that the 23 new destinations will go live on the 8th Of September for anyone that was wondering
alanjrobertson
3 Sep 16#331
Thanks, that's a useful site. Sadly confirms what I thought - my SGS7 G930F is indeed fine for all the major US networks in 2G,3G and 4G, so it was the Three at home service (or the contractual level of cover they purchased) that caused my slow speeds, not the phone.
Where did you get that info asters? Is it a general look up site for a variety of phones/networks? Ta.
andrisan10
3 Sep 16#328
i did tried it but just didn`t felt right for me, i had only one line in North London, they really need to work on their signal.
leesy_monavie
2 Sep 16#327
Thanks for that asters, didn't occur to me to check as i thought international variant meant it would work on 3G. So apologies to Three. Definitely something to bear in mind when getting a new phone.
asters
2 Sep 162#326
Definitely your phone that's the problem. It will struggle on 2G, will not connect on 3G or 4G
leesy_monavie
2 Sep 16#325
Its an Honor 6 (H60-L04) which i think is quad band as its the international variant, but could be wrong and that is what was causing the problem. 2 yrs ago i was using a Moto G I think.
Petetobin
1 Sep 16#324
That was my thought, you definitely need a Quad band phone in the US.
asters
1 Sep 16#323
What phone were you using? we found varying performance on different phones. Were you using same phone 2 years ago?
leesy_monavie
1 Sep 16#322
Just back from the US, wasn't able to connect to anything other than a 2G network (AT&T or T-Mobile). It was pretty much unusable taking 30 secs or so for a simple web search nevermind streaming videos. This was in California, from Monterey to San Diego.
Last time I was there 2 yrs ago it was great and worked at 3G speeds in similar areas (San Fran and San Diego), so not sure whether Three are limiting it or whether its the networks they are partnered with.
This along with the price hike and not being able to negotiate a deal with a decent amount of data on SIM only meant I requested my PAC today.
I would rather have the choice to pay for better network speeds than be limited to edge connections when abroad.
robbrinks
1 Sep 16#321
not working In croatia yet :disappointed: anybody else had any luck with the new countries added?
ashswami
1 Sep 16#320
Does any body if the service is live today? Currently in Germany and would be handy if I knew. Many thanks
egyptiangirl
31 Aug 16#319
I've used these in various countries but just been in Italy and for some reason it just wouldn't work. May have been my settings but I did try a few.
maddoglewis
28 Aug 161#318
I would rank Richmond sausages above both the BBC website and BBC iplayer. At least the purchase of them is optional. I've not had any letters threatening court action from Richmond sausages if I don't buy them.
jaceyar
26 Aug 16#317
I don't do streaming much - just emails, social media, news, maps etc. Have never had a problem.
Petetobin
24 Aug 16#316
I probably use it 10 times a year and it is very hit and miss ranging from fine to unusable. For the EU there are a lot of other options you can consider such as the Orange Mundo sim you can pickup on eBay but outside the EU you probably need a local sim.
igrierson
24 Aug 16#315
I've used feel at home in plenty of countries including the US and it's always been horribly throttled
Paddy_o_furniture
24 Aug 16#314
I've just came back. Feel at home was naff to say the least. Whatsapp took ages to send/receive photos. I couldn't stream music (spotify or 5 live). Yoigo network was marginally better than movistar. I couldn't roam onto Orange or Vodafone (forbidden).
4g isn't available on feel at home in any country. Used it last year in the states with a slightly better experience.
DarrylJohn
24 Aug 16#313
It's intended to be took at face value, else why have it in the fine print. The simple fact people have to resort to the fine print to find out exactly what is what, is a detriment to the service. (Else why would they have included it).
PS, I've already left for BT. I was on a rolling contract with Three, PAYG essentially. They opted to charge me over £300 for the pleasure of a termination fee... having told me I wouldn't be billed, I was. They cancelled the refund twice too... I was out of pocked by 300 for over a month... without a sorry.
Won't be using their service again, let's put it that way.
alanjrobertson
24 Aug 161#312
Yes, I eventually got that advice from them (they mainly denied there was an issue), but it didn't make any difference.
jaceyar
24 Aug 16#311
The fastest network to use in Spain for Three is Orange they told me.
jaceyar
24 Aug 16#310
I've used Feel at Home since it started on probably 4 different phones. Of course you don't need to speak to them. Switch roaming on in your phone - simples. I'm on PAYG so I need to convert credit into an add-on before I can use it.
DarrylJohn
23 Aug 16#309
Precisely my point. My only complaint to the service was the data. Don't see their issue. It's the truth.
The term "feel at home" is a major claim, btw. It's sole purpose is to portray a service which is indifferent regardless of the country you're in.
:smirk:
schmoobles
23 Aug 16#308
Funnily enough yes I did know that...
alanjrobertson
23 Aug 161#307
I wouldn't mind if it was vaguely usable data but whenever I've used it (multiple times in 3 different countries) it has been totally useless 2G speeds (despite showing H or H+). I'd happily take a relatively low data cap abroad if they made it a meaningful service.
DarrylJohn
23 Aug 16#306
On paper, this is all well and good. If you just intend to use it on phone calls and texts. The data aspect of this company while abroad is to be fair - non existent - very poor
gtd65
22 Aug 16#305
I have to say that also in my case Three provides the best options.
I've only had a couple of issues in recent years which were resolved by the Indian customer service. I've always found them to be polite and courteous. Some do seem to consider that a longer call is a better call but I've not had anything to complain about.
If I tried the likes of Orange or Vodaphone where I live, I'd be able to make phonecalls but not do anything data wise.
dannyblackbeard
22 Aug 162#304
Surveys are showing Middle class voters were behind Brexit. Mainly the older types who have benefited from property price increases, etc.
As for intelligence levels. I'm a qualified engineer to degree level. Studying Physics, thermodynamics and long hand Calculus along the way.
What do you do that makes you smarter than every one else?
Voting remain doesn't count as a qualification.
Rulandas
22 Aug 161#303
Better network :smiley: as far as my experience goes. None of the 'better' networks could ever match data coverage and speeds of Three. EE which brags of best speeds. Maybe is fastest when you stand next to its network towers.
soldierboy001
20 Aug 16#302
That's the way to go, many places all over the world do cheap local sims on pay as you go. Just buy what you want and get decent coverage, instead of trying to get the most for the least and not being happy when you get nothing.
alanjrobertson
20 Aug 16#301
Feel Like Home speeds are atrocious (many friends with different phones have experienced the same so I know it's not an isolated issue). More like 2G EDGE than even 3G, let alone HSDPA. My SIM only contract is up at the start of the year and I doubt I'll be renewing, especially as I have a dual SIM phone now so can always get a local SIM for any longer trips.
asters
20 Aug 16#300
Depends where you live and what deals you can find.
Personally I am still paying just £10/month for more data and mins than I can use plus unlimited texts. Connection around here is far superior to any other network and used many times abroad without issue (except last trip which was my phone not the service) Also how you use your phone, mine is for calls, texts and the odd internet search. I am not interested in movies, youtube, heavy data useage on my holidays.
herrbz
20 Aug 16#299
Given that Three have hiked their prices massively since introducing 4G and Feel at Home, is it even worth it? Is the internet a reasonable speed, or is it worth being on a better network, paying a few £s a day, and getting genuine 3G+ speeds?
soldierboy001
19 Aug 16#298
Response to JDGB post " and in the meantime you are paying more for your imports which are vital for manufacturing and eating " 17.5% more.
kremix
18 Aug 16#297
nah. abroad local people, like family still have to pay extra to call or text you even when you are there without local sim
jsoap
18 Aug 16#296
I was using one of the free 200MB sims, and got a text telling me that I'd been using it abroad for 30days, with a reminder about the 60days. So if you didn't get a text, you may be OK. If I'd known about the 60days then I wouldn't have bought a 12GB sim, and just stuck to the one month 1GB, or 3GB 3 month sims.
burmingum
18 Aug 16#295
If you voted Leave on Brexit vote this offer doesn't apply to you. You will be charged roaming fees of £350 million a week.
gtd65
17 Aug 161#294
If you don't want to answer that's fine by me - not sure where the argument was, useless or otherwise?
UKIP has been on the go for 23 years
Corbyn was anti-EU...for a mere 40 years..
Al3xander
17 Aug 16#293
I really don't like this cheaper charges for Europe deal, mobile phone providers have to make their money somewhere. I would rather it go on those who choose to go to Europe over those who are within the UK. The price for small amounts of data is going through the roof to cover the shortfall. Used to be £10 for unlimited data now its more like £20 for 3GB whats that all about!
#COLD!
soldierboy001
17 Aug 162#292
Well that's one useless argument I don't need to answer.
gtd65
17 Aug 161#291
You must have a selective memory. Perhaps you were happy with being part of the EU and just went along with it. How long have the UKIP been in existence and on the other hand how long has Jeremy Corbyn been anti EU?
soldierboy001
17 Aug 16#290
Yes and things moved along. I don't remember anyone complaining until immigration became a problem. If it was a problem before did you take it up with your MEP, no ,I thought not.
fohens
17 Aug 16#289
Interesting. When I was in Spain, my VPN was throttled to 0.10Mb/s. :disappointed:
gtd65
17 Aug 161#288
Can you let me know when we democratically elected to become part of this Government then? I understand there was a vote to join a trading bloc...
jayphen
17 Aug 16#287
Has anyone had it actually cut off after 60 days? I must be getting close to that by now
shipsboatswain
17 Aug 161#286
If it's a holiday turn the phone off.
mudisoft
17 Aug 16#285
Finally!
And of course they've done it after I came back from holiday :neutral_face:
soldierboy001
16 Aug 16#284
Has it escaped peoples attention that the Brussels government ( the EU ) is a democratically elected government just like our own, so as they represent the whole of the EU they pass what is voted on by the majority not just the British.
gtd65
16 Aug 161#283
It may well have been in isolated cases, for many it was simply about getting rid of another set of expense loving, special tax rate politicians/B-Euro-Crats/Dictators, that we didn't vote for in Brussels. Not to mention getting out of the something we never voted to be part of in the first place, where was the outrage about that? I'm all for being part of a trading bloc and having the freedom of movement etc. but we really don't need another set of pigs at the trough telling us what to do, at our expense, do we?
Next step should be to sort out our own lot....
gtd65
16 Aug 16#282
There you go, I've edited that for accuracy :wink:
(I simply used Skype with 3 FAH data in the USA for local calls)
reakt
16 Aug 16#280
Be warned that the terms don't apply if you're travelling between two of the countries on the list. E.g. I took a ferry for the very short journey between Sweden and Denmark. The ferry is in Danish and Swedish waters for the whole journey yet Three do not class this as being in either country - it's a "maritime network" which is different apparently. So when I got home I had a big bill for the amount of data I had used on the ferry, as did my wife.
I opened a complaint with Three but they weren't interested and I had to pay the bill.
alanjrobertson
16 Aug 16#279
Frequencies not an issue for Galaxy S7 - good reception, but phone runs hot and speeds atrocious. Same issues in France and Poland (paid-for)
nexus76
16 Aug 16#278
Like roaming data is good for anything but browsing, try streaming on it and it's a joke.
RedSF
16 Aug 16#277
not sure if already covered but when in September are the new countries included?
goodallrounder
16 Aug 16#274
It's been brilliant for us for the last several years in the USA. I believe that the speed issue in the states is not deliberate throttling but is the fact that they use different frequencies for their 4g which most UK phones are not compatible with.
asters to goodallrounder
16 Aug 16#276
Same here, we go to the US upto 4 times a year. You really need to check your phone. http://willmyphonework.net/
I found out earlier this year about the different frequencies. I took a brand new Moto G 3rd Gen and struggled yet my Wife using a HTC M9 was good, Brothers iPhone even better. After some research (and a few hours looking thru settings) we found my phone only works in US on 2G, HTC M9 will work on 3G and iPhone 4G
Petetobin
16 Aug 16#275
It's not a measure of intelligence, it's more of a measure of young v old. Do you really think that use of Instagram, Easyjet, Spotify etc is related to intelligence? If all the young hipsters had actually got off their bottoms and actually voted then we wouldn't be in this mess. PS Great news, I love 3!
GSGecko
16 Aug 16#273
I've been using this in Spain a few times already and it's great. Only thing is you can't tether other devices whilst roaming but to overcome this I also have a 3 wifi dongle which allows 5 devices to connect . It's a 3 prepay sim which I just top up when I need and then my tablet, notebook and wife's O2 smart phone can all enjoy wifi anywhere abroad. :sunglasses:
yayarecki
16 Aug 16#272
Feel at home... yeah right... sounds good doesn't it? In real life situation this service is just useless. I've been travelling through southern Spain and despite of having very good reception I was getting very very low speeds. I could barely watch you tube in 360 resolution, spotify, deezer only in lowest quality with sound still breaking up! Sending a photo on whatsapp takes ages to complete! If you want something reliable and fast get yourself a portable 3g/4g modem router and buy locally a sim card.
eeek!
16 Aug 16#271
sorry that should read "APN set up on the SIM wouldn't work.
alanjrobertson
16 Aug 161#269
Would be good if the speed they provide was in any way usable - it's more like 9.6kbps dialup than 3G (even when the phone displays H or H+). Went to 3 mainly for this, won't be renewing my contract based on these rubbish speeds.
eeek! to alanjrobertson
16 Aug 16#270
I've had no problem with speed; streaming Spotify, two tablets, iPad, Chromebook used at the same time. I DID however, have a problem connecting initially, I had to set up a new profile on my modem as the APN set up on the card wouldn't work. Found the following link to be good to assist with setup https://apnsettings.gishan.net/apn/419/portugal/vodafone-pt .
I changed mine from APN: Vodafone.zon.pt to net2.vodafone.pt (with the associated username/password vodafone/vodafone). works great.
borofan47
11 Aug 161#11
Typical. Just renewed our Vodafone contract last week, and we are going to the Algarve for a fortnight in November. The Feel At Home will be active in Portugal by then. Oh well, 4GB of Euro data, plus unlimited calls and texts will have to do.
nublets2k to borofan47
11 Aug 166#13
Well at least it won't be hideously throttled like it is on Three.
malky39 to borofan47
11 Aug 16#42
Similar here, left 3 for the Vodafone 20gb tariff from Mobiles.co.uk. As 3 were offering nothing worth while via retentions. As mentioned with Vodafone you get 4g in most of the countries where as with 3 you don't get it anywhere. That's not to say it's not usable worked fine for me in the U.S plenty of time and one in france.
eeek! to borofan47
16 Aug 16#268
I don't know if this has been answered already (I can't be bothered to read through all the comments), but a local data Vodafone SIM in the algarve will give you 10gb for 10 days for €10, or 15gb for 15 days for €15. I bought the 10gb and was told there was a 'special' of buy 10gb get 30gb. Don't know if this is true as I haven't burnt through 10gb of data yet. It's 4G, but I've only got a 3G modem
soldierboy001
16 Aug 16#267
Fortuna myself, but they are not the team I used to watch in the 70's when I was in the forces.
bringbring
16 Aug 161#266
All I'll add is that living in Australia, it was clear that the western world's sentiment was one of complete shock at the result of the brexit vote. You might wonder, who cares about what the rest of the world thinks? Well… what is the divide of opinion within and outside the US about Trump?
Whilst there is certainly some basis to the arguments of the leave camp, I can’t help but see similarities between the racist, nationalist Trump supporters and a significant portion of the ill-informed brexit voters.
Captain Kak
16 Aug 16#265
No. More to do with being a Dortmund fan :wink:
soldierboy001
16 Aug 16#264
Your obvious reference to Germany being included.
Those 2 lists, I have preferences in both lists so just shows how stupid some people are, or is it just me that is stupid?
nublets2k
16 Aug 16#263
But, Robot Wars!
Captain Kak
15 Aug 16#262
Eh????
ezio
15 Aug 162#261
Hahah. If you're seriously implying that the BBC is any better than Sky or ITV (They really aren't, their narratives on practically every news story are strikingly similar), having to shop at cheaper stores or not being obsessed with their online personas has any bearing on intelligence I'd seriously reconsider demeaning the leave voters. I think you'll find that data can be used to extrapolate priorities, class and income bracket. Not intelligence.
schmoobles
15 Aug 16#259
My Three contract is up for renewal soon and wondering if it's worthwhile getting a tariff with FAH seeing as EU roaming charges are being scrapped next year? I don't tether anyway so it seems a waste of time and may as well go for an Essential package. I visit my sister in the US every October but I reckon it must be cheaper to just buy a data package for the week I'm there??
ashtad to schmoobles
15 Aug 162#260
We are leaving the EU in case you didn't know
dave80
15 Aug 161#258
That's easy to explain, they have to compete with other networks offerings. Those other networks wouldn't be offering cheap roaming if it wasn't for regulations forcing reduction of roaming charges and so Three wouldn't either!
anonimousse
15 Aug 162#257
Of course, whatever you say dear, but you need to rest now..nurse will come around soon with your medication ;--))
Newbold
15 Aug 16#256
Love it! :smile: Spread hatred? That's what Brexit was all about, wasn't it, with all the anti-refugee stuff? It certainly wasn't what Remain had in mind. And yes, the claim is substantiated by YouGov - a reputable polling organisation with a pretty good accuracy record. :smile:
TorqueOfTheDevil
15 Aug 16#255
Just enabled for US next week.
Was told no tethering allowed.
I would like to make internal calls while there, but was advised they would be in excess of £1 per min.
However, I guess there's nothing to stop you routing the call through a UK 3rd party dialler like 18185.
soldierboy001
15 Aug 16#254
Do you now feel at home?
anonimousse
15 Aug 163#253
You can't be so gullible? There is nothing bold or new about claims made by this odious poster; who only wants to spread hatred.
Mozart321
11 Aug 161#12
damnit! in Portugal now and bought a local SIM for data
DanIsTheMan to Mozart321
11 Aug 161#17
The new countries are not active until September (not sure at what point though).
core to Mozart321
15 Aug 16#252
Just came back on Saturday (after I spent 3 weeks exactly in those new FeelAtHome countries ;/ )
aje2010
15 Aug 16#251
Is this true, if so yes it says it all
Captain Kak
15 Aug 161#249
Used it in Florida recently and got a text saying that I had saved over £4000, not sure if that's accurate, but I used it for Spotify all the time, Sat nav on my phone. Service was excellent. Glad to see that Germany is included.
soldierboy001 to Captain Kak
15 Aug 16#250
Obviously not a war veteran.
gtd65
15 Aug 161#248
Oh really...
Iceland
Switzerland
Israel
Norway
USA
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Macau
Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Are all in the EU as part of that "harmonisation policy" that you talk of? Even if they were, how long as this hot air about being part of the EU and no more roaming charges been talked about ad nauseum?
ashtad
15 Aug 16#247
Do we know what date in September the extra countries will be available ?
kamtheman
14 Aug 16#246
I've personally used this in several FAH countries. I run two business and it is utterly brilliant not to have to worry about any additional costs. I use my phones for sat nav and tripadvisor recommendations ALL the time. Not quite 'lifesavers' but you get my meaning if I used that term.
In contrast, on a visit to Croatia this year, I had to buy a cheap sim and use that, it was cheap £8 for unlimited data for a week but it meant no phone calls in or out of my two usual phone numbers, both now with 3. It was also 30 mins of faff to get it to work correctly.
elchery
14 Aug 16#245
Worked nicely in Australia, New Zealand and Spain. It's a great money saver.
bubbelech
14 Aug 16#244
Damn! Just switched to EE after almost 3 years of using 3 just because of the free EU roaming offer.
God damn retention team never mentioned that...
Absolutely brilliant news anyway. Used 3 in US, France in Norway. Fantastic.
dannyhumphreys
14 Aug 16#243
They don't share all the sites. Three was moaning to EE about this once. So it isn't all true in that case. :disappointed: It helps rural coverage though in some places. Oh and EE is just being terrible for me and going back to 2G after 4G in a lot of places!!! Where I had 3G. That's what I mean
nublets2k
14 Aug 16#242
Let's face it, this country is ****ed. Vote Lexit and save London from disaster!
martinch
14 Aug 164#241
Not at all, especially if all the Remain voters have your low level of intelligence and believe crappy surveys like that. Talk about sore losers, lol, get over it and believe in your country for once.
HotDealAlert
14 Aug 16#240
I am now in Hong Kong with 3 PAYG. WhatsApp and web work okay. but at an incredibly slow speed, so slow that I cannot even run YouTube at all (if any, 1 minute wait to start with loads of buffering). I read some where says using 3 UK in Hong Kong can still get very good 4G. some settings? please advise, my child feels extremely boring here. thanks
nublets2k
14 Aug 16#239
That was an issue, but Tmo have decommissioned AWS and moved customers over to 1900. They're now using 1700 for LTE.
Loathecliff
14 Aug 16#238
Please attach it to the mainland, the winters are better on the island :smiley:
Dammit No! T'other way about :sunglasses:
In case anyone missed it, how about this for the No1 'I am miffed about Brexit' award?
'I did not ace my Gender Studies degree in order for uninformed racists to take away my European citizenship.'
It was either on fbook, or titter.
newsgroupmonkey
14 Aug 16#237
For some providers yes, for others you can't even use 3G on a Note 4 (for instance) which I think you'd agree is a premium phone.
It's about where you are in the US - in some states, T-Mobile (in particular) are still offering their non-PCS service (that's the odd 1700Mhz up / 2100Mhz down) which confuses even a lot of modern phones. Certainly this was the case in parts of Florida.
newsgroupmonkey
14 Aug 16#235
People moaning about the speed in the US.......
You need to go google and find out why. UK phones are on different frequencies than much of the US. It has nothing to do with the provider.
I was in Florida and my smart ultra 6 was useless, but my old SGS 3 worked fine on 3G.
nublets2k to newsgroupmonkey
14 Aug 16#236
Most phones cover the US 2G and 3G GSM bands, it's just the cheaper ones that tend to skimp.
alhambra7
13 Aug 16#233
Just back from Menorca where we used feel at home. The network used was Moviestar which I believe is part of o2 speeds were OK for you tube etc good overall signal
m5rcc to alhambra7
14 Aug 16#234
Telefónica own o2. Movistar is the mobile branch of Telefónica.
krzysztoftry
13 Aug 16#231
from 1.01.17 u get NO ROAMING in EU, eu regulations, somehow THREE taking it as a great deal to offer it to customers now. only problem with that is crap infrastructure abroad. forget about 3g or 4g away from big cities in Fance, Spain or Germany.
What are you talking about? You'll still be able to roam, it just won't cost anything. And it's from 15.06.17, June not January.
You don't need to worry about 4G anyway because it's not on Three's roaming menu. And the 3G is throttled so it's more like 2G, especially in Fance!
GURUJ0SH
13 Aug 161#230
Hot.
I got halfway through the online purchase and then stopped. Received a call from 3 an hour later offering me the same package but discounted if completed it today. Impressed.
As a Finnish person who moved to UK some years ago, just wondering where I might find this Findland?
husna2000
11 Aug 161#44
Wish asia was included
gtd65 to husna2000
13 Aug 162#228
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Macao, Hong Kong....? I'd ask for a refund on your school education, specifically with regards to geography....
toeknee0909
13 Aug 164#227
what a cock. And this is the remain.
gqvk
13 Aug 161#226
Voted hot but got to say I've been using this in France alot in the last couple of months and the mobile data speeds have been terrible to non existent, couldn't stream from Google music at any time
nublets2k
13 Aug 16#225
Yeah but you can use it how you want, ie streaming and tethering.
With Three on a capped plan you can use all your allowance, but AYCE is capped at 12GB for FAH. It's unclear whether 30GB plans are capped at 12GB or if you can use the whole 30GB.
You also can't tether, or use a vpn.
teacherphil
13 Aug 16#224
I've only been with them 2 days now but much more consistent 4g signal than with three. no drop outs yet.
WaxMechaniK
13 Aug 16#223
Great deal! Its a shame its not available now while I'm away in Cyprus!
I'm on a non-monthly contract at the moment, would this still apply to me anyway?
malky39
13 Aug 16#222
That's incorrect. Depending on your plan depends on how much data you get abroad. You only get 4gb on the highest plans and the 4gb comes out of your allowance
apears
13 Aug 16#221
I think you'll find that is not correct and was based on data from Sky, further analysis from the LSE puts the turnout of young voters as 64%, which to be fair is still less than older voters, but much higher than the first figure given of 34%.
It's odd how sour embittered and angry a lot of leave voters appear to be, having won the referendum, perhaps they're just those kind of people. Bad winners. That would be an interesting analysis, the psychological make up of the two camps, expensive to carry out though, maybe the EU would fund it
dimon72
13 Aug 16#217
Don't Vodafone do the "same"?
Biioniic11 to dimon72
13 Aug 16#220
Yes, they do. They actually allow 4G connectivity and you are able to use 4gb per month regardless of your plan, alas - it doesn't work outside of Europe, yet.
preecey
13 Aug 16#219
What are you on about? Three and EE share each other's 3G networks, thanks to MBNL, and therefore have very similar 3G coverage. But EE has its own 4G network and is the best in the UK by far.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Three customer and love the network, but it is common knowledge that EE is the best network for 3G/4G coverage combined.
teacherphil
11 Aug 164#21
I have just finally ditched three after being bugged with reception issues and dropouts for months. They also didn't tell me that travelling abroad you need to tell them first otherwise you can't use your phone and you can only change it by phoning them. They have an Indian call centre and it took me 25 minutes and 3 separate people to get my PAC code today. Finally gone for the 16Gb EE deal with BT Sport. for 6 months. Hopefully now when I try to show someone something online it will actually work. Good riddance to 3.
jamespallett to teacherphil
11 Aug 161#24
I've never told them I'm going abroad and have used my phone in like ten different countries over the last year or so.
Had a similar issue getting a PAC code many moons ago though. No trouble since rejoining them, but get excellent reception in South Wales. I think it just depends where you live, round here Vodafone is the only one that's particularly garbage.
DealJourno to teacherphil
11 Aug 16#27
You must be new to using a mobile if you didn't know you had to ask for roaming to be activated on your account before going abroad :confused:
soldierboy001 to teacherphil
12 Aug 16#177
Under what circumstances do you need a PAC code, in the last 18 months I've retained my number with 2 companies and 3 times and the company I moved too, upon ringing did everything for me in 24 hours or less. In actual fact the last change just completed 2 hours ago.
soldierboy001 to teacherphil
12 Aug 16#182
Under what circumstances do you need a PAC code, in the last 18 months I've retained my number with 2 companies and 3 times and the company I moved too, upon ringing did everything for me in 24 hours or less. In actual fact the last change just completed 2 hours ago.
You've used what in Spain the last three years?
dannyhumphreys to teacherphil
13 Aug 16#218
Enjoying having 2G most of the time then and not much of 4G as often
buglawton
13 Aug 16#216
You can now save surprisingly large maps in Google Maps for offline use, phone memory permitting. You can then make use of Google Traffic to route round jams, still uses data but nothing like the 1MB/mile than online Maps needs.
you_gotta_be_kidding
12 Aug 16#154
still no canada :disappointed:
buglawton to you_gotta_be_kidding
13 Aug 16#215
If you're visiting the Falls lock you connection to the US networks across the river.
buglawton
13 Aug 16#214
Was perfect with Skype for me in USA
buglawton
13 Aug 16#213
Sounds just like why 52% voted Brexit.
londonstinks
11 Aug 162#40
Finally added Amsterdam! I mean Netherlands haha. This will save me so much as I've had to top up a tenner each time I've been this year costing me nearly 50 quid.
I have used Three Feel at Home in New York and Ibiza this year, the connections are awful and only really good for basic web browsing and whatsapp, some navigation as well via gps.
Youtube, Netflix, Spotify etc forget it as it's not gonna happen. Still better than nothing!
barneyonion to londonstinks
12 Aug 161#84
Yep streaming is completely throttled. I never feel at home when i use feel at home. Its a big lie that the data is as usable as in the uk.
buglawton to londonstinks
13 Aug 16#212
Last autumn I was in New England and needed to make a long call with a car hire co. Skype worked flawlessly using 3FAH data and was free being an 800 number.
Gavin01
13 Aug 16#211
whilst it's not amazing it's still the best value for your basic traveller.....although last year whilst in Spain I could connect to orange Vodafone or movistar this year it's only movistar and not there 4g either......be handy for Netflix if it did work but still like I say despite buying a three Payg card putting twenty quid on it I'm still around 50£ better off after two weeks...
minsx
12 Aug 16#210
At the start I meant that I didn't call three to tell them I was going. Sorry for not being clear in my message...
cts_casemod
12 Aug 16#209
Does it work on three heavily throttled service?
brookysm
12 Aug 164#202
Folk moaning that the service is throttled, Three clearly explain that the service is for basic connection and not for streaming video etc - it's free so get over it and if you want faster then buy a local sim card and pay for it!
orhanftw to brookysm
12 Aug 16#205
I think the problem is how they market it to consumers. It's just plain dishonest. Yes, the info. about it being for basic usage might be available somewhere on their site if you look hard enough, but that's nowhere near the impression that the average consumer is given.
When I called up to cancel my contract, they tried so hard to push this feature to me. They literally told me I'd be able to use my phone exactly like how I use it in the UK, which is a blatant lie.
Hilariously, another operator told me I was being disloyal by leaving, they actually compared it to cheating on a partner. I could almost feel the sweat beads on their forehead.
Anyway lying to customers should never be okay. So that has reinforced my decision to leave.
cts_casemod to brookysm
12 Aug 16#208
I agree, but they don't do a very good job at saying that. Thre's only mention that it may depend on the local operator capacity, which is clearly a lie and that's where the problem lies. They should clearly mention basic access is provided, but not the same 'at home' experience.
cts_casemod
12 Aug 16#207
Essential if travelling by car/caravan, where one needs to check hotel reservations, traffic etc.
I was once stuck on France because I got a couple hours late and lost my allocated ferry ticket. The computers DFDS provide quote a ridiculous premium. Had to travel some reasonable miles to find a MacDonald's and go online to get new tickets.
Google maps, sadly it only covers a given area so this limits usage
cts_casemod
12 Aug 16#206
Yikes, why would you do such a thing? :smiley:
burnduck
12 Aug 161#191
Their feel at home internet is ok in Europe, but it really sucks when travelling to places further away from the UK.
Last time I was in Hong Kong I brought along a 3 sim card, I could barely send messages out with Whatsapp, opening Google maps was a hit or miss.
They tunnel all data traffic back to the UK, so the further you go, the slower (higher latency) your internet will be. I tested my connection and I got 600ms at best (my phone in HK - Three HK - Three UK - internet in UK - server in HK). This is of course overly simplified but in a nutshell it feels nothing like home.
MarzBarz to burnduck
12 Aug 16#197
I have also used it in Hong Kong and it worked fine for me. I was able to use snapchat/instagram
orhanftw to burnduck
12 Aug 161#204
Thanks for the account - I was waiting to see someone's experience with it in HK. I've just left Three and going to HK in September, and I've just joined EE. I was considering cancelling the EE contract because of my trip, but considering Feel at Home will likely be rubbish I'll just ditch Three.
Anyway, it's probably a good thing not having internet when abroad - less time head buried in phone, more time soaking in the sights! Besides, when I visited Malaysia a couple years back I did just fine travelling around the country with nothing but offline Google Maps and Tripadvisor!
faxmax
12 Aug 16#203
I sometimes wish there was an option to be able to pay for full speed data on my Three SIM when in a Feel At Home country. Free data is great when I just need low bandwidth internet or app but it is often unusably slow, forget streaming video it can't even load google maps or a picture heavy page in USA.
soldierboy001
12 Aug 162#201
You didn't make calls or anything and then you said you made calls to family who were also in Norway, Now which is it you made no calls or you made calls to family and friends or anything you are just pulling a line.
amishamish
11 Aug 16#22
god damnit. Made them to give me a cheaper deal few weeks ago and they offered me 3£ monthly discount, but said they will cut off "feel at home". I was ok woth it because I was only going to Malta and Latvia in the next ~9 months. Both places were not covered, but now they are and it sucks to not have it.
jnm21 to amishamish
12 Aug 16#200
They will likely let you upgrade - either that or see if you are still within 14 day cooling off period.
preecey
12 Aug 16#198
It would be interesting to hear from all those reporting video/music streaming issues while abroad and those who report no issues whatsoever...
Are you on Three PAYG or Pay Monthly? I do wonder if the Pay Monthly customers don't get throttled as much as PAYG customers?
BrianM to preecey
12 Aug 16#199
I think it is entirely related to the local GSM operator and their bandwidth back to 3 in the UK!
CaptainWest
12 Aug 16#105
Going to Norway in October and just joined 3 without knowing this, well happy!
po57405k to CaptainWest
12 Aug 161#196
i used it in Norway for about 5 weeks with no issues on the telenor network
minsx
12 Aug 16#195
I went to Norway 2 years ago, I was on payg and I didn't make any phone calls to three to tell them I was going or anything. I got a 'you're in a feel at home destination' message, didn't have to use an add on... I made a few calls to my family who were also in Norway using UK numbers, and at the end I got a you saved a potential amount of money message. So I think it works however. So payg users, don't buy an add on. If it doesn't work like this then I apologise, but that was my experience 2 years ago. My family were jealous, they had to call their provider and pay extra. I love this feature...
kashiboi
11 Aug 16#45
Wont we lose Feel At Home when we leave the EU?
roshambo to kashiboi
12 Aug 162#82
Riiight, because the US, Hong Kong and Australia are all EU countries...
po57405k to kashiboi
12 Aug 16#194
why?
po57405k
12 Aug 16#193
Since it was launch a few years ago I've used it in Norway, USA 3 times, France and Spain for 2 months at a time in some cases with no issues. I suppose it depends on your area much like signal in the UK
lkl265
12 Aug 161#192
You will be waiting for a long time :-)
greedoe
12 Aug 16#145
that's great, Three but where the hell is Canada on this list?
asters to greedoe
12 Aug 16#150
Canada would be good, doing Transatlantic cruise leaving Spain, calling The Azores, 2 places in Nova Scotia & New York. Only Nova Scotia not covered.
BrianM to greedoe
12 Aug 16#190
Did you expect it to be??? Canada is one of the most expensive countries in the world for cellphones and, as PAYG (as we know it) is unheard of, simply getting a local SIM when visiting isn't easy! I have friends who live there and the only way of getting a local SIM seemed to be to find a "prepaid contract" with a one month minimum term.
The local operators are unlikely to be keen to give up all their lucrative roaming fees!
greyiningninja
12 Aug 16#184
Does anyone know if this goes live from 1st September? Going to Greece on the 3rd :smiley:
wozukSilencer to greyiningninja
12 Aug 16#189
i'm going with 31st Sept :smirk:
BigDonVespa
11 Aug 161#18
I hope the addition of Portugal covers Madeira too, we're holidaying there in October.
delboyd to BigDonVespa
12 Aug 161#83
Let's hope there's actually a Madeira left in October, the fires have been horrendous :disappointed:
hugh1988 to BigDonVespa
12 Aug 16#188
It will, that is Portugal. :smiley:
IamMT
12 Aug 16#187
Depends where you are going but I got this when I was on a ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull last week: "Tesco Mobile: Welcome to USA.
These are the charges while you're here:
Call the UK: 89p/min
Receive calls: 89p/min
Call voicemail on 905: 89p/min
Send texts: 40p each
Send picture messages: 25p each
Receive texts & picture messages: free
Data: £8/MB
Call 280 free for info.
Data is £8/MB & use abroad is capped at £40/month, after that your phone will be barred. To accept charges over £40, call us on 4455. You can avoid data charges by turning off data & using Wi-Fi instead."
I quickly turned my phone off until we reached the UK!
lkl265
12 Aug 161#186
Where is the official news release from 3 ?.
Biioniic11
12 Aug 16#185
Vodafone's roaming free is much better. You actually have 4G connection unlike Three who offer Giffgaff-style slow Internet abroad. I have used it in France and Spain this year and it was fast just like it is at home - and I don't pay extra! The only downside is, it's limited to 4gb per month - however - I don't go over my limit. Can't wait to try it again next month again!
Balfington
12 Aug 16#183
I've used this in a few places. There was never any problem making phone calls but data was another matter and data's what I need when abroad.
Not once in 9 US states would the data work despite endless fiddling with settings and frequencies. In Ireland 3 attempts in 4 resulted in my phone accusing me of tethering.
IamMT
12 Aug 16#173
Hurrah! Much better than the Tesco version that only runs until September and has a maximum of 28 days usage.
cts_casemod to IamMT
12 Aug 16#181
Yep, the tesco was great. Why on earth did they chose the 3rd I don't know... Massively annoying!
The funny thing is, I tried to get standard roaming rates from their website and each and every time it simply takes me to the 'its free' page - No info afterwards! - I'm a bit reluctant considering 02 roaming rates...
mreriksen
12 Aug 16#175
Not really a deal... Sorry
cts_casemod to mreriksen
12 Aug 16#180
It is a deal. Shame its coming so late.
I've been hearing that the EU is to scrap roaming charges next year since 2012 when I last traveled overseas. never happened. So at least is good to see that something is being done about it before the legislation takes place (if it ever does!). I'm guessing this can also ease up things if a Brexit is indeed to happen, as there will be agreements in place, but this is just my guess.
Sir Charles
12 Aug 16#179
Perfect timing, going to Romania on 18th of September
alieus_uk25
12 Aug 161#166
Used the service in Spain this year, was desperately slow and offered no 4g service. It did seem they were throttling it somehow. couldn't stream any youtube content at lowest quality :/ It's ok for google maps though which I did use with success but for anything else it's so slow. It took 3-4 hours to download a 12mb playlist on bbc iplayer.
cts_casemod to alieus_uk25
12 Aug 16#178
So I heard. Is the service reliable enough to use a voip service?
thankshotdeals
12 Aug 161#176
why would anyone go with anyone else if they travel to usa - only praise got 30gb and unlimited minutes and text for £20
gadger100
12 Aug 161#174
Apparently it's coming into effect from the 1st September
gadger100
12 Aug 16#172
Surely when your on holiday as long as you can make calls, text and use things like WhatsApp that's fine.
cts_casemod
12 Aug 16#171
Neat :smiley:
The tesco promotion runs up to the 3rd so other than the annoyance of needing two cards this is brilliant.
DannyC91
12 Aug 16#170
I go on holiday to Portugal from the 29th of August to the 08th September, does this feel at home kick in from the first day of September? And does it include the whole of Portugal?
amazon54
12 Aug 16#149
In-workable that is.
m5rcc to amazon54
12 Aug 16#169
Wrong again! Unworkable, you mean?
m5rcc
12 Aug 162#168
The older generations did not give us low interest rates!
Because the UK government is so perfect!
m5rcc
12 Aug 161#167
So because he/she did it, you have to do it too? Well done! :confused:
I think you'll find Remain was the status quo. What are the consequences of "remaining" exactly? Continued free movement of labour? Continued tariff-free EU goods and services? Continued passport rights for our banking racket? Increased stability with Pound Sterling? All bad things of course...
Do you even know what that means? You do realise that the banking racket and associated services contributes to 78% of our GDP. If we leave the EU, the we lose our passport rights to do business with the EU. And what then? Go back to making Morris Marinas on a three-day week with Comrade Corbyn in charge? Do me a favour...
jsoap
12 Aug 16#165
Funny enough I always got better speeds in Ireland by manually selecting O2 rather than Three. Both are Three UK roaming partners in Ireland.
wildecat
12 Aug 16#164
I'm quite looking forward to Brexit (EngWalexit really) now.
At least, there will be free roaming when I visit the land of jellied eels.
ukmonkey
12 Aug 16#163
Awesome
Shard
12 Aug 161#162
Sorry, something keeps bugging me. Are you 61/62? Just trying to understand your comment in that context
Shard
12 Aug 161#161
Used it in Rome and the USA, browsed Facebook, used it for google maps, etc. Worked fine
adamjames1
12 Aug 16#160
Haha, awesome. I could have done with this in March when I went travelling, but still better late than never.
superwhisk
12 Aug 16#159
I'm gutted to be reading this. I'm travelling to one of the countries they're adding at the end of August. Does anyone have any idea whether they might waive their £5 a day charge for using [email protected] outside one of their existing countries?
PotatoSalad11
12 Aug 16#158
Anyone know the exact date that it comes in? It just says "From September" in the first post. I'm travelling to Slovenia and Austria for 2 weeks on September 3rd.
musical
11 Aug 163#37
Whenever I was in France with 3, the Feel at Home IP was unusable. It was worse than going back to the days of 300 baud acoustic couplers, RS-232 interfaces and terminals, Prestel and CIX. I had supposedly unlimited Internet with 3 but couldn't even surf basic websites reliably never mind stream. I've had a totally different experience with Vodafone while abroad - using the Internet rather than going back to the 70s. Feel at Home might be free but is it any good? It isn't in my experience.
ogeran to musical
12 Aug 16#110
I have been to france a few times this year already with this and you're kinda right. some days it is pretty unusable for internet and other days its slow but usable,and on the rare day its absolutely fine im happy! Interestingly never found 4g but when on h+ or 3g it always felt like edge speeds.
routeski to musical
12 Aug 16#157
Newbold
12 Aug 161#156
Thank you. I think you've given us all a very helpful insight into the mindset of the average Brexit voter.
andysteb
12 Aug 16#155
Great. Used this in menorca in June and it felt no different speed wise than being at home.
Gollywood
12 Aug 161#153
I'd like to see Turkey on the list soon
Shard
12 Aug 161#152
I'm happy to hear your detailed account of how exactly Brexit is going to work in terms of tariffs and trade agreements.
DonWavey
12 Aug 161#151
Finally! Theyve added Amsterdam to the list!
amazon54
12 Aug 162#148
I know lot's of young people who voted Brexit so stop blaming the generation that gave you the thing's you have today. Low interest rates, homes full of NEW thing's not like our generation that had to do with second hand thing's and mortgage payment's with 14% interest. You think we had it easy. I have children and grand children and we did the right thing. EU is corrupt and in- workable.
amazon54
12 Aug 164#147
Well said Ajibee.
lmtch938
12 Aug 16#146
Used it in America, was great!
tomlewis007
12 Aug 16#122
No Date in September...... Fingers crossed its before I go away mid September!
asters to tomlewis007
12 Aug 161#144
Same here, could do with it to start by Sept 18th
fahed2000
12 Aug 161#142
Sweet, all we need now is better signal in the UK,
preecey to fahed2000
12 Aug 16#143
Three and EE, thanks to their combined 3G network (MBNL), have the best 3G coverage in the UK. Fact.
jont999
12 Aug 161#137
When I was with Three I didn't turn this feature on and couldn't log into my account when I went on holiday - thankfully the support guys on twitter enabled it for me. They were very helpful but their call centre in India is the absolute worst and put me off ever returning to Three.
After Three bumped their pricing one support guy kept interrupting me when I said I wanted to leave and was astonished to learn I'd found a better deal. Then when trying to get my PAC code to leave for Vodafone, the lady I spoke to claimed that the package on Vodafone didn't have tethering (it does) - which amused the Vodafone store manager who was standing next to me helping me through the process.
preecey to jont999
12 Aug 161#141
You can't say that Three have the worst customer service yet. Wait until you have to call Vodafone up. Then you'll change your opinion.
credington
11 Aug 162#6
What no EU/Brexit comments? :wink:
Newbold to credington
11 Aug 1689#10
Doubt the Brexit voters could read them - there you go. :neutral_face:
VincentGO to credington
12 Aug 16#140
Don't you start lol
leeparsons
12 Aug 16#139
Lol, but watch this space. I'm pretty sure this will change again, after we with draw from the eu
Chigro
12 Aug 16#138
Heat.
Trevisparky
12 Aug 16#136
Anyone no if Mexico is part of it yet v
leedsfanhirons
12 Aug 16#135
what are the chances, I move to Germany 5 weeks ago and spend £15 in the first few days assuming Germany was a feel at home country - and a month later they decide to finally include it :disappointed:
m5rcc
12 Aug 16#134
No point leaving the EU to be an EEA member. EFTA is a possibility but Norway will reject it.
ryanstewart456
12 Aug 166#133
Actually *dear* If you scroll up you'll see that I was replying to the top comment which was branding anyone who voted leave as an idiot. I was simply throwing the sentiment back.
That is true, equally true is that many remainers voted remain without knowing the full consequences. That's a fact. Not an opinion. We should be trying to make our country work in this situation, not making sarky comments on completely unrelated posts.
Shard
12 Aug 161#132
"It was Ted Heath in 1974,"
The date suggests that by the time this happens you won't have to worry about it, but the younger generation who voted to remain (75%), will have to live by your decision.
None of the political parties are now calling for full Brexit anyway:
- Conseratives, delay then probably EEA
- Labour (Corbyn) EEA
- Labour (Smith) Second Referendum
- Liberals, stop Brexit completely
- UKIP, who cares, single issue party, now effectively dead
Under the EEA we still have to pay, we still have no control over immigration, we still have to obey the same laws but we no longer get a say in what they are
mickey2002
12 Aug 16#131
Go watch Dave Gorman modern life is goo dish and see his look into yougov... lol
takodara
12 Aug 16#130
world leader
m5rcc
12 Aug 16#129
Calm down dear! No need to call people names.
Many Leavers voted without knowing the full consequences. This is a fact. Not an opinion.
m5rcc
12 Aug 161#128
Have you? What does that statement even mean? It makes no sense whatsoever. Won your country back from whom? To give it to an unelected PM with an unelected head of state? Congratulations!
You can give the NHS £100trn: they'd still spunk it up the wall! "The NHS is the envy of the world!" - yeah the envy of the Third World perhaps...
I suggest you keep waiting. Article 50 may never be invoked. Remember May is a Remainer.
Says who? The EU Referendum is not a mandate. Article 50 can only be invoked by MPs. House of Lords can even reject it.
No - I nor others won't.
ryanstewart456
12 Aug 167#127
The arrogance here is unbelievable. Everyone who voted to leave the EU is in some way less intelligent or inferior to those who voted to remain. What a ridiculous comment! If you couldn't see the issues with the EU and/or bought into the "reform from within" argument, then you are the stupid one, not the leavers.
Ajibee
12 Aug 1610#126
1) We've won our country back. No longer will our politicians be able to say "We can't do what you, the people, want because of EU rules" (or ECJ judges or whatever). We've also won back control of £276 million per week of our money, our gross payment to the EU after the rebate, £188 million per week net, which left the UK, never to return, to fund the Eurocrats bloated lives and their corrupt largesse elsewhere - money that will be much better spent here at home - perhaps even as the £100M extra per week for the NHS as proposed by the Vote Leave campaign.
2) It will take some time to extricate ourselves - it's barely six weeks since Independence Day - give it a chance. Personally I waited more than two decades for the chance to have a say on the EU.
3) See answers 2 & 4.
4) Yes. Brexit means Brexit, to quote Maggie May, unlike the lamentable Cast Iron Dave.
P.S. To those who witter on about their future being stolen, the same thing happened to me - it was Ted Heath in 1974, but me and a bunch of other hardy Brits stole it back in 2016. You'll thank us for it. Yes, really, you will!
Mclovin
11 Aug 16#34
Working in netherlands with a three sim for 6 months. I leave in September. God damn.
pp02442 to Mclovin
12 Aug 16#125
not much help now (apols), but ID Mobile (which piggy-backs three in UK) includes Netherlands, in fact all EU countries on their "takeaway" plans...
kamran9558
12 Aug 16#124
Because 3 Ireland is a totally different network to 3UK, they are owned by Hutchison but aren't the same networks.
nitindobhal
12 Aug 161#123
What about INDIA
jazzmag2k
12 Aug 16#121
Hot, I'm currently using a three pay & go sim for a 3 week trip to Spain. Diverted all my calls from my o2 phone and am using TUGo so I still get all my calls and texts to my usual number but just hammer the data on three :smiley:.
lk9057
12 Aug 161#120
Portugal is included, great!
txugo
12 Aug 16#112
will this work for payg with a all in one add on?
MarzBarz to txugo
12 Aug 161#119
That how feel at home currently works with existing PAYG users
ambergarcia
12 Aug 161#101
This is no longer free with all contracts, I got a contract with three last week and you now have to pay extra for it x
zooby to ambergarcia
12 Aug 161#118
It is not included in the "essential" plans, it is included in all others.
sm-1991
12 Aug 16#116
Sweet! It's great when you can use this abroad, I used around 10gb of 3 data when I was in America a few months ago, used it for maps, hailing uber, lyfts and streaming.
preecey to sm-1991
12 Aug 16#117
Did you use a VPN or something?
wozukSilencer
12 Aug 163#115
I think I'd rather have a cup of pg tips than a easy jet flight though.
You question intelligence yet believe polls like this...
helloyoufool
12 Aug 16#114
Brilliant deal. It's a no brainier if you travel to the US & would like to stay connected to data & UK folk.
Very pleased Germany & Netherlands will now be added to the roster.
Mattbu
12 Aug 16#113
Amazing! Often going to Greece so I'm very happy about that. Cheers
efem
12 Aug 16#108
Does anybody knows when exactly the new destinations will be activated? going to Hungary and Slovakia first 2 weeks of September
MarzBarz to efem
12 Aug 16#109
Did try to google it but no idea im afraid.
wozukSilencer to efem
12 Aug 16#111
The way most articles are worded it sounds like September 1st .
herrbz
12 Aug 16#107
I'd heard bad things about speeds on the internet abroad, can anyone offer their experiences?
PDONNAN813
12 Aug 161#106
It's great throttling or not! Can now phone,text and a bit of light web browsing plus Google maps for no extra cost when on my travels good on 3. Who needs to be watching you tube vids and steaming when on holidays take in the sites and save the steaming for home!!
andrisan10
12 Aug 16#95
voted HOT but sadly i just left Three after 4 years because of poor signal. too bad
MarzBarz to andrisan10
12 Aug 16#104
Did you ever try the three in touch app? I never have any problems due to living near the city
______
12 Aug 16#98
Three sucks. Been with them for over 9 years had 2 contracts and when I called them for upgrade they couldn't give me any discounts I guess £35.00 x2 each month was not good enough. Good riddance to dishonest company.
elbrownos to ______
12 Aug 16#103
You've only just realised loyalty doesn't pay?
amazon54
12 Aug 165#102
Comment's like that make me proud to have voted Brexit. Deal with it.
richardsim7
12 Aug 161#100
Despite not being officially included until September, I found my "Feel-At-Home" worked in Guernsey back in May
amazon54
12 Aug 166#99
I voted Brexit and read it very well thank you.
nb2508
12 Aug 161#97
Brilliant network/deal. Was in Indonesia for 2 weeks, didn't spend a penny on data roaming/calling home.
tagy
12 Aug 162#96
I do, Three have had this offer to many countries in and out of the EU for years.
den169
12 Aug 163#94
Incredible how thick some remain voters are,What will they blame next on brexit global warming,Best thing thats happened to this country leaving the EU.3 were the first to offer free calls abroad nothing to do with the EU in fact the Eu has let the networks push the dates back for when they all have to offer free calls to next year.
teacherphil
12 Aug 161#93
I've had a mobile since the early 90s and I've never had to before. They just automatically connect to the corresponding carrier in that country.
teacherphil
12 Aug 161#92
Believe it or not, I tried that from the hotel WiFi but it repeatedly told me I had to phone them and couldn't do it online, but thanks for the smart response. This was 2 weeks ago in Poland.
kamran9558
12 Aug 161#85
All the people who are complaining about throttling should know that it has nothing to do with 3 and everything to do with the local mobile network that you use when in the said country.
barneyonion to kamran9558
12 Aug 16#91
Strangely I have roamed on the three network in Ireland (same company right?) and experienced the same throttling issue - what is that about!!
haberdabers
12 Aug 163#60
Was totally unusable for me in the US and Germany. Gave up in the end. Moved to EE when they did the cheap 16gb deal, as feel at home never worked properly.
Garymorris14 to haberdabers
12 Aug 163#62
Interesting that it was unusable for you in Germany.... Feel at Home never covered Germany.... and won't until next month!
It's always been great for me. Very happy.
iamryan to haberdabers
12 Aug 16#90
2 years ago in New York I had 4G coverage everywhere, this year it was 3G an practically unusable on the default carrier but I switched to another (can't recall which) and it worked much better, but still it is definitely restricted now compared to when Feel At Home first started.
Yatty
12 Aug 161#89
Yay I can Pokemon Go at Cyprus in October :innocent:
danflorin3
11 Aug 16#46
So...I can use my data in every country on the list exactly like in UK?That's great:)
barneyonion to danflorin3
12 Aug 161#88
Its ok for internet browsing but try and use it for anything that streams like youtube spotify podcasts etc and its completely useless and wont load. They pick up when you are trying to stream something and dont allow it to load at normal speed so it cant be used.
iamryan
12 Aug 16#87
I go to Portugal next month so well happy with this, the villa i stayed at in June has wifi but it's generally really poor over there
cholent
12 Aug 161#86
you can have a PAYG sim card
and only top up and activate Bundle (eg20£)
and you will still be entitled to feel at home
ukcobra
12 Aug 161#81
I did a test in New Zealand with a friend who had a local SIM, as he lives in Aukland. Both on the same network, same location, same phone. He did a speed test at the same time I did, and his data speeds were x3 to x4 faster than mine. Clearly some priority appears to be applied to Direct customers of the network and Three roaming SIMs get a slower service.
We also tested it again this year, and the same situation.
In some parts of the US, the Three service was almost unusable due to the slow speeds being offered.
m5rcc
12 Aug 16#80
Please remind everyone what you have won? Has the UK left the EU? Has Article 50 been invoked? Will it ever be invoked?
topcaty
12 Aug 16#79
Thanks for this
keno2000_uk
12 Aug 16#78
me and my wife both used this in florida and never had a speed issue. you just need to choose at+t as the network. I'd actually say the data was faster than I get in the UK
greencode
12 Aug 16#77
From memory, when I was in Florida and California last year the speeds appeared to be pretty quick and I'm sure it was 4G speeds in the major cities.
legohead1977
12 Aug 162#76
Great deal, I used to work for Three and they are a fantastic network. Granted it go off to a repugnant start line all new companies do however over the last few years their network and now these additional benefits are fantastic. My wife is from Holland and we go back a few times a year, this is now a great feature for us. Chuck in a trip to Indonesia next year and America in 2018 were happy that were covered.
That said I won't tell the kids, it will be nice to keep them off their phones for a few weeks
akhan_29
12 Aug 16#75
Perfect :smile: Going to Croatia in October. Can go Pokemon hunting round Kings Landing.
mattriggy
12 Aug 16#74
No North Cyprus/Turkey then, no surprise really the amount they charge for using Mobiles! :confused:
megaman666
12 Aug 16#73
Netherlands.... finally.
Mark996
12 Aug 161#72
This is superb, really a precedent for other providers to follow....although I'm just back from Cyprus where I would've struggled to use my data allowance even if I'd tried - mega poor phone signals there, and from what I found, no 4G....
xeroc
12 Aug 161#71
Nearly choked on my cup of Jamaica Blue Mountain at 'Birds Eye'- was half expecting 'Fray Bentos' to follow.
sjpearce
12 Aug 161#70
be aware that whilst the three terms And conditions state that your service will be blocked if you use it abroad for more than "2 months", what this actually means is that you can only use it for 60 days in any 1 year. regardless of the amount of data used, if you go online for 1minute, that counts as 1 of your 60 days use. three also confirmed that you cannot track your usage (number of days) yourself, you would have to ask customer support for your latest usage count. This doesn't affect most people but, if you travel a lot, your 60 days can go before you use your data.
the-bunker
12 Aug 16#69
Apart from having access to the internet, I'm not sure why I would want to 'feel at home' when I'm on holiday abroad. Isn't the point of being on holiday to not feel at home ?? - I guess I might have to speak to someone back in blighty, but tbh I'd rather not...
nublets2k
12 Aug 16#68
It's on the £5 a day Euro Internet Pass, which is also heavily throttled.
cottontop74
11 Aug 161#14
I might be wrong but I don't believe you get 4G speed in the US through the Feel at Home deal...
maui to cottontop74
12 Aug 161#67
You don't even get 3G speeds with "at home" - particularly in the US! I recall reading somewhere that it's limited to 256kbps?
Brabus_Duddy
12 Aug 161#66
I have tweeted Three to ask for more countries in far east Asia. Still a lot of people go to India, ok not far east but you know, and likes of Malaysia and Singapore.
Gavin01
12 Aug 161#65
dont forget though the data is kinda throttled or something......I'm in Spain now and whilst I have a full 3g signal data is very slow....although luckily it just about runs Google maps....and that's on the movistar network...not sure which network I should be connecting to out here anyway.....I've got some 4g networks showing but I can't connect to them
SalfordCityRed
12 Aug 163#64
Yes, if you choose to believe a snidey survey, conducted by the left, and those with an agenda, that gives absolutely no details as to the ratio of the 100k the stats were pulled from, it's most likely you that's seriously unintelligent.
As for your progressive immigrant obsessed, brainwashed youth, who've been let down by the backwards, closed minded, over 30 elderly and infirm. F*** them, they didn't even bother voting!
micpwelsh
12 Aug 166#63
Someone's still a bit upset
superjack
12 Aug 161#61
Used it in Spain, Italy, USA and Austria recently on iPhone 6. Really poor speeds, it struggled to load google maps! I'll be moving elsewhere I think.
ashtad
12 Aug 161#59
Just spent the last two weeks travelling through France and Spain. Could use the Internet for Facebook, what's app etc, but couldn't use YouTube or Spotify once so seems they throttle the data usage.
cjdean1983
12 Aug 16#58
amazing news. saw this on Hexus of all places actually! have some heat
Newbold
12 Aug 1631#57
You really think that Three would be doing this had it not been for the EU harmonisation policy? Come on.......
By the way, something else from the Telegraph (and YouGov):
Brexiteers vs Remainers | by brands
The top 10 with Leave voters
HP Sauce
Bisto
ITV News
The Health Lottery
Birds Eye
Iceland
Sky News
Cathedral City
PG Tips
Richmond sausages
The top 10 with Remain voters
BBC.co.uk
BBC iPlayer
Instagram
London Underground
Spotify
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Virgin Trains
Twitter
EasyJet
Says it all, doesn't it? Richmond sausages, ITV News and Sky News. Still think Brexit voters have the same level of intelligence? :wink:
s24adm
12 Aug 161#56
Three has consistently been the best coverage for me in the north east of Scotland, I've been with o2, ee and now Vodafone but I've had my three mifi dongle as data backup for years and it's never let me down when those other networks did. As for feel-at-home, I've used it in New York, and during several Spain trips (mainland and islands) - never once felt like it was "throttled" and always got a decent 3G signal as it hopped between providers. Excellent service in my experience.
rapid111111
12 Aug 166#55
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
lucas4
12 Aug 16#54
Three use the T-Mobile (primarily) and AT&T networks in the US. I've just been to New York and the service was actually pretty good as the T-Mobile coverage was strong in the city. Coverage in Florida, including Orlando, is pretty poor though. Regular drops to 2G (from 3G as 4G isn't allowed in the US) in the Disney parks and elsewhere in the state.
I'm actually considering leaving Three when I return to the UK. The signal in my area is poor and Feel At Home alone is not worth it IMO. Buying an unlimited texts/mins and 5GB 4G data T-Mobile (or similar) 30-day sim for $30 or so in the US is a better option IMO. Obviously this may be different for other European countries, not the US.
Ajibee
12 Aug 166#53
Typical of the arrogance of the Remoan crowd, the losers, to suggest the winners of the Brexit debate are less clever than they are, not that it matters a jot if they are - all votes are equally valid.
The harmonisation of roaming rates was supposed to be one of the very few and very meagre benefits of being part of the EU, but here are Three showing that it is quite possible anyway, without the bloated bureaucrats of Brussels ordering it to be so.
Still no Singapore. It's weird. Starhub subscribers from SG can roam in the UK, specifically on the Three network, at no additional cost, yet Three UK subscribers can't do the same in the opposite direction.
giorgoXXI
12 Aug 16#48
If you get a decent allowance with Vodafone (2GB+), their roaming much is better. Much faster internet and plus you can call local landlines and mobiles for free as well!
Mentos to giorgoXXI
12 Aug 16#51
Vodafone's CS is ****, but their roaming offer is a good all rounder. And on the red bundles with roaming you also get spotify.
Calls/texts to numbers within the entire EU roaming zone are included when roaming. For example a call I made to a German number from Vienna was included.
If you can live with a few GB's of data while roaming its worth considering as an alternative. I find it handy being able to call local cabs/hotels/etc without hassle. Also means local family/friends/colleagues can message/missed call me and I call them back (as for them its an international call otherwise).
Three do cover countries outside of the US though, for which Vodafone will charge £5/day or punitive per min/mb rates :/
neon123
12 Aug 161#50
Love 'Feel at Home'. It's the reason I've stayed with Three so I'm glad to see it basically covers all of Europe now.
epoland
12 Aug 16#49
excellent!
danflorin3
11 Aug 161#47
Btw..September ... starting when?
pixumeloho
11 Aug 161#43
good information for me..thanks
gadger100
11 Aug 16#38
I've used it in ibiza the last 3years, it's been excellent!!
londonstinks to gadger100
11 Aug 16#41
Really? I was in Den Bossa last week using Movistar connection and it was really bad, only good for whatsapp.
robertgearing
11 Aug 16#39
Shame it's only 3G for data doesn't really feel like at home without 4G
briandwilliams1958
11 Aug 16#36
Finland?
joshtbh
11 Aug 16#35
Anyone know if this applies to id mobile, the car phone warehouse tariff which uses the 3 network?
concur, was in Spain last week, data speed was abysmally slow, using a VPN at least allowed a slightly faster rate, for you tube
Nutkin
11 Aug 165#29
It depends what country you go to, in the USA in Florida the speed was ridiculously throttled. could barely load google maps. A quick search shows I am not alone in this too.
brian129
11 Aug 161#28
I didn't have the option to turn it on, think you have to go through fully automated call the very first time .
soonforgotten
11 Aug 161#26
Sweet. I've got a week in the Czech Republic coming up, so this is very welcome news.
geowars2
11 Aug 161#25
Feel at home is brilliant. It does tend to very slow though, so don't expect to be able to stream music or watch videos.
10bellies
11 Aug 1626#23
...or, you could have just logged onto your account and turned international roaming/data on.
But yes, it's probably easier just to blame others for something you could have done yourself....
gadger100
11 Aug 161#20
Use a local pay phone, very cheap.
ymmf
11 Aug 16#19
Brilliant. I bought the 24GB data only SIM for my wife who is a cabin crew. It is very useful when you fly a lot.
Rulandas
11 Aug 162#16
Never had such issue
p9dyl
11 Aug 16#15
You don't have to be in the UK, only in a feel at home location then it will be made as a UK call.
faz1964
11 Aug 164#8
Used it in the US and got a text saying I had saved £2200 on data and calls. How accurate their estimation I do not know, but it's nice to be able to use your phone without worrying how much each call, text or mb it is costing you. :smile:
vultan999 to faz1964
11 Aug 163#9
I had a similar experience although I would say that the data speed was a lot slower than in the UK.
credington
11 Aug 161#7
Only if you're in the UK!
cleverguy12
11 Aug 1618#5
This same deal was posted by 2 other people before this. I wonder why theirs were removed and this one is allowed? :/
“Feel at home” means you can use your allowances to call and text the UK and use your data.
What you may not be aware of is its can be quite expensive to call local numbers in the country you’re in.
shayele
11 Aug 162#2
And Israel
james22
11 Aug 162#1
Typical I'm currently in Greece using a Tesco PAYG sim, as it was better than my Three tariff for data. Good news though - a little overdue and I notice they have waited for the end of the holiday season too. Voting hot cos I love unlimited handset data and now proper free EU roaming. Odd situation with the brexit on the horizon. Hot all the same.
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Opening post
Here's a complete breakdown of the new "Feel At Home" countries, which expands the service's area to cover most of the European continent.
Germany
Greece
Portugal
Croatia
Poland
Belgium
Netherlands
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Malta
Lithuania
Slovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Iceland
Slovenia
Luxembourg
Liechtenstein
Gibraltar
Isle of Man
Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey)
That's in addition to the 18 existing Feel At Home countries, which covers many destinations in Asia, and the United States:
Spain
France
Switzerland
Israel
Findland
Norway
USA
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Macau
Australia
New Zealand
Italy
Austria
Hong Kong
Sweden
Denmark
Republic of Ireland
The fact that the new list kicks in from September means holidaymakers traveling this month will miss out on free roaming in these countries. Nevertheless, bringing most of Europe into the "Feel At Home" zone makes sense ahead of the looming abolition of roaming charges within the EU, set to kick in from June 15, 2017.
This does not apply on the new essential plans!
- dmcmsn
Edit As per above All plans apart from the Essential Plan and with Pay as You GO users the All in Addon is required same as it currently is from what ive read.
And Finland!
- nublets2k
Top comments
By the way, something else from the Telegraph (and YouGov):
Brexiteers vs Remainers | by brands
The top 10 with Leave voters
HP Sauce
Bisto
ITV News
The Health Lottery
Birds Eye
Iceland
Sky News
Cathedral City
PG Tips
Richmond sausages
The top 10 with Remain voters
BBC.co.uk
BBC iPlayer
Instagram
London Underground
Spotify
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Virgin Trains
Twitter
EasyJet
Says it all, doesn't it? Richmond sausages, ITV News and Sky News. Still think Brexit voters have the same level of intelligence? :wink:
But yes, it's probably easier just to blame others for something you could have done yourself....
Latest comments (352)
All 3 of us received texts on return, apparently we saved over £4,000 on standard pricing. Total cost for 3 phones away for 24 nights, £9.24 (1 call lasting a few minutes from Nova Scotia to UK)
My life, even your avatar is the usual socialist pet topic of demanding more dough for the world health service.
Should change your name to Oldmould #justsaying
I'm registered for O2 Travel so for £1.99 a day you get I quote "all the data, minutes and texts you need" which has worked sound.
I been in Switzerland and Austria since Wednesday and not had any 'slow down' sending bundles of pics and talking for hours on what's app. Also spent over three hours calling transferwise.com, my mum and Lloyds back home on Friday. Definitely no hidden excessive use charge as I just checked the recent charges on the My O2 app which has got Friday's use loaded, only the £1.66 for the day's O2 Travel packet in the 'things you've bought' section.
No official information on 3 website as far as I can tell?
Elsewhere, was planning on listening to a 64kb AAC radio stream which proved impossible. I understand for video, but even something I can stream locally over EDGE (2.5G) is blocked!? For the record I had full 3.5G service, but also tried on EDGE with similar Symptoms. WhatsApp video upload was relatively quick so that confirms throttling. Voip (WhatsApp and 12Voip) also had breakouts.
Using ZPN connect the VPN is blocked.
Occasional blockage with tethering warnings, even though I had no computer with me (Restarting phone fixed this)
For most places just ended up getting a local €5 phone sim with some data allowance and using Voip on that, everything worked nice that way, plus one gets to be able to call local numbers for hotels and the like.
I will not dump £20 on 3 again!! I'm a low data user (1GB/month at home) and still seen my usage impaired...
Like I say I got it confirmed via live chat as I am travelling to Poland on Sunday and Amsterdam next month so it's ideal timing. Would imagine the main page will update tomorrow.
Last time I was there 2 yrs ago it was great and worked at 3G speeds in similar areas (San Fran and San Diego), so not sure whether Three are limiting it or whether its the networks they are partnered with.
This along with the price hike and not being able to negotiate a deal with a decent amount of data on SIM only meant I requested my PAC today.
I would rather have the choice to pay for better network speeds than be limited to edge connections when abroad.
4g isn't available on feel at home in any country. Used it last year in the states with a slightly better experience.
PS, I've already left for BT. I was on a rolling contract with Three, PAYG essentially. They opted to charge me over £300 for the pleasure of a termination fee... having told me I wouldn't be billed, I was. They cancelled the refund twice too... I was out of pocked by 300 for over a month... without a sorry.
Won't be using their service again, let's put it that way.
The term "feel at home" is a major claim, btw. It's sole purpose is to portray a service which is indifferent regardless of the country you're in.
:smirk:
I've only had a couple of issues in recent years which were resolved by the Indian customer service. I've always found them to be polite and courteous. Some do seem to consider that a longer call is a better call but I've not had anything to complain about.
If I tried the likes of Orange or Vodaphone where I live, I'd be able to make phonecalls but not do anything data wise.
As for intelligence levels. I'm a qualified engineer to degree level. Studying Physics, thermodynamics and long hand Calculus along the way.
What do you do that makes you smarter than every one else?
Voting remain doesn't count as a qualification.
Personally I am still paying just £10/month for more data and mins than I can use plus unlimited texts. Connection around here is far superior to any other network and used many times abroad without issue (except last trip which was my phone not the service) Also how you use your phone, mine is for calls, texts and the odd internet search. I am not interested in movies, youtube, heavy data useage on my holidays.
UKIP has been on the go for 23 years
Corbyn was anti-EU...for a mere 40 years..
#COLD!
And of course they've done it after I came back from holiday :neutral_face:
Next step should be to sort out our own lot....
"International dialling codes for cheaper Pay As You Go calls"
http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=roaming,varset_subcat=4161,Case=obj%286153%29
Works well from the UK.
Now the $65,000 question is, does it work from FAH countries?
Can some intrepid traveller try it please?
(I simply used Skype with 3 FAH data in the USA for local calls)
I opened a complaint with Three but they weren't interested and I had to pay the bill.
I found out earlier this year about the different frequencies. I took a brand new Moto G 3rd Gen and struggled yet my Wife using a HTC M9 was good, Brothers iPhone even better. After some research (and a few hours looking thru settings) we found my phone only works in US on 2G, HTC M9 will work on 3G and iPhone 4G
I changed mine from APN: Vodafone.zon.pt to net2.vodafone.pt (with the associated username/password vodafone/vodafone). works great.
Whilst there is certainly some basis to the arguments of the leave camp, I can’t help but see similarities between the racist, nationalist Trump supporters and a significant portion of the ill-informed brexit voters.
Those 2 lists, I have preferences in both lists so just shows how stupid some people are, or is it just me that is stupid?
Was told no tethering allowed.
I would like to make internal calls while there, but was advised they would be in excess of £1 per min.
However, I guess there's nothing to stop you routing the call through a UK 3rd party dialler like 18185.
Iceland
Switzerland
Israel
Norway
USA
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Macau
Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Are all in the EU as part of that "harmonisation policy" that you talk of? Even if they were, how long as this hot air about being part of the EU and no more roaming charges been talked about ad nauseum?
In contrast, on a visit to Croatia this year, I had to buy a cheap sim and use that, it was cheap £8 for unlimited data for a week but it meant no phone calls in or out of my two usual phone numbers, both now with 3. It was also 30 mins of faff to get it to work correctly.
God damn retention team never mentioned that...
Absolutely brilliant news anyway. Used 3 in US, France in Norway. Fantastic.
Dammit No! T'other way about :sunglasses:
In case anyone missed it, how about this for the No1 'I am miffed about Brexit' award?
'I did not ace my Gender Studies degree in order for uninformed racists to take away my European citizenship.'
It was either on fbook, or titter.
It's about where you are in the US - in some states, T-Mobile (in particular) are still offering their non-PCS service (that's the odd 1700Mhz up / 2100Mhz down) which confuses even a lot of modern phones. Certainly this was the case in parts of Florida.
You need to go google and find out why. UK phones are on different frequencies than much of the US. It has nothing to do with the provider.
I was in Florida and my smart ultra 6 was useless, but my old SGS 3 worked fine on 3G.
To be fair the op just stole the list from here, http://www.androidcentral.com/threes-feel-home-inclusive-roaming-expands-24-more-countries so it's not exactly their fault.
What are you talking about? You'll still be able to roam, it just won't cost anything. And it's from 15.06.17, June not January.
You don't need to worry about 4G anyway because it's not on Three's roaming menu. And the 3G is throttled so it's more like 2G, especially in Fance!
I got halfway through the online purchase and then stopped. Received a call from 3 an hour later offering me the same package but discounted if completed it today. Impressed.
For 12 months SIM-only @ £9 /month:
2gb 4G data (incl. tethering), 200 minutes, ultd texts, 2000 3-to-3 minutes. Feel-at-home roaming.
With Three on a capped plan you can use all your allowance, but AYCE is capped at 12GB for FAH. It's unclear whether 30GB plans are capped at 12GB or if you can use the whole 30GB.
You also can't tether, or use a vpn.
I'm on a non-monthly contract at the moment, would this still apply to me anyway?
It's odd how sour embittered and angry a lot of leave voters appear to be, having won the referendum, perhaps they're just those kind of people. Bad winners. That would be an interesting analysis, the psychological make up of the two camps, expensive to carry out though, maybe the EU would fund it
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Three customer and love the network, but it is common knowledge that EE is the best network for 3G/4G coverage combined.
Had a similar issue getting a PAC code many moons ago though. No trouble since rejoining them, but get excellent reception in South Wales. I think it just depends where you live, round here Vodafone is the only one that's particularly garbage.
You've used what in Spain the last three years?
I have used Three Feel at Home in New York and Ibiza this year, the connections are awful and only really good for basic web browsing and whatsapp, some navigation as well via gps.
Youtube, Netflix, Spotify etc forget it as it's not gonna happen. Still better than nothing!
When I called up to cancel my contract, they tried so hard to push this feature to me. They literally told me I'd be able to use my phone exactly like how I use it in the UK, which is a blatant lie.
Hilariously, another operator told me I was being disloyal by leaving, they actually compared it to cheating on a partner. I could almost feel the sweat beads on their forehead.
Anyway lying to customers should never be okay. So that has reinforced my decision to leave.
I was once stuck on France because I got a couple hours late and lost my allocated ferry ticket. The computers DFDS provide quote a ridiculous premium. Had to travel some reasonable miles to find a MacDonald's and go online to get new tickets.
Google maps, sadly it only covers a given area so this limits usage
Last time I was in Hong Kong I brought along a 3 sim card, I could barely send messages out with Whatsapp, opening Google maps was a hit or miss.
They tunnel all data traffic back to the UK, so the further you go, the slower (higher latency) your internet will be. I tested my connection and I got 600ms at best (my phone in HK - Three HK - Three UK - internet in UK - server in HK). This is of course overly simplified but in a nutshell it feels nothing like home.
Anyway, it's probably a good thing not having internet when abroad - less time head buried in phone, more time soaking in the sights! Besides, when I visited Malaysia a couple years back I did just fine travelling around the country with nothing but offline Google Maps and Tripadvisor!
Are you on Three PAYG or Pay Monthly? I do wonder if the Pay Monthly customers don't get throttled as much as PAYG customers?
The local operators are unlikely to be keen to give up all their lucrative roaming fees!
i'm going with 31st Sept :smirk:
These are the charges while you're here:
Call the UK: 89p/min
Receive calls: 89p/min
Call voicemail on 905: 89p/min
Send texts: 40p each
Send picture messages: 25p each
Receive texts & picture messages: free
Data: £8/MB
Call 280 free for info.
Data is £8/MB & use abroad is capped at £40/month, after that your phone will be barred. To accept charges over £40, call us on 4455. You can avoid data charges by turning off data & using Wi-Fi instead."
I quickly turned my phone off until we reached the UK!
Not once in 9 US states would the data work despite endless fiddling with settings and frequencies. In Ireland 3 attempts in 4 resulted in my phone accusing me of tethering.
The funny thing is, I tried to get standard roaming rates from their website and each and every time it simply takes me to the 'its free' page - No info afterwards! - I'm a bit reluctant considering 02 roaming rates...
I've been hearing that the EU is to scrap roaming charges next year since 2012 when I last traveled overseas. never happened. So at least is good to see that something is being done about it before the legislation takes place (if it ever does!). I'm guessing this can also ease up things if a Brexit is indeed to happen, as there will be agreements in place, but this is just my guess.
The tesco promotion runs up to the 3rd so other than the annoyance of needing two cards this is brilliant.
Because the UK government is so perfect!
I think you'll find Remain was the status quo. What are the consequences of "remaining" exactly? Continued free movement of labour? Continued tariff-free EU goods and services? Continued passport rights for our banking racket? Increased stability with Pound Sterling? All bad things of course...
Do you even know what that means? You do realise that the banking racket and associated services contributes to 78% of our GDP. If we leave the EU, the we lose our passport rights to do business with the EU. And what then? Go back to making Morris Marinas on a three-day week with Comrade Corbyn in charge? Do me a favour...
At least, there will be free roaming when I visit the land of jellied eels.
After Three bumped their pricing one support guy kept interrupting me when I said I wanted to leave and was astonished to learn I'd found a better deal. Then when trying to get my PAC code to leave for Vodafone, the lady I spoke to claimed that the package on Vodafone didn't have tethering (it does) - which amused the Vodafone store manager who was standing next to me helping me through the process.
That is true, equally true is that many remainers voted remain without knowing the full consequences. That's a fact. Not an opinion. We should be trying to make our country work in this situation, not making sarky comments on completely unrelated posts.
The date suggests that by the time this happens you won't have to worry about it, but the younger generation who voted to remain (75%), will have to live by your decision.
None of the political parties are now calling for full Brexit anyway:
- Conseratives, delay then probably EEA
- Labour (Corbyn) EEA
- Labour (Smith) Second Referendum
- Liberals, stop Brexit completely
- UKIP, who cares, single issue party, now effectively dead
Under the EEA we still have to pay, we still have no control over immigration, we still have to obey the same laws but we no longer get a say in what they are
Many Leavers voted without knowing the full consequences. This is a fact. Not an opinion.
You can give the NHS £100trn: they'd still spunk it up the wall! "The NHS is the envy of the world!" - yeah the envy of the Third World perhaps...
I suggest you keep waiting. Article 50 may never be invoked. Remember May is a Remainer.
Says who? The EU Referendum is not a mandate. Article 50 can only be invoked by MPs. House of Lords can even reject it.
No - I nor others won't.
2) It will take some time to extricate ourselves - it's barely six weeks since Independence Day - give it a chance. Personally I waited more than two decades for the chance to have a say on the EU.
3) See answers 2 & 4.
4) Yes. Brexit means Brexit, to quote Maggie May, unlike the lamentable Cast Iron Dave.
P.S. To those who witter on about their future being stolen, the same thing happened to me - it was Ted Heath in 1974, but me and a bunch of other hardy Brits stole it back in 2016. You'll thank us for it. Yes, really, you will!
You question intelligence yet believe polls like this...
Very pleased Germany & Netherlands will now be added to the roster.
It's always been great for me. Very happy.
and only top up and activate Bundle (eg20£)
and you will still be entitled to feel at home
We also tested it again this year, and the same situation.
In some parts of the US, the Three service was almost unusable due to the slow speeds being offered.
That said I won't tell the kids, it will be nice to keep them off their phones for a few weeks
As for your progressive immigrant obsessed, brainwashed youth, who've been let down by the backwards, closed minded, over 30 elderly and infirm. F*** them, they didn't even bother voting!
By the way, something else from the Telegraph (and YouGov):
Brexiteers vs Remainers | by brands
The top 10 with Leave voters
HP Sauce
Bisto
ITV News
The Health Lottery
Birds Eye
Iceland
Sky News
Cathedral City
PG Tips
Richmond sausages
The top 10 with Remain voters
BBC.co.uk
BBC iPlayer
Instagram
London Underground
Spotify
Airbnb
LinkedIn
Virgin Trains
Twitter
EasyJet
Says it all, doesn't it? Richmond sausages, ITV News and Sky News. Still think Brexit voters have the same level of intelligence? :wink:
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm actually considering leaving Three when I return to the UK. The signal in my area is poor and Feel At Home alone is not worth it IMO. Buying an unlimited texts/mins and 5GB 4G data T-Mobile (or similar) 30-day sim for $30 or so in the US is a better option IMO. Obviously this may be different for other European countries, not the US.
The harmonisation of roaming rates was supposed to be one of the very few and very meagre benefits of being part of the EU, but here are Three showing that it is quite possible anyway, without the bloated bureaucrats of Brussels ordering it to be so.
P.S. Some reading, for those who can (be bothered, that is):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/10/is-the-ignorant-leave-voter-just-a-comforting-myth/
Calls/texts to numbers within the entire EU roaming zone are included when roaming. For example a call I made to a German number from Vienna was included.
If you can live with a few GB's of data while roaming its worth considering as an alternative. I find it handy being able to call local cabs/hotels/etc without hassle. Also means local family/friends/colleagues can message/missed call me and I call them back (as for them its an international call otherwise).
Three do cover countries outside of the US though, for which Vodafone will charge £5/day or punitive per min/mb rates :/
https://jmcomms.com/2015/11/02/sort-it-out-three-using-data-abroad-feels-nothing-like-at-home/
Join BA, they give us a free iPad and roaming.
But yes, it's probably easier just to blame others for something you could have done yourself....
http://www.justcall.co.uk/en/
What you may not be aware of is its can be quite expensive to call local numbers in the country you’re in.