Using '3' feel at home while in Spain (1 Viewer)

Jaws

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Proly a daft question and one I could answer myself when I get there, but....

To dial the UK do you still use +44 with the feel at home set up ?
 
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Another question you may be able to answer @Flamenca or @Armytwowheels :)
I think it will be handy get a 3 PAYG sim for Woman to use while we are away ( she uses Vodafone here in the uk )
Do the PAYG set ups also allow feel at home calls ?
 

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Yes, it works with PAYG. Ensure that the SIM is activated by using it before leaving UK. (y)
 

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No - just activated in UK. Mine was activated in UK and used for first time in France - no problems have been using now for 18 months.
 

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hasn't payg got to be used in uk for 30days before it will allow the use abroad ?
No Gus, you will see from my previous posts that we are regular 3 users, PAYG for me and you is a fastastic set up.
I am currently in Norway using it, in the summer other parts of Europe that supports it.

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I already Have a 3 Sim, (had it for about 5 years) Will it work? Or is it necessary to get a dedicated sim?

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You do need to buy a bundle for payg to work on at home you otherwise pay roaming charges.
 
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I have a payg 3 sim that I am using in Spain and didn't activate at home but it was one with the £15 add on and has worked fine. Nick has a payg 3 at home so we bought the add on before we came away. We have topped it up here no problem. He only looks up football rubbish or similar so just bought the 500mb data top up for £5. It is odd how you have to add the 0044 to text, what's app etc even on numbers I've used for years abroad on other networks but only on some of the numbers. The 3 sim in my wifi works as well .

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Is it worth buying two and rotating them? For long stays away...
 
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My only problem using 3 feel at home especially if you are not holidaying alone is using your mobile between the group. If you use your Three to phone Her Three when she is standing next to you, it will be charged at the international tariff.
 
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Just got sim free phone and the 3 add on so we can ring home from spain .but we cant ring our friends on the same camp site if this is right we will have to take another phone with us also.

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Just got sim free phone and the 3 add on so we can ring home from spain .but we cant ring our friends on the same camp site if this is right we will have to take another phone with us also.

No you can't ring locally for free...but it's not that much. Check roaming charges
 

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Just got sim free phone and the 3 add on so we can ring home from spain .but we cant ring our friends on the same camp site if this is right we will have to take another phone with us also.
We live in Spain and have the 3UK sim with our UK telephone number. We use it for calling UK numbers.
Across a camp site to another UK phone will work, but if they are not on 3UK as well you will pay loads to connect to them!!!! however receiving calls from the UK or another UK mobile across the camp site will cost you nothing.
Whilst in Spain you are best using a pay as you go Spanish mobile as it's cheaper for local calls. I have a Spanish mobile number and wife has UK number mobile.
We use whatsapp:
https://www.whatsapp.com/ which uses data and now has a phone call system, so no roaming charges as long as you have a data connection be that wifi or using your data allowance.
Works for us.
 
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Is it worth buying two and rotating them? For long stays away...

I have 2 . Both have had the " If you use it for 2 complete months in a rolling 12 month period we will turn off the international roaming services etc;etc, "

additionally lack of use for 6(?) months & they cut the number off.

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OK, a three payg sim duly ordered..

When it arrives I will pop it in the fone, walk down the road and get it activated ( sod all signal on Three where I am )

lady said as long as I activated it and topped up that is all that would be needed for it to work just fine in Spain on the feel at home system..

Thanks to all for your help !! :xThumb:
 

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I have 2 . Both have had the " If you use it for 2 complete months in a rolling 12 month period we will turn off the international roaming services etc;etc, "

additionally lack of use for 6(?) months & they cut the number off.

It's bizarre this one as I've been using the same sim now for over 4 months in the same year, three months earlier this year and now back again, and it's still fine with no text messages as yet!
 

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3 worked fine for us,I bought the £20 all you can eat data addon used whatsapp(data) and Fxxxbook messsenger with video(data) as everyone back home is on that anyway also viber skype also but not so many use that these days IMO.

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walk down the road and get it activated ( sod all signal on Three where I am )

! :xThumb:
Yes I found that problem all over the place in the UK

It's bizarre this one as I've been using the same sim now for over 4 months in the same year, three months earlier this year and now back again, and it's still fine with no text messages as yet!

You won't necessarily get one , I didn't last year. Just started using it again in UK for 6 weeks, topped up 3 times, then they cut me off.:xThumb:

I won't be bothering in future as it is cheaper to use my Spanish mobile as it goes on to roaming rates when out of Spain which , due to being capped by the EU, are approximately 30% of the rate I pay here.:xlaugh: Absolutely ludicrous isn't it that I pay less to make a call ,text ,etc ; in France,Germany , UK ,etc; than I do in Spain.:(
 

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Hi

Just had a online "Chat" with 3. Can use the Data providing I have Addons. Can only use for 2 months at any time!.

That`s a result, I think?

Pete
 

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Hi

Just had a online "Chat" with 3. Can use the Data providing I have Addons. Can only use for 2 months at any time!.

That`s a result, I think?

Pete

Try turning your data off when not using it, along with not being a high data user it's why I think I've gone well over the two month limit!

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where do u all top up in spain on your phone or computer or somewhere else
 

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My sim card/s are registered to me via the 3 app on my smart phone, click on account and top up, using your credit card,check your balance or buy add ons. This is done from anywhere that you are using your Feel like home coverage. I generally top up in Spain, France and the UK.
I have never had any of the cut off or other type of annoying service that other Funsters frequently post about.
I am currently in Norway using 3 as my Data provider.
 

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No - just activated in UK. Mine was activated in UK and used for first time in France - no problems have been using now for 18 months.

Can i ask have you been using the same PAYG sim for 18 Months

I was told at the 3 shop you could only use them for 2 months

Thanks Rich

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I already Have a 3 Sim, (had it for about 5 years) Will it work? Or is it necessary to get a dedicated sim?
I've been using the same 3 PAYG data SIM for the last 3½ years in both England & France without a problem. It's been swapped around between at least three different dongles or MiFi type units in that time.

Someone else mentioned voice quality when sending voice over a data connection (VoIP), rather than using mobile phone minutes. I use my data SIM for this a lot (because it becomes part of my work PBX) & it generally works pretty well. I can't make direct comparisons, because my phone is on Vodafone, so at any given location, the two networks will have different signal strengths. It does mean that one of them usually works!
 
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Can i ask have you been using the same PAYG sim for 18 Months

I was told at the 3 shop you could only use them for 2 months
I believe the 2 months refers to using the 'outside the UK' Feel at Home concession for more than 2 months a year. 3 say that it is intended for holidays & business trips by UK residents, not for long term use abroad. I think they only apply it if you stay continuously in the same county - if spending the winter in Spain, a trip across the border to France (not forgetting to use the SIM while in France!) should be enough - no need to return all the way to the UK. Mind you, you'd still need a real reason to go to France, otherwise it would be an expensive way of getting extended Feel at Home service!
 

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Can i ask have you been using the same PAYG sim for 18 Months

I was told at the 3 shop you could only use them for 2 months

Thanks Rich
I have been using the same PAYG sim and believe that it is only the sim cards on a contract that are limited to 2 months in the period of their annual contract and that as you are only paying a month on PAYG it is like a new contract when you get your next monthly top up on PAYG. Hope this make sense, a bit difficult to convey!!!
I have used mine in France for 6 months of a year quite happily.

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