‘3’ unlimited Sim card & Roaming

[Leisure man]

I have just received my ‘3’ network unlimited Sim card. Installed in MiFi and working okay. If I wish to go abroad do I have to activate roaming, If so how would I do that in a MiFi unit? I will not be using it in a phone. Thanks.

 

[dunnah01]

Usually access settings by entering the wifi setup from a browser by typing 192.168.8.1 and then using admin and admin as password to access dial up settings to allow roaming. You will probably be limited to around 20Gb roaming.

 

[Tasape]

LOL Sad to Say it Wont Work in Knaresborough no data at all on the campsite!! Vodaphone is good lol
roaming should be automatic although data is capped at 20 GB so it may be better to download onto a "stick " any movies you want , also amazon fire stick has recommended as well

 

[Lenny HB]

Similar to how you do it on a phone go into settings and turn roaming on.
How you do it depends on the Mifi they don't have a standard operating systems like phones.
Ones with a display can be done via the switch buttons, a lot have an app you can download to your phone. All of then you can get into the settings via a Web browser.

 

[Stewart J]

Guessing it’s a HUAWEI mifi, if so download the HUAWEI app this will allow you to manage and control the mifi

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[Manic]

Which MIFI have you got, my previous Huawei e5577 , you toggled on the mifi screen to turn on roaming.

 

[Lenny HB]

3 is not very user friendly when roaming, it's partner networks are restricted & slow so you often need to change carriers even when you find a better one the speed is still restricted. Also when you move areas it often doesn't log on so you have to do a manual search for carriers.

About the worst network for roaming but I've been suffering it with a Superdrug sim for the unlimited roaming data.

 

[Hagstrom]

So, should you turn off your van's Smarty (3) network Huawei 5577 router "roaming" whilst on the Portsmouth-Santanader ferry to Spain to avoid the ship's scammy mobile data charges? Or would it be enough to leave it on whilst the van is unoccupied on the ship's car deck during the crossing?

 

[Lenny HB]

So, should you turn off your van's Smarty (3) network Huawei 5577 router "roaming" whilst on the Portsmouth-Santanader ferry to Spain to avoid the ship's scammy mobile data charges? Or would it be enough to leave it on whilst the van is unoccupied on the ship's car deck during the crossing?

Should be OK to leave on as there will be nothing connected to using data but they do use a bit logging on so to be absolutly safe turn it off.

 

[Stealaway]

If I wish to go abroad do I have to activate roaming, I

Did they give you any idea of the daily fee for roaming come next year?
It's been quoted as £2-3 per day

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[599]

hi guys . bill has an huawei e5330 with ( my3 sim ) which he's had for years & buy's £10 or £15 for 30 days of data as he only uses it to check on banks & emails but very rarely has he never got a connection in most Europe country's apart from our little village that is . val

 

[Vanderek]

LOL Sad to Say it Wont Work in Knaresborough no data at all on the campsite!! Vodaphone is good lol
roaming should be automatic although data is capped at 20 GB so it may be better to download onto a "stick " any movies you want , also amazon fire stick has recommended as well

Yes. .we're were on the site there last week...not drop of data signal on phone on 3 network...some signal using mifi if I put my phone sim into it.. had to tether to my wife's apple phone on O2 to use Firestick.

 

[Tasape]

Apparently the Cl site near the castle is a better site and more connectivity

 

[Leisure man]

Did they give you any idea of the daily fee for roaming come next year?
It's been quoted as £2-3 per day

Perhaps for phones et cetera which I’m not using but not data they said.

 

[Lofty1]

if you have 3 unlimited they have introduced a cap of 10gig a month when roaming or £5 a day if you want more, which is why I will be looking for a new contract when this one expires.

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[tomm]

We use 2 phones, one on vodaphone network, other on EE , van on 3 via mifi..All on 30 day contracts, so. no penalty for shutting down any of them.


When we get to Spain and Portugal early next year and to avoid all the roaming costs , capping, throttling of data speed etc , we will just buy local Sims.....EG in Portugal , possibly NOS sim at around 1 euro per day for unlimited data...Spain , yet to explore what's available.
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[Stealaway]

Perhaps for phones et cetera which I’m not using but not data they said.

Well that's good news I'm not bothered about the phoning out.
I thought I would be looking for a new contract next year. Brilliant

 

[Leisure man]

if you have 3 unlimited they have introduced a cap of 10gig a month when roaming or £5 a day if you want more, which is why I will be looking for a new contract when this one expires.

Will keep an eye on it and report back.

 

[Lucy the Laika]

Superdrug, still unlimited in EU,uses 3 as both owned by same co

 

[Leisure man]

Thank you Lucy Laika, will give Superdrug and try and report back.

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[Esky]

LOL Sad to Say it Wont Work in Knaresborough no data at all on the campsite!! Vodaphone is good lol
roaming should be automatic although data is capped at 20 GB so it may be better to download onto a "stick " any movies you want , also amazon fire stick has recommended as well

I think you will find it is now only 12GB (Thanks to Brexit) and £5 per day (or part off - from when you buy it until midnight UK time) for unlimited

 

[Esky]

3 is not very user friendly when roaming, it's partner networks are restricted & slow so you often need to change carriers even when you find a better one the speed is still restricted. Also when you move areas it often doesn't log on so you have to do a manual search for carriers.

About the worst network for roaming but I've been suffering it with a Superdrug sim for the unlimited roaming data.

Have just returned from France - Italy - Austria and Germany roaming with 3 Three sims - all worked perfectly - Limit is 12GB (Used to be more but thanks to Brexit it is no more) per sim although I did buy the unlimited for 1 day on one of the sims at £5

 

[Leisure man]

Yes a bad signal on the campsites but fine at home and bought it for data roaming only. I asked repeatedly about caps on data, nothing mentioned so will report back on that.

 

[Lenny HB]

Have just returned from France - Italy - Austria and Germany roaming with 3 Three sims - all worked perfectly - Limit is 12GB (Used to be more but thanks to Brexit it is no more) per sim although I did buy the unlimited for 1 day on one of the sims at £5

I used 110 GB on my Superdrug one on our recent trip to France & Spain.

 

[Chris CM]

I have a Huawei MiFi and Smarty Unlimited data sim (part of 3) and it’s limited to 12gb when abroad. The problem I have with it is that the data just seems to disappear within 2 or 3 days! I’ve tried switching everything’s Wi-Fi off when not actually using data but it still just goes! In contrast my phone is on EE with a 100gb/month contract and at present EE are allowing use of the full 100gb, I have no problem with “disappearing” data and I find that 100gb is plenty for me, though of course we’re all different. Also the phone seems to get much better reception than the MiFi despite an external antenna. I intend to cancel the Smarty sim when I get back to the UK and rely on the phone’s hot spot from now on.

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[Lenny HB]

I have a Huawei MiFi and Smarty Unlimited data sim (part of 3) and it’s limited to 12gb when abroad. The problem I have with it is that the data just seems to disappear within 2 or 3 days! I’ve tried switching everything’s Wi-Fi off when not actually using data but it still just goes! In contrast my phone is on EE with a 100gb/month contract and at present EE are allowing use of the full 100gb, I have no problem with “disappearing” data and I find that 100gb is plenty for me, though of course we’re all different. Also the phone seems to get much better reception than the MiFi despite an external antenna. I intend to cancel the Smarty sim when I get back to the UK and rely on the phone’s hot spot from now on.

Are you going by what the Mifi is reporting or your sim account?
The Mifi will report data being used every time you connect to it even if you are not using any data but it's normally only a 100 mb or so a day.

 

[jeddy]

I used Vodafone with my mifi for several years. Worked perfectly all over Europe. Sadly Brexit and the return of roaming charges has now capped data usage. As I streamed all my TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime etc…data capping has scuppered me. Currently on a campsite near Estepona with reasonable WiFi but, of course, cannot connect to iPlayer etc… via local routers.
Anybody discovered a good data only sim in Spain?
Or used VPN ?

 

[Leisure man]

Guessing it’s a HUAWEI mifi, if so download the HUAWEI app this will allow you to manage and control the mifi

It’s a TP Link and yes downloaded their App and followed instructions to activate roaming, sorted thank you.

 

[TimSam]

I have just received my ‘3’ network unlimited Sim card. Installed in MiFi and working okay. If I wish to go abroad do I have to activate roaming, If so how would I do that in a MiFi unit? I will not be using it in a phone. Thanks.

Try logging on to the 3 web site to activate roaming if required. My 3 SIM worked fine when I was in Greece without registering back in August!

 

[Midnightflyer]

I have just received my ‘3’ network unlimited Sim card. Installed in MiFi and working okay. If I wish to go abroad do I have to activate roaming, If so how would I do that in a MiFi unit? I will not be using it in a phone. Thanks.

Fine to use aboard in Europe but beware of the 'Fair usage policy'. If you want to use it for TV or a lot of surfing the net, forget it as you can soon use you 'Capped Data Allowance' probably , purely as an example thee maybe four episodes of one of your soap's and then capped, no data until the next month. For 4G Hubs or MiFi Dongles get a unlimited Sim in the country you are visiting, Spain in our case and then on those winter but warm nights you can watch endless TV.

The other alternative is a Sat Dish and Intelsat 907 Decoder with about 9 UK TV Channels.