3 Phone's Feel At Home?

[Yorick]

As I'm gonna be away in for 2 months in Spain & Lanzarote in summer I'm contemplating 3's Feel at Home jobby

Got the leaflets in store today, but there was only 1 guy serving the whole shop and a long queue to see him

I'm gonna choose SIM only PAYG as it works out OK for 2 months

I understand it all apart from the tethering and using as a hot spot abroad in Spain

So, there's probably many on here using it who can help, hopefully

Or do we have to get a Mifi or dongle or summat ?

I'll be mainly using my phone for t'internet but will also want to be able to link up a couple of laptops occasionally.


All help gratefully accepted etc etc

 

[pappajohn]

I believe tethering is allowed on PAYG in feel at home locations, but not on contract.....not even 1 month rolling contracts.

Seem to remember hearing you have to buy a 30 day bundle/package though.
you cant use credit alone to tether like in the uk.

 

[Debs]

What is it you want to know?
I'm on 3 and we take the ipad mini & laptop and tether.
Only in the uk though

 

[Yorick]

What is it you want to know?
I'm on 3 and we take the ipad mini & laptop and tether.
Only in the uk though

Oops, want to know if it works in Spain as the poster in the shop was a bit ambiguous

 

[Debs]

Is this any help?
http://www.choose.net/media/guide/features/feel-at-home-use-abroad.html

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[Soozywoozy]

Depends where you are going. - doesn't work in Germany , but France , Belgium Spain Austria ok. Aldo be aware on border areas as can sometimes put you in Germany when in fact on France border
We just used payg on a mi-fi device, so need to tether and connect many devices at same time for data
Didn't use for phone calls - data only
Download maps before hand as they use a huge amount of data otherwise.

 

[denisejoe]

As I understand it you can't use personal hotspot on your phone when abroad, only in the UK.

Denise

 

[pappajohn]

Conflicting advice........but thats forum life.

Another visit to the 3 shop needed.

 

[Yorick]

We just used payg on a mi-fi device, so need to tether and connect many devices at same time for data
Didn't use for phone calls - data only.

Do you need to buy one of theirs or can you buy your own and put the SIM in ?

 

[Soozywoozy]

Do you need to buy one of theirs or can you buy your own and put the SIM in ?

Bought this off amazon


You can also pick up payg local sims from lidl/aldi, etc in France for both calls and data

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[pappajohn]

Loads of cheap mifi units on ebay....many unlocked already.

They only accept data only simcards....no means of speech or texting.

I have this one....around £50 when i bought it a couple of years ago without included data allowance.
its never let me done as long as theres a signal.

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[Judge Mental]

Been away for 3 weeks now and it works fine. On bus in benidorm writing this
We are on contract though, check out what's best!

 

[Yorick]

Been away for 3 weeks now and it works fine. On bus in benidorm writing this
We are on contract though, check out what's best!

Can you tether on it ?

 

[Ockerron]

Have been using 3 in France for several years. Last year I was able to use my phone as a portable hotspot to 'tether' my iPad, but only within a limit of so many Gb per month. I used it a lot, and I k ow I didn't get charged any extra because if my bill goes over its limit I get a roasting from Ron!

 

[Ockerron]

Although, checking out their website it appears I may just have been lucky! Here's what's not included:

What's not included?

• If you have all-you-can-eat data you can use up to 25GB. If you have all-you-can-eat texts you can send up to 5,000 texts. If you have 3,000 or more minutes included in your allowance you can use up to 3,000 minutes.
• Numbers that start with 070, 09 and 118 directory services.
• Feel At Home is designed for UK residents who are on holiday or business trips abroad, not for extended periods abroad.
• You can't use your phone as a personal hotspot (tethering) while you're abroad.

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[Yorick]

• You can't use your phone as a personal hotspot (tethering) while you're abroad.

That's what I feared, so may have to go the Mifi or dongle route

 

[Ockerron]

Might be worth calling into a phone shop and asking. Though it's always a bit hit and miss whether you'll find someone to help! In my experience they are either witless teens or absolutely brilliant! Pot luck!

 

[Yorick]

Might be worth calling into a phone shop and asking. Though it's always a bit hit and miss whether you'll find someone to help! In my experience they are either witless teens or absolutely brilliant! Pot luck!

There's a hole in my bucket dear Lisa

 

[icantremember]

Depends where you are going. - doesn't work in Germany , but France , Belgium Spain Austria ok. Aldo be aware on border areas as can sometimes put you in Germany when in fact on France border
We just used payg on a mi-fi device, so need to tether and connect many devices at same time for data
Didn't use for phone calls - data only
Download maps before hand as they use a huge amount of data otherwise.

Belgium is not included as far as I know.

 

[pappajohn]

Feel at home destinations.......

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[Soozywoozy]

Belgium is not included as far as I know.

Apologies - we picked up France when on Belgium border with signal roaming, hence my mistake

 

[Judge Mental]

Can you tether on it ?

Only allowed on contract in uk? haven't tried to be honest....have a large phablet phone and free wifi on site