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Three UK PAYG sim for USA Roaming

  • 30-11-2019 9:09pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭


    I will be travelling to the USA later next month, last time I was over last year I paid $50 for a T-Mobile Simcard with data, calls and texts, it was an absolute ripoff and we are very lucky in Ireland to have affordable connectivity here.

    Since I am only going to the US for a week I am thinking of getting a Three UK PAYG simcard from Northern Ireland before I depart as I will up there next week,

    http://www.three.co.uk/go-roam#faq

    I am with Eir myself and plan to utilise the wifi calling system for calling home to Ireland to avoid roaming charges on that. Once I have data its what matters for whats app, uber, google maps etc.

    I remember like 9-10 years ago as a former Three Ireland customer being able to use Three just like home to roam in the UK, EU (before roaming abolition) and Australia etc. but Three here have since withdrawn that but Three UK still offer it to their PAYG customers.

    I'm thinking what is the procedure for getting a Three UK simcard since I don't have an address there, I could top it up with £5 to £10 whatever is the minimum I could get away with. If I need to make any calls within the US I could always use Skype-out as I use that whenever I dial international anyway even now.

    Has anyone done this before to avoid the ridiculous roaming charges and exorbitant US mobile network pricing?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,868 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    Vodafone charge €2.99/day in the US. Provided you download Google maps in advance, you get all the WhatsApp you want and it might be less trouble.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Vodafone charge €2.99/day in the US. Provided you download Google maps in advance, you get all the WhatsApp you want and it might be less trouble.

    Its a possible solution but they only give 200MB of Data daily with Vodafone Red Roaming compared to 12GB monthly with Three UK and since I'm just staying the week it would give me plenty data for when I'm outside of wifi.


  • Registered Users Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Careful_now!


    Do three uk still do free roaming in the USA?

    Anybody try it lately have an update on how it worked for them?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,286 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Circa 2 years ago I got one and it worked great, same offer appears to be available, Amazon seem still best to buy from. A dual SIM phone makes life that easier especially with WhatsApp running off the 'home' Sim.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭lenoude


    Gomo have a new product, sold via an esim.


    https://www.gomoworld.com/countries/united-states/



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Micky 32


    On my Vodafone plan they charge me 3.99 a day with 500mb a day when i go to the USA. Includes unlimited calls. It costs me a total of 32 euro for 8 days .



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