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[inquisitor]

Originally Posted by UKSTEVE

It's worth remembering that the Toggle data deals are valid across country borders, so if you are country-hopping you pay for one 30-day session for the countries concerned.

Sure, but toggle SIM cards can store only 9 IMSIs and you cannot replace an IMSI, so the data volume is limited to the first 9 countries out of currently 13 toggle countries you first request a local number from. Further to that although toggle covers Europe's largest markets their geographical footprint is still patchy. Lastly with toggle you pay for a whole month of far overpriced data but few people will actually be travelling the whole month. On average I personally do not spend more than a week per month abroad.

For roaming in Europe I will definitely stick to my German AldiTalk SIM card which is much more flexible and better matches my requirements.
Their "EU Internet Paket 150" gives me 150MB for € 4.99 valid for 7 days in all EU countries + EEU countries + Switzerland. This converts into € 33.26 per GB compared to € 24.93 for 1GB with toggle. That's a premium of 33% but I can buy my data volume in smaller chunks and so don't run the risk of buying too much volume.
Further to that they offer the "EU Sprach Paket 150" for € 4.99 which includes 150 minutes from the same countries as above to mobiles and landlines in all these countries + Germany. If you fully consume those minutes you end up with a price of € 0.033 per minute. Even if you don't buy this pack, calls to these countries + Germany are charged with modest € 0.11/min and incoming calls are free by default. Unless you call a destination outside of Europe AldiTalk is much cheaper for voice.

That said toggle would only be interesting for me if I travel to a toggle country outside Europe, which leaves only the US and Australia.