Confused About Minimum Buy-In for Meteor Data in Ireland

[ronwi]

The free voice roaming is interesting - the dedicated roaming SIMs have free incoming calls, but the caller must call an expensive number in the IOM or some other expensive +44 number.

I travel with two phones - a smart phone, and a non-smart GSM phone. I think I will buy a Tesco SIM for voice, and have a free Meteor SIM posted to my hotel (for data.) However, as I do like to experiment, I will test the Tesco SIM in the smart phone and see how it performs.

Originally Posted by drama queen

Be careful with Tesco Mobile. They are an MVNO on the O2 network, and some services have been deliberately dumbed down to differentiate from the host network service. For example they don't offer 3G HSPA data speeds. There are also many reports of them not interconnecting with other networks for voice and text.

Meteor generally have the fastest data network in the areas where it is available. Meteor are also interesting in that they now offer "free voice roaming" in Europe. If you are planning on travelling anywhere else in Europe after you leave Ireland, the Meteor SIM will give you free incoming voice calls. You will pay for outgoing calls at standard Irish out-of-bundle rates.