Vodafone UK Abolishes Roaming Charges for Summer and cuts long distance cost for good

[petkow]

Originally Posted by inquisitor

However that question needs a definitve answer, so I just ordered a British Vodafone SIM on eBay.co.uk and will let you know, if it works without ever having been registered on it's home network.

Hope it works! UK SIMs always have a number preassigned in any case, so not like the Bulgarian problem you described. I have a few Vodafone UK SIM packs sitting around here somewhere, so perhaps I should test one here in Spain. I will try do so as soon as I can. Not sure where my big box of SIM's got too.

Actually, as long as you stay in Europe, a British Vodafone SIM is the best deal you can get, if you find a way to trigger callbacks for cheap. Does anyone have experience in setting up your own SMS gateway?

I agree. I have been using a UK SIM (but from o2) for all my calling when travelling in Europe for the last few years, and am happiest with the stability of a big mainstream network that like Vodafone also gets me 0c/min incoming in practically every European country. For callback, I use Betamax with their Java client. (Though GPRS data is a bit cheaper on o2UK than VodaUK). For callback, I use their dialnow.com brand which works out them charging me 7c/min for the incoming leg to the UK mobile number but other brands of theirs are a bit cheaper at around 5c/min. (check voipzoom.com and smartvoip.com). That coupled with the destination cost often works out cheaper than using a local SIM for calling a local number. I never pay more than a few pence for the data part.

[castrobayon]

Hello to all. It´s my first post in the forum. I have a question, I´m looking for it in the web vodafone uk but i don´t saw it. What is the cost of activation of vodafone international on pay as you go. I read the terms and conditions but didn´t say of cost. Can you help my?. Thank you very much.

P.S. Sorry for my "write" english. It´s very bad. I hope that you understand me.

[babble]

Aqui dice que el servicio vodafone UK international es gratis:

International Calling - Vodafone

" Getting Vodafone International is easy. Already with Vodafone? Call 36888 or text INTERNATIONAL to 2345 - free."

Pero para activar el servicio, no se si puedes llamar al numero 36888, o mandar un sms al numero 2345, desde Espania gratis.

[Motel75]

Just being a little cynical here, but I wonder if offers such as Vodafone's are in part intended to obscure the fact that all the UK operators (except the relatively minor player 3) have now raised their baseline prepaid national call rate to 20p/min, with the first minute always paid in full. (By comparison, two years ago, T-Mobile cost 12p to all networks, and Virgin and others had offers in which call costs to landlines and the same network cost 5p/min.)

[Stu]

Correct me if I am wrong, but is is currently cheaper on Vodafone (while in the UK) to call a US landline than it is to call a UK landline?

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by Stu

Correct me if I am wrong, but is is currently cheaper on Vodafone (while in the UK) to call a US landline than it is to call a UK landline?

Absolutely true...5p/minute to USA (and most other destinations outside the UK)...

[andy]

Originally Posted by Stu

Correct me if I am wrong, but is is currently cheaper on Vodafone (while in the UK) to call a US landline than it is to call a UK landline?

True, but UK calls can be made more cheaply

There are add-on bundles which last 30 days, called Freedom Packs, of 100 minutes for £10, 200 minutes for £15, 300 for £20, load of text messages with each.

The Freedom Packs can also be used while roaming, for UK-bound calls. So for calling other countries cheaply, it would be worth setting up some kind of callthrough account with a UK access number.

[gluz]

Hello, I will be traveling through EU and UK next months.

I want to be able to receive free incoming calls while in UK and EU. I also need to be able to call USA when needed.

My understanding is that all I need to get is Pay As You Go SIM, text INTERNATIONAL to 2345, then Text PASSPORT to 2345.

So, my question is as follows:

Will result be that I will have free incoming calls from anywhere as long as I am in the EU countries?

Will my outgoing calls to US cost 5p per minute?

How much would be the calls made to US and UK be if using my phone while in Germany?

Appreciate your help

[MATHA531]

Originally Posted by gluz

Hello, I will be traveling through EU and UK next months.

I want to be able to receive free incoming calls while in UK and EU. I also need to be able to call USA when needed.

My understanding is that all I need to get is Pay As You Go SIM, text INTERNATIONAL to 2345, then Text PASSPORT to 2345.

So, my question is as follows:

Will result be that I will have free incoming calls from anywhere as long as I am in the EU countries?

Will my outgoing calls to US cost 5p per minute?

How much would be the calls made to US and UK be if using my phone while in Germany?

Appreciate your help

The promotion as was announced was supposed to run from 01 June to 31 August...at this point there has been no annoucement as to whether it will be extended. I suspect not as there have been no annoucements but what I think and what actually happens are two different things.

If it is not extended, with vodafone passport you will be able to receive calls within Germany dialed to the Vodafone number but will pay a flat fee of 75p per call...depending on your calling patterns that might or might not be a good deal...you might be better off, for example, with O2's my Europe bolt on which costs a flat 10 quid per month or pay by the call with O2 or T Mobile or Orange at 19p/minute to receive calls.

On Vodafone UK, I believe the price to call the USA and most other places would be 38p/minute but don't hold me to that either.

Of course, the promotion might have been so successful that they would not want to get rid of it (but as I said, don't hold your breath).

[gluz]

Originally Posted by MATHA531

The promotion as was announced was supposed to run from 01 June to 31 August...at this point there has been no annoucement as to whether it will be extended. I suspect not as there have been no annoucements but what I think and what actually happens are two different things.

If it is not extended, with vodafone passport you will be able to receive calls within Germany dialed to the Vodafone number but will pay a flat fee of 75p per call...depending on your calling patterns that might or might not be a good deal...you might be better off, for example, with O2's my Europe bolt on which costs a flat 10 quid per month or pay by the call with O2 or T Mobile or Orange at 19p/minute to receive calls.

On Vodafone UK, I believe the price to call the USA and most other places would be 38p/minute but don't hold me to that either.

Of course, the promotion might have been so successful that they would not want to get rid of it (but as I said, don't hold your breath).

I should have been more clear.

I will be in Europe throughout this month.

I will return before the end of promotion so my question was what happens while promotion is still in place.

Thanks.