A little data in UK, France & Belgium

foosion · 25-05-2009, 16:23

If I'm reading correctly, t-mobile and vodafone each offer internet plans in the UK for 50p to £1 per day. Outside the UK, it's £5/day on vodafone (up to 15mb) and £1.5/mb on t-mobile. If I'm roaming for 7 days, it would be £35 total on vodafone. If I use less than 23mb, t-mobile would be cheaper (1.5*23 = 34.5), else vodafone would be better.

In either case, I'd get a SIM, then call them to sign up for the appropriate plan? Would I then top-up (or prepay) a specified amount?

I won't be in Belgium long enough for a Belgium plan to be worthwhile. From the thread titled "France and Data" it doesn't seem a French plan would be much better.

superflysocal · 03-06-2009, 17:26

i was recently in London may 2009. I got an O2 (the iphone provider in UK) prepaid card that was reasonable for calls ( i think around 20p/min), and included unlimited internet for 1 year! It was made for iphone but i believe works with other phones that you can change the apn on. The card cost me 15 pounds and included 10 pounds of credit. Roaming was expensive but at that rate (depending how long you are in london), it might be worth it to get that card in england and get a different card when you get to france or belgium.

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foosion (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 23 Join Date: 24 May 2009 Country:	25-05-2009, 16:23 If I'm reading correctly, t-mobile and vodafone each offer internet plans in the UK for 50p to £1 per day. Outside the UK, it's £5/day on vodafone (up to 15mb) and £1.5/mb on t-mobile. If I'm roaming for 7 days, it would be £35 total on vodafone. If I use less than 23mb, t-mobile would be cheaper (1.5*23 = 34.5), else vodafone would be better. In either case, I'd get a SIM, then call them to sign up for the appropriate plan? Would I then top-up (or prepay) a specified amount? I won't be in Belgium long enough for a Belgium plan to be worthwhile. From the thread titled "France and Data" it doesn't seem a French plan would be much better.

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superflysocal (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 4 Join Date: 03 Jun 2009 Country:	03-06-2009, 17:26 i was recently in London may 2009. I got an O2 (the iphone provider in UK) prepaid card that was reasonable for calls ( i think around 20p/min), and included unlimited internet for 1 year! It was made for iphone but i believe works with other phones that you can change the apn on. The card cost me 15 pounds and included 10 pounds of credit. Roaming was expensive but at that rate (depending how long you are in london), it might be worth it to get that card in england and get a different card when you get to france or belgium.