No EU roaming fees - no roaming (anymore)

wco81 · 06-09-2017, 14:51

Well I'm 0 for 2 with RLAH.

First I purchased Tuenti SIM in Spain, got 4G there but then dropped to 3G as soon as I crossed the border into France. 3G in other European counties and 3G in the US.

Then I purchased an A1 B.free Internet SIM in Austria 2 weeks ago, got good not great 4G speeds in country.

Now I'm right dab in the middle of Munich, just 1 or 2 blocks from the main train station.

It can't stay connected in my hotel room. When it does connect, it gets 5 bars on my iPad Air 2. It connects to Telekom.de 3G or O2.de 3G. Tried rebooting iPad, made sure LTE is enabled and it won't connect to LTE, if it connects at all.

I guess less than 3 months into RLAH, the carriers aren't taking chances and imposing FUP policies. Maybe EU residents will have to complain and then in 3-4 years, the EP might address it or come up with another acronym, one which isn't as misleading as RLAH, since that implies the same experience and performance when possible.

peterdoo · 07-09-2017, 11:00

A1 is a Vodafone partner. Normally it prefers Vodafone networks in roaming. Maybe that is why they try to keep you out of Telekom and o2 in Germany. You might try to select Vodafone manually.

Tuenti claims that they do not prevent 4G in roaming. According to them it is the o2 roaming platform that does not allow their customers to use 4G in roaming. People are complaining, however it will take some time until these problems are solved.

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wco81 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 304 Join Date: 17 Jun 2007 Country:	06-09-2017, 14:51 Well I'm 0 for 2 with RLAH. First I purchased Tuenti SIM in Spain, got 4G there but then dropped to 3G as soon as I crossed the border into France. 3G in other European counties and 3G in the US. Then I purchased an A1 B.free Internet SIM in Austria 2 weeks ago, got good not great 4G speeds in country. Now I'm right dab in the middle of Munich, just 1 or 2 blocks from the main train station. It can't stay connected in my hotel room. When it does connect, it gets 5 bars on my iPad Air 2. It connects to Telekom.de 3G or O2.de 3G. Tried rebooting iPad, made sure LTE is enabled and it won't connect to LTE, if it connects at all. I guess less than 3 months into RLAH, the carriers aren't taking chances and imposing FUP policies. Maybe EU residents will have to complain and then in 3-4 years, the EP might address it or come up with another acronym, one which isn't as misleading as RLAH, since that implies the same experience and performance when possible.

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peterdoo (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 137 Join Date: 20 Sep 2013 Country:	07-09-2017, 11:00 A1 is a Vodafone partner. Normally it prefers Vodafone networks in roaming. Maybe that is why they try to keep you out of Telekom and o2 in Germany. You might try to select Vodafone manually. Tuenti claims that they do not prevent 4G in roaming. According to them it is the o2 roaming platform that does not allow their customers to use 4G in roaming. People are complaining, however it will take some time until these problems are solved.