three ireland - 'three like home' - italy?

ca-uk · **three ireland - 'three like home' - italy? -** 20-05-2010, 18:34

I now have a 3 (Ireland) PAYG sim card - i'm getting a bit confused about three like home - i think i'm on the 'best of both' tarriff

When i go here:

three.ie - 3Like Home. Travel 3, pay like home.

And go to the 'best of both' tab then Italy is not mentioned - it says:

Participating Networks on Best of Both:

UK
Australia
Austria
Denmark
Sweden

But in the pay monthly tab the italy flag is there.

If i then go to three.ie - Welcome to our International section. and select best of both and that i'm travelling to italy it says 'Travel 3, pay like home.' - in the 'data roaming' tab it says 'Domestic (RoI) rates apply'

I'm predominantly interested in data, so does my three.ie data package work in italy, or will i be charged mucho mucho?

Clear as mud to me

ca-uk · 24-06-2010, 21:12

in case anyone was wondering - three like home does indeed work for an irish prepaid '3' sim - sadly i seem to be on the cusp of the 3g region as the dongle will flash 3g, but then drop back to 2g, so i might have to go into a shop and buy a WIND sim after all..

adam917 · 24-06-2010, 22:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by ca-uk

in case anyone was wondering - three like home does indeed work for an irish prepaid '3' sim - sadly i seem to be on the cusp of the 3g region as the dongle will flash 3g, but then drop back to 2g, so i might have to go into a shop and buy a WIND sim after all..

Maybe you can force your equipment to 3G-only, so it doesn't bounce back to 2G. I do this with my BlackBerry (via engineering menu) and Nokia N95 which has this feature by default).

mstenger · **if it works what are the settings -** 09-10-2010, 16:44

Hi Guys,

so some of you got it working - I tried with my 3 pay as you go (prepaid) yesterday on my arrival in Rome and it seemed not to work.
What would be the proper APN settingfs on the phone? Could I just stay with 3.internet.ie or do I have to change it to tre.it?
Any advice anyone?

Thanks, Markus.

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ca-uk (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 24 Join Date: 04 Oct 2007 Country:	three ireland - 'three like home' - italy? - 20-05-2010, 18:34 I now have a 3 (Ireland) PAYG sim card - i'm getting a bit confused about three like home - i think i'm on the 'best of both' tarriff When i go here: three.ie - 3Like Home. Travel 3, pay like home. And go to the 'best of both' tab then Italy is not mentioned - it says: Participating Networks on Best of Both: UK Australia Austria Denmark Sweden But in the pay monthly tab the italy flag is there. If i then go to three.ie - Welcome to our International section. and select best of both and that i'm travelling to italy it says 'Travel 3, pay like home.' - in the 'data roaming' tab it says 'Domestic (RoI) rates apply' I'm predominantly interested in data, so does my three.ie data package work in italy, or will i be charged mucho mucho? Clear as mud to me

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ca-uk (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 24 Join Date: 04 Oct 2007 Country:	24-06-2010, 21:12 in case anyone was wondering - three like home does indeed work for an irish prepaid '3' sim - sadly i seem to be on the cusp of the 3g region as the dongle will flash 3g, but then drop back to 2g, so i might have to go into a shop and buy a WIND sim after all..

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mstenger (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 09 Oct 2010 Country:	if it works what are the settings - 09-10-2010, 16:44 Hi Guys, so some of you got it working - I tried with my 3 pay as you go (prepaid) yesterday on my arrival in Rome and it seemed not to work. What would be the proper APN settingfs on the phone? Could I just stay with 3.internet.ie or do I have to change it to tre.it? Any advice anyone? Thanks, Markus.