Using mobile phone abroad.

blf

blf

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Bit thick when it comes to technology. I'm going to Canada for a few days and the USA for 11 days.
Got in touch with Virgin my provider, they want £3 a day for 1 gig of data whether I use it or not plus extra for calls etc. I was going to use my phone as a Sat nav while there is 1 gig a day enough to do this. Also a lot of the things we will be doing have already been paid for and e tickets sent to my phone .The Virgin rep said I wont be able to access them without getting the data.
Is 1 gig enough and £3 a day fair or are there better ways of doing it. Cheers in advance.
 


anth said:
Get a three 30 day rolling sim. They let you use your allowance over there as if you were at home.
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That’s exactly what I did when I went to the States in June...so that would be my suggestion too
 
southstander said:
If you do this make sure your handset isn’t locked to your provider or ask them for an unlock code. I believe your handset needs to have been registered for certain time period before they will let you do this.
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No mate,I bought my phone open to any network in the UK,took my normal SIM out and popped the canuck SIM in worked fine,did the same with a Nepalese SIM last November,
 
blf said:
Bit thick when it comes to technology. I'm going to Canada for a few days and the USA for 11 days.
Got in touch with Virgin my provider, they want £3 a day for 1 gig of data whether I use it or not plus extra for calls etc. I was going to use my phone as a Sat nav while there is 1 gig a day enough to do this. Also a lot of the things we will be doing have already been paid for and e tickets sent to my phone .The Virgin rep said I wont be able to access them without getting the data.
Is 1 gig enough and £3 a day fair or are there better ways of doing it. Cheers in advance.
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I am with Vodafone and when traveling to the USA this year the charges seemed quite high so I rang them. They said I could go on another contact that included all my package and it included North America. And the best think was it was an extra £5 a month and o could downgrade the month later! And I did just that...
 
Change to 3: free international roaming for most countries that you would tend to visit. I love it, never have to worry about any snidey charges when I am on holiday. They have good SIM only deals too which could be an option.
 
Cheers. One last thing. Paying £3 gives me 1 gig a day . Is that enough data to use the phone as a sat nav . Maybe around 6 journeys a day for no longer than 40 mins each time.
 

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