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SIM to use in Eastern Europe


by @itinerantdev 6yr  | 6 comments

Over the next few weeks Iโ€™m visiting:

  • Prague 4 days
  • Bratislava 12 days
  • Berlin 7 days
  • Budapest 60 days

I am British and was assuming I would use my giff gaff sim as that has free EU roaming.

But I have been in Mexico for six weeks and giff gaff emailed and said if I didnโ€™t use my sim in the UK soon they would start charging their normal expensive roaming rates.

Soโ€ฆ Can anyone recommend a pre-pay data only sim/package I can use in all of these countries? Ideally which I can pick up in Prague?

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@flipchan 5yr

vodaphone is amazing in romania u get like 50gb data for 5euro , but it doesnt work outside of romania :confused:

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Since youโ€™re British, I highly recommend Three. They have a fantastic โ€œFeel at homeโ€ plan. I use it every time I come to Europe, and recharge it whenever I need to. Their data packages are massive as well, for around 20GBP.

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Yeah, Three is by far the best option. You get ample amount of data, in most countries around the world, at a pretty low monthly price + unlimited Netflix/Soundcloud/Deezer/Apple Music streaming.

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Hey!

It might be worth asking them about the EU part. As far as Iโ€™m aware there are no restrictions on how long we can now use our UK sim in mainland Europe - Iโ€™ve been using my EE sim since last June with no problems. It may be the main reason for their email is because youโ€™ve been in Mexico, but it may be OK once you get back in the EU?

Otherwise Iโ€™d just check out sims in your first country, check you can top up via the phone or online, and then use it around the rest of the EU countries. They should all be good to use in other EU countries now.

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Iโ€™ve contacted them and I will check that with them because I feel being in Mexico shouldnโ€™t count against my roaming time. Anyway, yes they definitely say that you can only use it for two months โ€œroamingโ€. I checked the legislation and it does seem the idea is to โ€œroamโ€ is if you are at home, not to live in another country indefinitely. So although I think itโ€™s silly, it is within the law.

So if I hadnโ€™t been to Mexico it would be fine. I will look into EE.

In the mean time I will probably get a SIM here in Bratislava as that should last me through.

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You know, after I replied to you I read something that said using your phone in the EU is only for travel and not when youโ€™re living somewhere (though Iโ€™m not really living anywhere). I think because mine is a PAYG sim, itโ€™s more difficult to track unless somebody is looking for it. I was back in the UK over Christmas and am actually going back in a couple of days for some family celebrations so I guess that will keep me good for a whileโ€ฆ Like everything, itโ€™s confusing when you keep changing countriesโ€ฆ

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