topic Re: Data only sim use in Europe in Mobile Broadband

Data only sim use in Europe

SimonR999 — Thu, 26 May 2022 11:59:24 GMT

Hi, I have about 50gb left on a data only sim in a mifi unit which is valid until October.

We are going to Europe next week for about 3 weeks…how much of my remaining data will I be able to use?

Thank you!

Re: Data only sim use in Europe

Chris_B — Thu, 26 May 2022 12:23:44 GMT

@SimonR999 As this is a pre pay data sim I would imagine it falls under the same rules as pay-as-you-go and you’ll be able to use up to 25Gb per monthly cycle. Your monthly cycle will be from when you activate the sim to 30 days after activating then it starts again. So if your 3 weeks away are within that monthly cycle it’s 25Gb but your 3 weeks away might fall over your monthly cycle so you’ll get say 25Gb for 2 weeks and 25Gb for the last week. Perhaps one of the EE team can confirm this.

But what is your monthly allowance your allowed to use as these preloaded data Sims have a set allowance out of the whole allowance that you can use per month and this would still apply.

Re: Data only sim use in Europe

Jon_K — Thu, 26 May 2022 12:50:31 GMT

Hi @SimonR999.

Welcome to the community.

@Chris_B's answer is absolutely correct 🙂

Jon

Re: Data only sim use in Europe

EssexBoyEE — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:21:12 GMT

Just to add, OP mentioned Data valid till October, these PreLoaded Data Sims fall under the same Usage Hibernation as the PAYG 6 Month Rules (maybe 90 Days on these) so will need to be used here and there before the Data Expires.

Re: Data only sim use in Europe

Jon_K — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:41:19 GMT

Thanks for the additional info, @EssexBoyEE 🙂