topic Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate in Mobile Services

Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

Burakiosaurus — Sat, 06 May 2023 21:07:05 GMT

EE's roaming charges for Turkey are Extortionate !

£7.84 a day for 500MB, so a 10 day holiday is going to cost you an extra £78.40 on top of what you pay monthly!

So many other operators provide better deals, that I'm shocked how poorly EE handle roaming to Turkey.

Anyone else figured out a better way to sort out their roaming to Turkey?

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

XRaySpeX — Sat, 06 May 2023 22:08:55 GMT

I think you'll find it's worse/more expensive than that:

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Chris_B — Sun, 07 May 2023 07:09:58 GMT

@XRaySpeX Not according to THIS is not.

@Burakiosaurus Unfortunately there is no way around this unless you use public Wi-Fi. ( use a VPN if you do )

Roaming cost are also down to the network provider of that country not just EE. Your payment for that usage is also paid to the network provider so while you think EE is ripping you off try look at at the network your going to be using who want payment for you using their network.

Alternatively enjoy the holiday and time away from your device. You can also just turn of all apps from using cellular data on the device.

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bristolian — Sun, 07 May 2023 08:39:07 GMT

The most cost-effective way of using your phone abroad will always be to get a local SIM and use the local operators directly - but roaming does provide the convenience of taking your own number and paying on your usual monthly bill.

Some countries are more expensive than others, and enjoying the trip is always a good alternative!

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Burakiosaurus — Sun, 07 May 2023 11:35:22 GMT

Thank you everyone.

The charges EE put forward for daily usage are an absolute joke compared to the inclusive roaming you get with Vodafone.

That could in part, be down to the fact that Vodafone has partner networks globally (including Turkey) which means they offer much more cost effective roaming with their Global Roaming service.

Local Sim it is! It's for my mum so she can keep in touch whilst away for 6 weeks.

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XRaySpeX — Sun, 07 May 2023 12:34:35 GMT

@Chris_B : Ah, yes, I forgot about the TDP.

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

Philbarber1 — Thu, 11 May 2023 17:52:51 GMT

And that’s excluding VAT @ 20%

£9.80 per day the robbing

£6.85 Per day inclusive of data and VAT on Vodaphone

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XRaySpeX — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:31:17 GMT

@Philbarber1 : No, it isn't. All EE prices are quoted inclusive of VAT. It's £7.84 / day.

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Chris_B — Thu, 11 May 2023 17:05:05 GMT

@Philbarber1 Now you’ve been corrected just to point out your also paying the roaming network for using that network not just EE.

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Philbarber1 — Thu, 11 May 2023 17:10:25 GMT

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Philbarber1 — Thu, 11 May 2023 17:17:51 GMT

Same for roaming package 🤷🏻‍♂️

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

neety41 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:18:38 GMT

Yes buy a sim on arrival-better price

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neety41 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:19:50 GMT

Sky mobile do turkey for £2 a day

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

Roach17 — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:38:11 GMT

I got an estimate from airalo costing £6-50 for 3gb of data. Was just enough as Wi-Fi is free everywhere.

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neety41 — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:01:32 GMT

Yes I’m here now and wifi is superb-bought 2gb esim and still got 1.74 after a week!

Sent from Outlook for iOS<>

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

Joe1211 — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 20:59:24 GMT

Agree with the Airalo suggestion. It’s very easy and very cheap. It is an e-sim and for phones that support e-sims, like our iPhones, you just buy a data package from Airalo online (I think we paid £6-£7 for 6GB!) and then add that e-sim to you phone with a few clicks. Easy. Then use that sim for data. Keep your main number the same. It worked a treat. We do this every time we go to Turkey now. I can even use it to VPN to work (sadly!) from there!

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

TravellingMan25 — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:03:48 GMT

Maybe change to O2, they cost £6 per day data, calls, text based on UK allowance. O2 has other problems but I wonder why I switched to EE

Re: Roaming Charges for Turkey Extortionate

AC03 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:04:13 GMT

Buying a local sim to use in turkey isn’t a good idea.

Best use an eSIM where the sim number doesn’t originate in turkey and use roaming.

I used yesim and paid 3EUR for data on my phone. (First time user/new email address)

by using a local Turkish SIM card will a)Likely to cost more if purchased at an airport. b)The phone IMEI could become blocked for use in Turkey

https://istanbul.tips/detailed-manual-on-how-to-unlock-imei-in-turkey/

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bristolian — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:29:29 GMT

@AC03 wrote:

Buying a local sim to use in turkey isn’t a good idea.

Best use an eSIM where the sim number doesn’t originate in turkey and use roaming.

You're confusing two different concepts here.

When you are roaming, you're using your "home" network SIM and thus bringing your own UK number. Contacting you is done via a UK number, you pickup the incoming interntional leg. Using a local SIM means having a local (Turkish in this case) number.

Any SIM can be electronic or physical.

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AC03 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:09:09 GMT

I know the concept of SIM cards and e sim.

Are people aware that in turkey you have to pay a tax on mobile phones ?

If you use a foreign mobile phone, with a Turkish SIM card, it will work for 120 days. Within that time, you must pay a tax and register it, or it will be cut off.

If you buy a Turkish SIM card and use it with your mobile phone, you have 120 days from the day of your arrival in Turkey to pay a mobile phone use tax and register your foreign mobile phone in the Central Equipment Identity Register. Once your phone is blocked, you will only be able to access emergency numbers.

Therefore purchase an eSIM that roams on the Turkish networks.

This is the only country I’ve come across that blocks phones when a tax is not paid.

https://international.ticaret.edu.tr/phone-device-registration/#:~:text=If%20you%20buy%20a%20Turkish,able%20to%20access%20emergency%20numbers.