topic Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming in Roaming

Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Adam076 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:52:56 GMT

Morning all, I am contemplating a Sim only deal with EE, it is Unlimited Data plus EU Roaming bolted on. My question is twofold:

1. If I have unlimited data in the UK, do I also have the same while touring around Europe and, if so, do you still receive the advertised 100mbs while abroad?

2. I usually go away twice a year for about 10 weeks at a time - has anyone had any problems for long periods abroad?

Many thanks in anticipation

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

XRaySpeX — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:17:44 GMT

@Adam076 :

The FUP limit on data while roaming is 50 GB / billing month. Where do you see 100 GB advertised?
You need to show a Stable Link with UK by using your SIM abroad for no more than 2 months in any 4 month period.

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Adam076 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:57:34 GMT

Hi XraySpeX, thanks for your reply.

I think you have mis-read, the download speed is advertised at 100mbs (not 100GB), I was just wondering if this remains the same while abroad?

But I was interested in your para 2 response with regards to 'no more than 2 months in any 4', that is interesting.

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

XRaySpeX — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:05:35 GMT

So I did! You'll get whatever speeds the local overseas networks are able to provide.

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & trust it is now sorted.

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

chistery — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:57:11 GMT

I usually find I have much better speeds roaming in Europe than at home. Nothing is guaranteed though!

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Fafa3 — Sat, 03 May 2025 23:23:12 GMT

Can I use my data in turkey now

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Nipperlocko — Sun, 04 May 2025 07:00:57 GMT

I’ve just returned from Turkey and at first I had no data or roaming, the problem was that Turkey came under the EU roaming but in the middle of April they changed their zones, so check your essential add ons and see if you can see ROW1 stands for (rest of the world) and activate this option instead of EU roaming, everything was fine then, if you don’t see ROW1 content then I would suggest contacting EE, hopefully this helps

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

XRaySpeX — Sun, 04 May 2025 10:04:54 GMT

@Nipperlocko : Turkey never came under EU roaming. In fact up to Aug 2024 it has no special roaming passes & was charged on a per min or per SMS rate & you needed to buy a limited duration data add-on if you wanted data. It now comes under ROW 1 roaming

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Nipperlocko — Sun, 04 May 2025 20:42:18 GMT

I’m afraid that to tell you it absolutely was included in our older plans but I never got the memo that it was changing

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

XRaySpeX — Sun, 04 May 2025 21:27:26 GMT

@Nipperlocko : That Nov '24 post by @Matt_124 is talking about how it will be after Aug '24, not before, when the Roaming Refresh took place & introduced the ROW 1 Pass to include Turkey, UAE & China in place of the 5-country limited Roam Abroad Pass.

Re: Unlimited Data Plan, EU Roaming

Matt_124 — Sun, 04 May 2025 21:38:50 GMT

@Nipperlocko

Just to confirm the above by @XRaySpeX,

This comment was on a thread before we knew what the changes would fully look like in practice.

Turkey is not an EU Country and Turkey was never included on any EE plan before Roaming Refresh in Dec '24, hence why I was saying a revision of countries to include more destinations like Turkey would be a great addition. And I do stand by that, I think the Roaming Refresh has been great and added so much more value to plans which include Roaming beyond just the EU.

Instead of just getting the chance to have Inclusive Roaming in 5 countries outside the EU (USA, Canada, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand), an additional 28 have been added under Zone 1. ee.co.uk/roamingrefresh

The difference is for those on a plan that originated before 29th August 2024 who previously used the Roam Abroad Pass Inclusive Extra (included EU plus the 5 destinations above), there are now two passes instead of one: an EU Roaming Pass and ROW Roaming Pass.

Turkey falls under ROW Zone 1 and was not on the original Roam Abroad Pass, so you never would have had access to it before this change.