Strange roaming text

[AdrianL13]

I received the following message today:

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Hi from EE, Welcome to Jersey, you'll pay £2.29 per day to use your minutes, texts and data allowance.

Calls to countries outside the EU (not including the UK) are £1.86 per min and texts 76p each. Other charges are the same as when you're in the UK.

For the best network coverage your handset must automatically select a network. To do this, choose your phone from: http://ee.co.uk/help/phones-and-device next select 'Connectivity' then 'Selecting Network'.

Call +447953966250 for Customer Services & 112 in case of emergency. Have a good trip!

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This was odd as I was in Wiltshire on the UK mainland. Did anyone else get this?  I’m assuming it was a network error but would like confirmation this was the case.  

[bristolian]

That looks like a typical SRN design tower which is capable of supporting multiple operators, albeit this proposal was only for VF & O2 initially. My distant recollection is that EE's service was reasonable at the top-end of the village but became non-existent at lower-levels.

Pre-application consultations are quite common where a full-application is not certain to be approved so is consulted on prior to submission - assuming it reaches the formal application stage.

[NitrogenPurged]

Hey mate. 

I live West Wales mate. Just got the same message today. Very strange as I'm further out.

If anything I'd expect to pick up Irish service. 

[TomRobz]

My wife and I are both on EE and keep getting messages saying welcome to Jersey and we live on Anglesey! Anyone know how to get EE to correct this issue? Thanks

[MaureenJ1]

We had the same at National Trust Stourhead & looks like it happens a lot (by the comments on EE Community) so I messaged EE about it.  They seem totally unaware of why this happens & to be honest they just advised there had been no additional charges on my account as obviously we were in the UK.  My husband is with 3 & got the same message in Stourhead. 
It’s all very odd 

[bristolian]

These are the standard welcome text messages you receive when you first connect to a foreign network, and it's not unusual to receive these in locations where your home network doesn't provide coverage but a foreign network does. In these cases the text serves as a warning that you are roaming.

CS may not be aware of the unique circumstances that can cause these messages.

[Nette11]

I just had exactly the same message but I'm in West Wales, where I live!

[LisaTC]

My husband and I had the same today at St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire 

[joinsmartymobil]

it is caused by sporiadic E, occasionally the atmosphere carries signals long distances

[Queenoftoast]

I’m also in Pembrokeshire at the moment & had this today when in St David’s 🤷‍♀️

[Queenoftoast]

I’m presently in Pembrokeshire & have just experienced the same 🤷‍♀️