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UK IP when roaming with Prepaid Plan?

svee11e
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Investigator

Hey, I will travel to europe soon and I need a mobile data provider that will keep a UK IP adress while using roaming abroad. Basically so I can access services like I would be in the UK. 

Was planning on getting the 125GB prepaid plan from EE and buy the ,,Roam like Home,, weekly plan 4x a month. 

Anyone here with prepaid plan that can confirm you will get a UK IP adress while roaming abroad?

Thanks!

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XRaySpeX
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It's still UK EE that allocates IPs. The local operator just provides the connection to the mobile network.

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bristolian
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When you are roaming, you are using the local coverage of the foreign network but your data traffic is routed through EE's UK core network and thus a UK IP address is allocated

@bristolian Thank you!

Do you know if this applies to prepaid plans as well, or only to contract plans?

bristolian
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EE Community Star

It applies to all EE SIMs, regardless of payment method.