Roaming USA

[Blackstone57]

Is there a monthly rate for roaming in the USA or is it a flat £25 a week? Last year it was £25 a month!

[Schockwave · Accepted solution]

Hello @Blackstone57 ,

Welcome to the community,

You may want to check here for roaming in the USA:

https://ee.co.uk/help/mobile/roaming/roaming-costs?_gl=1*1syn9bx*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3NDE5ODEzNDMuQ2p3S0N...

[Blackstone57]

Thanks!

Yes, I looked there but it only gives a daily or weekly rate. Is there no monthly rate?

Last year I bought a monthly pass at £25 a time.

[Schockwave]

@Blackstone57 , no there has been a change just check here:

https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Roaming/Roaming-refresh/td-p/1480939

[XRaySpeX]

The monthly rate for roaming in USA was discontinued last year.

If you are on contract, you may use your usual UK allowances in the EE ROW Zone 1 with up to 50 GB data per billing month if you have more, when you buy the Zone 1 Pass for £5 / day or £25 / week or already have it as an Inclusive Extra or you have an EE Full Works or EE Max Plan. Otherwise you will need to pay the charges or buy roaming add-ons as set out in https://ee.co.uk/help/mobile/roaming/roaming-costs/countries/usa.

If you are on contract, just remember to text ROAMING to 150 before leaving UK to ensure the roaming ability is enabled on your no.

If you are on PAYG, just make sure you had already used your PAYG SIM to make a call or text in the UK.

[Blackstone57]

Thanks for helping me!

I keep coming back to £25 a week which sounds really expensive as the user will be in the USA for three months.

Do you have any other ideas please?

[Blackstone57]

Thank you.

[XRaySpeX]

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

The only other idea would be to get a local eSIM but the calls back to UK would be costly.

[bristolian]

Not sure what you're looking for by "any other ideas", those are EE's rates.

A local SIM (whether "e" or "p")  has pros & cons, but the convenience of roaming can be weighed weighed up against the overall cost of your trip.

[Blackstone57]

Thank you. Will look into esims.