Travel to france

[flyingbanana_gt]

So we are going to France for 14 days, I can't work out what my charges are going to be. Also why offer daily, 7 days, 12 days. How on earth did EE decide that 12 days was a good idea, the cynical part of me is thinking this is all about making more money off our backs. 

The new package is definitely not better value for money, I've been with EE/Orange for about 30 years. Might consider leaving them after this contract finishes.

[bristolian]

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@Matt_124 wrote:

Roaming in the Republic of Ireland is free of charge for all EE Customers, likely due to the presence of Northern Ireland as part of the UK and the implications of roaming charges within the island of Ireland.

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Our posts crossed Matt. You're absolutely right about some of the underlying reasons.

Inadvertent roaming in border areas is unavoidable, there's a few threads on this board where users report it occurring around Kent & the SE (France), north & mid-Wales (Ireland & occasionally Manx) and a couple of other locations.

Specifically around Northern Ireland/RoI, network planning simply cannot keep each country's coverage within its own borders and there is much cross-border overlap between the different country's operators.

Before anyone asks... handover between international operators is a whole other level of complicated!

[Matt_124]

Indeed, there are some areas within the boundary of Northern Ireland (particularly south of Newry in County Down in my experience) where quite often you can be roaming on Eir or Three Ireland while technically within the UK.

At other times closer to the border you can sometimes be left flicking back and forward when using automatic selection, or at other times entirely without a connection for minutes despite both home network and roaming networks being available.

A slight mess to put it nicely.