The shameless and outrageous sodomy of the consumer by every telco in every EU country (especially when roaming) and the vested interest of continuing to sodomize consumers in this way makes me highly doubt that any of these companies have any interest at all in creating a "single telco" market as described in this article.
When I'm at home, I'm also pretty happy with both voice and data package.
However, I'm not at home right now and the roaming charges are outrageous. Forget about data (25 MB for 2 EUR?) and the voice also isn't something to write home about.
Btw, UK HNers: could someone of you recommend data SIM of about half a gig, but one that is valid for one week and then I can forget about it? The operators I tried to ask were not happy to offer something non-recurring.
O2, while it is prepaid, has monthly pricing structure. It is not quite standard pay&go sim (they have the exact pricing structure in my home country. It is good plan, but not for visitors).
EDIT: oh, it looks like you have to order the SIM online and they send it to you. Not sure if it will make it, I'm leaving at Friday :(. Maybe just to have it ready for next visit.
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The shameless and outrageous sodomy of the consumer by every telco in every EU country (especially when roaming) and the vested interest of continuing to sodomize consumers in this way makes me highly doubt that any of these companies have any interest at all in creating a "single telco" market as described in this article.
> The shameless and outrageous sodomy of the consumer by every telco in every EU country
Speak for your country. I'm pretty happy with the competition in Finland.
When I'm at home, I'm also pretty happy with both voice and data package.
However, I'm not at home right now and the roaming charges are outrageous. Forget about data (25 MB for 2 EUR?) and the voice also isn't something to write home about.
Btw, UK HNers: could someone of you recommend data SIM of about half a gig, but one that is valid for one week and then I can forget about it? The operators I tried to ask were not happy to offer something non-recurring.
Take a look at these: http://www.o2.co.uk/tariffs/payandgo £20 will get you 250 mins, 2500 texts, 500MB data.
The number won't disappear after a week but you're not locked in to a contract, it looks like a standard PAYG sim.
O2, while it is prepaid, has monthly pricing structure. It is not quite standard pay&go sim (they have the exact pricing structure in my home country. It is good plan, but not for visitors).
Anyway, thank you.
Three will sell you a prepaid sim with a 1GB allowance for £10.50. They have retail branches just about everywhere.
http://store.three.co.uk/Mobile_Broadband/Plans/Pay_As_You_G...
Have you tried giffgaff? They offer 500mb for 5 quid, data only and no contract:
http://giffgaff.com/goodybags
No, just the usual suspects (O2, Vodafone).
I'll try this, thanks.
EDIT: oh, it looks like you have to order the SIM online and they send it to you. Not sure if it will make it, I'm leaving at Friday :(. Maybe just to have it ready for next visit.
Three might be worth a look. Should be able to pick up a sim at most mobile phone shops. Note you aren't allow to tether on their pay as you go sims.