using mobile while at dlp (o2)

[mummy4]

im on pay as you go o2 and i top up £15 every month and get free calls and texts to other o2 phones. does this still apply while im in paris??

also i have heard my o2 network will change to orange or some french network, is this true??

 

[ukstitch]

unfortunately, for calls and texts you make, that doesn't apply - you need to have a look on the O2 website for their charges abroad.

Technically your network will change to Orange while in france, but you're still billed by O2. You jsut have to "borrow" the Orange network because there is no O2 network to use in DLP.

A list of charges can be found here.

 

[Lisa_C]

Technically your network will change to Orange while in france, but you're still billed by O2. You jsut have to "borrow" the Orange network because there is no O2 network to use in DLP.

Not necessarily so - depends on who your home network has in their partnership. I've been t-mobile, Orange and to make me giggle, vodafone (who I refuse to have as a home network). But you are right in that the free extra's will not be free while abroad anywhere (unless you are on vodafone then you can use their service, but what you don't realise is you pay a connection fee on each call to use it.....)

Texts sent from France are around the 20p mark, but there isn't much difference in a text or picture message sent from 02, so it makes sense to send a picture and a long embedded text as you can fit in quite a lot with a picture!!

 

[ukstitch]

I've been t-mobile, Orange and to make me giggle, vodafone (who I refuse to have as a home network).

I've had worse - I'm on O2 and have visited Germany where my phone has selected O2 as my network, yet I still get charged the same roaming charges even though it's technically owned by my network

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I'm on o2 and my texts when I'm in DLP only cost me 10p, calls on the other hand cost me a fortune.

I TRY so hard not to use my phone in DLP but at bedtime when Kyra is asleep I end up texting or calling my best friend or mum for a quick natter.

 

[Lisa_C]

I'm on o2 and my texts when I'm in DLP only cost me 10p, calls on the other hand cost me a fortune.

Actually I think you are right about the cost of sending a text now, they bought it down recently If you've a lot to say though a picture message makes more sense than texts though in my books

I know they bought the roaming charges down, but I don't think they bought them down enough! As Emma mentioned, it costs quite a lot when you get chatting from abroad (though I remember having £10 go in 20 mins for a call home once from the states. I should've just used my ex's landline and run up a mortgage!) so it's a case of making sure you top up lots....

 

[mummy4]

thank you

 

[Cinderella2006]

I have an iphone through Tesco Mobile but they use o2 ... i have just rang and they said the call charges were as follows

15p recieve call

35p make call

11p text

 

[tennisfan]

I have an iphone through Tesco Mobile but they use o2 ... i have just rang and they said the call charges were as follows

15p recieve call

35p make call

11p text

If you are taking it abroad remember to switch roaming off as I have read many stories of people being charged loads due to the Iphone roaming

 

[Cinderella2006]

If you are taking it abroad remember to switch roaming off as I have read many stories of people being charged loads due to the Iphone roaming

Thank you ... i am useless with Phones but she did tell me to switch off my wi-fi so now i know why

 

[stevelamb121]

Not wifi

Goto Settings>general>network and set data roaming to off.

That should stop any data when not at home.

Also if your looking for facebook/Twitter updates the. Mcdonalds in Disney village had free wifi by all accounts. Worth a cuppa in my book for free wifi.

 

[inda2681]

If you are taking it abroad remember to switch roaming off as I have read many stories of people being charged loads due to the Iphone roaming

TQ Nikki for that reminder!
o must remind dh about this

 

[Johnny_boy]

Thank you ... i am useless with Phones but she did tell me to switch off my wi-fi so now i know why

wi-fi isn't the issue it is the data roaming that costs money. If the wifi is free, you can browse, send email, etc. normall just by being within range and choosing the network. If it's charagable, the first time you try to browse the internet, it will ask for credit card details or a pre-paid car number.

Roaming works like this: when you are in the UK, your mobile is tracked by your service provider, it knows where you are and this enables calls to reach you. When you go abroad, your phone finds the strongest signal and contacts the provider and checks to see whether your provider has an agreement with them, if it does, it tells your home provider it is tracking you and all calls are routed through to you. If it doesn't have an agreement, it will check the next strongest network until it finds one. If you move out of range of that supplier, it will try again to find a network. It may be better to scan and find a preferred supplier, then select that - your calls may be cheaper with France Telecom if you're on O2 UK for example. It changes all the time so best to check if there are any preferred suppliers.

The companies have merged a lot over the last few years but some old agreements pre-date these and a lot of them just charge a blanket rate regardless of which network you're on, even if it's their own.

Smart phones like the iPhone, blackberry etc. will connect and download emails but this is often at £2-£6 Mb, compare that to £5 or so for unlimited data at home. You really are best to turn off data roaming. One way is to change the values in the data settings by adding a letter e.g. Vodafone user id is web, change it to noweb then the settings are rejected and no roaming takes place.

another useful tip when roaming is to change all the numbers in your phone book by putting +44 instead of 0 - that means your calls will work in the UK and abroad.

If you're going to make a lot of calls, it might be worth buying an add on which will reduce the price of the calls or data. The O2 PAYG bolt-on is poor value, you'd need to make a lot of calls to justify the price of it.

 

[bspark]

I'm on a contract o2 phone and contacted them today about using the phone in France. They said that when the phone picks up that I am no longer in UK it will switch to the French partner network and I'll get a text confirming the charges involved. They also said it would automatically add +44 to my numbers. Not sure if its the same for pay as you go on o2. Sounds too good to be true but I'll wait and see.

 

[ukstitch]

I'm on a contract o2 phone and contacted them today about using the phone in France. They said that when the phone picks up that I am no longer in UK it will switch to the French partner network and I'll get a text confirming the charges involved. They also said it would automatically add +44 to my numbers. Not sure if its the same for pay as you go on o2. Sounds too good to be true but I'll wait and see.

yep - it's exactly the same for PAYG

 

[Johnny_boy]

Your sim tells the network where your home country is so it should be easy enough for it to realise the numbers beginning with zero are UK as French numbers are a different format.

Most providers have multiple agreements with partners abroad - normally all the networks so you will always get a signal and coverage will seem better than the UK.

O2's pay monthly rates for France are:

Calling to the UK from France (per min) 35p
Calling within France (per min) 35p
Calling out of France (per min) 176p
Receiving a call (per min) 18p
Sending a text 11p
Sending a media message 25p
Data usage £3 per MB

PAYG

Calling to the UK from France (per min) 35p
Calling to other UK mobiles 35p
Calling to the USA and Canada 149p
Calling to other countries 199p
Receiving a call (per min) 18p
Sending a text in Western Europe 11p
Sending a media message 25p
Data usage £3 per MB


remember if you call another UK mobile while both are in the same country, the call is routed via the UK so you will pay 35p/min to make the call and the other person will pay 18p/min to receive the call. This is because the call has to go back to their home network to find out where they are and what network they are on. You could be standing next to each other but the call will still go via the UK.

 

[Johnny_boy]

Interesting BBC news article on the data costs of roaming abroad with a smart phone (iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia N/E series etc.) here