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Do I need to activate roaming before going abroad or does buying roaming add-ons do this?

oheatley — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:04:41 GMT

Going to Spain and have bought some EU text and calls add-ons. Before I go, doI need to switch on roaming or anything in order for my account to work abroad? Or does the fact that I've bought the add-ons suffice?

Thanks!

Re: Do I need to activate roaming before going abroad or does buying roaming add-ons do this?

dalyer — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:25:55 GMT

You should not have to do anything more - it should just connect to a network when you are abroad and just work. Don't forget that when calling Ireland numbers must be prefixed with 00 353 and the mobile/landline area prefix minus the leading zero.

Hope this helps.

Re: Do I need to activate roaming before going abroad or does buying roaming add-ons do this?

Anon — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:37:13 GMT

you dont have to do anything pal apart from using the int codes. enjoy the trip!!!

Re: Do I need to activate roaming before going abroad or does buying roaming add-ons do this?

dalyer — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:52:25 GMT

When your EU roaming calls add-on minutes get used up you will be charged the normal rates for outgoing calls 29c/min (incoming calls while roaming will remain free for a month).

http://48months.ie/boiler-plate/other-call-charges

So you might want to keep tabs on the number of outgoing call minutes you use and buy another EU roaming calls add-on if/when needed. Ditto for the EU roaming texts add-on. You can use the short codes here to keep tabs on EU roaming add-on (and others) account balances:

http://community.48months.ie/t5/Most-Popular-Questions-Knowledge/Handy-short-codes/ta-p/988

Hope this helps.