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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:27pm

dinnerout

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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:27pm

tebo53 wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:33pm:
I've kept my UK phone and bought a Small Spanish phone. Alot of places you deal with in Spain won't contact you on your UK phone. It depends on how you use your phone really. If you intend phoning the uk a lot i would use my UK phone as it's cheaper.
Summing up: l have a Spanish phone for Spanish business and English phone for Uk business. ...

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For example: l can't get Barclays Mobile Banking app on my Spanish phone.
Hope that helps somewhat
Steve

Steve, I came across this old thread by accident. Have Barclays Bank been in touch with you about loss of UK banking? I hope not as I believe this was Barclay CARD. The reason I ask is I'm with Natwest and so far they have not contacted me with intention to withdraw.

Fingers crossed! Steve

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:45pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:45pm

Dave mackallen wrote on Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:18am:
Hi,
You keep your uk phone mate,it doesn’t cost anymore to phone in Spain now,than uk,so you can use your minutes the same as you do in uk,also receiving calls now cost nothing.

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Dave

Hi, I have a Virgin Mobile Sim in my UK Mobile. At the moment I can use Spanish Roaming and all my calls and data are within my plan, However having read the "European Fair Use policy" on roaming.

""every rolling 4 month period, you must use more data, calls and texts in the UK than the EU or spend more time in the UK than away somewhere else.
So, if you’ve used your phone more in the UK than you have in the EU within the last 4 months, you can still use your allowance whilst travelling without incurring a surcharge.""

Unless I am reading this wrong having been in Spain since beginning of October Now (13/12) I will soon start paying for my usage even though I have a monthly plan.

So unless other Mobile companies are different to Virgin then your above comment is wrong?

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:08pm

Peter R

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:08pm

Pwhittak wrote on Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:45pm:
Hi, I have a Virgin Mobile Sim in my UK Mobile. At the moment I can use Spanish Roaming and all my calls and data are within my plan, However having read the "European Fair Use policy" on roaming.
""every rolling 4 month period, you must use more data, calls and texts in the UK than the EU or spend more time in the UK than away somewhere else.
So, if you’ve used your phone more in the UK than you have in the EU within the last 4 months, you can still use your allowance whilst travelli...

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...ng without incurring a surcharge.""
Unless I am reading this wrong having been in Spain since beginning of October Now (13/12) I will soon start paying for my usage even though I have a monthly plan.
So unless other Mobile companies are different to Virgin then your above comment is wrong?

Another way is to get what’s app to run in parallel with your contract then you can use video calling at no cost

I use it world wide and if the country you are in blocks calls get a vpn . VPNs can but purchased on an annual or monthly basis . I have found Express VPN to be the best . If you also use it on your computer ,iPad or smart tv you can get uk tv anywhere you have wifi or any other countries you want to link to as long as you select the home base they are linked to

Hope this assists you and anybody else who use the foram

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:47pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:47pm

Pwhittak wrote on Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:45pm:
Hi, I have a Virgin Mobile Sim in my UK Mobile. At the moment I can use Spanish Roaming and all my calls and data are within my plan, However having read the "European Fair Use policy" on roaming.
""every rolling 4 month period, you must use more data, calls and texts in the UK than the EU or spend more time in the UK than away somewhere else.
So, if you’ve used your phone more in the UK than you have in the EU within the last 4 months, you can still use your allowance whilst travelli...

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...ng without incurring a surcharge.""
Unless I am reading this wrong having been in Spain since beginning of October Now (13/12) I will soon start paying for my usage even though I have a monthly plan.
So unless other Mobile companies are different to Virgin then your above comment is wrong?

I have a Uk virgin pay monthly sim for both myself and my husband and we have been here since mid June and no additional costs.

I know it states this in the terms but they don’t seem to apply it (yet)

Deirdre

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:00pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 8:00pm

deirdre42c wrote on Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:47pm:
I have a Uk virgin pay monthly sim for both myself and my husband and we have been here since mid June and no additional costs.
I know it states this in the terms but they don’t seem to apply it (yet)

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Deirdre

I have been using my UK EE contract here for over 4 years. Admittedly it's a business contract but don't think that would stop them cancelling if they wanted to.

I own the phone and pay £17 monthly.

I use a cheap Spanish mobile for local use.

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:39am

Pwhittak

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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:39am

Peter R wrote on Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:08pm:
Another way is to get what’s app to run in parallel with your contract then you can use video calling at no cost
I use it world wide and if the country you are in blocks calls get a vpn . VPNs can but purchased on an annual or monthly basis . I have found Express VPN to be the best . If you also use it on your computer ,iPad or smart tv you can get uk tv anywhere you have wifi or any other countries you wan...

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...t to link to as long as you select the home base they are linked to
Hope this assists you and anybody else who use the foram

Hi, Thanks for the info. When you get Whatsapp running parallel to your WIFI, I assume you mean use Whatsapp Voice calling, video calling etc over WIFI instead of calling with your contract minutes? I already do this, but I also call my mother who is 95 years old, doesn't have a mobile phone and lives in Spain. I often do this when out and about (in Mercadona, around town, in the car) using either telephone or whatsapp to call her on my mobile plan. All in All it would mean adjusting my current habits to fit the costs. However, I am hoping that I won't get stung by the Fair Use Policy. I just wonder if Brexit will have any impact on that though? And No I did not shoot myself in the foot by voting to leave the EU.

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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:56pm

Joanie53

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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:56pm

Pocha wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:20pm:
I will be moving to Denia and wanted to hear if it's best to keep my British mobile running as well as getting a Spanish phone, which I know I will need. I didn't really want to keep my UK phone running, but wondered the costs for receiving calls from the UK and making calls to th...

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...e UK from a Spanish mobile phone. Would appreciate your experience/comments on this.

I’ve kept my U.K. mobile as it has free roaming but to be honest I do most of my calls and facetime calls on WhatsApp which uses internet connection so costs nothing as long as your linked to WiFi .
I also have a Spanish mobile as many companies/shops won’t accept U.K. number there’s many good deals for sim only ,I use Lobster as it’s in English .