SIM card for all of the EU?
 

Ideally I would like to purchase just one SIM card for my cellular capable iPad and have it function in as many EU countries as possible. I'm coming over to ride for several months and want to avoid the hassle of sourcing and activating a diffent SIM card every time we leave a country.
Does such a thing exist?

Google Project Fi is a possibility and many users report it is fantastic. Some like me who wander further afield have found it a total waste of time, effort and money.

https://productforums.google.com/for...0/75UYRsDvHAAJ

Thanks Tony. The user experiences seem to be all over the map. Pretty buggy...
One of its main carriers in the US (I'm Canadian) is T Mobile. I have one of their sims now and their coverage is hit and miss.
I'll do some more research but thanks for the heads up.
S.

Just done a google search. Seems to be a bit expensive but have a look

Europe SIM Card | European Data | GO SIM

Europe Sim Card | Travel Sim Card Europe | Telestial

International SIM Card for Europe, Asia, 200 Global Countries

https://www.simcorner.com/world-sim.html

It might work out cheaper to buy local

Wayne

I was just chatting with T-M today. Current ATT customer. Looking to solve the same problem for myself. Sure "seems" like their Simple Choice (International) plan would be a good solution, but I have no idea what T-M's coverage is like - or at least if its close to the coverage map they advertise :) - in EU/UK...

Whatever you do, DON'T get an Orange France sim... unbelievably appalling service!!
Read all about it here

It was cheaper for me to use roaming from UK Vodafone than use Orange France

I'm on Vodafone Germany, I've no idea how easy / hard it might be for someone from overseas to get a SIM from them but for 5 Euros a month on top of my usual price I can roam anywhere in Europe with unlimited data and voice.

I took the plunge and went Google Fi. I needed a phone anyway. The account has to be set up and initialized in the US. Price is good (I'm Canadian where we get totally ripped off on cell costs!). Heading for Eastern Europe in a week so will report back.

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We are heading for Germany next week and then to Denmark and Iceland so I'll be interested to see if Fi has fixed it all up since my dismal experience in South America

Heading into Turkey on Wednesday
 

And then up to Estonia and through Scanlandia back to UK. I'll let you know. I am planning to go to southern Africa (shipping from UK) afterwards so I wanted a true global solution.
It is all or nothing though. If you remove Fi SIM card for a local one, the Fi can only be reactivated from within the US! Hope it works like they say it does.
Stay tuned.
Steve

If you are in Germany, get a MeinOrtel SIM card with the 'flex' package (or something like that?). I don't recall exactly. 300 minutes to any European country from any European country, plus I think a few gigs of data? I can't recall about texts, but I sent them all the time and they weren't expensive. 20 euro per month for the package, you can top-up online. It's what I used.

Not my experience. But maybe because I paused rather than cancelled. I paused and reactivated Fi a couple of times in South America, then activated it again as we left hoping it would work on the way to Australia. It didn't work in Canada or Australia so I paused it again in Oz and bought a local SIM. When it automatically un-paused itself after several weeks I tried it again (and it worked) but because I still had the local SIM, I immediately paused it again. Now back unpaused (by me on-line) and as soon as the local sim expires in 2 days I'll put the Fi SIM back in and head off to Europe hoping it works.
So I think you can pause and unpause as often as you like where you like.

AND if it doesn't work as advertised, write to support and ask for a refund of the fixed fee for any time it doesn't work when it should

Actually I read thT in the fine print. I have t actually tried it. I'm in Canada at the moment and it's working fine. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.

I'm fairly sure the EU just passed laws limiting the cost of "roaming" within the EU. it might be that you can grab any old sim and go for it.

U.S. T mobile in Europe
 

Hi Steve, I've been using a US T Mobile SIM all summer in Europe. It has worked well and has been fairly inexpensive. The data was upgraded to 4G (where available) . That said, I do have to manually hunt down the best network for data.Phone calls are US .20 a minute. usually I dont get fast data but it is generally enough to use Google map or get my email.