Going to Florida. Whats best for mobile and data?

[48Valves]

I'm sure this has been asked but cant find anything.

I'm looking for the best options for 2 of us for calls, messaging and data whils in Florida for 2 weeks. Going to Disney etc where most of our bookings are on the app. Im sure there is wifi but would rather not rely on it if possible.

We have a S8 and iPone se on EE if that makes a difference.

I could take my old Nokia 1020 which I thik is unlocked.

Thanks

[mr_spock]

Three with the feel at home option. Basically you use your regular allowance with no roaming costs. Not sure if on PAYG though

[tim0409]

mr_spock said:

Three with the feel at home option. Basically you use your regular allowance with no roaming costs. Not sure if on PAYG though

Agreed, and it works with PAYG.

[boxst]

What plan are you on with EE? The Max ones include roaming in the US for free. If you've been with them a long while, they may upgrade you to that plan for the same monthly fee.

[GCH]

For a 'local' option, T-mobile 'walmart' plan for $30. (they will do it over the phone as well - you don't have to go into a walmart for it)
Unlimited data / unlimited SMS / 100 mins, which you won't need to use if you use data for facetime / whatsapp calls / google voice via hangouts (which gives free US domestic calls and cheap international calls) / wifi.

Edited by GCH on Thursday 16th November 21:39

[48Valves]

Thanks all. We've had multiple lines with EE since the early Tmobile days. I'll Give them a call and see what they say.

The €30 wallmart option appears to be a good option if EE can't do anything.

[philv]

3 feel at home.
Works great in florida.

[300bhp/ton]

48Valves said:

I'm sure this has been asked but cant find anything.

I'm looking for the best options for 2 of us for calls, messaging and data whils in Florida for 2 weeks. Going to Disney etc where most of our bookings are on the app. Im sure there is wifi but would rather not rely on it if possible.

We have a S8 and iPone se on EE if that makes a difference.

I could take my old Nokia 1020 which I thik is unlocked.

Thanks

I went last year.

Get yourself a £20 Three pay as you go sim from the U.K. It has a no charge roaming tariff (assuming it hasn’t changed). This means phoning home cost 1p a min or something crazy low. Also comes with 12GB of data.

It’ll cost if you want to call a US number. But I never found the need. As it’s a roaming tariff it’ll work on any network in the US. I drove all over Florida and did over 1800 miles. Always had 4G signal pretty much except one odd bit in Miami. I used it constantly for Google maps and other online content. Never missed a beat.

[yellowbentines]

Im just back from Florida a week ago, called EE and for an extra £12 they upgraded my plan to a MAX plan which basically means you can use your UK minutes, texts and data in the USA.

You can switch back to your previous plan after 30 days if you dont want it on permanently.

Stuggled to use more than 1GB of data in the two weeks though, everywhere has wifi.

[bakerstreet]

We are both on vodafone. Free roaming in the US now

Disney parks have free wifi too

[The Moose]

GCH said:

For a 'local' option, T-mobile 'walmart' plan for $30. (they will do it over the phone as well - you don't have to go into a walmart for it)
Unlimited data / unlimited SMS / 100 mins, which you won't need to use if you use data for facetime / whatsapp calls / google voice via hangouts (which gives free US domestic calls and cheap international calls) / wifi.

Edited by GCH on Thursday 16th November 21:39

Is that a current plan? I am not aware of that one. The cheapest T-Mobile plan seems to be 4GB for $45? In which case AT&T would be better value.

[GCH]

The Moose said:

Is that a current plan? I am not aware of that one. The cheapest T-Mobile plan seems to be 4GB for $45? In which case AT&T would be better value.

Maybe discontinued unless grandfathered in.
I know it was still available six months ago as I bought it for someone visiting

[The Moose]

GCH said:

The Moose said:

Is that a current plan? I am not aware of that one. The cheapest T-Mobile plan seems to be 4GB for $45? In which case AT&T would be better value.

Maybe discontinued unless grandfathered in.
I know it was still available six months ago as I bought it for someone visiting

Interesting - the best I could find here is $45 for 6GB on AT&T. Less money and unlimited data = great success!

[48Valves]

Just to close out.

EE Upgraded to the max package for an extra £7 for a month. Unlimited calls text and 8GB data. Wife is on a slightly different contract so hers cost £10. Not to bad at all

[GCH]

48Valves said:

Just to close out.

EE Upgraded to the max package for an extra £7 for a month. Unlimited calls text and 8GB data. Wife is on a slightly different contract so hers cost £10. Not to bad at all

Unlimited including when in the US? Their daily data package rate is a fiver, so that seems a little off.
I would double check that if I were you.

If it sounds too good to be true....

[boxst]

GCH said:

Unlimited including when in the US? Their daily data package rate is a fiver, so that seems a little off.
I would double check that if I were you.

If it sounds too good to be true....

As mentioned above, the Max packages include roaming in the US.

[yellowbentines]

GCH said:

48Valves said:

Just to close out.

EE Upgraded to the max package for an extra £7 for a month. Unlimited calls text and 8GB data. Wife is on a slightly different contract so hers cost £10. Not to bad at all

Unlimited including when in the US? Their daily data package rate is a fiver, so that seems a little off.
I would double check that if I were you.

If it sounds too good to be true....

See my post previous above, tried and tested.

[48Valves]

yellowbentines said:

GCH said:

48Valves said:

Just to close out.

EE Upgraded to the max package for an extra £7 for a month. Unlimited calls text and 8GB data. Wife is on a slightly different contract so hers cost £10. Not to bad at all

Unlimited including when in the US? Their daily data package rate is a fiver, so that seems a little off.
I would double check that if I were you.

If it sounds too good to be true....

See my post previous above, tried and tested.

Thats what EE have said. I will find out next week

[ukbabz]

bakerstreet said:

We are both on vodafone. Free roaming in the US now

Disney parks have free wifi too

£5 a day on Vodafone to use your UK allowance whilst in the USA as it's a Roam-Further destination.

http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/costs/travelling...

[Puggit]

Free Wifi is so universally available that we didn't use any cellular data on our phones...