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=='''Three UK''' with '''Feel at Home''' option==
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''Verified in June/July 2014 in the USA and Norway.''
'''Three UK gives out foreign data for their domestic UK rate like 500 MB/24 hrs for £3, 1GB/month for £10 or 25GB/month for £15 in specific countries like France, Spain (from 4/15), Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia and the US.'''.
=== '''Network''' ===
Three
=== '''Issuing Country''' ===
United Kingdom
=== '''Number''' ===
+44 7## ### ####
=== '''Roaming Option''' ===
Feel like home (doesn't need to be activated)
=== '''Validity''' ===
In the '''UK''' and 18 roaming countries like '''Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Israel, Australia, USA''', '''Macau, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka''' and '''Indonesia '''and from''' '''April 2015 in '''Spain''' and '''New Zealand '''too.
Take care, in other countries roaming may still be possible, but at much higher rates!
=== '''Roaming Networks''' ===
Only on specific networks mostly those of Hutchison Three: Ireland (3), Sweden (3), Denmark (3), Finland (DNA), France (Orange and Free), Austria (3), Italy (3 and Wind), Switzerland (Swisscom and Sunrise), Norway (Telenor), Israel (Orange), Australia (Vodafone), USA (AT&T and T-Mobile), Macau (3), Hong Kong (3), Sri Lanka (Hutch and Mobitel), Indonesia (3), Spain (Movistar and Yoigo), New Zealand (Spark and 2degrees).
=== '''Price for data ''' ===
==== '''Within a feel like home country and the UK''' ====
The prices for data are exactly the same as for UK domestic use. Speed abroad is 2G/3G up to HSPA+ and up to 4G/LTE in the UK. You must book a data allowance on your SIM card before use. They have two different pay as you go tariff lines:
'''Pay as you go SIM:'''
* 120 MB in 24 hours: £0.50
* 500 MB in 30 days: £5
* "unlimited" = 25 GB in 30 days: £15
'''Mobile Broadband Pay as you go SIM:'''
* 500 MB in up to 48 hours: £2.99
* 1 GB in 30 days: £10
* 3 GB in 30 days: £15
* 7 GB in 30 days: £25
Their pay as you go SIM is intended to be used in smartphones only. Three bans the use in tablets and modems. If they detect it, they deactivate data by blocking. Use their Mobile Broadband Pay as you go SIM instead which has voice and text too and can be used anywhere without restrictions. Both tariff lines can't be mixed or switched. You need to make up your mind before you buy the starter. Take care of the tethering restrictions mentioned below.
*All data overuse is charged at £0.10 per MB.
==== '''Outside a feel like home country''' ====
Take care: much higher prices apply outside a "feel like home" country, where roaming is still possible.
=== '''Voice rates''' ===
Their rates for voice are not so good as long as you are not from Britain. Only calls from the "feel like home" country to the UK are charged at the domestic UK rate. Domestic European and inter-European calls are billed much higher at 16-18p/min. But receiving a call is always free, wherever you are.
=== '''Availability''' ===
The Three Pay as you go SIM card is an''' UK-issued SIM Card'''.
==== '''Within the UK''' ====
Three only sells the starter pack for free in the UK in their 3stores and further outlets and doesn’t send it abroad.
==== '''Outside of the UK''' ====
Online vendors distribute it worldwide on ebay.co.uk, Amazon and other platforms for a surcharge. They will send it to any address abroad, which is totally legal in the UK.
=== '''Registration''' ===
SIM cards from the UK don’t need to be registered. They arrive already activated.
Roaming should be enabled by default. If not, call +44 843 373 3333 to enable international roaming which you need to access your online account.
=== '''Managing the SIM card''' ===
To login your "My3 account" on [http://www.three.co.uk www.three.co.uk] you need to sign in to your account first. A verification SMS is sent out with your password to your mobile number. On the "My 3account" you can book the UK data allowances which are valid in all other "feel at home" countries without surcharge. There you can check your remaining credit and data consumption too.
The "Feel at Home" option is normally activated by default and becomes active as soon as you enter one of the mentioned countries and log on a roaming network. This is normally confirmed by a message from Three.
=== '''Top-ups ''' ===
This is actually the most restrictive part of this SIM right now, as there are no free top up choices for the most of us.
==== '''In the UK''' ====
Being in the UK, you can easily buy Three top up vouchers from £10 to £50 at many locations. You get a 16-digit number, which you can enter online in your My3 account or after calling 444. You can even buy as many vouchers you need in advance, as there is no expiry date for them as soon as you have added them to your account.
==== '''In the UK or from abroad''' ====
Having an UK-issued and -registered credit or debit card, you can easily top up online from abroad on your My3 account. But beware: Non-UK credit cards are not accepted!
So the rest of us are confined to a few online agencies which do top ups for a surcharge of 10-20%. Some accept PayPal and other international payment systems. If you are asked for an UK address, just give any hotel address you can think of. On ebay.co.uk you have to look for "Three UK top-up voucher". Some merchants sell you the top up for about 15%: £10 for £11.50 or £15 for £17. Transcom Telecom for instance only charges 10% more here: http://www.uksims.eu/buy-top-up/. The most 3rd party agencies use PayPal as a payment system. So you need to have a PayPal account for them.
That's how Three UK tries to prevent the use of their SIM for people outside of their home market. It is still very hard or pricey to buy a top up for non UK-citizens outside of the UK. So it's a good idea to buy a preloaded SIM card or vouchers if you are in the UK or know anybody with an UK credit card. But even with 10% surcharge, it's still a good deal for data.
=== '''Expiry''' ===
If you want to keep your SIM card for another visit, it's important to know the expiry rules. Any credit, once topped up will stay valid forever. The whole SIM card or plan will stay active as long there is some activity (as low as a incoming web SMS) within every 6 months. So their rules are quite lax.
=== '''Restrictions''' ===
Three doesn't allow tethering abroad and doesn't give out a tethering profile which you need to create a mobile hotspot on the iPhone. On Android devices it may still be possible. Thus, you can use a non-Mobile Broadband SIM on a modem or tablet too.
=== '''T&Cs''' ===
Feel at Home is intended for their customers who are visiting one of the destinations for short trips, like holidays or business trips. If you only use your plan in a Feel at Home destination for a complete month, and this happens three times within a year, Three may suspend international roaming on your account but lets you know if this were likely to happen. So you better use it as a temporary, but not permanent option outside of the UK.
=== '''Roaming data offers in other 3 networks''' ===
Hutchison Three offers cheap roaming data in their other networks too, but no offer matches the UK SIM right now:
*3 in the Republic of Ireland offers free data roaming in all 3 networks of Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden and the UK (details see Hutchison Three in the Ireland section) and calls it "''Three like home''",
*3 in Italy has the same offer as Three Ireland and calls it "''all estero come a casa''".
*3 in Austria offers a roaming add-on for €7.50 including 1GB data, 1000 minutes voice (domestic and to Austria), 1000 SMS (domestic and to Austria). The package is only vaild for 30 days in the 3 networks of Italy, UK, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark. Take care: the package renews itself, if not unsubscribed.