The last time we went to Europe I bought Prepaid Talk, Text, and Data SIM cards from Amazon.ca. The UK provider was called Three. The SIMS worked flawlessly–right from the insertion of the SIM into the phone at CDG—and over eighteen days and through several countries.
I still have the SIMs and I hoped I could just reuse them by topping them up. The website however will only accept UK Credit Cards.
So, I guess I will have to purchase new SIMS for an upcoming trip but the price has more that doubled and, in some cases, tripled in price.
Has anyone else had a positive Prepaid SIM Card experience to share
Posted by
Yorkshire
1359 posts
UK at least ,if a SIM is unused for 3 months they reassign the number
Posted by
TX, USA
4894 posts
I was just reading about this topic last night.
This site seemed to have good info and addresses that issue. Maybe it will be helpful.
https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/United_Kingdom.
Edit: thanks, periscope. Changed. I did indeed arrive here through a link from another site, but copied it from my browser..
Posted by
San Francisco area
1891 posts
Looking at your other posts it appears that you will be in London and France. You could pick up a SIM card and plan once you are in London. I would suggest EE as they still allow free roaming to the EU on their pay as you go plans. Just find one of their shops and they will install the SIM for you. I used them for my recent UK trip and the service worked fine. There are probably cheaper options but at £15 or less than 20 US for 15GB it was cheap enough for me.
Enjoy your trip.
Posted by
OP
Ontario
26 posts
Thanks.
We're flying into CDG, staying a week, then going to London. Should have said that.
Posted by
Magyarország / Rep of Texas
20463 posts
I assume your carrier doesn't have an international plan?
Posted by
OP
Ontario
26 posts
Actually, it does have coverage International but it’s quite prohibitive and costly.
Most providers just charge a premium rate for a fixed number of days but not my plan.
For our trip in July I bought SIMs from Three again, which worked flawlessly previously, but not this time.
For our trip this month I got Orange Int'l cards but they are just good for 14 days. I guess I'll try and pick up a local SIM as soon as I can.