Talk:United Kingdom/@comment-194.230.158.62-20190103210201/@comment-24682153-20190103212816

About your questions as we keep on getting these about Three UK: Yes, you can activate them abroad (through a roaming network) Checked last summer in Germany. But have in mind these disadvantages: 1.) no 4G/LTE roaming - this means only first networks have been opened for 4G/LTE, in Switzerland you will only get 3G speeds with high latency as routing is through the UK 2.) no tethering / hotspot use. It has been allowed in Britain, but not outside - this means Three sniffs and kills tethered connections 3.) no top-ups possible with any credit/debit card that is not registered on an UK address. This means, if you don't have a UK registered credit card (Revolut or PayPal doesn't work) you need to add about 10-25% for 3rd party agencies to top up. 4.) Three limits roaming abroad to 4 continuos months. Beyond surcharges may be applied. Not all users get them, but some have. It doesn't help to alternate SIM cards as they will check for prevalent (>50%) use in their UK network and a surcharged SIM will only be put to "normal" when you use it in the UK mostly.