Talk:United Kingdom/@comment-194.230.158.62-20190103210201/@comment-212.25.20.126-20190104073707

@Wolfbln: Thank you very much for your explanation, I really appreciate that!

The first three points I was fully aware of. Point 4 is somehow new. I've read in other places on the web that there are people who manage to alternate SIM cards without ever being blocked (e.g. using the card 3 or 4 months and then change again). But maybe these users are just lucky and Three UK doesn't block them for any reason.

Anyway, the main reason why I am interesting in Three UK is that they offer 'free' roaming in much more countries than the other operators you mentioned. Especially also countries outside of Europe are included. For me as a frequent traveler this could be quite handy. I don't necessarily need 4G and my data consumption is limited (not more than 1 GB per month normally). And since my home country is Switzerland I can use it normally also here. Therefore Three UK would be an excellent option if two cards could be alternated. But even if they block the card after 4 months of non-stop roaming: 12 GB in all these countries during 4 months for +/- 40 EUR is still a great price!

At the moment I use for travelling a Drimsim card. I like their price scheme since you pay only for what you need, no plans needed. And they're the cheapest option in that case if being used in many countries (especially also outside of the European Union). Furthermore you also get a (Jersey) phone number that which you can accept phone calls for free in most of the countries (unfortunatelly for the caller the rate to call to Jersey is quite expensive). The only disadvantage is that 1.) it always takes quite a while to get connected to a new network, often manual setting is necessary with trial and error (I started to make my own list about the settings in different countries so that I manage to get to the network faster), 2.) they changed the minimum top-up amount from a 'no minimum amount' to a high EUR 25.00. But I still stick to them since I checked all the other options (also mentioned on the 'all countries' or e.g. Ukrainian page here), there is no cheaper alternative for me! Surely, I'm always glad for hints to other options ;)