Talk:Ireland/@comment-26674008-20150713214333

I've used three prepaid SIMs in Ireland: Vodafone, Eircom Meteor, and Three UK (roaming with Feel at Home). Notes:

1. Vodafone 4G is fast and has excellent coverage and speed in cities. No problem tethering on iPhone 6. I had to create and log into a vodafone.ie account and change my device to iPhone 6 to enable 4G. Topped up with US credit card no problem. Note also that Vodafone uses LTE bands 3,7 so US model iphone 5 will not get 4G. I used Google Voice to make all calls (to US and Irish numbers) over Vodafone 4g, worked great.

I noticed Vodafone roams on T-mobile in US, also it seems RED roaming is up to 500MB/day for a promotion, if going beyond Ireland.

2. Meteor, I only tried 3G. Worked great and 10 euro/7.5GB is an incredible deal. 3G coverage seemed good. Topped up with US credit card. Tethering worked on iphone.

3. Three UK w/Feel at home, performance seemed acceptable. It seems all data is routed through their UK servers. No 4G signal at all in Ireland (even where Three IE has 4G). E-Top ups can be bought with US credit card from independent UK phone shops, even out of UK.

4. I bought all SIMs off of ebay and all shipped to US for nominal shipping cost, all activated in US just fine. There is a SIM vending machine in the international baggage claim in Dublin airport, I did not use.

5. In the future I will get another Vodafone SIM based on 4G coverage. If cash was tight then the Meteor SIM.