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European Roaming networks

fruitmachine — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:32:15 GMT

I'm going on a European cruise, want to take advantage of "Roam like at home" when in-port or near the coast, but do not want my phone to connect to the ship-board mobile network as it has extortionate charges.

The best way seems to be to turn auto network selection off and switch manually between networks.

Is there a list of European networks that BT Mobile works with, or do I just have to plod through each one until I get a connection that isn't denied?

Re: European Roaming networks

ChrisB — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:34:36 GMT

Try https://www.bt.com/assets/pdf/BT_PhoneTariff_Residential.pdf and look on page 143

Re: European Roaming networks

fruitmachine — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:41:29 GMT

That has the countries, but not the networks, which is what I need when selecting a network for the relevant location.

Re: European Roaming networks

gosforth — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:29:38 GMT

At EU, I never bothered to choose a concrete network and keep it automatic...

Never had any problem, whilst it connects simply to the network, which handles my BT Like at home roaming correctly... And I travel a lot...

The only possibility when I might think about placing a manual network it's to be close to the border with the country, where BT Roaming Like Home is not available, or, in case of existing mobile network on ship/plane, this might come costly enough to avoid....

Re: European Roaming networks

NigelB72 — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 06:09:07 GMT

@fruitmachine when we cruised Norway, I turned my data off on sea days and just left it as a phone only for emergencies and then turned data back on when we were in port...

Make sure you enable Roaming in MyBT and add an additional spend limit of more £5 before you go.