tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post5757038525208761607..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Roaming UK SIM testingRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-71222038466653005532014-08-31T03:07:04.136+01:002014-08-31T03:07:04.136+01:00Sadly that is apple being a pain. We have asked th...Sadly that is apple being a pain. We have asked the carrier. Not sure if we can fix that.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-52893267693175479452014-08-30T22:19:42.283+01:002014-08-30T22:19:42.283+01:00Off course, blogger lost all the previous text as ...Off course, blogger lost all the previous text as I signed into Google; good job I had copied it.<br /><br />I made some calls with the two sims and will send James the information as soon as I can connect my MacBook to the internet.Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84393306636186314852014-08-30T22:15:11.180+01:002014-08-30T22:15:11.180+01:00I can't get on to the internet trough this shi...I can't get on to the internet trough this shitty hotel crap so I thought I'd try making my iPhone a hotspot. "To enable personal hotspot on this account, contact vf nl". I know I am 61 and have had half a bottle of red, but does it have to be this hard?Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-6814879843711680172014-08-30T20:47:16.870+01:002014-08-30T20:47:16.870+01:00Hope you watched the fireworks and The Culprits - ...Hope you watched the fireworks and The Culprits - both excellent lol! My partner has a three payg sim and had very good reception but 02 was GPRS only - luckily I could roam to EE which has a very good signal. I can see that railways are a good test as they are often in remote areas, such as the WSR which I use quite a lot. Before getting an AA roaming sim I had an EE payg sim but I found that often it would have 5 bars but very poor data connectivity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-21336066896503930052014-08-29T08:33:58.401+01:002014-08-29T08:33:58.401+01:00I'll get that ticket escalated. Sorry about th...I'll get that ticket escalated. Sorry about the delay.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-58980557419637444672014-08-29T00:25:21.955+01:002014-08-29T00:25:21.955+01:00I was in Sidmouth on Saturday too - still am for a...I was in Sidmouth on Saturday too - still am for a couple of days... Three seems best here (at least in a seafront hotel), which is a good thing as far as my AA data SIM is concerned.<br /><br />I've been taking my test phone on a few steam railways over the past couple of weeks - Severn Valley, West Somerset & South Devon, all providing a good test with a challenging environment. I have found that whilst my test phone is fairly good at finding a network, it also sometimes goes to no network and stays there for some time - rebooting the phone brings back coverage.<br /><br />I do think there's a good market for roaming SIM with heritage lines; it helps a lot if the driver of a broken down loco can speak with a signalman! I've been toying with integrating a GSM modem+voice and a Rock7 (Iridium) M2M unit to ensure complete coverage of a line but not yet splashed out.Timthornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821597114397421921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-38938458611694718672014-08-28T20:37:27.574+01:002014-08-28T20:37:27.574+01:00Not a satisfactory outcome there I'm afraid r...Not a satisfactory outcome there I'm afraid ref: KZ14GMAlan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-49088444616238422672014-08-27T06:22:45.501+01:002014-08-27T06:22:45.501+01:00The O2 mode is only UK (once Scotland for now)The O2 mode is only UK (once Scotland for now)RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-64649797252953815962014-08-27T02:14:17.348+01:002014-08-27T02:14:17.348+01:00Could the lack of three be related to T/3's de...Could the lack of three be related to T/3's deal to share their network stuff via Mobile Broadband Networks limited?Chad Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466797076721870606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-80258044703224249772014-08-26T22:34:50.902+01:002014-08-26T22:34:50.902+01:00I don't think it should work with Three - Thre...I don't think it should work with Three - Three don't have a particularly large number of roaming agreements for inbound and I believe your "EU" profile provider has no such agreement so it has no way to "roam" on them.<br /><br />IME most foreign SIMS (the various pre-paid international ones etc) don't work on three. Personally as a 3 customer, I'm happy with that because I don't want anyone else using my bandwidth :-)The Backup Exec Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532538047698437455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-60740952031163056002014-08-26T21:36:04.902+01:002014-08-26T21:36:04.902+01:00I going to Germany this weekend. If I leave it in...I going to Germany this weekend. If I leave it in O2 mode, does it roam with O2's partners in Germany? If so, is the pricing different from the European roaming mode?Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-76903338875647918332014-08-26T19:35:48.412+01:002014-08-26T19:35:48.412+01:00I can't connect to Three either - assumed it w...I can't connect to Three either - assumed it was a local problem but maybe it doesn't work with them.Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-57337932334749432072014-08-26T19:33:42.322+01:002014-08-26T19:33:42.322+01:00Mine switches back to O2 automatically - in fact I...Mine switches back to O2 automatically - in fact I find it hard to switch roaming on because by the time I've set 'european' mode in the sim toolkit and brought up the network list often the phone has found the (poor) O2 signal and reverted back to UK mode (partly this is the crappy network app on android - it can take over a minute to scan for networks.. I guess nobody normally uses it so it's bitrotted).<br /><br />I wonder if it's something to do with the 'Set Global Fallback' option - this doesn't appear to be documented anywhere but switching it off does seem to help with the above problem.. of course it may be causing others (eg. it may not roam automaticallly now..)Tony Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485210895681350152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-38877540195963072742014-08-26T13:48:55.780+01:002014-08-26T13:48:55.780+01:00I think the iPad SIM menu was in the Settings app,...I think the iPad SIM menu was in the Settings app, Mobile Data, down near the bottom. I can't see it now as I've got the Three SIM in. I have iOS 6 still so the menu may have moved in iOS 7.Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-30491903097224886852014-08-25T23:08:29.840+01:002014-08-25T23:08:29.840+01:00With EE and Three sharing sites and backhaul throu...With EE and Three sharing sites and backhaul through MBNL, but Three using the higher frequency, I suspect you might find any EE signal is almost always slightly stronger than Three's (same distance and terrain, but a slightly better frequency for propagation).<br /><br />At some point soon I want to get my hands on a Galaxy S5 Duos (the native dual-SIM variant). That should give relatively cheap data service on both Three and O2 when available, including overseas roaming to the Three Like Home countries.jas88https://www.blogger.com/profile/05563592458314214904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-67491105385882757452014-08-25T15:03:58.514+01:002014-08-25T15:03:58.514+01:00Excellent thank you - now working perfectly with V...Excellent thank you - now working perfectly with Voipfone. Oliver Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343824762502254312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-3282786993792272242014-08-25T14:20:56.133+01:002014-08-25T14:20:56.133+01:00Well, not SIP2SIM "requiring" it, more &...Well, not SIP2SIM "requiring" it, more "The SIP RFC" requiring it. Anyway, the SIP2SIM is using the longer headers now, so do try.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-53847036262111516742014-08-25T14:19:07.730+01:002014-08-25T14:19:07.730+01:00Would be great if the issue with Voipfone could be...Would be great if the issue with Voipfone could be resolved as I purchased a SIM to trial for our company. Something to do with sip2sim requiring CompactSIP support.<br /><br />I also tried to roam to Three today as the data on local 2G O2 cell was maxed out. The phone just replied ‘not allowed’ each time I manually selected Three.<br />Oliver Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343824762502254312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-7391812887891700082014-08-25T13:56:14.812+01:002014-08-25T13:56:14.812+01:00If you're in a "feel at home" countr...If you're in a "feel at home" country then the 3 SIM will roam onto the local networks. Data is throttled however, but still usable.<br />Would be interesting if the roaming SIM is restricted in the same way in UK? PhilCehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131762877921444702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-81362093825864532592014-08-25T13:38:14.567+01:002014-08-25T13:38:14.567+01:00I will check, as I understood it was meant to be a...I will check, as I understood it was meant to be all of the UK networks.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70739058126826716822014-08-25T13:30:02.619+01:002014-08-25T13:30:02.619+01:00There is normally a very strong Three signal where...There is normally a very strong Three signal where I live and there is no way I can get it to connect to Three - it will only roam to EE or Vodafone (I have quite a weak Vodafone signal where I live but it will still roam to Vodafone if forced). Perhaps Vodafone NL do not have any sort of roaming agreement with Three in the UK?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-51283241121755994402014-08-25T12:39:25.341+01:002014-08-25T12:39:25.341+01:00I am pretty sure we work with sipgate, but we can ...I am pretty sure we work with sipgate, but we can investigate in detail for you. Let support know the details.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-18532507940468563752014-08-25T12:30:55.333+01:002014-08-25T12:30:55.333+01:00Two phones connected to Sipgate don't even rin...Two phones connected to Sipgate don't even ring each other. My uneducated guess is that it is a port problem between you and Sipgate. I guess I can just buy a number from A&A but that doesn't solve the underlying problem if you have other customers using Sipgate.Alan Cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07203284236816302240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-91362216243768752952014-08-25T12:12:35.474+01:002014-08-25T12:12:35.474+01:00Oh yes, on the iPad things are not obvious. I can&...Oh yes, on the iPad things are not obvious. I can't easily tell if the SIM has auto roamed, so I usually have roaming switched off and only turn it on when I put the SIM in and find there is no O2 signal (and by then I also know there is no Three signal on my normal SIM). Then I get a popup on the iPad telling me I've received some sort of message (I forget what), but it doesn't show me the contents of the message.<br /><br />Slightly off topic, but I really hate the fact Apple don't allow texting on an iPad. No phone calls I understand, but with all this screen real estate why can't I send and receive texts? (If the SIM fitted supports them.)Owen Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890951742186614705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-56810506357087363062014-08-25T12:11:03.243+01:002014-08-25T12:11:03.243+01:00Interesting - I'll try Three. I think it shoul...Interesting - I'll try Three. I think it should, and it does 2G and 3G. I did not find the SIM menu on an iPad though - where is that?RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.com