topic Re: Cost of 2 week roaming in egypt in Sky Mobile

Cost of 2 week roaming in egypt

Becky1610 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:34:43 GMT

I'm heading to Egypt for 2 weeks.. what would be the total cost for data roaming.
I can see £2.16 per gb.. but I'd like unlimited for 2 weeks. What would that full cost be? Is there a package add on I can add before I travel?

Re: Cost of 2 week roaming in egypt

PandJ2020 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:46:42 GMT

@Becky1610 wrote:
I'm heading to Egypt for 2 weeks.. what would be the total cost for data roaming.
I can see £2.16 per gb.. but I'd like unlimited for 2 weeks. What would that full cost be? Is there a package add on I can add before I travel?

Sky only offer a 'pay as you go' option.

That's £2.16 per MEG!!!! (Not Gig)

You'll need to find some WiFi for 'unlimited'.

Re: Cost of 2 week roaming in egypt

TimmyBGood — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:04:50 GMT

@Becky1610 wrote:

I'm heading to Egypt for 2 weeks.. what would be the total cost for data roaming.

Many, many times more than the flights, hotels and all other expenses added together.

As @PandJ2020 says, £2.16 is per megabyte (one thousand times smaller than a gigabyte).

At that kind of cost just normal use can be unbelievably expensive: as an indication, an hour of TikTok video is about 840MB, or £1,814 (one thousand eight hundred and fourteen pounds, plus a few pennies)

Realistically only an Egyptian SIM for a local network provider will have a reasonable price, otherwise make sure cellular data is switched off and only use WiFi.

Re: Cost of 2 week roaming in egypt

TimmyBGood — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:09:44 GMT

@Becky1610

When travelling anywhere outside Europe, North America or Australasia it's always vital to research the local phone market, as roaming access to UK allowances rarely applies. Multiple tourism-related sites give country-specific information on networks and SIMs (plus potential local regulation on purchase)

For reference, Sky Mobile£2 per day roaming only applies to the EU/EEA plus the countries listed in bold below.

The vast majority of global destinations are 'rest of world' rate and consequently extremely expensive.

Aruba (Netherlands Antilles)
Austria
Australia
Azores
Belgium
Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
Bulgaria
Canada
Canary Islands (Spain)
Christmas Islands (Australia)
Cocos Islands (Australia)
Croatia
Curacao (Netherlands Antilles)
Cyprus (Incl. Northern Cyprus)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
French Guiana (French West Indies)
Germany
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madeira (Spain)
Malta
Martinique (French West Indies)
Mayotte (French Territories in the Indian Ocean)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Reunion (French Territories in the Indian Ocean)
Romania
Saba (Netherlands Antilles)
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands Antilles)
Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles)
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
St Barthelemy (French West Indies)
St Martin (French West Indies)
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
USA
United Arab Emirates