cappuccino

I always buy a Three all you can eat plan (30 days £20) which is best for unlimited data but you can't tether to your laptop. If you have a smartphone, and you don't mind watching youtube videos on the small screen, then that's a good short term option for your trip.

Amazulu

Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, Skype are the ways to go when sending texts overseas. All free too

I got a SIM and phone from EE when I was there last year. Can't remember what it cost but it was pretty cheap. I had more than enough data and call allowance. Their 4G is okay although not as good as what we get in Australia. I got decent coverage wherever I went

jacknscoob

Hi guys, re the above does this include calls and texts? Or is it separate?

Also, I have a Chromecast. If I had unlimited data, could I look up something on my phone and then project it onto my laptop eg. utube video.

I have an iphone 4S, would that be suitable for the above?

Thanks

GarryP

The All-in-one 20 add on gives you 300 minutes, 3,000 texts and unlimited data to use within 30 days. You add it to the 321 SIM card for PAYG

The thing with chromecast is if you had the phone as a hotspot, the chromecast would pull down the data directly - making that tethering and thus a no-no. In theory you could cast/mirror the iphone screen to the chromecast, but I seem to remember it was hard to get to do that with apple in the way (I think you needed to jailbreak).

As for hiding the tethering, I think THREE have got smarter in recent times and it's now difficult to hide that you are tethering (certainly on iphones, android have more inherent flexibility).