derek pringle Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi all, Excuse the heading but looking for info re mobile phones. I am thinking of changing my mobile to Virgin network from Vodafone who I am with now. I was wondering if any fellow motorhomers were on this network and could tell me about signal coverage in Europe, mainly France/ Germany/ Italy. We have always had good coverage from Vodafone but can get a better deal if we change. cheers and thanks for any help derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Derek all my mobiles are Virgin & we've never had a problem in any part of Europe. In fact the coverage if anything is better than the UK. The only annoying feature is that you get about 3 messages in succession every time you cross a border. Driving through the alps between Switzerland & Italy last year our route was criss crossing the border every couple of minutes so the phone was constantly going off. (I've no doubt this feature could be turned off but I CBA! (Can't be bothered)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minicamper Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I have a virgin phone, it has been fine all over France. However, I was looking at the toggle website, and am getting advice from son who worked for Virgin and understands these things on whether it would work for us. He said there are a few companies like Toggle. Might be worth a little research, before you switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minicamper Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 PS, he said the data charge was way cheaper than Virgin. You could just get a sim to use abroad, I think, with a different number, and keep your usual number/sim to use at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennyhb Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Virgin use the Orange network who now share masts with EE so coverage should be very good both my kids are on T mobile which is now EE they never complain of any network problems. I would have thought anything is better than Vodafone, I'm on Talk mobile that uses Vodafone network previous contracts have been with O2 & Three both were far better than Vodafone, worse network I've been on. Virgin network coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJB Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 T Mobile/EE never a problem all of UK, Northern Europe and Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi, Thanks for the replies, very helpful. Laimeduck, we get similar messages from vodafone when we cross borders so won't be any difference there hey. I think it is worth me changing as the deal could be a lot better. cheers derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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