topic Re: O2 to movistar in Pay Monthly

O2 to movistar

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:31:14 GMT

I'm off to fuerteventura and the resort has got a strong movistar 4g signal, will my o2 sim switch over to movistar 4g when I get there? Or do o2 use a different signal?

Re: O2 to movistar

adamtemp64 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 06:35:59 GMT

I would read here

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/O2-EU-Roaming-versus-Vodafone-Three-Asda-BT-and-Tesco-Dublin/td-p/1060568

and here in same thread https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/O2-EU-Roaming-versus-Vodafone-Three-Asda-BT-and-Tesco-Dublin/m-p/1063365#M132760

o2 have no 4g roaming in place and major issues with data use abroad

Re: O2 to movistar

MI5 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:45:12 GMT

You'll connect to Movistar but you won't get 4g and data is throttled to 0.5mbps so all you can do is download emails slowly.
It's useless for anything else.

Re: O2 to movistar

Wa10 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:00:30 GMT

Having just returned from Fuerteventura over the weekend, I can confirm that the Movistar coverage when roaming is strong across the island.

@MI5 and @adamtemp64 are spot on with what they say though...sadly the strong coverage does not mean a useable service. 😞 0.5Mbps would have been nice, I averaged considerably less than that over 3G.

Re: O2 to movistar

MercedesS — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:09:58 GMT

Hello @Anonymous,

Have fun! Fuerteventura is amazing, you will love it! As @Wa10 said, you should be able to use Movistar all over Spain.

And please let us know how was your experience when back

Re: O2 to movistar

MI5 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:54:58 GMT

Just not for data..
Let's not get confused with what is and isn't acceptable.

Re: O2 to movistar

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:03:27 GMT

Wow! Thanks for all your fast replys. Would it be better to buy a pre loaded data movistar sim when I get there? (my tablet is unlocked)

Re: O2 to movistar

adamtemp64 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:05:05 GMT

@Anonymous yes that would be best if you need data

Re: O2 to movistar

Cleoriff — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:05:16 GMT

@AnonymousBuying a local sim is always the best way to go.

Re: O2 to movistar

Wa10 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:06:18 GMT

@Anonymous Absolutely! That's probably what I will do the next time we head out there.

Although I know @MI5 and others have good things to say about the EE PAYG sim, which I believe offers a competitive £10 bundle - not sure how it stacks up against a dedicated Movistar data sim though?

Re: O2 to movistar

Cleoriff — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:09:52 GMT

I have UK friends who live in Spain and it's islands .... they find the local Movistar sims are better and cheaper. They can also get 4G

Re: O2 to movistar

MI5 — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 09:13:06 GMT

I'm getting perfectly acceptable speeds on both my EE and Three PAYG sims so it's probably easier to take one from home than go through the hassle of getting one and topping it up in Spain.
You need to go through hoops to get a PAYG sim in some eu countries.