Ipad on sharing plan - can I use in Europe?

[Anonymous]

I have an Ipad which shares data with my pay monthly iphone contract, and has the O2 Travel bolt-on. Back in April it couldn't connect to mobile data in France - I thought that being on shared data meant it would work anywhere my phone worked? Do I need to do something to activate it or am i stuck with using a local sim?

Thanks

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

I can't find anything in the T&C's that says you can't use shared data abroad and I see no reason why you couldn't.
Tethering and mobile broadband tariffs do not work abroad but as shared data is different you should be OK.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, will give it a try on my next trip (cust service say they can only address connectivity problems while they are happening)

[MI5]

I am assuming it works OK in UK, so all settings are correct?