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Slow data when travelling

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Hi,

When I travel in Europe I never get 4G... only 3G but incredibly slow... so painfully slow that I can't even usually download WhatsApp pics. I hear other networks give great fast 4G to travellers. Can someone please explain why the speed is so slow abroad?

Kind regards

Josh

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Cleoriff
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O2 has no 4G roaming agreements with any countries abroad. The best you will get is 3G and thespeeds are awful

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Just to add some info on Roaming with O2 as from June 15th https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly-and-Pay-Go/Roaming-Changes-from-15th-June-2017-quot-PAY-AS...

Link to contract phones included

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O2 do not have any 4g roaming agreements and they also only buy very little bandwidth from the roaming networks, so all O2 data roaming is slow.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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Duplicate post here https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-Services/Slow-data-when-travelling/m-p/1053434
I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.

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Will this change come 15th June? or are we destined to continue with dial up speeds? Crazy

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It's highly unlikely to change but we won't really know until after the 15th.
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