O2 to movistar

[Anonymous]

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?

[adamtemp64]

I would read here

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

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...

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

[MI5]

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.

[Wa10 · Accepted solution]

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. 

[MercedesS]

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  

[MI5]

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

[Anonymous]

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)

[adamtemp64]

@Anonymous yes that would be best if you need data

[Cleoriff]

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

[Wa10]

@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?