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The EU roaming rules are only valid for a certain time period. I can't get a polish SIM card and use it for an entire year in Germany, for example.

• gambiting 7y ago
  ? Yes you can. I use a Polish SIM card(with Play) and use it all year round in UK, except for the 2-3 weeks or so when I'm back in Poland for holidays.
  • kabes 7y ago
    While you probably can. The law is written to prevent use cases like this, to avoid a race to the bottom between operators in different countries. Which makes sense since infrastructure costs can vary largely between countries, so it'd be unfair competition.
    • dqybh 7y ago
      Interesting that they do this because they know infrastructure costs vary between countries but they don't give a shit about the price of electronic goods, services, etc in the single market.
  • dzhiurgis 7y ago
    I was contemplating doing something similar, especially with eSIM on Apple Watch. Calling you must be a bit of a pain. I just check and calling abroad from Lithuania is still 0.5 euro per minute...
    • gambiting 7y ago
      No, I just have a dual-sim phone(OnePlus 5T) - for data and calls in UK I have a proper British sim. But whenever I need to call my family or anyone in Poland, I just dial from the second(Polish) sim, and call for free, using the minutes that come with my Polish contract(and they can call me for free on my Polish number as well). It's also pretty useful whenever I'm somewhere in the UK that doesn't have a good signal on my main network - then I can use the Polish sim to connect to any network that has the best signal and just use data off that card temporarily.
      • bmsleight_ 7y ago
        Then we leave EU, alas and no of the consumer friendly law applies.
        • gambiting 7y ago
          Well, yes, it remains unseen what happens once brexit actually happens. But this solution works at the moment, and I can only imagine it can also work in other EU countries.
          • polonlove 7y ago
            I am from Norway and we love you, Polish people. <3
  • TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
    If you use it for more than 120 days outside your home country your phone operator is allowed to query this and charge you.
    • gambiting 7y ago
      Sure. This hasn't happened yet in all the years I've been doing this. Maybe it's because I don't use data on this card, only calls.
      • markvdb 7y ago
        The relevant legislation has only been in force since 20170615 [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_roaming_regulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_roaming_regulat...
        • cerberusss 7y ago
          Bkess you for using ISO 9660, my friend.
  • CrowFly 7y ago
    That's a "Polish" SIM card. He said a "polish" SIM card which is just a very shiny smooth SIM card.