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Tangentially, if you are from outside Switzerland make sure to know your roaming charges very very well. Swiss carriers have gigantic roaming charges. Every t

Tangentially, if you are from outside Switzerland make sure to know your roaming charges very very well. Swiss carriers have gigantic roaming charges. Every time. I fly through Zurich (from Austria) I blow through my roaming limit 60 seconds after landing because I forgot to disable data. 1MB/16€ Yes that is Megabyte not Gigabyte

mrighele 3y ago
AFAIK It’s your operator that decides the roaming charges, based on your contract (they may be different based on the country though). So you may want to check with them
- blensor 3y ago
  Yes, it's definitely something that you (I) need to solve with the own carrier. I do still feel that there is something iffy about that, because Switzerland and Austria being direct neighbors it seems strange that they don't have at least a somewhat reasonable roaming agreement by default.
muro 3y ago
Similar if you are from Switzerland and cross any border. If you are in Switzerland semi-regularly, either get a plan that has cheap roaming in and out of EU, or two SIMs.
- CaptainZapp 3y ago
  Swisscom, for quite some time now, includes roaming in EU countries and the UK with unlimited calling and SMS and 40GB highspeed Internet per month. Ironically, calling a friend in Paris from Prague is free, while calling from Zurich is 70 cents a minute. My sister, who lives in Vienna, is shocked about our subscription prices (ca 70 EUR a month, unlimited everything and EU roaming as described above) while I'm more surprised by costs she incurs while visiting. To me the deal is fine. It may not be the cheapest but I never incur any additional costs. Even globally you get 100MB free internet with your subscription per month and can buy additional packages for about 20EUR per GB, which I don't think is unreasonable. Other carriers are more on a rip off spree. While SALT intices customers with cheap subscription offers they may hit you very badly with internet roaming costs. Until very recently they didn't even allow to set a limit.
  - gpvos 3y ago
    I pay around 19EUR but get only 5GB data, and I'm fine with that. When in CH I buy an extra bundle, but even then the costs stay very far below a crazy 70EUR. Data is blocked when I haven't paid for roaming, so no risk there.
  - Eavolution 3y ago
    That makes my sub £9.00 pm (unlimited calls/texts, around 20gb data although unsure on exact amount), europe treated as the UK, seem very cheap.
fsh 3y ago
All European Telcos were like this before the EU banned them from doing it. Unfortunately, Switzerland decided not to follow this particular EU regulation.

mrighele 3y ago

AFAIK It’s your operator that decides the roaming charges, based on your contract (they may be different based on the country though). So you may want to check with them

blensor 3y ago
Yes, it's definitely something that you (I) need to solve with the own carrier. I do still feel that there is something iffy about that, because Switzerland and Austria being direct neighbors it seems strange that they don't have at least a somewhat reasonable roaming agreement by default.

muro 3y ago

Similar if you are from Switzerland and cross any border. If you are in Switzerland semi-regularly, either get a plan that has cheap roaming in and out of EU, or two SIMs.

CaptainZapp 3y ago
Swisscom, for quite some time now, includes roaming in EU countries and the UK with unlimited calling and SMS and 40GB highspeed Internet per month. Ironically, calling a friend in Paris from Prague is free, while calling from Zurich is 70 cents a minute. My sister, who lives in Vienna, is shocked about our subscription prices (ca 70 EUR a month, unlimited everything and EU roaming as described above) while I'm more surprised by costs she incurs while visiting. To me the deal is fine. It may not be the cheapest but I never incur any additional costs. Even globally you get 100MB free internet with your subscription per month and can buy additional packages for about 20EUR per GB, which I don't think is unreasonable. Other carriers are more on a rip off spree. While SALT intices customers with cheap subscription offers they may hit you very badly with internet roaming costs. Until very recently they didn't even allow to set a limit.
- gpvos 3y ago
  I pay around 19EUR but get only 5GB data, and I'm fine with that. When in CH I buy an extra bundle, but even then the costs stay very far below a crazy 70EUR. Data is blocked when I haven't paid for roaming, so no risk there.
- Eavolution 3y ago
  That makes my sub £9.00 pm (unlimited calls/texts, around 20gb data although unsure on exact amount), europe treated as the UK, seem very cheap.

fsh 3y ago

All European Telcos were like this before the EU banned them from doing it. Unfortunately, Switzerland decided not to follow this particular EU regulation.