Hi,

I'm trying to find a UK mobile operator that would have decent data charges
and decent or no roaming charges when in the Republic of Ireland for
incoming and outgoing calls, texts and data. PAYG prefered but can consider
contract if that's the only option. I've already spent a while on the
various operators web sites but finding out what the data and roaming
charges are for their different plans, options and bundles is a complete
nightmare. I can't believe how difficult it is to find this most basic
information.

So far I've found out that Three has no roaming charges for calls and texts
(no sure about data) when roaming on Three's networks but Three's coverage
in Ireland is pathetic (no coverage at all where i'm going to use it the
most) so it's not really an option.

O2 has a special bundle for the Republic which removes roaming charges for
calls and texts for £2 per months on PAYG but it doesn't mention data and
O2 doesn't seem to have any decent data plans anyway. On top of that, I
remember that O2 used to limit data usage to WAP on PAYG (you had to get a
contract to get real Internet access). Is this still the case? Do they
offer any decent data plans and what are roaming charges for data?

Vodaphone have good coverage and they only charge a 75p roaming charge per
incoming and outgoing call which is still a complete rip-off for short
calls but OK for longer ones. Roaming data however is a silly £10/MB. Their
new data tarif coming in June (£1 for 15MB in a day) doesn't seem to
include roaming and it is unclear whether it applies to contract users only
or to PAYG as well. Any more info on that?

Any other ideas?

Thanks.