Cory DoctorowMar 26
Love to see that Virgin UK/O2 have blacklisted "http://detectportal.firefox.com/canonical.html" (the URL Ffox uses to invoke a captive portal, such as the ones you have to clear in order to use public hotspots with Virgin as a provider). Also nice to see that they've copyrighted the error page.
Show threadEnricoMar 26
@pluralistic as a former virgin customer and current o2 customer (they’re the only one that still offers free eu roaming) I am surprised any time anything works because they display utter incompetence in everything they do. Example? You get a new phone and need to move your esim? Their procedure is the same as for a physical sim. You call them, they ship you a sim card through the post. Yes, it is just a QR code. No, there is no other way to receive it other than through the post.
Show threadgeraintMar 26
@illogical_me If you’re interested: Smarty and 1p Mobile include EU roaming (up to 12gb / month). I used both just a few days ago.
Show threadEnrico
@geraint the thing is … O2 gives up to 25GB/mo, but I don’t think they know how to measure it(again the incompetence thing…). The last time I was in Europe I didn’t have access to broadband for almost a whole month and I definitely used more than 25GB, no throttling, no warnings, no extra charges. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I consider it reparation for all the pain they inflicted on me…
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Show threadgeraintMar 26
@illogical_me Hah fair enough! I don’t use anywhere near that much, I’m mostly hopping onto WiFi whenever possible. I presume you can pay extra for more than the included 12gb.