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Your Internet with legs pay monthly
package or SIM Plan
We like to do things differently here at Three. We’re the only network to let their customers use their plan’s allowances
at no extra cost in 60 destinations (with more to come) around the world with Feel At Home (see page 11). All of our pay
monthly packages include a device (whether a tablet, Mobile or Home Wi-Fi or dongle) and an allowance of data units
which you can use in the UK or our Feel At Home destinations. If you sign up to one of our SIM-only Internet with legs
plans, you’ll still receive an allowance of data units, which can be used in the UK or our Feel At Home destinations
(with some limits – see page 11). Where and when you use these data units is up to you. How this works and your
plan options are set out below.
Step 4
Use your Data Units in the
UK or in our Feel At Home
destinations
If you use all of your Data 15,360 (15 GB) 20,480 (20 GB)
Units each month, they of which 12,888 (12 GB) can of which 12,888 (12 GB) can
2,048 (2 GB) 5,120 (5 GB)
convert into the following be used in our Feel At Home be used in our Feel At Home
megabytes of data: destinations at no extra cost destinations at no extra cost
Your monthly charge will depend on the tablet chosen and the amount you’ve chosen to pay
up front, and includes a £5 discount for paying by our preferred payment method, which is
Monthly Charge
by a recurring method, such as Direct Debit. Each May, your Monthly (Recurring) Charge will
increase by an amount up to the RPI rate announced in the preceding February (see page 16).
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Our 1-, 12- or 24-month pay monthly
Mobile Wi-Fi or dongle packages
With our pay monthly Mobile Wi-Fi or dongle packages you’re in control. Once you’ve
chosen your device, you can then choose how much you want to pay up front, how long
your contract will last (you’ll need to give us 30 days’ notice to end this) and your data
allowance, which you can use in the UK and our Feel At Home destinations.
Step 1 Choose your Mobile Wi-Fi or dongle from our great range
Step 5
Use your Data Units in the
UK or in our Feel At Home
destinations
Your monthly charge depends on the device chosen and the amount you’ve chosen to
pay up front, and includes a £5 discount for paying by our preferred payment method,
Monthly Charge which is by a recurring method, such as Direct Debit. Each May, your Monthly (Recurring)
Charge will increase by an amount up to the RPI rate announced in the preceding February
(see page 16).
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Our Internet with legs SIM plans
Our pay monthly SIM Plans are available on a choice of a 1-month rolling or 12-month
minimum term. You just need to choose how much data you want, which you can then
use either in the UK or in one of our Feel At Home destinations (subject to some limits –
see page 11) and the minimum term of your contract and you’re ready to go. You’ll need
to give us 30 days’ notice to end your contract.
Step 2
Use your Data Units in the
UK or in our Feel At Home
destinations
If you use all of your Data 15,360 (15 GB) 20,480 (20 GB)
Units each month, they of which 12,888 of which 12,888
convert into the following (12 GB) can be used (12 GB) can be used
1,024 (1 GB) 2,048 (2 GB) 5,120 (5 GB)
in our Feel At Home in our Feel At Home
megabytes of data: destinations at destinations at
no extra cost no extra cost
Step 3:
Choose your 12-month 1-month 12-month 1-month 12-month 1-month 12-month 1-month 12-month
Minimum Term
£7.50 £10 £8 £15 £13 £20 £18 £23 £21
Monthly Charge Your monthly charge includes a £5 discount for paying by our preferred payment method,
which is by a recurring method, such as Direct Debit.
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Additional Services & benefits for our
Pay Monthly & SIM plan customers
These are the additional, optional or extra services you can use in addition to your plan’s
inclusive data allowance.
One of the features of our new plans is that if your device is able to make and receive calls
and texts, you can also use your new SIM to make calls and send texts on the rates set out
on page 7 onwards.
Please be aware that we may change or introduce new charges for our Additional
Service, including services outside of your allowance. If we do, we’ll publish any
changes on our website. If any Add-ons are affected which have a recurring charge,
we’ll let you know at least 14 days before the charge changes. If we do make a change
to an Additional Service, and you’re not happy with it, you can cancel the Add-on(s) or
stop using the Additional Services or Services Outside of Your Allowance. If you’d prefer
to end your contract instead, a Cancellation Fee may be payable (see page 14).
1 GB 1,024 £5
5 GB 5,120 £15
10 GB 10,240 £20
Go Binge
Watch your favourite shows from Netflix and TVPlayer and listen to your favourite music on
DEEZER and SoundCloud without worrying about running out of data.
Monthly price
Add-on name Data Units Allowance When is this Add-on available?
(rolling)
Go Binge Unlimited (as long as • If you joined, upgraded or changed your price plan Free
you have standard data on or after 6 July 2017 to one of our new Mobile
allowance remaining). Broadband plans with a data allowance of 5GB or more,
Go Binge will automatically be added to your plan.
• If you joined or upgraded to one of our new Mobile
Broadband plans before 6 July 2017, you can add
Go Binge by changing to a higher price plan. The new
price plan must be an Advanced plan with at least
5GB data allowance.
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Your Internet with legs
Pay As You Go plan
Pay As You Go shouldn’t be complicated. That’s not right at all. It should be flexible and
simple to use so you can get the most out of your tablet, Mobile Wi-Fi or dongle. Perfect if
you love the control and peace of mind you get with an allowance, but with the freedom of
Pay As You Go.
We introduced a new Data Reward Pay As You Go plan from 3 February 2016. If you’re on
our new Data Reward plan, you get 200MB data free every month when you register with
us at Three.co.uk/freedata. Your 200MB free data is applied straight away and lasts for
30 days. Any unused data will be lost at the end of your 30 days. Each month, you’ll get
another 200MB of free data automatically applied to your account to enjoy.
If you would like to get a Data Reward SIM, you can do so online at Three.co.uk/datareward.
Top–ups
To get credit on your Pay As You Go account, you just need to top up. Once activated,
Top‑ups never expire.
Your My3 account is the easiest and most convenient way to top up and can be used
in both the UK and our Feel At Home destinations at no extra cost. Once you have set it
up, simply register your credit or debit card and you’ll be able to top up whenever you like.
Plus, with My3 you can see exactly how you are using your credit or any allowance.
You can top up in the following amounts:
£2 £5 £10 £15 £20 £25 £30 £40 £50
Data Reward
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Plans
Existing Pay As
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
You Go Plans
You can find out more on how to top up at Three.co.uk/topup. Please note that not all
Add‑ons and Top-ups are available through all channels - for example, some may only be
available online or by calling Customer Services.
*Note: The free 200MB of data requires registration and is only available on our new Data Reward plans. It is available
on the date of registration each month. You can only register up to five SIMs and if you have another data allowance in
addition to your free 200MB, your free 200MB data will be used first. Your free 200MB data can be used in Feel At Home
destinations.
**Note: Expires midnight after the day you bought it or if you use up the data - whatever comes first.
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What are the costs outside of my allowance?
If you use data outside of your allowance, without buying an Add-on, or if you can use your
device to make calls or send messages, the charges for these activities are set out below:
* These rates apply to our Internet with legs Pay Monthly packages, SIM plans and our new Internet with legs
Pay As You Go Data Reward plan. If you’re on one of our existing Pay As You Go mobile broadband plans, you’ll be
charged 10.2p per text message and 25.5p per minute for voice and fax calls to standard UK landlines (starting 01,
02, 03) and to UK mobiles (any network). On these older plans, you’ll need a data Add-on to get online.
** SMS short codes are a type of text message sent to a 5 or 6 digit number that normally begins with a 6, 7 or 8.
They are often used to pay for new features in apps, to donate to charity, to enter competitions and to download games
and ringtones. They are classed as a type of Premium Rate Service. The cost will vary with the promoter’s terms and
conditions (which should always be checked to find out the exact cost of sending the message). SMS short code
messages will not come out of any inclusive allowance.
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How much does it cost to call Directory
Services?
There is a host of directory enquiry services available, all of which have different phone
numbers and different charges. The table here only shows a fraction of the directory services
available (which is changing frequently) – go to Three.co.uk/nts for the latest details.
The cost of calling a number starting 118 is now split into an Access Charge (set by us,
at 45p per minute, with a 1-minute minimum charge) and a Service Charge (set by the
company you’re calling – they’ll tell you this).
International 118313 – multi-search 45p per minute Access Charge (1-minute minimum
charge) + £4.45 to connect + (after the first minute) a
Service Charge of £2.57 per minute.
Directory Services for people with Free to call 195 for Three’s registered users.
disabilities 195 – multi-search If the 195 operator then connects you to a number
you’ve searched for, your call will be charged at the
standard rate for your price plan or will come out of
any available allowance you have. Free text message
with the number(s) you’ve requested.
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What if I want to use my device or SIM
abroad?
International Roaming is switched on automatically on your account, so you can use your SIM abroad, including
in Feel At Home destinations straight away. On our Pay As You Go plans you’ll need to activate (by inserting and
making a chargeable event) in the UK first.
With Feel At Home, international data roaming is not subject to additional charges if you’re using your plan or an
Add-on allowance to get online from a Feel At Home destination (see bottom of page). Pay As You Go customers
can choose to use either their top-up credit or an Add-on at no extra cost in our Feel at Home destinations. As our
mobile broadband plans do not include voice or text allowances, you won’t be able to make calls or send texts
back to the UK at no extra cost from our Feel At Home destinations on these plans.
In countries not covered by Feel At Home, or for calls and texts made abroad on these plans, additional costs will
be incurred.
Data Band 2 Benin, Botswana, Cyprus (North), India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Panama, £3
Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Yemen
Data Band 3 Rest of the World excluding Feel At Home destinations – see page 10. £6
Maritime Networks (Ships, Ferries, Cruise Liners), Airlines
Data charges are for data sent and received and are calculated to the nearest kilobyte.
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Making calls and texts while abroad
If your device allows you to make calls or send messages, and if used abroad to make calls or send texts, you will
be charged as below (remember, as your mobile broadband plan does not include voice or text units, you will not
be able to use your device to make calls or send texts back to the UK from Feel At Home destinations at no
extra cost).
To see the roaming rates you’ll be charged for calls and texts (device allowing), you’ll need to know (1) the
Band that the country you’re in is in, and (2) which Band the country you’re trying to contact falls within. Check
the table below to find out:
Aland Islands Australia Monaco Andorra Rest of the world Cape Verde Ships,
Austria Brazil Bosnia and (that is, not within Cuba Ferries,
Azores Hong Kong Herzegovina Feel At Home Ethiopia Airplanes and
Bands 1 and 2 or Maritime
Balearic Islands Indonesia Canada Georgia
Bands 0, 0A, 1, 3 Networks
Belgium Israel Macedonia Kuwait
or 4).
Bulgaria Macau Montenegro If you can’t see Malaysia
Canary Islands New Zealand North Cyprus the country you’re Maldives
Croatia Puerto Rico South Africa looking for and Morocco
Cyprus Singapore Turkey want to double Oman
Czech Republic Sri Lanka check if it falls Russia
within Band 2,
Denmark US Virgin Islands Tunisia
go to Three.
Estonia USA Turkmenistan
co.uk/roaming to
Finland see if you can use Ukraine
France your Three device United Arab
French Guiana there. Emirates
Germany Uzbekistan
Gibraltar
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guernsey
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Jersey
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madeira
Malta
Martinique
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Réunion
Romania
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Martin
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Vatican City
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Did you know?
• Calls made when you’re in a non-EU country are normally charged per minute
• Calls received when you’re in a non-EU country normally have a 1-minute minimum charge and are then charged
by the second
• When you’re roaming in the EU, the minimum charge for a call is for 30 seconds, after which calls are charged
by the second.
Internet data
Feel At Home in Europe and Around the World 1p per MB
If you want to make calls or send texts using your device from a Feel At Home destination, you’ll be charged as follows:
Photo messages, video messages, video calls and calls to non-geographic numbers (starting +4484, +4487, +449, +44118)
don’t form part of your allowance; therefore the following charges will apply when in a Feel At Home destination
(regardless of which country you are calling or messaging):
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Is there any other information about Feel At Home that I should know?
• F
eel At Home is intended for our UK customers who are visiting one of the Feel At Home destinations for short
periods, like holidays or business trips. It isn’t designed for people who live abroad or stay for extended periods.
If you roam exclusively in a Feel At Home Around the World destination for any 2 complete months in a rolling
12-month period, we may suspend international roaming on your account, meaning you will no longer be able
to use your device abroad. Of course, we will let you know in advance if this is likely to happen. To ensure all
customers can benefit from Feel At Home in Europe with roaming at no extra cost, we also reserve the right to
apply a surcharge in case of abusive use. In order to help us to detect possible abuse of Feel At Home in Europe,
we may monitor your usage and presence. We’ll look at the balance of your roaming and domestic (UK) activity
over 4 months: if you spend the majority of your time abroad and consume more abroad than at home over the
4 months, we have the right to add a small surcharge to your usage. This surcharge will be capped at 3p/min,
0.9p/SMS and 0.78p/MB (except if you are roaming in the following countries in which case it will be 0.65p/MB,
2.72p/min and 0.85p/SMS: Aland Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Norway,
Switzerland, Gibraltar, Iceland and Liechtenstein). Don’t worry – we’ll send you an alert 2 weeks before the
surcharge is applied, giving you an opportunity to modify your roaming behaviour to avoid being charged this
surcharge. If you spend a full month abroad but some of that time is spent in a destination that isn’t included in
Feel At Home, this won’t apply.
• Y
ou can stream and connect to VPNs, but you will find this is slower and the quality may not be as good as
in the UK.
• W
e restrict the use of your data allowance for file-sharing (like peer-to-peer download services) or using certain
sites to download or share large files.
• A
s we’ve said, all of our Internet with legs plans include a set of data allowances, made up of a specified number
of data units that can be used in the UK or our Feel At Home destinations. If you’re roaming in a Feel At Home
Around the World destination, you can use a portion of your data allowance each month, up to a maximum of
12,288 data units (12GB) or 9,216 data units (9GB) if you’re on a PAYG plan. For example, if your Add-on has
a data allowance greater than 9GB if you’re on a PAYG plan, you can use up to 9GB if you’re on a PAYG plan
of that allowance each month to get online. If you exceed your 9GB if you’re on a PAYG plan monthly data
allowance in a Feel At Home Around the World destination, your data usage will be blocked until your next
billing period. If you exceed any this limit for any 2 months within a rolling 12-month period we have the right
to suspend international roaming on your account, meaning you will no longer be able to use your device or
allowance abroad. Of course, we will let you know in advance if this is likely to happen.
If you’re roaming in a Feel At Home in Europe destination, there is a Fair Use Data Limit of 12,288 data units
(12GB) or 9,216 data units (9GB) if you’re on a PAYG plan, which applies. This allows you to use up to 12GB or
9GB (depending on your plan) if you’re on a PAYG plan of your data allowance in our Feel At Home in Europe
destinations, at no extra cost. If you use 9GB if you’re on a PAYG plan while roaming as part of Feel At Home
in Europe, and still have a data allowance available, you can continue to use your data, but this is subject to
a surcharge of 0.78p/MB except if you are roaming in the following countries in which case it will be 0.65p/
MB: Aland Islands, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Norway, Switzerland, Gibraltar,
Iceland and Liechtenstein.
• Calls and texts from the UK to local numbers in Feel At Home destinations are charged as follows:
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What about destinations not covered by Feel At Home – how
much will it cost to use my phone there?
The cost of data use abroad (when not in a Feel At Home destination) is set out on page 11 (please note, the
‘Bands’ are different for data use).
Our international charges for calling or texting vary depending on (1) where you are and (2) where the person
you are calling or texting is located. The relevant international costs to call or text outside of our Feel At Home
destinations are listed below.
To see the roaming rates you’ll be charged when in a specific country, use the table on page 10 to identify the
band that the country you’re going to falls within, and if you are contacting someone in a different country (on
an international number), check which band that destination falls into. Then check the tables below.
Back to the UK & Anywhere else in the How much will it cost
within the same Band world to receive a call in
(per minute) (per minute) these Bands?
(per minute)
from?
Note: The above table does not include out of allowance roaming charges for Feel At Home destinations – please see page 11 for these.
Where are you Cost to send (per message) Cost to receive a text
texting from? to anywhere in the world (per message)
Band 0 4p
Band 1 35p
Band 2 35p
Free
35p (except if you’re in Russia, Cuba &
Band 3
Tunisia, in which case it will cost 50p)
Band 4 50p
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Calling and texting abroad from the UK
If you’re using your device to call an international number, the cost will depend on which band the number you are
calling falls within (see table on page 10). If you’re receiving a call from an international number, when in the UK,
you won’t be charged to receive that call.
Band 0 46p
Band 1 56p (except calls to South Africa, which cost £1.02 per minute)
Band 2 £1.021
Band 3 £1.021
If you’re sending messages (or making video calls) from the UK to an international number, the cost is the same
regardless of where you’re messaging or calling:
Charge for a replacement SIM Free if ordered online via Three.co.uk/support-sim-support; otherwise £5.11
Cancellation Fee Lump sum equivalent to the total Monthly Charges remaining during the
Minimum Term of your agreement less a variable discount, currently 20%.
We reserve the right to vary the amount of the percentage discount from time to time.
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Key things to note
We’ve set out some of the questions that we often get Go Binge is available for use within the UK and our
asked, and their answers below. We’ve also explained in Feel At Home destinations (a fair use policy may apply –
more detail about your plan including how you can use it see Three.co.uk/feelathome), but some services may
in Feel At Home destinations. not be available while roaming due to licensing
conditions. Traffic optimisation applies – see
About your plan three.co.uk/trafficsense. Go Binge includes a range of
What does my plan include? third party services, some of which may require their
own subscription to access them, and some additional
• If you have a package, which includes a device,
content, such as adverts may come out of your regular
it includes a monthly allowance of data units, that
data allowance. For more details of what’s included
convert automatically on use into megabytes of data,
and how to access see three.co.uk/go-binge.
whether used in the UK or a Feel At Home destination.
• If you sign up to one of our new Internet with legs SIM Do you break down the cost of the data units that
Plans, it includes a monthly allowance of data units I get as part of my package anywhere?
that convert automatically on use into megabytes of Yes – you’ll see a breakdown of the exact cost of
data – whether used within the UK or a Feel At Home the units included within your package’s allowances
destination. on page 2 of your monthly bill in the ‘Answering your
• It’s worth remembering that if you don’t use up your questions’ section titled ‘About your allowance’s unit
allowance in a month, you lose the unused portion, costs’ – we believe this helps you understand the value
as it doesn’t roll over to the next month. you’re getting from your package. The number of data
units that each package is comprised of is also set out
• After your monthly allowance of data units is used up, on the relevant pages of this Price Guide.
prices for use outside of your allowance for additional
data as well as for any calls or messages are shown 1 data unit = 1 MB of data
on page 7. For example, the data unit cost for the 5 GB mobile
data, 12-month SIM Plan costing £13 a month is: 0.254p
How can I use my data units? per megabyte. These aren’t charges for going over your
• You can use your data units in the UK or in any of our allowance, these units are included in your plan.
Feel At Home destinations, as set out on page 10. They also don’t include any one-off reductions,
discounts, or any Add-on allowances.
• You can also use your data units to set up a Personal
Hotspot if you want to connect more than one device We have set out the per unit cost for our pay monthly
to the Internet at once, when in the UK. You can use Add-ons in the table below.
any or all of your allowance for this purpose.
Add-on Per unit cost
• To help you see the value you’re getting with our Pay
As You Go Data Add‑ons, we’ve set out in the table 1 GB 0.488p
below the per unit cost for each Pay As You Go Data 5 GB 0.293p
Add-on: 10 GB 0.195p