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Hotspot to laptop with Roam at Home

mapsal
On our wavelength

Does anyone know if I can hotspot iPhone to laptop using Roam at Home when in Europe? Seem to remember having trouble in the past. 

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Molly_T
Forum Team
Forum Team

Hi Mapsal 👋 welcome back to the community! Thank you for posting. 

If you're in the EU, you can use your data allowance just as you would in the UK with Roam Like Home. Also, you’ll still be able to benefit from data free messaging on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Twitter. Please be aware that some country’s networks may block messaging apps. See here 👉 Data-free messaging on Virgin Mobile for more details of what is (and isn’t) covered.If you’ve not used all of your previous month’s allowances, Data Rollover will continue to work whilst travelling in the EU – giving you more to use the following month!

It's worth baring in mind you cannot use your full data allowance whilst roaming, so If you need more data while you’re away you can Load up the My Virgin Media app 👉 virg.in/myVM and get Virgin Mobile Pay Monthly Data Add-Ons. These are added immediately, and you can use them while you’re in the EU.

If you are heading to a Roam Like Home country near the EU border, sometimes your phone can connect to a network from outside the EU instead, which means you may get charged extra for roaming. To avoid these extra charges, we recommend turning roaming off while you’re there. Please also check any welcome SMS messages you get when you arrive in these areas and the relevant roaming prices stated.

Hope this helps answer your question! Let us know if you need any further support. All the best! 🌞

Molly