October 2, 2007 at 2:03 pm · Authored by Ewan · Filed under Three

Since I’ve been in Italy, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying seeing ‘3 ITA’ appear on my Nokia E61i. I’ve been calling folk often. Why? Well, not only is the call quality excellent, the cost is brilliant — I’m using my existing ‘minutes’ from my 3UK account.

As a result, I am finding myself doing far less pained looks when the phone rings. Similarly, I’m not rushing to get off the phone when I’m speaking to people and I’m also not mentally calculating 55p x the minutes I’ve been speaking.

What a relaxing time it is!

Although alas I’m not doing any relaxing. I’ve been more or less glued to my laptop and the wifi or 3UK Modem connection for most of the time here. I haven’t had a chance to give my MaxRoam sim a whirl yet — when I came to try it out on the N95, I found it had run out of battery power. So, like every Brit abroad, I’m queuing for my power converter. The laptop is charging first, obviously, then the N95…

If you travel to Italy or any other country with a 3 network, make sure you’re a 3 customer.