Any recommendations for SIM only plan

danlightbulb

danlightbulb

danlightbulb

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Currently on O2 but just had email that they are increasing price from April.

I pay £6.50 per month at the moment they want £1.80 more which whilst not big sums is a big percentage uplift. Just wondering if I can get it cheaper.

I get 20gb data a month but barely use this really so less would suffice.

What I do want is good roaming within the plan so calls and data included in Europe but also in as many other places as possible.
 
danlightbulb said:
Currently on O2 but just had email that they are increasing price from April.

I pay £6.50 per month at the moment they want £1.80 more which whilst not big sums is a big percentage uplift. Just wondering if I can get it cheaper.

I get 20gb data a month but barely use this really so less would suffice.

What I do want is good roaming within the plan so calls and data included in Europe but also in as many other places as possible.
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Bluecube said:
Smarty are good. I pay about £10 for 100Gb data, unlimited everything else and EU roaming. They use the Three network
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Plus one for Smarty as well. We all use Smarty in our household and have no issues with EU roaming or signal strength etc. Three used to be a poorer signal coverage but when it worked, it worked great. Now, I don't think I've had issues with signal at all. Although I don't live in the middle of nowhere. :P
 
Thanks, I don't need anywhere near 100Gb. Id rather get 10Gb and pay a fiver. Will take a look at Uswitch.

I previously paid zero for several years as it was inclusive in my Virgin media package. Then they split it off to O2 so the fee was established, and then I left Virgin altogether.
 
I don’t have much choice here, best I can get is £5 for 5GB, £10 for 15GB or £20 for 35GB. All with a 90 day validity. I just top up £5 and use it for browsing and email.

Don’t watch YouTube or the like. In fact don’t use mobile data much at all but I’ve got a connection if I need it.
 
We've got Utility Warehouse unlimited, which is £36 for 2 sims. We use hotspot for the little one when we're out and about.
 
Slackworth said:
I noticed on there that there's a new EE-based provider called Spusu - anyone tried them?
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yeah been with them for few months not had any issues went on the £1 per month for 4 months deal 5gb goes to £5 after, I usually jump around these 30 day rolling contracts so will see whats around come black friday

no problem porting number over from Lebrara communication via Whatsapp
 
What a terrible experience with Smarty so far.

Needed an emergency data SIM after my internet went down for a few days, so picked up one of theirs (seemed a good deal and they had SIMs in my local Morrisons). Activated, all good.

Decided to migrate my main number across to them as well, and then it all went downhill. The port was easy enough, but then I found that I can't set my main number as the group account owner.

There is literally no way to do this, and apparently I also can't remove my other number from the group account now, so so I'm stuck with my number in a group account where the main number a) can't receive calls or messages as it's in a 4g modem (making any kind of account verification almost impossible), and will also shortly be disconnected since my internet is back online (no idea where that will leave me). There's no phone number I can call, and nobody I can speak to who actually has a clue what I'm talking about.

Disappointing, as my signal is actually significantly better than I was getting with o2 before - the only saving grace is the fact I'm still well within the 14 days money back guarantee period, so when I port my number away, I should get most of my money back. What an absolute joke :(
 
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@Haggisman perhaps port away to ID Mobile, if you are happy with the Three signal. Sadly their monthly deals are actually contracts and they tend to do a hard credit search, if that matters to you. They can sometimes be funny about you opening multiple lines at once.
I had no issue getting two SIM contracts at the same time, though!
 
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