EE or 3Mobile?

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Hi Guys

I have an iPhone 5 and just need a sim only deal spending a max of £20

I'm leaning towards EE, not used a 3 sim at home or work but EE works well at both

Any thoughts?

Thanks
 
I see the option below, happy to sign a year for this, but its 3G only, correct?

All-you-can-eat data
2,000 minutes
5,000 Three-to-Three minutes.
5,000 texts
The One Plan 12 Month SIM Only
 
Nope. You get 4G as long as you live in an enabled area and have an enabled device at no extra cost.

Besides which you possibly won't need it, a lot of people on here are reporting stupid 3G speeds, I get upto 17Mbps at work and 6-8Mbps at home. Some people have reported up to 24.
 
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Used to be On 3 but there signal kind went to **** in London so best to test it out before you get into a contract. If they have good signal it is amazing, plus unlimited data and 4G upgrade.

If 3 isn't that great for you take a look at this spreadsheet of deals. I'm currently on Vodafone 4G deal, and 5GB works out to £21 after quidco. EE seems to be a bit pricey, but sometimes they have great offers.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...kdIN1FCZ1RZUjdJTUdUV294bFE&usp=sharing#gid=14
 
I'd throw in with 3 if the coverage works for you - I generally get a pretty equal signal strength between T-Mobile and 3 SIMs I have, but the 3 data speeds are far better.
As has been said, the One Plan gives unlimited data, including tethering if you want, and 4G (also unlimited) when in coverage and with a suitable device. I have started to see 4G connection since yesterday, in my weekday location in near Heathrow etc., and it seems to be 'turning on' slowly but surely all over the place. That said, H/H+ speeds get into double figures usually, too, so all good.
Of course, bit of a shame that 3 only recently put the One Plan price back up again - my 12m deal is happily still sat @£15/month.....
 
Definitely worth going with 3.... I'm sitting in the middle of Hartlepool at the minute (for work), tethered through my phone at about 18Mbps. It's faster than the connection from the site I'm at and with VPN back to work it's just peachy.

That's on H, not H+ or 4G. I've found 3 consistently faster and more reliable than T-Mobile, Vodafone and GiffGaff EVER were for me (personally) and I've no complaints at all, other than their signal sucking big time at home, where we live a signal death zone and for which they've given me a signal booster to fix the problem.
 
iMacMart said:
For £20 a month?? :eek: I've heard 3 aren't as great as they had been for speeds etc
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That's my experience, I used to think 3 were ace but as the months drag on I still don't have 4g and my speeds are chronic, failure to send texts or update apps and if I look at the gif thread I just put the phone down after hitting the link as I know itll take ages to load them all, if ee give more than 5gb for £20 I'd probably go with them now:confused:
 
EE and Three's networks are nearly identical when it comes to 3G as they share most sites (they are both part of MBNL).

However, EE have a (proper) 2G back-up so you're more likely to get a signal with them than Three.

In addition, EE's coverage is better than Three's because there are many ex-Orange sites which don't have Three equipment yet.

I'd recommend EE personally; I'd say their coverage is far, far better than Three. Three have some really bad dead-spots, where you get no coverage at all. At least you get 2G on EE.

Have a look at Virgin Mobile (who use EE): £15 a month = unlimited everything.
 
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I am at a bit of an overlap... my EE contract is still in play on my Lumia 920 and I have the one plan on my S4...

Been using both for the past few days...I was worried at first but I've been pleasantly surprised by 3 so far. The only place i lost signal was in some back streets in windsor, but EE was showing no signal either...(my vodafone still had signal).

Speedwise however three have been leagues ahead...consistently 25-50% faster than EE/Tmolbile across the speed tests I've run the past few days.

I'm sure I'll hit some dead spots but by and large, where I've been using it (Reading, Bracknell, Windsor, M25 (J7-13), Croydon and across Central london) three has been just as good as EE for calls, and faster on data...

PS. I'm writing this tethered from my laptop to my S4 in a hotel...another bonus as tethering is allowed on Three and not on EE.
 
Just read the below, looks like there are some issues with slow sim delivery and poor support from Virgin, along with the fact there is a 3.5gb data cap and traffic shaping for high users, £18 for the VIP package does seem good but I'm going to read up more

EDIT: Virgin sim are 3G only at the moment apparently, cheapest EE 4G deal is £21 with a mere 1GB of data allowance, with 4G speeds I'd use that in minutes :(

http://www.cable.co.uk/guides/virgin-mobile-vip-sim-only/
 
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iMacMart said:
Just read the below, looks like there are some issues with slow sim delivery and poor support from Virgin, along with the fact there is a 3.5gb data cap and traffic shaping for high users, £18 for the VIP package does seem good but I'm going to read up more

EDIT: Virgin sim are 3G only at the moment apparently, cheapest EE 4G deal is £21 with a mere 1GB of data allowance, with 4G speeds I'd use that in minutes :(

http://www.cable.co.uk/guides/virgin-mobile-vip-sim-only/
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Today alone I've used 3.4gb on Three.
 
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