Unlimited SIM choice ?

[mickyflinn]

So there are 3 contenders unlimited sim I can see.

I D Mobile for £15

Heard they don't use call centre so difficult to contact

Talk mobile £16

Not truly unlimited

Smarty £17

Any advice on which to choose , much appreciated ?

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/sim-only/unlimited-data-sim-only/?contractLengths=1&minMinutes=250&maxMinutes=&minData=0&maxData=&minTexts=100&maxTexts=&minMonthlyCost=0&maxMonthlyCost=85&minUpfrontCost=0&maxUpfrontCost=450&deviceCondition=&includeExistingCustomersHandset=false&includeResellers=true&networks=&manufacturers=&only5G=false&merchants=&handsetColours=&modelInternalStorage=&unlimitedData=true&unlimitedMinutes=false&unlimitedTexts=false&giftCategories=&actualHandsetColours=&sortBy=TotalContractCost

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

I keep getting adverts for Talk Home at £19.96 unlimited, they use EE so no competition.
My Smarty should go off on Monday and Talk Home takes over.
Over the last year I've used both Smarty (Three) and Talk Home (EE) in my phone, every time Smartry wouldn't work I'd switch to Talk Home and it always works everywhere.
Personally I'd spend the extra.

 

[NetMan]

Scancom have been mentioned and I'm thinking of trying them as an alternative to Talk mobile but I've not double checked for a fair use policy yet.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Scancom have been mentioned and I'm thinking of trying them as an alternative to Talk mobile but I've not double checked for a fair use policy yet.

Pretty sure they just sell sims by anybody.
Go EE or others who use EE like Talk Home and 1p mobile.

 

[NetMan]

Pretty sure they just sell sims by anybody.
Go EE or others who use EE like Talk Home and 1p mobile.

Scancom 1000GB (so not unlimited) is £15 a month rolling contract both talkhome and 1p mobile are showing as £25 for unlimited (havent checked their FUP)

Edit as for EE:
Unlimited Essentials
1 month contract
Max speed 100Mbps
= £38 / month

 

[uscool]

So there are 3 contenders unlimited sim I can see.

I D Mobile for £15

Heard they don't use call centre so difficult to contact

Talk mobile £16

Not truly unlimited

Smarty £17

Any advice on which to choose , much appreciated ?

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/sim-only/unlimited-data-sim-only/?contractLengths=1&minMinutes=250&maxMinutes=&minData=0&maxData=&minTexts=100&maxTexts=&minMonthlyCost=0&maxMonthlyCost=85&minUpfrontCost=0&maxUpfrontCost=450&deviceCondition=&includeExistingCustomersHandset=false&includeResellers=true&networks=&manufacturers=&only5G=false&merchants=&handsetColours=&modelInternalStorage=&unlimitedData=true&unlimitedMinutes=false&unlimitedTexts=false&giftCategories=&actualHandsetColours=&sortBy=TotalContractCost

What's not truly unlimited? Data ?

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Scancom 1000GB (so not unlimited) is £15 a month rolling contract both talkhome and 1p mobile are showing as £25 for unlimited (havent checked their FUP)

Edit as for EE:
Unlimited Essentials
1 month contract
Max speed 100Mbps
= £38 / month

When I see the Talk Home advert again I'll send you the link.
I've been experimenting with all the networks and EE has worked everywhere including deep valleys in Scotland and The Orkneys.

 

[NetMan]

When I see the Talk Home advert again I'll send you the link.
I've been experimenting with all the networks and EE has worked everywhere including deep valleys in Scotland and The Orkneys.

Scancom do sell a lot of different sims but its their EE one I was considering:

EE 1000GB Data, 25GB EU Roaming + Unlimited Minutes & Texts £15pm at Scancom

www.hotukdeals.com

Found this so its £19.66 / month 600GB FUP for talk home

Talk Home Sim Only Unlimited Data £19.66 (30 Day) EE Network - hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com

 

[andy_mk3]

I recently switched from Three to ID. No complaints at all, basically the same service for less money, and roaming included.

I've not had to speak to anyone on the phone from my provider in 10-odd years, to the lack of call centre is no biggie to me if that's the case.

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

Scancom do sell a lot of different sims but its their EE one I was considering:

EE 1000GB Data, 25GB EU Roaming + Unlimited Minutes & Texts £15pm at Scancom

www.hotukdeals.com

Found this so its £19.66 / month 600GB FUP for talk home

Talk Home Sim Only Unlimited Data £19.66 (30 Day) EE Network - hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com

Well both of them are EE so your choice and that is the Talk Home advert I'm on about.
If you think 1000gb is enough per month then it's up to you, I do about 10gb a month at the very most.
Now somebody told me, and I don't know if it's true, that even though Talk Home is EE that proper EE subs are given priority on the network.
I keep harking on about EE because Vodafone and O2 were awful (for me) and Three let me down a lot where EE has worked everywhere.
Last week we were on the Norfolk Broads and my wife couldn't get a signal on Three (Smarty) where Talk Home was no problem.
Scotland is the very worst for a signal, we were at a hotel on Loch Awe, the WiFi was terrible and only those with EE had a working phone.

 

[ljt]

What about those Mozillion ones you see on HUKD? They are EE as well aren't they? Their 24 Month Unlimited pack works out at £12 p/m

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

What about those Mozillion ones you see on HUKD? They are EE as well aren't they? Their 24 Month Unlimited pack works out at £12 p/m

if it's EE go for it.
Personally I'd have one for a month on a low price & data and see how it goes.
This is what I did with the major networks, I started off with a quick £10 worth on all four, ditched Vodafone and O2 immediately for my area.
EE at that time was very expensive so continued with Three but went over to Smarty on Three.
Last year 1p Mobile on EE was cheap and then Talk Home cheaper so I had both Smarty and Talk Home in my phone for a year at a cost of £5 each but now decided I'll stay with Talk Home on 50gb for £7.50 because it works everywhere.

 

[NetMan]

If you think 1000gb is enough per month then it's up to you, I do about 10gb a month at the very most.

A lot of the unlimited SIMS are only around 200GB, a post on the above hotukdeals link for talkhome says they are 600GB.

I use around 200GB with streaming and some gaming so 600 or 1000 would both be okay for my use case without having to worry about anything but with a 200GB limit I would have to be a bit more careful...

Now somebody told me, and I don't know if it's true, that even though Talk Home is EE that proper EE subs are given priority on the network.

Yes I've heard that but EE's prices are dreadful I was an Orange PAYG customer, EE bought them and kept putting the PAYG prices up until they were around 50p a minute because EE don't want PAYG customers they only want people on contracts.

Its a bit of a minefield with MVNO's so if there is something you need like WiFi calling then you need to check they offer that because the MVNO's are often lacking in certain things.

I keep harking on about EE because Vodafone and O2 were awful (for me) and Three let me down a lot where EE has worked everywhere.

I'm using a 4G dongle a Smarty SIM (Three) gave 100mbps in the middle of the night but it dropped below 1Mbps during the day, Talkmobile (Vodafone) used to be 60Mbps but I had a lot of outages and I've had speed problems with them since the Three / Vodafone merger, Lyca (EE) had an unlimited SIM offer (not sure what their FUP was) but the price doubles after only a month or so making it too expensive after the offer ends.

Its getting harder to find good deals vodafone have put speed caps on their 5G modems for new contracts not that they provide any 5G coverage where I am anyway.

What about those Mozillion ones you see on HUKD? They are EE as well aren't they? Their 24 Month Unlimited pack works out at £12 p/m

Scancom have some longer contracts as well but then if you start having any network problems with your local mast you are stuck with it...

 

[mickyflinn]

I keep getting adverts for Talk Home at £19.96 unlimited, they use EE so no competition.
My Smarty should go off on Monday and Talk Home takes over.
Over the last year I've used both Smarty (Three) and Talk Home (EE) in my phone, every time Smartry wouldn't work I'd switch to Talk Home and it always works everywhere.
Personally I'd spend the extra.

Tx duly noted.

Scancom have been mentioned and I'm thinking of trying them as an alternative to Talk mobile but I've not double checked for a fair use policy yet.

I look into that again tx.

What's not truly unlimited? Data ?

It was the fair usage policy on talk mobile I was looking at.

I recently switched from Three to ID. No complaints at all, basically the same service for less money, and roaming included.

I've not had to speak to anyone on the phone from my provider in 10-odd years, to the lack of call centre is no biggie to me if that's the case.

Tx for the feedback.

 

[uscool]

Tx duly noted.


I look into that again tx.


It was the fair usage policy on talk mobile I was looking at.


Tx for the feedback.

Been using talk mobile for over 6 months and often using 1.7tb per month and it's uncapped speed

List of networks and fup

Mobile Broadband Data Sheet

docs.google.com

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Three is true unlimited and I used them as my main ISP for over 4 years on a home 5G router. However they recently nerfed their 5G speeds down to 4G so I was only one 20mbit. Sometimes it dropped to dial-up speeds. I have now sacked them off and gone full fibre.

Readers here will probably find that other 5G providers will follow suit.

 

[NetMan]

Three is true unlimited and I used them as my main ISP for over 4 years on a home 5G router. However they recently nerfed their 5G speeds down to 4G so I was only one 20mbit. Sometimes it dropped to dial-up speeds. I have now sacked them off and gone full fibre.

Readers here will probably find that other 5G providers will follow suit.

Its hard to tell whether its network congestion, a fault or throttling but Vodafone who now own THREE have a 150Mbps speed cap on the 5G router they have started to sell so I would expect that to become common with the MVNO's over time.

I'm only using 4G but SMARTY which runs on THREE's network gave me 100Mbs in the middle of the night but dropped well below 1Mbps during the day and that was quiet some time ago so I ditched them for a MVNO on Vodafone.

Talkmobile 4G (on Vodafone) topped out at about 60Mbps but was far more consistant, but more recently I've complained about speed drops again and again to both Vodafone and Talkmobile who said I wasn't being throttled. I attributed it to the merger but have no evidence that was the cause daytime speeds often dropped to 20Mbps or lower on speedtest.net, speedof.me reports much slower results. Nightime was better but at times it has still been bad.

I use a free GeForce Now account for online gaming and often find it is unusable due to packet loss which is another issue but I don't know if its the mobile network or Geforce Nows servers.



On the one hand I can see how speed caps would upset people some of which got near 1Gbps downloads but when they are oversubscribed what impact is that having on their other customers?


In your case maybe they are throttling old SIMS that are on cheap contracts or throttling people that are downloading a lot but it might be because Vodafones customers are using Three's 5G network now its impossible to know for sure only the engineers that work behind the scences know whats really happening and they aren't going to tell us...

 

[Reuben klang]

Been using talk mobile for over 6 months and often using 1.7tb per month and it's uncapped speed

List of networks and fup

Mobile Broadband Data Sheet

docs.google.com

That’s an awesome sheet.