EE4G announce new 4x data promotion + shared 4G data plans
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On 17th July EE will be launching a summer promotion offering double speed 4G and greater data allowances for consumers.
Customers who sign up to a 24 month 4GEE phone plan before 30th September 2013 will receive both double speed 4G and data allowances which are double, triple or even quadruple the size of the standard plans
EE Shared 4GEE Plans allow customers to connect up to five devices to the one 4GEE plan – whether it’s with friends and family, or for their own tablets and laptops. Customers can add an existing 3G2 or 4G phone to their 4GEE phone plan from just £12 per month on SIM Only (from £22 per month for a new 4G phone), allowing them to receive unlimited minutes and texts on both phones, as well as access to the shared data.
Alternatively customers can add an existing 4G tablet from £5 per month on SIM Only (£26 per month for a new 4G tablet) or an existing 3G2 or Wi-Fi enabled tablet (via a mobile Wi-Fi device) for £11 per month. An example saving for a typical family of four would be £38 a month – over £450 a year3.
Sounds interesting. The promotion for new customers would give 4 times the amount of data on the £51pm plan. From 5GB to 20GB.
Here is a list of price plan changes applicable between Jul 17th and Sep 30th
(in brackets is the amount of data you get compared to before)
£26pm- 500mb
£31pm- 1GB (x2)
£36pm- 1.5GB(x2)
£41pm- 2GB (x2)
£46pm- 10GB (x3)
£51pm- 20GB (x4)
Shared 4G Plans work like this-
Take out a contract above^
Then add a sim only line for £12pm (12m) or £17pm (1m) and get the shared unlimited texts/calls and data allowance.
Alternatively you can get a 4G phone for £22pm (24m) and access to the shared allowances.
There is also option to add a data only device to the shared plan where you get access to the shared data.
https://explore.ee.co.uk/our-company/newsroom/ee-launches-next-generation-services-on-world-s-fastest-network
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This means on average customers should be getting 24-30mbps.
Also PAYG broadband from £15pm (2GB) is now an option.
For the double speed upgrade is it just a base station software upgrade or does actual equipment need changing or new backhaul pipes ?
At the moment it's just a few places-
As far as i;m aware no equipment changes.
I'm not sure how it would for me as im on the 8GB tariff which i think was £56, would I just go to the £51 20GB deal?
Roll on Three doing 4g One Plan .
When you weigh it up Three really are providing the better value for money there.
EE have really underestimated the 4G uptake. People don't care and don't need 4G. Especially at the current prices. And the majority of customers joining EE4G were original t-mobile and orange customers.
The final straw was that EE's own signal box isn't set up to reliably route inbound voice calls to handsets with SIm card provisioned for 4G - so basically most calls either don't get terminated at all (just silence) or go straight to voicemail (which then doesn't give any alert of a message waiting).
It took over a month for EE to fess up and admit the routing on the signal box backend doesn't work at present so I had no option but to go back to T-mob where the signal box works 100% of the time - in that time I lost track of the number of calls I had to make to EE to follow up on their broken commitments to look into it / call me back - even the reverse migration took 2 weeks.
This is always the danger when you take on a contract though isn't it especially with a new immature technology.
Oh agreed it is there is always risks in these things.
EE have released an official statement about why they're not allowing existing customers to get the same deal:
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Get a pay as you go SIM card and try it. 3 are known to have superior 3G coverage compared to O2 but really the best way to do it is to go and try it in the places you live/work/etc.
If you have a DC-HSDPA handset i would recommend it highly i see speed 12-18mb on a regular basis.
From the press release it states
Existing customers can take advantage of the bigger data allowances offered during the promotion by upgrading their plan to the next price point.
However I guarantee I won't be able to as I am already paying £56 for 8GB and I am on an 18month contract rather than 24.
1. Is the promotion for the length of the contract only or does it continue at the promotional rate as long as you do not change it after 24 months?
2. For existing customers is it a new 24 month contract or do you just pay extra for the remainder of whats left?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/03/4g-ee-prices-faster-connections
Hmm interesting to know thanks for that hadn't seen that before. I wonder if existing customers will get the highest tier or not.