Mine mostly works okay in my generic mifi device but sometimes EE seems to notice and blocks all traffic to/from it, as some sort of crude tethering block.
The speeds I get are not terribly impressive, but I'm nowhere near a 4G area
Mine mostly works okay in my generic mifi device but sometimes EE seems to notice and blocks all traffic to/from it, as some sort of crude tethering block.
The speeds I get are not terribly impressive, but I'm nowhere near a 4G area
I thought that mifi was mobile wifi using a sim and not classed as actual tethering.
If EE are classing using your mifi device as tethering that's not right.
EE are not putting restrictions on ordering and using it in same handset. Using it in a Mifi might be an issue though as that is using it only as a mobile data sim. However I've had no issues tethering.
Yes, they seem to be giving a free £15 add-on to people using these sims.
It gives you 500 minutes, unlimited texts and 2GB of data (on top of the 100GB).
My sim has been active for about a week but I have not recieved anything, it appears that this top up is random and not for everyone?
I have not added any credit, just used the 150 number.
My sim has been active for about a week but I have not recieved anything, it appears that this top up is random and not for everyone?
I have not added any credit, just used the 150 number.
I only added £5 credit and a £1 pack and have received the free £15 pack.
While you're told the pack only starts when you make a call or send a text, I'm already down to 28 days on the SIM in a tablet that can neither send texts or make calls!
It's also a special pack isn't it? I couldn't see the add on elsewhere?
While you're told the pack only starts when you make a call or send a text, I'm already down to 28 days on the SIM in a tablet that can neither send texts or make calls!
It's also a special pack isn't it? I couldn't see the add on elsewhere?
I just took the SIM out of my iPad, put it in a spare iPhone, reached for another envelope from whacky funsters Dan and Phil and stuck another hundred gigs in my iPad.
I recently received the EE 100gb free sim. I am very happy with it in my iPhone. However, I was wondering has anyone tried using the sim card in an iPad or other tablet?
As this is a SIM that permits tethering , it will work in any device -phone, iPad or Mifi.
Using a MiFi is tethering, pure and simple. If a network hasn't made that implicitly clear in the T&Cs so be it, but it's still quite obvious.
I am using a VPN to tether at home at the moment, and as soon as I updated the VPN software and temporarily connected directly, my speed dropped from 35Mbps to 4Mbps!
My Nexus 7 with another SIM in it kept going at full rate, so I definitely think EE is trying to manage people who tether.
I have the sim in my iPad. 3G only here though.
I am struggling to use the 100g :-) After 2 weeks I have only used 25g. Using iPad to tether to my smart tv.
I have got the free month trial with Netflix and am more than half way through Breaking Bad.
So far it is looking like a good replacement for The One PLan as the Three signal here is not good enough to watch films. Depending on what EE offer for sim deal.
The EE free 100gb sim works in my iPhone. However when I put the sim in my iPad Air I don't get internet access. I get a message telling me "Could not activate cellular data network. You are not subscribed to a cellular data service" Hmm.
So it appears that the EE sim only gives me internet access on my iPhone but not on my iPad.
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The speeds I get are not terribly impressive, but I'm nowhere near a 4G area
I thought that mifi was mobile wifi using a sim and not classed as actual tethering.
If EE are classing using your mifi device as tethering that's not right.
But can using a second one with 2 months of 100GB free data be done on the same smartphone?
Your smartphone would probably detect that there was already one of these EE trial sims was used on it. But who knows.
But you can only try and see what happens.
So how would you actually use any data via a mifi?
I doubt EE is checking IMEIs but I thought you'd be putting the other SIM in the tablet anyway?
I've got one in a LG G3, one in a Nexus 7, one in an iPad air and another in a Z1 Compact.
My sim has been active for about a week but I have not recieved anything, it appears that this top up is random and not for everyone?
I have not added any credit, just used the 150 number.
I only added £5 credit and a £1 pack and have received the free £15 pack.
It's also a special pack isn't it? I couldn't see the add on elsewhere?
I just took the SIM out of my iPad, put it in a spare iPhone, reached for another envelope from whacky funsters Dan and Phil and stuck another hundred gigs in my iPad.
Such larks....
As this is a SIM that permits tethering , it will work in any device -phone, iPad or Mifi.
Typically a MiFi allows 5-8 devices to connect to it.
How else then would you describe it?
I am using a VPN to tether at home at the moment, and as soon as I updated the VPN software and temporarily connected directly, my speed dropped from 35Mbps to 4Mbps!
My Nexus 7 with another SIM in it kept going at full rate, so I definitely think EE is trying to manage people who tether.
I get about 6-10Mbps on 3G, which is about the same as on 3 with a real mobile broadband SIM. The mifi device seems to think DC-HSPA is available, too
I asked the same question yesterday, I don't think he knows how to answer it...;-)
I am struggling to use the 100g :-) After 2 weeks I have only used 25g. Using iPad to tether to my smart tv.
I have got the free month trial with Netflix and am more than half way through Breaking Bad.
So far it is looking like a good replacement for The One PLan as the Three signal here is not good enough to watch films. Depending on what EE offer for sim deal.
Now if they can have a decent data allowance at end of trial then I'll be more than happy...10gb would be fine...
Can the free sims still be ordered ?????
https://ee.co-buying.com/cobuys/ali-a-limited-edition-sim?referral_code=
(that link is without any referral code but seems to still work)
I ordered one of these and it arrived 2 days later and I'd already ordered the original 100GB free sim
So it appears that the EE sim only gives me internet access on my iPhone but not on my iPad.
Not had any problems using mine with Phone, Mifi or Dongle. Little difference in speed between the devices. No VPN or other tools used.