Are all Virgin Mobile plans speed capped ?
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I recently took out a rolling £10.00 pm sim only deal with Virgin Mobile . I wanted to see what they were like before signing up to one of their unlimited plans. As i expected the coverage is great . The CS is so so. However it does not matter what time of day I run a speed test I never hit above the (T-Mobile) limit of 1.8 meg. I know from roaming on Orange that I can reach much faster speeds. Does anyone know if all Virgins speeds are capped or is it just the sim only ones ?
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Sorry for the thread resurrection but I just got here from googling (i was searching for whether Virgin let you cap your bills!). My son has a Virgin SIM only deal and they absolutely DO allow tethering on all their SIM deals (unlike 3). He's on the £17/mth deal (1 month rolling) that gives him:
1200 mins
u/l texts
u/l data (TRULY U/L btw)
Tethering allowed as standard
When you take into account the extra cost of tethering with most 3 SIMS I think, at the moment, Virgin have the edge.
Hi mate, you are correct. I'm pretty sure that at the time of writing my last post that Virgin's unl plans did not include tethering. Now that they have changed their plans they do which is an excellent deal (as long as you don't use more than 10GB )
Agreed. Virgin's SIM only deals seem like great value at the moment and the fact they are 30 days rolling means a quick, pain free exit should they start to increase the prices/alter the T&Cs etc.
True but you can buy a cutter rather cheaply which is what I did.
I was shocked that it wasn't a micro SIM mind you, I thought that had became the standard now.
No reason why they cannot supply a micro for sim only.
Tethering is included with Virgin Mobile - neither do their unlimited plans cost an arm and a leg. Bear in mind they include insurance when contracts come with phones. My plan is £36 a month including insurance for the S3 - more or less what 3 charge net of insurance.
My mother pays £13 a month including insurance and a Galaxy Ace Plus on a retention deal. A very small arm and a leg indeed.
Come on man, read my other post. Ive already said I wrote this before virgin media changed their plans. I do agree their prices for unlimited data are good now
Fair enough. I must have missed your post. Not sure why you're taking it so personally though. I wasn't attacking you, I was merely correcting you.