[wavejockglw]

Just got an e-mail this morning about a new unlimited tariff from Lycamobile.

£25 buys Unlimited UK calls plus calls to selected countries, Unlimited UK SMS and Unlimited UK Data for 30 days.

There is a FUP which is 200 Voice mins per day (3000/Month), 200 SMS a day (3000 a month) and 200MB of data daily or (3GB a month). usage outwith the fair use charged at normal Lycamobile rates.

Not quite 'unlimited' but reasonable value for £25 a month and a step in the right direction towards Voice/Text and Data Unlimited which will become the norm eventually for a single monthly fee.

http://www.lycamobile.co.uk/en/All%2...6&utm_content=

[Thine Wonk]

Why not just go for the One Plan on 3 for the same money? unless you want to call intentionally of course.

2000 minutes - slightly less than Lyca
5000 texts - more than Lyca
Genuinely unlimited data, not 200MB a day like Lyca

30 day rolling contract.

[wavejockglw]

What a surprise... ^^^more promotion for 3^^^.....again!!!

Lycamobile also include International calls within the package price so that makes it attractive for those who regularly call abroad.

Not checked out the latest deals but Virgin Mobile have recently reviewed their 30 day rolling SIM deal with 'unlimited' claims.

[plymouthbloke1974]

So it's an unlimited package with limits?!?

[wavejockglw]

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Originally Posted by plymouthbloke1974

So it's an unlimited package with limits?!?

So it would seem. Did the ASA not act to stop companies making unlimited claims when they have published Fair use Policies?

A bit misleading but there will always be something lurking in the background in the T&Cs like data throttling when usage affects others etc.

Menawhile Virgin Mobile have a new tariff (SIM Only 30 Day rolling plan).

Premiere SIM Only £20 provides:

Unlimited minutes to landlines
2500 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited Mobile Web

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/paymonthlySimOnly.do

Looks good value if tethering is not needed.

[Thine Wonk]

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Originally Posted by wavejockglw

What a surprise... ^^^more promotion for 3^^^.....again!!!

OP comes to post a deal up on the board, I post a similar deal at the same price, but with proper unlimited data and more texts and get accused of promoting 3. All this from somebody that has posted the full details of the Lyca deal in an advert style and hyperlinked to the Lyca site! Typical Wave

A word of waning about calling Lyca.
T-mobile calls to Lyca mobiles are not included in your inclusive minutes allowance.

Quote:

https://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/term...ve-allowances/

What's a UK mobile call?
This is a call made within the UK to a mobile number allocated to a customer of what's called a national UK GSM cellular network - more commonly known as a mobile network. At the moment, the national GSM cellular networks in the UK belong to Hutchison 3G, O2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile. Calls to one of the mobile operators exclusively using numbers allocated to these networks (eg Virgin, Tesco, Fresh) are treated the same.
There are some newer networks whose customers have a telephone number starting with 07, but which aren't treated as a UK mobile call (or text) for the purpose of allowances, Boosters and rewards (or any other bundle of inclusive services) on any pay as you go, SIM only or pay monthly plan. This means that calls or texts to some numbers starting with 07 aren't treated as UK mobile calls or texts. These include (but may not be limited to) some numbers beginning with the following sequences:

07404 07405 07408 07417 07424 07466
075202 075594 075894 075895 075896 075897
07609 07610 07621 07682 077077 0782210
078228 078920 078921 078931 079112 079118
079788

Lyca is one of these, so any friends of family on T-mobile could end up with shock bills for calling your mobile.

[BMR]

Remember the one plan is not PAYG . This Lyca plan looks good value although the international countries included are a bit random .

[Thine Wonk]

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Originally Posted by BMR

Remember the one plan is not PAYG . This Lyca plan looks good value although the international countries included are a bit random .

It's 30 day contract and Lyca unlike the old PAYG where you could add what you wanted and then use the allowance you have to credit £25 and then immediately lose that to get your package, so there's virtually no difference really apart from a credit check and whether you pre pay or post pay.

[denyo1977]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavejockglw

So it would seem. Did the ASA not act to stop companies making unlimited claims when they have published Fair use Policies?

A bit misleading but there will always be something lurking in the background in the T&Cs like data throttling when usage affects others etc.

Menawhile Virgin Mobile have a new tariff (SIM Only 30 Day rolling plan).

Premiere SIM Only £20 provides:

Unlimited minutes to landlines
2500 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited Mobile Web

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/paymonthlySimOnly.do

Looks good value if tethering is not needed.

Mobile SIM Only £12 provides:
150 minutes
Unlimited calls to Virgin Mobile
Unlimited texts
Unlimited Mobile Web (speed cap after 10GB!)
Btw, tethering is allowed.

[wavejockglw]

Did not know the Virgin Mobile plans include tethering. They look very good value in that case.

[jabbamk1]

Good plan, don't understand why they don't just say, 3GB rather than unlimited.

However i find using skype and viber much better. Pay around £5pm for calls abroad with skype.

Also i found this app called Dial-A-Code. Really good and charges less than skype per minute

[denyo1977]

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Originally Posted by wavejockglw

Did not know the Virgin Mobile plans include tethering. They look very good value in that case.

Didn't know that either, but according to the lady in message 14 it is
http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/...1102501/page/2

[BMR]

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Originally Posted by Thine Wonk

I there's virtually no difference really apart from a credit check

Which rules out quite a few people, including me.

[BMR]

Vectone seem to be doing the same thing for just £20. Not sure how good they are, mind you.

http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/pay-a...ombbundle.aspx

[Gormond]

Not much of a deal unless you want the international calls, T-Mobiles Full Monty plan only costs £21 a month.

[Thine Wonk]

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Originally Posted by Gormond

Not much of a deal unless you want the international calls, T-Mobiles Full Monty plan only costs £21 a month.

Exactly, these companies are aimed at foreign migrants with family back home, foreign students etc. They are for people who call back home a lot.

Not much of a deal unless you want the international calls, however you could just use Skype and get the family back home on Skype.

As others have said, there's better offers out there with proper unlimited data and more for your money if you don't want the international deal.

Also once again worth noting that T-mobile charge you out of your allowance to call these operators as they don't consider them UK mobile operators. Meaning family and friends on T-mobile could get unexpected bills for calling these operators.

[BMR]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gormond

Not much of a deal unless you want the international calls, T-Mobiles Full Monty plan only costs £21 a month.

Another one that requires a credit check/DD.

PAYG and SIM only are *not* the same...

[Thine Wonk]

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Originally Posted by BMR

Another one that requires a credit check/DD.

PAYG and SIM only are *not* the same...

You have to pay monthly to get those allowances though and then you lose the money you put on and get the allowance instead, so the only difference is the credit check and whether you pay at the start or the end of the month as the pay monthly are 30 day ones anyway.

The difference as you say is the credit check, which I appreciate, however if you are just comparing value then they are comparable. If it absolutely has to be no credit check then the only option is the PAYG offer above, but there's better out there for the same money with proper unlimited if the credit check isn't an issue.

[JasonWatkins]

I curse the fact that one of my bills with Virgin went to a collection agency a while back so I doubt i'd be able to take out one of their sim-only deals - it's a good £5 quid cheaper than what i'm paying for more than what i'm getting.

[BMR]

I wonder if that rules you out for the other networks as well . I don't know how strict they are. Have you tried ?

[JasonWatkins]

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Originally Posted by BMR

I wonder if that rules you out for the other networks as well . I don't know how strict they are. Have you tried ?

Well i've had a Tesco sim-only for the past 11 months so in that respect, it doesn't cause a problem.

I'm tempted to try with Virgin though as the bill in question was actually on my old address and I could always tell a little white lie about how long i've lived here

[BMR]

I might try too. I was turned down for a full contract five months ago but I was unemployed and not on the electoral register . Both now remedied . Tesco sim only would suit me perfectly .

[Thine Wonk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JasonWatkins

Well i've had a Tesco sim-only for the past 11 months so in that respect, it doesn't cause a problem.

I'm tempted to try with Virgin though as the bill in question was actually on my old address and I could always tell a little white lie about how long i've lived here

It'll still be linked to you if you've given anyone else your new address who had your old one.

I'd sign up for a free 30 day trial at checkmyfile or one of the credit reference agencies online, just remember to cancel it before the 30 days.

Checking your file doesn't affect your credit scores, but it will show you how the system works. You'll see that when you give an address they will put that on your credit file, so you become 'linked' even if you then later try and not give an address to a single provider later.

They go back 6 years I think, but usually a single lapse doesn't affect things for that long as long as you have more recent examples of borrowing and paying back in full. The best way to repair credit is bring down debt, borrow smaller amounts and pay them off fully, like a credit card that is well managed.

There are 'repair your credit' credit cards that give people smaller amounts of credit, typically at higher APRs, which if you borrow a bit on and pay back every month will repair your file and then allow you to get the better credit card offers or mobile contracts etc.

[carnivalist]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavejockglw

So it would seem. Did the ASA not act to stop companies making unlimited claims when they have published Fair use Policies?

A bit misleading but there will always be something lurking in the background in the T&Cs like data throttling when usage affects others etc.

Menawhile Virgin Mobile have a new tariff (SIM Only 30 Day rolling plan).

Premiere SIM Only £20 provides:

Unlimited minutes to landlines
2500 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited Mobile Web

http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/paymonthlySimOnly.do

Looks good value if tethering is not needed.

Virgin Mobile include tethering - at least they do for non-SIM only contracts. I can't see why it would be any different with SIM-only.

*EDIT*

Whoops, sorry - I see the Virgin tethering issue has been covered. Anyway, I can confirm that Virgin offer genuinely unlimited internet & tethering. It's one of the reasons I moved from Orange.

One of the things I was worried about was customer service, which is why I ruled out Three. However so far Virgin Mobile CS has been outstanding - much better than Virgin Media, curiously.

Based on five weeks' experience (after nine years with Orange) I wholeheartedly recommend Virgin Mobile to anyone thinking of trying them out.

[carnivalist]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavejockglw

...

Lycamobile also include International calls within the package price so that makes it attractive for those who call abroad.

I imagine inclusive overseas calls only apply to certain countries though.That's usually the case.