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Old 03-12-2015, 02:43
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Virgin Media is rolling out public WiFi next year (sort of like BT Openzone) where every customers home router will broadcast a separate signal with a 20mb connection of it's own, other Virgin Media customers who also have their superhubs set to do this (it's enabled by default) will be able to access this public wifi. That's residential areas covered for WiFi, and of course town centres and busy retail parks are full of public WiFi.

That's a lot of WiFi. This kind of thing should help ease the congestion on mobile networks and maybe at the very least we can keep AYCE handset data.
What are three doing in terms of providing public wifi hotspots for three mobile sim customers?

Even if they do, are they still going to be enough to prevent their customers running out of data well before the month ends if they replace AYCE data with just 1GB of data? Even if you use free Asda store wifi, free tesco store mobile and/or free Costa coffee wifi in town during the course of month as well as three’s public wifi hotspots?

How about three offering their PAYG mobile at a cut price for three mobile sim customers who cannot get fixed line broadband on a contract to help prevent them from running out of mobile data if 1GB is the maximum amount of data they can get each month.
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Old 03-12-2015, 08:44
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There is going to be a massive paradigm shift around 2018 where almost overnight everyone will be buying electric cars All these cars will be connected all the time...
Well, unless some numpty puts an O2 SIM in of course! Hahahahaha
Or indeed any Network once you've driven North of Sterling in Scotland, or even Large Parts of North Wales or the busy commuter route from Derbyshire to Sheffield, where you can drive for miles and never see 3G from any Network.

I'm also wondering how the 3G from '3' will fair in Congleton, on the Busy A34, currently this area gets around 0.5mbps at the moment from both EE and 3 on probably the busiest junction in the Town. If the Electric Cars of 2018 are going to be reliant on a mobile network for continuous connectivity, then they had all better get a shift on improving and extending it, not just in rural areas but some major routes elsewhere too, or nothing much is going to be moving very far.
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Old 03-12-2015, 12:16
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still on the one plan and enjoying unlimited data, no letters, no calls or texts.

I hope the day never comes when I get the letter...
You think that one day in the near future you will be the only person in the UK on the one plan?

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Old 03-12-2015, 13:30
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nah, i'll still be on it too
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Old 03-12-2015, 13:43
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That's a lot of WiFi. This kind of thing should help ease the congestion on mobile networks and maybe at the very least we can keep AYCE handset data.
I received a call as I was getting off the train at Angel yesterday, and forgot I was using inTouch - so of course the call dropped when I started walking down the road.

Wi-Fi is useful if you're sitting still in Starbucks or in a shopping centre with no phone coverage at all, but I don't like it when any network considers it a way to reduce demand on its main network. These routers in homes offering 20Mbps (which isn't bad, compared to what BT offers) won't be chucking out coverage onto the roads that is that useful, unless you perhaps sit on their front lawn. Nor will it like multiple users who will have to share.

At 2.4GHz, there are all the other issues with Wi-Fi interference.
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Old 04-12-2015, 14:30
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I am on the £12 a month contract, never use all my minutes and to be honest my data usage never gets above 1.5gb and generally is only around 1gb most months so if Three are looking at moving people onto different tariffs I wonder if they will be looking at the data usage you have now and move the biggest users first.
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Old 04-12-2015, 14:39
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I am on the £12 a month contract, never use all my minutes and to be honest my data usage never gets above 1.5gb and generally is only around 1gb most months so if Three are looking at moving people onto different tariffs I wonder if they will be looking at the data usage you have now and move the biggest users first.
They've already done that ages ago.

The one plan has already been discontinued so it's just a matter of time before nobody is left on it! I mean my wife got the letter from Three telling her she will have to move off the one plan, and she probably only uses 3-4 gbs per month max, hardly any tethering either.
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Old 04-12-2015, 14:48
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My Three store said that it was firstly the volume of calls you were using, then the amount of data that dictates the likelihood of being thrown off.

I'm still on it, but have made no more than 15 minutes of calls and no more than 50 text messages since 2013 and never over 10Gb of data. I will be thrown off, but I am not giving them reason to do it sooner than they need to.
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Old 04-12-2015, 15:27
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Instead of waiting for the dreaded letter I rang them last November and got put on the All you can eat everything for £25 and kept my one plan £10 recurring discount so still £15.
Still going strong today, long may it continue 😎
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:26
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I just got my kick-off notice

Their default proposal is unlimited calls/unlimited texts/unlimited data for £30 - double my current rate, though I rarely use that many minutes so I'll either go for the £20 option (annoyingly they want 12m for that else £23) or a 20GB contract from BT mobile (no tethering) or vodafone (spotify inclusion brings the cost effectively the same)

I presume there's no current magic to find anything else (silly question I know)
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:31
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I think I'm going to try using Vodafone for a bit (I got the 20GB plan last year). Coverage is a bit more flakey in places, but where 4G is good it's now really good (thanks to LTE-A). And for roaming, no limited Feel at Home nonsense, rather proper unrestricted 4G speeds - albeit at £3 a day.

Otherwise I'd consider the £20/23 tariff with 200 minutes but frankly I feel insulted and said so earlier today.

http://jmcomms.com/2016/01/26/i-had-...ite-like-this/
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:48
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I was just looking at the options...

BT Mobile could be a pain with no tethering. At those odd times it can be incredibly useful. In the past I used android and bypassed blocks with vpn but suspect this is unlikely to work on iPhone . Roaming in europe isn't attractive either -- ditto with EE. 100MB then cap. i guess it's ok

vodafone looks more viable, and in fact through my employer I get 20% off all direct plans. Take the £30 pcm, consider I pay spotify £10/month anyway and we're at the same price as three now, in fact less, and even with any issue with discount it's the same as what I'd switch too. Roaming isn't as good in europe though at £3/day it's surviveable. Outside europe such as US it's bad, but then I only did one US trip last year.. voda also seem to have Wifi calling up and running, and have coverage at my office. I did have right pains in the past with customer service though. And no 1m contract option..

Three, at £20 albeit with less minutes remains a good value option with plenty of tether ing and that safety net of unlimited data. Annoyingly. very much so. I do get annoyed with no coverage at work, no wifi calling, and limited rollout of 800 Mhz but.. is it a case of rather the devil one knows......

My ideal would be to try voda for a month, but that doesn't seem possible!
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:56
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You can get a PAYG SIM from Vodafone, put on the lowest amount of data and then try it out. Vodafone has a net tester app that enables you to do speed tests and monitor performance without using any data.

It's a good way to see if the network has been sufficiently upgraded near you. If it has, Vodafone offers speeds comparable to EE a lot of the time. If it doesn't then you'll have ropey 3G data or 2G.

I can honestly say that around here (Hertfordshire and London) I barely ever see 2G now. In 6-12 months, it's going to be even better.

Three can only do so much. It has the superior 3G coverage for now, but 4G is rolling out slowly. Vodafone is catching up quite markedly now (I suspect O2 must be doing quite well too) and EE is leagues ahead.

We're not that far away from dropping EU roaming charges completely, so that's another benefit that Three loses. I do hope that between now and then, we might see even more competitive offerings on roaming.

Vodafone Spain I believe already lets you use your data allowance in the EU without paying £3 a day anymore. If Vodafone UK does that, that's a game changer IMO.
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Old 26-01-2016, 19:06
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My ideal would be to try voda for a month, but that doesn't seem possible!
They do 1-month SIM only contracts, granted they're not at all such good value but they ought to suffice to check the coverage and service out
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Old 26-01-2016, 19:12
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PAYG is probably easier. There's no restriction that I'm aware of, so as long as you go for a 4G data add-on you can enjoy full LTE-A speeds where available (assuming you have a suitable device).

I think the only thing you might not get is Wi-Fi calling, but that's quite restricted anyway in terms of devices supported.
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Old 26-01-2016, 19:22
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I got the dreaded letter than I was going off my plan.


They have offered me

1. for £30 all you can eat data, unlimited phone calls and texts and 12g of personal hotspot.


2. For £20 all you can eat data, unlimited texts and 200 mins.

Both 12 month contracts.


My letter said if I did not contact them I would be on 12g of personL hotspot, unlimited data and unlimited phones calls.

I am not a big user of calls.
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Old 26-01-2016, 19:59
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I got the dreaded letter than I was going off my plan.


They have offered me

1. for £30 all you can eat data, unlimited phone calls and texts and 12g of personal hotspot.


2. For £20 all you can eat data, unlimited texts and 200 mins.

Both 12 month contracts.


My letter said if I did not contact them I would be on 12g of personL hotspot, unlimited data and unlimited phones calls.

I am not a big user of calls.

Forgot to add plan 2 included up to 12g personal hotspot. For the £20 per month.
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Old 26-01-2016, 21:50
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I've not had my letter yet so still on £15/month but guess not for much longer given the way things are currently moving. In anticipation I have been taking another look at my usage over the past year and most months I would be ok with a 4GB limit but in December I did manage to use over 5GB. My call and text usage tends to be quite low so 200 minutes would probably be plenty. On balance I would actually probably be better off with the 200 minute / 2GB plan and just buy the extra 2GB add on for £5 for the months I go over 2GB and in fact I may end up paying less on average than I do on my current One Plan, however I like not even having to think about how much I'm using and knowing my bill will never be more than a few pence over £15 for the odd call or text that isn't covered. I'm also not sure how much of a faff it is to get the data add-ons?

Part of me is just so pissed off with this forcing people off a tariff they are perfectly happy with that I would be willing to pay a bit more per month and switch to EE, especially as with cash back offers it probably won't end up costing all that much more anyway. One thing that does put me off is EE's website which is still as bad as it was when I was last with them about two years ago and I can't believe how difficult it is to find out how much data costs if you end up using more than your monthly allowance!
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Old 26-01-2016, 21:58
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It's a shame they didn't offer the £20 bundle on 1month rolling (as they did the £30 which otherwise is £33). So yep feeling slightly annoyed but hey ho things move on.
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Old 26-01-2016, 22:22
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I've not had my letter yet so still on £15/month but guess not for much longer given the way things are currently moving. In anticipation I have been taking another look at my usage over the past year and most months I would be ok with a 4GB limit but in December I did manage to use over 5GB. My call and text usage tends to be quite low so 200 minutes would probably be plenty. On balance I would actually probably be better off with the 200 minute / 2GB plan and just buy the extra 2GB add on for £5 for the months I go over 2GB and in fact I may end up paying less on average than I do on my current One Plan, however I like not even having to think about how much I'm using and knowing my bill will never be more than a few pence over £15 for the odd call or text that isn't covered. I'm also not sure how much of a faff it is to get the data add-ons?

Part of me is just so pissed off with this forcing people off a tariff they are perfectly happy with that I would be willing to pay a bit more per month and switch to EE, especially as with cash back offers it probably won't end up costing all that much more anyway. One thing that does put me off is EE's website which is still as bad as it was when I was last with them about two years ago and I can't believe how difficult it is to find out how much data costs if you end up using more than your monthly allowance!
100MB for 24 hours £1.99
1GB for 7 days £6.99
10GB for 30 days £19.99
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Old 26-01-2016, 23:01
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Forgot to add plan 2 included up to 12g personal hotspot. For the £20 per month.
If you need the unlimited data then you are better off going for the 200 minutes plan. 12GB tethering is still quite a bit, though not unlimited

If you don't need unlimited data, or you needed more than 12GB hotspot, give EE a go. Don't know off by heart what their rates are but they can't be much more than Three's rates (and EE have better 4G coverage).
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Old 26-01-2016, 23:05
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I've not had my letter yet so still on £15/month but guess not for much longer given the way things are currently moving. In anticipation I have been taking another look at my usage over the past year and most months I would be ok with a 4GB limit but in December I did manage to use over 5GB. My call and text usage tends to be quite low so 200 minutes would probably be plenty. On balance I would actually probably be better off with the 200 minute / 2GB plan and just buy the extra 2GB add on for £5 for the months I go over 2GB and in fact I may end up paying less on average than I do on my current One Plan, however I like not even having to think about how much I'm using and knowing my bill will never be more than a few pence over £15 for the odd call or text that isn't covered. I'm also not sure how much of a faff it is to get the data add-ons?

Part of me is just so pissed off with this forcing people off a tariff they are perfectly happy with that I would be willing to pay a bit more per month and switch to EE, especially as with cash back offers it probably won't end up costing all that much more anyway. One thing that does put me off is EE's website which is still as bad as it was when I was last with them about two years ago and I can't believe how difficult it is to find out how much data costs if you end up using more than your monthly allowance!
From what I have seen, you might want to get either the 4GB data plan or the 8GB data plan.

4GB data and 600 minutes is £16 per month, though if you get it within the next 2 days, your first 3 months will be half price.
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Old 27-01-2016, 01:36
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One thing that does put me off is EE's website which is still as bad as it was when I was last with them about two years ago and I can't believe how difficult it is to find out how much data costs if you end up using more than your monthly allowance!
100MB = £1.99
1GB = £6.99
10GB = £19.99
Also if you use all your data you won't be automatically charged - you'll be directed to an add-on page where you can buy one of the above data add-ons.
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Old 27-01-2016, 01:51
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This has already been posted and you forgot the days each one lasts for which is pretty important......
100MB for 24 hours £1.99
1GB for 7 days £6.99
10GB for 30 days £19.99
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Old 27-01-2016, 02:11
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Yeah I just wanted to point out that you don't automatically get charged when you go over your data allowance on EE. And I'll put the days each one lasts for on my post now
Ok maybe not I can't edit my old post so whatever.
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