Addiitional data SIM on same plan?

justjax · 15-03-2015, 08:42

So I have a sim only (pay monthly) plan with EE. I would like to get a data Sim for my iPad but using the data account on my main phone plan as it would only be used ocassionally and I also have loads of data over each month. I've spoken to EE and their deal is a bit of a rip off. You can have a 2nd line account that uses the same data allowance but still costs you at least 10-£13 a month too. Do any of the networks allow you to just have an extra Sim using the same plan but no additional cost per month?

jchamier · 15-03-2015, 23:14

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Originally Posted by justjax

So I have a sim only (pay monthly) plan with EE. I would like to get a data Sim for my iPad but using the data account on my main phone plan as it would only be used ocassionally and I also have loads of data over each month. I've spoken to EE and their deal is a bit of a rip off. You can have a 2nd line account that uses the same data allowance but still costs you at least 10-£13 a month too. Do any of the networks allow you to just have an extra Sim using the same plan but no additional cost per month?

If you had a phone contract with EE (not sim only) you could buy a share sim for your iPad at £5/m which accesses the data on the phone account. SIM only can't get this. I have a 3 PAYG data sim in my iPad which gets very little use. Just hotspot the phone!

DevonBloke · 15-03-2015, 23:44

Yes, to confirm, I have my main EE contract SIM in my iPhone and I have 2 extra SIMs for family members in their phones. (£12 per month each and they share my account so they get a share of my 10Gb per month and because I get unlimited mins/texts, so do they!)
If I had an iPad with cellular (currently WiFi only), I could have a fourth SIM for it at £5 that would also share the 10GB.
Maximum number is 5 I think.
With data SIMs you can also pay more than £5 for extra data and that gets added to the shared pool.
It's a pretty excellent system really.

jchamier · 15-03-2015, 23:47

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Originally Posted by DevonBloke

It's a pretty excellent system really.

Except when EE think that sim only contract customers paying £28/m are second class citizens. Vodafone competition increasing is the only way this will change.

Customer services tried and retentions tried to set up a data share SIM for me but "computer says no". Basically Olaf's marketing team have not thought of that!!

15-03-2015, 08:42	#1
justjax Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 911	Addiitional data SIM on same plan? So I have a sim only (pay monthly) plan with EE. I would like to get a data Sim for my iPad but using the data account on my main phone plan as it would only be used ocassionally and I also have loads of data over each month. I've spoken to EE and their deal is a bit of a rip off. You can have a 2nd line account that uses the same data allowance but still costs you at least 10-£13 a month too. Do any of the networks allow you to just have an extra Sim using the same plan but no additional cost per month?

15-03-2015, 23:14	#2
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,392	Quote: Originally Posted by justjax So I have a sim only (pay monthly) plan with EE. I would like to get a data Sim for my iPad but using the data account on my main phone plan as it would only be used ocassionally and I also have loads of data over each month. I've spoken to EE and their deal is a bit of a rip off. You can have a 2nd line account that uses the same data allowance but still costs you at least 10-£13 a month too. Do any of the networks allow you to just have an extra Sim using the same plan but no additional cost per month? If you had a phone contract with EE (not sim only) you could buy a share sim for your iPad at £5/m which accesses the data on the phone account. SIM only can't get this. I have a 3 PAYG data sim in my iPad which gets very little use. Just hotspot the phone!

15-03-2015, 23:44	#3
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,694	Yes, to confirm, I have my main EE contract SIM in my iPhone and I have 2 extra SIMs for family members in their phones. (£12 per month each and they share my account so they get a share of my 10Gb per month and because I get unlimited mins/texts, so do they!) If I had an iPad with cellular (currently WiFi only), I could have a fourth SIM for it at £5 that would also share the 10GB. Maximum number is 5 I think. With data SIMs you can also pay more than £5 for extra data and that gets added to the shared pool. It's a pretty excellent system really.

15-03-2015, 23:47	#4
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,392	Quote: Originally Posted by DevonBloke It's a pretty excellent system really. Except when EE think that sim only contract customers paying £28/m are second class citizens. Vodafone competition increasing is the only way this will change. Customer services tried and retentions tried to set up a data share SIM for me but "computer says no". Basically Olaf's marketing team have not thought of that!!

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