Anyone using BT Mobile? What are peoples thoughts?

mupet0000 · 04-01-2016, 11:43

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My son has jumped ship from Three's One Plan (one month rolling, £18/mth) and joined BT Mobile on the Medium tariff. It was on offer for £8/mth at the time (we have BT BB) and combined with the £20 amazon credit and at the time £40 Quidco the net cost over the next 12 months is £36 or £3/mth! He shouldn't have been on The One Plan from the start given his pretty low monthly data useage plus the BT Mobile is capped so no chance of a huge overspend. He finds the signal way more consistent, especially indoors.

Have you received your Quidco cashback yet? Quidco tell me that if I apply for the Gift Card that BT offer, my Quidco cashback will be rejected.

Ben_Fisher · 04-01-2016, 13:39

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Originally Posted by mupet0000

Have you received your Quidco cashback yet? Quidco tell me that if I apply for the Gift Card that BT offer, my Quidco cashback will be rejected.

Oh I hope not!

My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails.

mupet0000 · 04-01-2016, 23:06

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Originally Posted by Ben_Fisher

Oh I hope not!

My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails.

According to Quidco support, if the gift card comes with the purchase then it isn't an issue, but if you have to apply for the gift card separately then it will void my cashback. So what I'm doing is waiting until my cashback is paid and then applying for the gift card. There doesn't appear to be an expiry date of which you can apply for the gift card, the terms simply state that you must have purchased within a specific date and must apply for the gift card after being with BT for 14 days.

packages · 04-01-2016, 23:45

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Originally Posted by Ben_Fisher

Oh I hope not!

My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails.

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Originally Posted by Quidco

Cashback will not be paid in conjunction with any other offer, voucher or discount code unless listed on this page, or with any other discounts such as staff or student discounts

Sorry but you are pretty out of luck

konebyvax · 06-01-2016, 09:04

He hasn't received his quidco yet but I got £170 cashback on my BT Fibre purchase (paid out very quickly) as well as the Sainsburys gift card from BT so I'm hoping he will be fine.

mupet0000 · 11-02-2016, 23:49

http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/phon...11364037773425

Interesting move by BT, charging an extra £4 per month on top of your package to go from a 30mbps cap to a 60mbps cap. A bit pointless in my opinion. You aren't allowed to tether so where are the benefits in going from 30mbps to 60mbps. I'm all for it if it was free, but paying £4 extra. You can already stream 1080p video with no issues on 30mbps, I don't see any benefits outside of tethering with this.

ozz · 11-02-2016, 23:58

I can't see the point in this without tethering.

rasseru16 · 12-02-2016, 07:39

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Originally Posted by mupet0000

http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/phon...11364037773425

Interesting move by BT, charging an extra £4 per month on top of your package to go from a 30mbps cap to a 60mbps cap. A bit pointless in my opinion. You aren't allowed to tether so where are the benefits in going from 30mbps to 60mbps. I'm all for it if it was free, but paying £4 extra. You can already stream 1080p video with no issues on 30mbps, I don't see any benefits outside of tethering with this.

Is this a 60Mbps 'hard cap' or a theoretical cap?

mupet0000 · 12-02-2016, 16:22

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Originally Posted by rasseru16

Is this a 60Mbps 'hard cap' or a theoretical cap?

I've added the service onto my account seen as it's free for the first month, I think it's a 60mbps hard cap, I will find out later at a 4G+ site and let you know.

EDIT:
Another interesting thing is that the BT Coverage checker has been updated to show EE Double Speed as "Extra Speed" areas: http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...overagechecker
Just input a postcode.

rasseru16 · 12-02-2016, 18:37

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Originally Posted by mupet0000

I've added the service onto my account seen as it's free for the first month, I think it's a 60mbps hard cap, I will find out later at a 4G+ site and let you know.

EDIT:
Another interesting thing is that the BT Coverage checker has been updated to show EE Double Speed as "Extra Speed" areas: http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...overagechecker
Just input a postcode.

That would be great if you could give us an update on this, thinking about leaving my 10GB EE sim-only if thats the case

Thine Wonk · 12-02-2016, 18:50

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Originally Posted by ozz

I can't see the point in this without tethering.

Not everyone needs tethering.

de525ma · 12-02-2016, 19:02

Is tethering actually blocked on Android?

ozz · 12-02-2016, 19:13

It works on android but breaches BT Mobile terms and conditions (section 25b) and BT have the right to terminate your contract and charge you an early termination fee (section 30).

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...e-service.html

It does imply that you can put a sim in a tablet though so Extra Speed 4G could be useful here.

david16 · 12-02-2016, 19:27

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Originally Posted by ozz

It works on android but breaches BT Mobile terms and conditions (section 25b) and BT have the right to terminate your contract and charge you an early termination fee (section 30).

http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...e-service.html

It does imply that you can put a sim in a tablet though so Extra Speed 4G could be useful here.

It seems that three are very strict when it comes to mobile sim use in a tablet.

BT mobile and EE don’t consider use of a mobile sim in a tablet as tethering, yet three do.

Three’s MBB prices are extortinate.

david16 · 12-02-2016, 19:35

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Originally Posted by de525ma

Is tethering actually blocked on Android?

Personal hotspot using your mobile phone with your sim in to connect your tablet is not allowed with BT mobile. But sticking your sim in a tablet if your tablet has a sim slot is allowed.

Three must be the only MNO who class sticking your mobile sim in your tablet and going online using your sim as eating into your 12GB tethering allowance.

How about using wifi direct connecting to the internet from a different device instead of personal hotspot. That’s not classed as tethering in the way personal hotspot is.

If you intend to tether using personal hotspot to a tablet that has no sim slot, EE are the ones for you.

mupet0000 · 12-02-2016, 21:19

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Originally Posted by rasseru16

That would be great if you could give us an update on this, thinking about leaving my 10GB EE sim-only if thats the case

Unfortunately it seems as if Extra Speed is in fact hard capped at 60mbps down and 30mbps up. I was only able to test one site, so will test a few more soon just to confirm, but I'm reasonably sure that it's hard capped.

david16 · 12-02-2016, 22:26

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Originally Posted by mupet0000

Unfortunately it seems as if Extra Speed is in fact hard capped at 60mbps down and 30mbps up. I was only able to test one site, so will test a few more soon just to confirm, but I'm reasonably sure that it's hard capped.

Does one really need as fast as 100+ mbps download and 100+ mbps upload for a mobile internet data service to be any good whatsoever.

Last edited by david16 : 12-02-2016 at 22:28. Reason: 1

Thine Wonk · 12-02-2016, 22:46

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Originally Posted by david16

Does one really need as fast as 100+ mbps download and 100+ mbps upload for a mobile internet data service to be any good whatsoever.

...but the speedtest won't go all the way around

ozz · 14-02-2016, 12:57

Extra speed speed test results

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1740427013

ozz · 08-04-2016, 00:51

I killed off the extra speed add on as it really didn't make a lot of difference on a mobile.

How are people finding BT Mobile?

Was on the £10 2GB tariff but the website let me change to the promotional £8 2G plan mid contact which was a bonus!

Wonder what other features will be added to BT Mobile soon? WiFi calling would be a great addition considering BT Wi-Fi access is included in the plan.

technoflare · 10-04-2016, 00:58

EE currently have a 16GB deal for £19.99, if via Mobile Phones direct and TCB you can get another £96+£10 off that too (via redemption). Or if your company is part of corp perks you may be able to get 20% off the tariff.

ozz · 18-06-2016, 11:20

Tethering now available to iPhone users. Carrier profile BT-C 24.1 available to download by going to Settings>General>About or by a pop-up alert. Enables the personal hotspot menu.

randolf105 · 18-06-2016, 13:50

Does anyone know if you need to live in a BT broadband house to get the discount or just know someone that does. I notice it lets you set up a separate BT mobile account in a different name from the BT broadband one so are they going to know if you just use a friends details?

binary · 18-06-2016, 14:57

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Originally Posted by randolf105

Does anyone know if you need to live in a BT broadband house to get the discount or just know someone that does. I notice it lets you set up a separate BT mobile account in a different name from the BT broadband one so are they going to know if you just use a friends details?

You need to live at the same address (in the same household) as there a BT Broadband service.

If you try and take out a contract at an address where you don't actually live then this will (in all likelihood) fail the identity and credit check.

04-01-2016, 11:43	#76
mupet0000 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 620	Quote: Originally Posted by konebyvax My son has jumped ship from Three's One Plan (one month rolling, £18/mth) and joined BT Mobile on the Medium tariff. It was on offer for £8/mth at the time (we have BT BB) and combined with the £20 amazon credit and at the time £40 Quidco the net cost over the next 12 months is £36 or £3/mth! He shouldn't have been on The One Plan from the start given his pretty low monthly data useage plus the BT Mobile is capped so no chance of a huge overspend. He finds the signal way more consistent, especially indoors. Have you received your Quidco cashback yet? Quidco tell me that if I apply for the Gift Card that BT offer, my Quidco cashback will be rejected.

04-01-2016, 13:39	#77
Ben_Fisher Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Lincoln Posts: 577	Quote: Originally Posted by mupet0000 Have you received your Quidco cashback yet? Quidco tell me that if I apply for the Gift Card that BT offer, my Quidco cashback will be rejected. Oh I hope not! My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails.

04-01-2016, 23:06	#78
mupet0000 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 620	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben_Fisher Oh I hope not! My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails. According to Quidco support, if the gift card comes with the purchase then it isn't an issue, but if you have to apply for the gift card separately then it will void my cashback. So what I'm doing is waiting until my cashback is paid and then applying for the gift card. There doesn't appear to be an expiry date of which you can apply for the gift card, the terms simply state that you must have purchased within a specific date and must apply for the gift card after being with BT for 14 days.

04-01-2016, 23:45	#79
packages Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 879	Quote: Originally Posted by Ben_Fisher Oh I hope not! My quidco tracked and estimates march for payment! I've also applied for the amazon gift voucher. I will not be pleased if my quidco fails. Quote: Originally Posted by Quidco Cashback will not be paid in conjunction with any other offer, voucher or discount code unless listed on this page, or with any other discounts such as staff or student discounts Sorry but you are pretty out of luck

06-01-2016, 09:04	#80
konebyvax Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ignoringtrollsville Posts: 7,875	He hasn't received his quidco yet but I got £170 cashback on my BT Fibre purchase (paid out very quickly) as well as the Sainsburys gift card from BT so I'm hoping he will be fine.

11-02-2016, 23:49	#81
mupet0000 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 620	http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/phon...11364037773425 Interesting move by BT, charging an extra £4 per month on top of your package to go from a 30mbps cap to a 60mbps cap. A bit pointless in my opinion. You aren't allowed to tether so where are the benefits in going from 30mbps to 60mbps. I'm all for it if it was free, but paying £4 extra. You can already stream 1080p video with no issues on 30mbps, I don't see any benefits outside of tethering with this.

11-02-2016, 23:58	#82
ozz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rutland Posts: 564	I can't see the point in this without tethering.

12-02-2016, 07:39	#83
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 666	Quote: Originally Posted by mupet0000 http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/phon...11364037773425 Interesting move by BT, charging an extra £4 per month on top of your package to go from a 30mbps cap to a 60mbps cap. A bit pointless in my opinion. You aren't allowed to tether so where are the benefits in going from 30mbps to 60mbps. I'm all for it if it was free, but paying £4 extra. You can already stream 1080p video with no issues on 30mbps, I don't see any benefits outside of tethering with this. Is this a 60Mbps 'hard cap' or a theoretical cap?

12-02-2016, 16:22	#84
mupet0000 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 620	Quote: Originally Posted by rasseru16 Is this a 60Mbps 'hard cap' or a theoretical cap? I've added the service onto my account seen as it's free for the first month, I think it's a 60mbps hard cap, I will find out later at a 4G+ site and let you know. EDIT: Another interesting thing is that the BT Coverage checker has been updated to show EE Double Speed as "Extra Speed" areas: http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...overagechecker Just input a postcode.

12-02-2016, 18:37	#85
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 666	Quote: Originally Posted by mupet0000 I've added the service onto my account seen as it's free for the first month, I think it's a 60mbps hard cap, I will find out later at a 4G+ site and let you know. EDIT: Another interesting thing is that the BT Coverage checker has been updated to show EE Double Speed as "Extra Speed" areas: http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...overagechecker Just input a postcode. That would be great if you could give us an update on this, thinking about leaving my 10GB EE sim-only if thats the case

12-02-2016, 18:50	#86
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Quote: Originally Posted by ozz I can't see the point in this without tethering. Not everyone needs tethering.

12-02-2016, 19:02	#87
de525ma Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 787	Is tethering actually blocked on Android?

12-02-2016, 19:13	#88
ozz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rutland Posts: 564	It works on android but breaches BT Mobile terms and conditions (section 25b) and BT have the right to terminate your contract and charge you an early termination fee (section 30). http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...e-service.html It does imply that you can put a sim in a tablet though so Extra Speed 4G could be useful here.

12-02-2016, 19:27	#89
david16 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Central Belt Posts: 12,290	Quote: Originally Posted by ozz It works on android but breaches BT Mobile terms and conditions (section 25b) and BT have the right to terminate your contract and charge you an early termination fee (section 30). http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...e-service.html It does imply that you can put a sim in a tablet though so Extra Speed 4G could be useful here. It seems that three are very strict when it comes to mobile sim use in a tablet. BT mobile and EE don’t consider use of a mobile sim in a tablet as tethering, yet three do. Three’s MBB prices are extortinate.

12-02-2016, 19:35	#90
david16 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Central Belt Posts: 12,290	Quote: Originally Posted by de525ma Is tethering actually blocked on Android? Personal hotspot using your mobile phone with your sim in to connect your tablet is not allowed with BT mobile. But sticking your sim in a tablet if your tablet has a sim slot is allowed. Three must be the only MNO who class sticking your mobile sim in your tablet and going online using your sim as eating into your 12GB tethering allowance. How about using wifi direct connecting to the internet from a different device instead of personal hotspot. That’s not classed as tethering in the way personal hotspot is. If you intend to tether using personal hotspot to a tablet that has no sim slot, EE are the ones for you.

12-02-2016, 21:19	#91
mupet0000 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 620	Quote: Originally Posted by rasseru16 That would be great if you could give us an update on this, thinking about leaving my 10GB EE sim-only if thats the case Unfortunately it seems as if Extra Speed is in fact hard capped at 60mbps down and 30mbps up. I was only able to test one site, so will test a few more soon just to confirm, but I'm reasonably sure that it's hard capped.

12-02-2016, 22:26	#92
david16 Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Central Belt Posts: 12,290	Quote: Originally Posted by mupet0000 Unfortunately it seems as if Extra Speed is in fact hard capped at 60mbps down and 30mbps up. I was only able to test one site, so will test a few more soon just to confirm, but I'm reasonably sure that it's hard capped. Does one really need as fast as 100+ mbps download and 100+ mbps upload for a mobile internet data service to be any good whatsoever. Last edited by david16 : 12-02-2016 at 22:28. Reason: 1

12-02-2016, 22:46	#93
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,577	Quote: Originally Posted by david16 Does one really need as fast as 100+ mbps download and 100+ mbps upload for a mobile internet data service to be any good whatsoever. ...but the speedtest won't go all the way around

14-02-2016, 12:57	#94
ozz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rutland Posts: 564	Extra speed speed test results http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1740427013

08-04-2016, 00:51	#95
ozz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rutland Posts: 564	I killed off the extra speed add on as it really didn't make a lot of difference on a mobile. How are people finding BT Mobile? Was on the £10 2GB tariff but the website let me change to the promotional £8 2G plan mid contact which was a bonus! Wonder what other features will be added to BT Mobile soon? WiFi calling would be a great addition considering BT Wi-Fi access is included in the plan.

10-04-2016, 00:58	#96
technoflare Forum Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Warrington Posts: 2,458	EE currently have a 16GB deal for £19.99, if via Mobile Phones direct and TCB you can get another £96+£10 off that too (via redemption). Or if your company is part of corp perks you may be able to get 20% off the tariff.

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18-06-2016, 11:20	#97
ozz Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Rutland Posts: 564	Tethering now available to iPhone users. Carrier profile BT-C 24.1 available to download by going to Settings>General>About or by a pop-up alert. Enables the personal hotspot menu.

18-06-2016, 13:50	#98
randolf105 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 42	Does anyone know if you need to live in a BT broadband house to get the discount or just know someone that does. I notice it lets you set up a separate BT mobile account in a different name from the BT broadband one so are they going to know if you just use a friends details?

18-06-2016, 14:57	#99
binary Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 636	Quote: Originally Posted by randolf105 Does anyone know if you need to live in a BT broadband house to get the discount or just know someone that does. I notice it lets you set up a separate BT mobile account in a different name from the BT broadband one so are they going to know if you just use a friends details? You need to live at the same address (in the same household) as there a BT Broadband service. If you try and take out a contract at an address where you don't actually live then this will (in all likelihood) fail the identity and credit check.