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toge · 22-01-2016, 22:25

Looking for at least a gig for a fiver? does that exist? thanks

Thine Wonk · 22-01-2016, 22:31

I don't think so, I think that's too cheap.

hammy_y · 22-01-2016, 23:42

I couldn't find one for £5. But I found this for £6 from Uswitch SIM Only deals http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim_o...y=monthly_cost

DevonBloke · 23-01-2016, 01:15

I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid.
Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of.
EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017.
4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid?
Best time to ask for that is post 2020......

cooler · 23-01-2016, 01:43

You didn't mention if you want PAYG or a contract.

iD Mobile has a 1 month contract that gives you 2GB data for £7.50 per month, which is equivalent to £3.75 per GB.

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim_o...3836cbb4aa761f

finbaar · 23-01-2016, 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevonBloke

I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid.
Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of.
EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017.
4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid?
Best time to ask for that is post 2020......

Your best bet for 100gb at that price is a Three 1 year sim only with all you can eat data for £20. In fact you can use 999gb so that should do.

TheBigM · 23-01-2016, 10:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevonBloke

I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid.
Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of.
EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017.
4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid?
Best time to ask for that is post 2020......

I thought EE's current offer of 50GB for £27.50 a month was pretty good

hammy_y · 23-01-2016, 18:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBigM

I thought EE's current offer of 50GB for £27.50 a month was pretty good

Where's that? I can't find it on their website.

millimole2001 · 23-01-2016, 22:06

Try mobi-data they do a rolling monthly bdata only contract for £5 for 1,g

Chris1973 · 24-01-2016, 13:53

Quote:

Where's that? I can't find it on their website.

http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor

hammy_y · 24-01-2016, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris1973

http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor

Nice! Thanks

rasseru16 · 24-01-2016, 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by toge

Looking for at least a gig for a fiver? does that exist? thanks

Now Mobile offer 1GB of *3G only* data for £5. (EE Network)
http://www.nowpayg.co.uk/bundles/data-1gb/

Mobilek offer 1GB data, 200 mins & 200 texts for £5 (O2 Network) or Unlimited data for £10. http://mobilek.co.uk/bundles/

hammy_y · 24-01-2016, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris1973

http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor

Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini?

SkipTracer · 25-01-2016, 10:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by hammy_y

Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini?

Although there’s no guarantee my findings using EE PAYG data sims is they will work in any device that needs data like tablets, Smartphone + tethering or Mifi tethered to a PC. Maybe a different story if it was a Smartphone sim but as it sold with a data device it should work in any data device if there unlocked devices.

I was tinkering with the idea of buying a PAYG Osprey with 24 GB and 1 year expiry from PC World for £79-99 being a low user but I’ve already got a Mifi device and the Osprey would be redundant but for now it’s still cheaper for me just to buy the 6 GB PAYG data sims at £15 each with 3 months expiry and these work fine in any dongle, smartphone or Mifi device.

For anyone interested as I think it’s a good deal if you’re a PAYG man like me... http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/phones...35864-pdt.html

A one year 12 GB PAYG data sim on Three will set you back more than the PCW EE deal without a Mifi device as will the EE 24 GB one year as a standalone sim. What I can make of it is there giving the Osprey away and I reckoned this deal works out, spreading over a full year to £6-66 per month for 2 GB.That said it could be that PCW has dropped a ball lock on their pricing with this unit and therefore could soon disappear at this price but they had this price for at least 3 weeks that I know of.

Chris1973 · 25-01-2016, 10:44

Quote:

Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini?

I have a 15GB / Month Mobile Broadband Sim, as well as several 100GB x 2 from the various sim offers and they have all worked fine in a Chinese Cubot phone, as well as various non EE Mifi's and USB dongles.

hammy_y · 25-01-2016, 19:25

Ok thanks guys because, well this is a bit complicated, but my friend is thinking about combining BT FTTC (30 down/6 up) with EE 4G (54 down/24 up) using a load balancing router connected via ethernet to a 4g travel router, and then putting the sim card from the osprey into a 4g dongle connected to the travel router. It'd mean much faster speeds and just sounds like a really cool project to me

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jchamier · 25-01-2016, 21:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by hammy_y

It'd mean much faster speeds and just sounds like a really cool project to me

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Very cool project, but I'd want to replace the TP-Link travel router and 4G dongle with something supporting 4G/LTE Cat6 with an ethernet port. Might cost more though, but likely better throughput.

I wonder what the throughput limits are on the load balancing router? Also the load balancing works well for a lot of users, one user will only get the full speed of either the 4G or the full speed of the broadband - it can't add them together. Two users can download fast at the same time however.

dts5000 · 25-01-2016, 21:17

At xmas in currys you could buy the osprey with 100gb for £29 http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/4g-m...currys-2345643

Looks like some people are now selling them for more on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-EE-Osp...UAAOSwxN5WbEPM

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EE-Osprey-...QAAOSwX~dWirUd

dts5000 · 25-01-2016, 21:25

Tesco Mobile has 4G/3G PAYG data bundles offering 500MB (£5 for 30 days), 1GB (£7.50), 2GB (£10), 3GB (£12.50), 4GB (£15), 6GB (£17.50) or 8GB (£20).

When they run out you can buy another you can also use the sim in a 4g router

http://www.tescomobile.com/help-and-...o-data-bundles

hammy_y · 26-01-2016, 01:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by jchamier

Very cool project, but I'd want to replace the TP-Link travel router and 4G dongle with something supporting 4G/LTE Cat6 with an ethernet port. Might cost more though, but likely better throughput.

I wonder what the throughput limits are on the load balancing router? Also the load balancing works well for a lot of users, one user will only get the full speed of either the 4G or the full speed of the broadband - it can't add them together. Two users can download fast at the same time however.

The travel router has an ethernet port though, can't we use that? It says WAN/LAN on it so I assumed it would work.

The load balancing router only has 100mbit ports, but I think once you getting closer to 100mbit it becomes less efficient.

Couldn't you download 2 things at once and benefit from both that way? I can't remember exactly but a video I watched about the load balancing router said sometimes you'll get full combined speed, sometimes you won't depending on the app. speedtest.net gave him the full combined speed on the video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUfP8a5zNY

binary · 26-01-2016, 13:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by rasseru16

Now Mobile offer 1GB of *3G only* data for £5. (EE Network)
http://www.nowpayg.co.uk/bundles/data-1gb/

Mobilek offer 1GB data, 200 mins & 200 texts for £5 (O2 Network) or Unlimited data for £10. http://mobilek.co.uk/bundles/

The Mobilek offering - that has to be 3G only as well, no?

Also, I wonder just how unlimited it is... or is it unlimited but horribly slow?

lost boy · 26-01-2016, 15:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by binary

The Mobilek offering - that has to be 3G only as well, no?

Being that (according to a dig about) it appears to be part of Kingdom Mobile, who run on EE, I'd expect it to be 3G only also.

Quote:

Originally Posted by binary

Also, I wonder just how unlimited it is... or is it unlimited but horribly slow?

Indeed - it's much more likely to be unlimited* than unlimited, with the throttle being used (although would be happy to be proved wrong).

22-01-2016, 22:25	#1
toge Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 6	Cheap mobile data Looking for at least a gig for a fiver? does that exist? thanks

22-01-2016, 22:31	#2
Thine Wonk Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14,545	I don't think so, I think that's too cheap.

22-01-2016, 23:42	#3
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	I couldn't find one for £5. But I found this for £6 from Uswitch SIM Only deals http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim_o...y=monthly_cost

23-01-2016, 01:15	#4
DevonBloke Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Totnes, Devon Posts: 6,693	I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid. Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of. EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017. 4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid? Best time to ask for that is post 2020......

23-01-2016, 01:43	#5
cooler Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11,176	You didn't mention if you want PAYG or a contract. iD Mobile has a 1 month contract that gives you 2GB data for £7.50 per month, which is equivalent to £3.75 per GB. http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/sim_o...3836cbb4aa761f

23-01-2016, 09:43	#6
finbaar Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,921	Quote: Originally Posted by DevonBloke I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid. Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of. EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017. 4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid? Best time to ask for that is post 2020...... Your best bet for 100gb at that price is a Three 1 year sim only with all you can eat data for £20. In fact you can use 999gb so that should do.

23-01-2016, 10:22	#7
TheBigM Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: moon Posts: 12,983	Quote: Originally Posted by DevonBloke I'm looking for 100GB for about 20 quid. Realistically though building a network is something none of us can even begin to imagine the cost of. EE have had to spend over 4 Billion quid to get what we really want, and that's near perfect coverage and they still aren't going to complete this until the end of 2017. 4 Billion quid and you want a Gig for 5 quid? Best time to ask for that is post 2020...... I thought EE's current offer of 50GB for £27.50 a month was pretty good

23-01-2016, 18:03	#8
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	Quote: Originally Posted by TheBigM I thought EE's current offer of 50GB for £27.50 a month was pretty good Where's that? I can't find it on their website.

23-01-2016, 22:06	#9
millimole2001 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Leicester Posts: 331	Try mobi-data they do a rolling monthly bdata only contract for £5 for 1,g

24-01-2016, 13:53	#10
Chris1973 Forum Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 667	Quote: Where's that? I can't find it on their website. http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor

24-01-2016, 20:54	#11
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	Quote: Originally Posted by Chris1973 http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor Nice! Thanks

24-01-2016, 21:19	#12
rasseru16 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Suffolk, East Anglia Posts: 665	Quote: Originally Posted by toge Looking for at least a gig for a fiver? does that exist? thanks Now Mobile offer 1GB of 3G only data for £5. (EE Network) http://www.nowpayg.co.uk/bundles/data-1gb/ Mobilek offer 1GB data, 200 mins & 200 texts for £5 (O2 Network) or Unlimited data for £10. http://mobilek.co.uk/bundles/

24-01-2016, 22:04	#13
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	Quote: Originally Posted by Chris1973 http://shop.ee.co.uk/dongles/pay-mon...oosePlanAnchor Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini?

25-01-2016, 10:19	#14
SkipTracer Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The City and County of Bristol Posts: 2,623	Quote: Originally Posted by hammy_y Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini? Although there’s no guarantee my findings using EE PAYG data sims is they will work in any device that needs data like tablets, Smartphone + tethering or Mifi tethered to a PC. Maybe a different story if it was a Smartphone sim but as it sold with a data device it should work in any data device if there unlocked devices. I was tinkering with the idea of buying a PAYG Osprey with 24 GB and 1 year expiry from PC World for £79-99 being a low user but I’ve already got a Mifi device and the Osprey would be redundant but for now it’s still cheaper for me just to buy the 6 GB PAYG data sims at £15 each with 3 months expiry and these work fine in any dongle, smartphone or Mifi device. For anyone interested as I think it’s a good deal if you’re a PAYG man like me... http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/phones...35864-pdt.html A one year 12 GB PAYG data sim on Three will set you back more than the PCW EE deal without a Mifi device as will the EE 24 GB one year as a standalone sim. What I can make of it is there giving the Osprey away and I reckoned this deal works out, spreading over a full year to £6-66 per month for 2 GB.That said it could be that PCW has dropped a ball lock on their pricing with this unit and therefore could soon disappear at this price but they had this price for at least 3 weeks that I know of.

25-01-2016, 10:44	#15
Chris1973 Forum Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 667	Quote: Are you allowed to take the sim card out of that and use it in say, a tablet or a phone? Or would data only work in the Osprey 2 mini? I have a 15GB / Month Mobile Broadband Sim, as well as several 100GB x 2 from the various sim offers and they have all worked fine in a Chinese Cubot phone, as well as various non EE Mifi's and USB dongles.

25-01-2016, 19:25	#16
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	Ok thanks guys because, well this is a bit complicated, but my friend is thinking about combining BT FTTC (30 down/6 up) with EE 4G (54 down/24 up) using a load balancing router connected via ethernet to a 4g travel router, and then putting the sim card from the osprey into a 4g dongle connected to the travel router. It'd mean much faster speeds and just sounds like a really cool project to me .

25-01-2016, 21:10	#17
jchamier Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: This forum Posts: 3,389	Quote: Originally Posted by hammy_y It'd mean much faster speeds and just sounds like a really cool project to me . Very cool project, but I'd want to replace the TP-Link travel router and 4G dongle with something supporting 4G/LTE Cat6 with an ethernet port. Might cost more though, but likely better throughput. I wonder what the throughput limits are on the load balancing router? Also the load balancing works well for a lot of users, one user will only get the full speed of either the 4G or the full speed of the broadband - it can't add them together. Two users can download fast at the same time however.

25-01-2016, 21:17	#18
dts5000 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 60	At xmas in currys you could buy the osprey with 100gb for £29 http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/4g-m...currys-2345643 Looks like some people are now selling them for more on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-EE-Osp...UAAOSwxN5WbEPM http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EE-Osprey-...QAAOSwX~dWirUd

25-01-2016, 21:25	#19
dts5000 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 60	Tesco Mobile has 4G/3G PAYG data bundles offering 500MB (£5 for 30 days), 1GB (£7.50), 2GB (£10), 3GB (£12.50), 4GB (£15), 6GB (£17.50) or 8GB (£20). When they run out you can buy another you can also use the sim in a 4g router http://www.tescomobile.com/help-and-...o-data-bundles

26-01-2016, 01:27	#20
hammy_y Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Leicester Posts: 199	Quote: Originally Posted by jchamier Very cool project, but I'd want to replace the TP-Link travel router and 4G dongle with something supporting 4G/LTE Cat6 with an ethernet port. Might cost more though, but likely better throughput. I wonder what the throughput limits are on the load balancing router? Also the load balancing works well for a lot of users, one user will only get the full speed of either the 4G or the full speed of the broadband - it can't add them together. Two users can download fast at the same time however. The travel router has an ethernet port though, can't we use that? It says WAN/LAN on it so I assumed it would work. The load balancing router only has 100mbit ports, but I think once you getting closer to 100mbit it becomes less efficient. Couldn't you download 2 things at once and benefit from both that way? I can't remember exactly but a video I watched about the load balancing router said sometimes you'll get full combined speed, sometimes you won't depending on the app. speedtest.net gave him the full combined speed on the video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUfP8a5zNY

26-01-2016, 13:00	#21
binary Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 634	Quote: Originally Posted by rasseru16 Now Mobile offer 1GB of 3G only data for £5. (EE Network) http://www.nowpayg.co.uk/bundles/data-1gb/ Mobilek offer 1GB data, 200 mins & 200 texts for £5 (O2 Network) or Unlimited data for £10. http://mobilek.co.uk/bundles/ The Mobilek offering - that has to be 3G only as well, no? Also, I wonder just how unlimited it is... or is it unlimited but horribly slow?

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26-01-2016, 15:44	#22
lost boy Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolkland Posts: 1,787	Quote: Originally Posted by binary The Mobilek offering - that has to be 3G only as well, no? Being that (according to a dig about) it appears to be part of Kingdom Mobile, who run on EE, I'd expect it to be 3G only also. Quote: Originally Posted by binary Also, I wonder just how unlimited it is... or is it unlimited but horribly slow? Indeed - it's much more likely to be unlimited* than unlimited, with the throttle being used (although would be happy to be proved wrong).