Not aboard submarines.

COLLATED SUMMARY OF THIS DEAL FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE - ie GOT IT: + HUKDers feedback in this thread...
NB: @ 25Apr15 this product/deal is no longer listed on PCWorld/Currys website - it too late to buy & start your 1yr prepaid plan

This is what the pack looks like: (if collecting from store, ensure you get the right pack - several people have been given the wrong pack!)


This is a 3-sizes-in-1 Standard/Micro/Nano pre-paid SIM that gives you “1GB of [4G/3G] mobile date to use every month for 1 year”

Sold online & in-store by both PCWorld and Currys at £24.99 currently as product code 121006 described as
“KNOWHOW Mobile Broadband 3-in-1 Starter SIM” though has been 60% more at £39.99.
You might get cashback by ordering thru a Quidco/TopcashBack type site - eg I'm due 21p!

The item was initially in stock to order online for (free) home delivery (but it sold out) + Reserve&Collect in store. Though not a Clearance/.97p item they haven't restocked online (perhaps we made this too popular!), & though Sale may end any time & eg become 60% pricier again it is still available at some stores @2/4/15!.
For an example of why getting delivered beats collecting - see this HUKDer experience:http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24609534

I believe it's being considered a Hot UK Deal as at £24.99 up-front cost (instead of £39.99) you get 12 months of 1GB/m of UK 3G/4G data ie just £2.08/m with no "Overage" charges as your 1GB/m is capped (ie can't use more), has no contract & "You can use your SIM in WiFi devices, USB dongles, smartphones & tablets including iPads to connect to the service" & tethering/VoIP/hotspots etc are all OK..

Thanks to HUKDer Sykos for starting activation process on his SIM (ie paid £24.99 up-front for the £0.00/m plan) & sharing its features: ie:

(NB: As per packaging: "In order to activate the service a valid debit/credit card is required for validation - this card will not be charged." The service is by "Globalgig" [see below re MVNO] so you may have used your email address with that brand before. The "'WiFi on the go" is them supporting its use for personal hotspot & MiFi's, not any access to other peoples' WiFi networks.)

Not sure it'd be hot at regular £39.99 & the optional extra £4.99/m bundles would probably make it poor value.

It is a pre-paid SIM - "no contract", "no credit checks" - that gives you what it says on the actual tin (ie cardboard sleeve & website - ie
The Knowhow-Mbb website [it's their product] is your best starting position to knowing what it is:
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#

For a quick "Annual SIM Starter Pack Service Description" of what you're buying see their 4 page PDF with info on its optional extras (more data OR overseas use at £4.99/m), here's a direct link to it:
https://assets.globalgig.com/globalgig-uk/docs/Annual-Plan-SIM-Starter-Pack-Service-Description.pdf

It explains clearly that you're getting mobile data:
* UK 1GB/m for 12m included in price and that 1GB/m on 4G/3G is capped, no "Overage" use/costs available to you
* and can start paying £4.99/m to increase to 2GB/m in UK for rest of the 12m, still no "Overage", ie capped at 2GB/m in UK.
* or can start paying £4.99/m to use the 1GB/m in c40 countries for the rest of the 12m but then "Overage" applies both in UK @5p/MB and overseas at 15p/MB - ie no longer capped though they aim to send email alerts as usage reaches 50/85/100%.

Options are "rolling month-month contracts" for the rest of your SIM's 12 months; you can cancel an option but that totally cancels the entire SIM, including the original prepaid elements!
If you are interested in 30-day international contracts probably look at their Freedom/Travel plans instead
https://www.knowhow-mbb.com/

If you want to find the link yourself (as you shouldn't trust strangers), look on their website at
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual
then look at the bottom of the page at the footer... the last text is "Service Description". Click on that link & then the Annual Plan SIM doc link.

Any reference on PCW/Currys website to a 30-days contract must be to the two optional extra £4.99/m which remain for the rest of your 12m term, unless you cancel - ie per Service Description document "All upgrade plan options are rolling month-to-month contracts. There are no fees to cancel your service.". (There is no 10GB/£7.99 or other options showing on the Knowhow website (ie PCW/Currys website errors)).

The SIM only provides data : per packaging "This is a data only service. Traditional voice & SMS services are not supported."
which nicely suggests the VoiP/SIP/WhatsApps/Skype etc services would be working as they are data not voice/SMS based.


If you want to read the back of the actual product packaging, please follow this link
http://i.imgur.com/I7rSZfF.jpg

Note: when activating it asks for a mobile number - this is NOT the 07777777777 [a dummy/nominal number]... from your pack... but is meant to be your own [other] mobile number.

Usage monitoring: with the bundled 1GB/m your usage is capped at the 1GB/m & then service pauses until the next of the 12 months begins. Currently there is no online usage meter, just email alerts on the day when you hit 50/85/100% of monthly limit. The website says more functionality coming.

So if aiming to use in a SmartPhone with normal voice/SMSs, you would need a Dual-SIM/Triple-SIM phone (with at least a 3G SIM socket for this SIM it seems) where this prepaid SIM can provide 1GB/m of data, while your other SIM provides any traditional voice/SMS services. [This SIM v.likely needs 3G, so to use alongside another 3/Three network SIM that also needs 3G would require a more sophisticated Dual-SIM phone than many are - ie many older/cheaper have one "2G/GSM only" SIM socket - ie do some more research if that's your plan.]

When you visit the website to activate your SIM, it offers you the chance to upgrade there & then, but you can upgrade later. See these screens captured by HUKDer Sykos:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24585576

If you're considering the £4.99/m optional extra probably worth reading this first
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24585630

re the fact that the SIM is on a MVNO based on 3/Three UK network this is based on T&Cs that services provided by "Globalgig (which is a trading name of Voiamo Limited" & their Australian site says MVNO with 3 in UK.
https://www.globalgig.com/au/en/how-it-works
Update: First users have reported it is indeed on "3 UK" network, and named as "KNOWHOW EU1" as service provider; plus checking the # of my SIM shows it as allocated to 3 UK too.
Their official network 'Coverage' section is (farcical) at:
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#coverage
but as a MVNO on "3 UK" network best to look:
http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Coverage

And if you're looking for a 4G mobile WiFi hotspot device and more you could try...
HUKDer seedbot's EE Osprey 4G MiFi at £20 up front (+cancel)
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-osprey-mifi-device-free-with-15gb-ultrafast-double-speed-4g-30-day-rolling-contract-2114457
or at £30 with no contract to cancel - ie on PAYG at:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-osprey-mifi-2gb-4g-data-ee-prepay-29-99-cpw-2161843?p=24603814
(though there are some reports of Osprey's not being mega reliable - eg 'Dodo')
or HUKDer Technation's EE Buzzard 4G USB powered at £20 one off
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-payg-buzzard-dongle-with-car-wifi-adapter-half-price-2gb-4g-data-19-99-cpw-2159897
eg get the 4G gizmo and use the initial data and then exploit this 4G SIM in them...
Though the monthly 1GB allowance won't last long if/when used at 4G data rates!

Tip: If considering using as basis of a data only 'Smartphone' - eg using VoIP/SIP for voice & other services for SMS : I can recommend having a look at say using a FreeVoipDeal a/c & their MobileVOIP App. You prepay c£10 on a PAYG a/c & that gives you 120 days 'free calls' to c30 countries landlines (+some mobiles) subject to rolling 300mins fair use. (We've used them/associated companies for c10 years & while not perfect are totally 'usable'.) [Plus of course Skype + WhatsApp...]

If your device isn't picking up the Internet data connection properly, try their FAQ, ie to set the APN as: mbb.voiamo.net
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/faqs

Things we still don't know:
- Activate by? - any deadline to Activate the SIM by after purchase.[no expiry on pack/site!]
- 2G SIM socket - does the SIM work in a 2G socket (probably not)
- Content control? - is the Adult block removed during activation (with debit/credit card "validation"?)

16/3/15: Globalgig are also offering a free "Worldwide" SIM with 100MB/m for 3 months to use overseas... [with 15p/MB "Overage"]
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-sim-free-100mb-month-international-for-3-months-globalgig-2166085

Hot, but as usual Currys makes buying something from them an ordeal.

1. reserve online
2. go to shop to order&collect counter
3. avoid assistant I had to repeatedly explain the Sale of Goods Act to a few weeks previously, when I wanted a refund on a camera with a clear manufacturing fault *one day* after Currys 21 day refund policy.
4. another assistant finds my order in the system quickly.
5. assistant disappears into the back room
6. assistant comes out of the back room, with nothing...?
7. prints something off
8. shouts at second assistant across the shop floor in a non-English language
9. second assistant appears, is handed a piece of paper (with my order on)
10. second assistant wanders off and starts surfing the internet on one of their Apple Macs
11. a few minutes pass
12. more time passes. Second assistant now appears to be helping someone else with an iPad. the original assistant is in front of me, ignoring me, and typing something into the sales computer, in a one-fingered hunt-and-peck manner.
13. second assistant now appears to be looking at the item I ordered on the Currys web site.
14. second assistant comes back and says "are you sure you want this, we can do you a better deal than this?".
15. i look incredulous. I explain it is 1GB of data PER MONTH for a year, for 25 quid in total, and no I don't want to be upsold to something else.
16. second assistant doesn't believe me. I offer to show him the service description on the Currys web page on my phone, which I do.
17. second assistant now believes me, but doesn't know where to find the SIM pack. He disappears.
18. more time passes.
19. third assistant appears and hands me a large plastic security box containing the SIM pack (so off the shop floor), and tells me to go to the checkout to complete the purchase.
20. I go to the checkout. The checkout assistant is listening to the radio.
21. The guy scans the barcode, and the checkout computer asks for the SIM ID (ICC ID - 20 digits) and mobile phone number off the pack. Three times he scans them the wrong way around which the computer will not accept, and I have to tell him how to do it so the system will accept it...
22. FINALLY! I CAN PAY!
23. Escape! Run away! Never buy anything from Currys again!

Depends how you use it. I'm delighted to pay 2 quid a month to be contactable on whatsapp, hangouts and facebook messenger alone without having to mess about with a rolling contract full of minutes and texts im not going to use.

Sadly the CS (which is a different person each time) are still playing hardball, this time saying that I am beyond the 21 days refund policy so tough!

I've got 10 days to go before escalation so will bide my time with this one..

Ah... interesting, thanks for letting us know. I find it cheeky as well, I bought one long time ago and activated it, but I don't remember having read anything at all about a maximum period to activate it either. I agree with you that some things should be made more clear to customers, but we know how some companies are...

Good luck with the escalation, hopefully, you can get something for not making something so important as prominent as it should have been..

I had the card lying around from March 2015 and I tried to recently activate it to see if it still worked only to find out that the knowhow website that you need to use doesn't exist anymore so I can't activate the card that way.

I used Resolver to open a ticket only to be told by PC World Customer support that the card had to be activated within 12 months of the purchase except that they fail to mention this anywhere on the packaging or the receipt or the flyers that came with the package.

They are hiding behind the "It's in the T's and C's" except that in this case if I didn't have any access to the internet apart from the data SIM card then I would have had to activate the card just to read the T's and C's on their website before accepting the 12 month contract or not! I can't quite understand the logic in that.

The Resolver website allows you to escalate the complaint if you aren't happy with the original resolution but I have to wait 12 days before this can happen.

Where can you appeal, in the same Resolver site?

So, you were basically trying to return an unactivated card for a full refund?
If you're still within the 12 months where you can activate the card, it seems a good offer still, doesn't it? Is it not a good idea to use that card for a year in your case?

Just tried using Resolver to get back the money on an unactivated data SIM card only to be told that the according to the T's and C's the data SIM card must be activated within 12 months of purchase.

I am going to appeal this saying that there was no information available to this effect at the point of sale so they can't just hide behind some T's and C's just to get around the issue.

Update re my unused SIM as unusable as Currys/PCWorld turned off the Knowhow SIM website/service by time I got around to trying to activate it - see couple of my postings earlier...

Pleased to report that true to their response in my Resolver case, DSG Retail have refunded me the £24.99 paid for that now unusable SIM. So all ended well in the end, just wasted about 1.5hrs getting that refund from them due to their very poor initial phoneline response and rather pathetic in-store inability to resolve something so clear & petty. Lesson is that the leopard really hasn't changed it's spots : they used to be RUBBISH at customer care, and still are BAD.
Meanwhile totally recommend trying Resolver, as recommended by MoneySavingExpert, when need something resolved!

Thanks for that - only learnt of Resolver at the weekend and wouldn't have thought of it for this. Will go that route now.

Update on my requirement for Currys/PCW to refund my £24.99 as the service was no longer available when I tried to activate the service 2 weeks ago - and that after all that analysis I did of the (excellent) deal back in March 2015....
see
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=28524113

Their call centre initially rebuffed me [=pathetic!]; and in store they realised they should refund me but didn't have the power in store to do anything as "original transaction dated over 12 months ago" [=totally pathetic!]; but having put my refund request into the MSE recommended Resolver website for Currys/PCW to formally respond via their system I got a sensible response within one working day and have just given them my bank a/c details for a full refund for the service they are unable to start providing [within the 6 years contract law provides for].

Of course it's only resolved when I get the refund, but no reason to believe they won't now do so.

So if anyone else has an unactivated and hence now unusable SIM I would definitely recommend from personal experience the MSE recommended Resolver service... it's certainly saved me the hassle and cash flow cost of taking out a legal claim against them [which I totally intended to do otherwise!]
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/site/resolver

I got an invoice for some outstanding balance less than 1 quid, but after contacting the customer service, they said it was mistake and will cancel it. So far I didnt get any charges on my credit card.

So after your 12 months was up they started to just help themselves to payments from the card you used to authenticate the SIM?

I need to go to their website and chat to the customer service to cancel it.

Hi, was the form to cancel in the email?
My SIM expires soon but I haven't received an email.
How long before did you get the email, worried that they might start charging me & I don't even use it anymore :neutral_face:
Thanks.

Ironically, I'm interested in this as I bought it for a child going back to school last year and upon arrival (before activating the SIM) the school banned smartphones. So I was left with a contract I couldn't use.

I'll also pursue a refund I think as you mentioned they said it could be activated without a time limit.

3/8/16: just opened my SIM pack and tried to activate [fortunately before I removed SIM from its card] and found activation website not there!
Phoned helpline and got would respond to the #. Few minutes later got callback saying that couldnt activate and I needed to go back to pack vendor for refund.
Phoned Currys/PCWorld and eventually they found order... admitted that there notes said "no time limit for activating" and gave another URL ie knowhow-uk.globalgig.com ... which also isn't available!
Played hardball about refund and that I'd need to go to Trading Standards!

PS
Have emailed globalgig to get it in writing from them that they're no longer activating the SIM. I'll then take that paperwork to local Currys/PCWorld and endeavour to get manager to see sense.

PPS
Got a prompt reply - reiterating that can't activate...
"We would like to inform you that you cannot activate the SIM card because it is an old SIM card (the Knowhow company doesn't exist anymore from March). If you want we can send you a new GlobalGig SIM card, but you will need to link a new plan to it.
"Please be aware that you can try to go to the shop where you bought the package in order to ask for your money back.
"Please note that we just provide the service, but as you didn't activate the SIM card, we cannot do anything for you."

PPPS
Well I tried in local store today. Very sympathetic but 100% unable to help as till won't allow anything related to "over a year" before, and manager doesn't have discretion to override. Would need to speak to Customer Services to workout what to do, but I didn't have time for that.

Just receive the email about the options to change plan or will charge £1 per month for 100MB. I just submitted the form to cancel. Do you guys receive a confirmation email for the cancellation?

I was charged £3.90 the other day for going over when the original contract was supposed to be capped so no chance of going over to be charged. now because it's due to expire they think they can automatically roll you over to a monthly contract!

when you cancel your account check the acct numbers because I noticed that the original acct number was say 000056 and the 'new one' was 000057 so you might not be cancelling the right one. crafty bastids.

Live chat and cancel. £28.99 seems the cheapest replacement equivalent:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/three-4g-payg-sim-data-pre-loaded-for-12-months-data-12-gb-28-99-prepaymania_shop-2415635

Where do u find your account number pls?

You still need to cancel your account using the link in the email or they'll move you on to a £1 a month contract.

My email said that they will automatically start charging me £1 a month for a 100MB data subscription.

Have now had the email they said would come. As expected and as discussed recently in this thread no automatic payments, just an option, which I won't be taking up, of an ongoing monthly service.

Those who report they've had fees taken must, I assume, have either taken up a different option originally or be talking about a different deal entirely. The one I had is still looking like exactly what it said it would be - a 1 year 1GB per month deal that expires this month with no ongoing commitment.

I came here looking for this lol, thank you mate.

£6.10 for me
website is useless, can't find out why

Anyone else having issues ?

I got mine sorted out.

Definitely email them with account details, otherwise I think you may get charges.

I saw a payment on my credit card the other day for 68p, then an email saying my "account had been reactivated" (which I did not ask for, I just wanted to use my 12 months).
Luckily I still have my account details.

I have just emailed them (their live chat is closed) and got a reply from AA WiFi (?). I presume it's the same company, so have asked to close my account and cancel sim, etc.

I can see a few folk getting stung though. Cheeky gits, thought they might do this.

Did you guys have to cancel your contract and did you get a email from Knowhow when it was about to expire?

Awesome, many thanks for letting me know...

I went with http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/three-mobile-broadband-pay-go-12-2389387

Hi guys,

Almost one year from the deal and even though I thought I was not going to use it, it has come really handy.

Do you know a good alternative at the moment? PAYG data at a good price?

Cheers...

Pretty sure I used a false email and the card I paid and registered with has now expired so not anticipating any problems if they do charge (which I seriously doubt will happen anyway).

Update on the discussion above:
I sent KnowHow an email asking about whether the sim just stops after 12 months, and whether there are renewal options. Just had this back from them:

i think i got the same one as you
£24.99 for 1gb of data a month for a year
weird thing is i spoke to the same advisor lol
ill be cancelling anyway as i ve not even used this one tbh
and i get 4gb on my sim only contact anyway
so no real use for it

Thanks, but that's not my understanding. The Faqs page here https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/faqs makes no mention of any ongoing costs. And no mention of any additional charge at all unless you 'upgraded' the offer.
It simply says "You have already paid for your annual plan in store. Your credit card details are only required for verification purposes."
The original activation page, which is still live at https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual also makes no mention of any ongoing cost, unless you 'upgrade'.
Nowhere is there any mention of a 30 day rolling contract. It is clearly described as an annual plan.

I've just been on on-line chat and I've been told something different - that moving to a monthly contract is an option. The good thing is they only have an old card stored for me, so can't charge me anyway.

Are you sure you bought exactly the original SIM card - I have a vague recollection that there were two slightly different ones perhaps? I'm sure mine was just a 12 month one off with no auto roll forwards to an on-going contract.

Below is a copy of my on-line chat (I've obviously removed personal information):

Me
Hi, I purchased a SIM for 1gb data per month for a year around 10 and a half months ago. I wanted to confirm what happens when the offer ends in a month and a halfs time?
Thanks

Ariadna
Hello and thank you for contacting Knowhow Customer Care, you're speaking to Ariadna, can I start by taking your account number or ICCID please?

Me
Account number is XXXXXX

Ariadna
Thank you. For security reasons, please can you confirm the name on the account, the postcode of your billing address and the email address registered on the account?

Me
XXXXXX
XXXXXX
XXXXXX

Ariadna
Thank you
Once you finished your contract you will then have the option to move to a monthly rolling contract
We will send you an email informing you of all your options
For you to have an idea, those are The Knowhow Freedom plans for your information:
3GB - £9.99 per month
6GB - £15.99 per month
After the first month, there are a further two plans available if you require less or more data.
1GB - £5.99 per month
10GB – £24.99 per month
You can use your full allowance in 25 countries, and you can also use the service in a further 15 countries at a Pay per MB rate of £0.20p per MB.
Please note – if you exceed your data allowance you are charged per MB in excess.

Me
So this is just an option, and if I don't want to move to this I don't have to do anything?

Ariadna
That's right

Me
Thanks for your help

Don't know the answer to your question. But that webpage is about packages that you have to buy in store and activate online. And, as far as I know, neither of those packages is for sale in store anymore, which, if true, makes your question academic - as you won't be able to buy one.

Happy to be proved wrong though, as a new 12 months of 1GB for £24.99 would be useful!

hi it wasnt a 12 month contact
just 12 months 1gb internet for £25 for the whole year
you can cancel at anytime (it said this in the paperwork that came with the sim)
this is a 30 day rolling contract
so you will be billed £4.99 a mont if you dont cancel
but that upto you
LOG IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT HERE
theres an online chat somewhere on there as i found it twice
this post was just a reminder for all of you to cancel if you no longer want it
having spoke online to the online adviser. they said just need to cancel 48 hours before via email
so best do it a week early
and told me my billing cycle is 28th and my year is up on 28th march

Regarding this offer, checking their web I could see:

1GB/MONTH FOR A YEAR (SIM ONLY) £24.99 1GB
1GB/MONTH FOR A YEAR (WIFI ONLY) £69.99 1GB

Do you know what's the difference between SIM and WIFI only? I couldn't find the explanation on their site...

Cheers

Are you sure we will be billed unless cancelled? This was a 12 months 'no contract' deal, with valid card details taken on registration with the promise that your card will not be charged. Which has been the case so far - if you use up your 1GB per month allowance the sim just stops until next month, you're not charged for extra data, despite them having your card details.

Where, in the original conditions, does it say we will be charged £4.99 per month after 12 months? I may be wrong, but my impression has always been this sim just stops after 12 months, unless Know-How write and offer another deal to keep it going - and, so far, they haven't.

(Edit: And having logged in, there is no option to cancel, the data plan simply states it is a 12 month one, which is not very helpful, but not necessarily worrying either)

Thanks for the reminder, totally forgot about this sim.

Not long now before we have to cancel .
Else you'll be billed £4.99 a month for the 1 GB of data ... Is thete a website we can login too. Hardly used mine so don't want to pay £5 a month really

Just activated mine today (about 6 months since buying it) & it's working, no problem :-)

I have installed the android app mobiwol which allows me on a non rooted phone to disable background data on all apps but messenger and csipsimple, keeps the data use down but uses a hell of a lot of battery for the VPN. I noticed there are other apps but would they be any better battery wise ie does anyone know the least battery draining one. Juicedefender seems to crash.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/6gb-data-sim-ee-5-99-prime-9-98-non-prime-amazon-2260586

EDIT: Gone now

Thanks for letting us know. I did the same (not yet activated) & was hoping that it would still be OK

Bought this 5 months ago. Took a chance on keeping it for this time to activate now and it seems it still works just in case anyone did the same.

Do u know IF it'll come under the SAME Terms & Conditions as your above link?, eg. 1 Year 'Pre-Bundled' on it already? (bypassing the need for any long winded Credit Check?), or ..... thanx in advance. :-)

Does anyone know if this ZTE MiFi is 'Locked' or not ..... :-)

Very true! .. a gooooood Deal to anyone that was able to get it too. :-)

Any deals like this still exist?

I emailed them and they confirmed it, I was just a bit worried as my activation date was the 17th but they have moved my renewal date to the 21st.

Hi yes when you've used the 1gb you get NO SERVICE. I found switching it on and off on the renew date was needed

Hi, my first month just ran out and now it's saying invalid SIM card, do you think this is them shutting my SIM card off until the data renews?

Does this count towards any of the infamous HP Cashback Deals people have previously spoke of via HUKD?, or .....

Link too please?. :-)

Me too, I just hope that the company stays in business & SIMs' purchased don't have an expiry date!

Still showing as £24.99 on the Knowhow site KNOWHOW
Perhaps it's possible to purchase direct by giving them a call?

WOW! glad I got 2 when I did. looks like the new sims are £29.99 but come with just one month's free data!!
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/phones-broadband-gps/mobile-phones-and-broadband/mobile-broadband/knowhow-pay-monthly-3-in-1-sim-card-10024095-pdt.html

FYI: This week Carphone Warehouse - ie another brand alongside Currys & PC World within the Dixons Carphone plc group - is to launch their own MVNO based on 3/Three's network soon!

eg see this review, which has a link to register for emails from iD
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/what-is-carphone-warehouse-id

So not sure how long this Knowhow HUKD - ie a Globalgig / Voiamo MVNO product - will be on sale for in PCW/Currys.

PS: Actually just tried to look for this deal on PCW/Currys and Product code 121006 is no longer on offer at all, so looks like deal's expired for good.

Reading the VOIP posts is like travelling back in time a decade, names I haven't thought of for years still around.

Now, where's that old SIPGATE a/c ... oh and the Google Voice number and ...

Got a local number for free with SIPGATE
https://www.sipgate.co.uk/basic/dashboard

Then looked for an App and Ios
Acrobits Softphone - SIP phone for VoIP calls
Its not free though :-(

This then gives me a landline number to my mobile.

The site seems to be down at the moment. That freevoipdeal seems to be better than voipcheap, is it a betamax clone? can you set up a ddi like you can with voipcheap? If so ill go to that in future ;-) thanks for that mkdonald

I used http://www.ukddi.com they give you 2 incoming ddi's, easy to set up you just type the details into csipsimple on android and then verify it with any betamax acct so even though you have 2 sip registations you dial out on one and recieve on the other. The betamax can be prgrammed to leave the uk ddi when you dial

I've been using this on my raspi http://www.raspberry-asterisk.org/documentation/gsm-voip-gateway-with-chan_dongle/

I wouldn't recommend it since its kind of buggy, but if you want to use a mobile number with this then this works, sometimes. lol.

I would also recommend checking out the alternative branding of FreeVoipDeal where you get 120 free days per 10 Euro (+VAT) top-up and the UK landline are free (or 1p after used up free allowance) and main UK mobile just 0.6p/minute. That's all using their MobileVoip App. [I've still got an InternetCalls a/c with 4 Euros left on it after many years with an 056 DDI but that while 'band g21' National with some providers eg BT, is expensive with others - eg BT's PlusNet brand - ie I don't use it.)

Who did you use to get your uk/ddi number for incomming?

For all those wanting calling I use voipcheap.co.uk which give 300 minutes free landline every week and 2p/min after 3p/min mobiles from start. Then get uk ddi for an incoming number and strap it on by validating it through the voipcheap website. I get strange looks when giving out a landline number for a mobile but hey ho so what heat.

Does anyone have the mifi settings for one of these? I activated my sim this morning but I can't connect i've tried the ios and android apn from the instructions but still no luck i tried the windows one too I goggled for but no luck any help would be great, cheers.

edit: Sorted I used the windows details again and when I thought I had registered the card it hadn't actually worked so I re registered and I was online within 10 mins :smiley:

Is anyone with an ipad using this tethered? I don't have any options in ipad (2) settings for enabling a personal hotspot. I'm on IOS 8.3 if that helps...

Bit annoying that you have to turn ipad off/on to re-activate the sim but at this price i can live with it ;-) Does anyone know of a decent app like datman for the ipad that is free?

Yes I noticed they set the 14th as the date no matter when you signed up.

Seems like a con, we've lost 6 days of service. Instead of renewing based on the activation date it gives you an arbitrary date of the 14th.

At least it will renew properly this month.

Mine no longer says "no service". New month started and another 1gb to use :-).
Has to switch mifi on and off. Got an email just after midnight stating that
"Your Knowhow Mobile Broadband service has now resumed and your monthly Knowhow Mobile Broadband plan has restarted"


Will try and see if I can make the1gb last longer.

YEP! .. join the club! (like I did?, lool).

U can't go far wrong ..... :-)

No, you do get 4G on this SIM (if your device supports it, of course).

Assume you've been misled by PCW/Curry's misleading Internet listing where they undersell & describe non-existent options.

Best to read our summary - you'll spot the "4G" straight away on the package picture - at
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746

Do realise that if/when you've used each of your 12 months' 1GB allowances you lose service until your next month's allowance begins. What a massive saving for you though - ie £24.99 instead of 12*£17=£204 - ie £179, 87% saving

Ace, just ordered mine. Currently have a 30 day rolling deal with Three for unlimited data which costs me about £17 per month. When I've looked at the logs on my phone, I'm only using around 1GB per month anyway. So great saving for me...
No 4G I guess, but on the flipside I will have saved over £100 after around 6 months with very little hassle. My experience with Three is that their 3G is damm fast anyway.

Though I did think all data from Three was 4G if your device was capable anyway?

I sodding HOPE so! .. wouldn't want any 'accidents' .....

Oooooooooo! .. was JUST thinking bout this too a few days back!, but couldn't for the life of me remember as to who via HUKD that deal was with ..... thanx a million! .. gonna hook me up 1 hopefully over the Weekend, hehehehe, lol. :-)

Thats what ebay, &/or Amazon are for? lool. :-)

Going by my experience today the sim probably just dies with no service...

Does anyone know what happens after the 12 months are up?

Yeah its 100%
I can't believe it puts the sim into no service never seen that before

I thought it would take you to landing page.

I've used my months 1gb and getting no service. Got the three emails letting me know if my usage ;-)

My dad has the exact same mifi once the data is done it's done

share those deals instead of voting cold

I'm getting no service as of today...

On the issue of data limits, does Three have an app that tells you what's used? Tesco does, though I use DataMan mostly.

Yikes - just heard a Radio 4 You and Yours of someone who bought a £60 Vodafone MiFi and a 3GB/m data plan - and then used £2000+ of data during their first few days... - shows the benefit of a CAPPED plan like this HUKD [though of course if you buy that international upgrade you lose the cap!], and of course reading ones T&Cs!

Ah OK. I use Dataman and that seems to keep an accurate track of data. They recently added a "stopwatch" type facility you can trigger to measure data used by a discrete process too. Worth a look.

i

My monthly plan starts on the 14th of every month and that is the first of the email alerts letting me know i've used 500mb. I would have used less but could not resist doing a few speed tests when connected on 4g :-)

No, I think dlozuk is highlighting that the email usage notifications sent at 50/85/100% of usage are actually coming through, ie as in the summary at:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746
These email alerts (the only official way to find out how much of your capped 1GB remains) appear to be sent on the [next?] day that allowance threshold is reached - eg one user got all three together when his kids went streamed video crazy in the back of his car.
Usage months are NOT calendar months. You are notified of your allowance month-end date when you activate.

Presumably because of month end a few days away?

Just got my first email:

We would like to let you know that you have used 50% of your Knowhow Mobile Broadband plan's data allocation.

good find

Does it work in a MiFi?

Cheers. I was somewhat surprised to get a call from the store about 1/2 hour after reserving when they asked lots of questions like are you coming in today, and is it for business etc.

Not a level of customer service I associate with C/PCW.

Thanks OP, hopefully it'll be at the store when I get there tomorrow.

Any way of keeping track of data remaining?

The network is 3

Well hopefully somewhere in your Nexus' Android interface it should reveal the actual network - though where, will I presume depend on which Android version you have. (My Android phone for example on an MVNO shows 'TalkMobile' as service provider and "Network: Vodafone UK".)
Otherwise maybe you have discovered that this Knowhow/Globalgig's 3G/4G MVNO service will roam in the UK which would be good to know.

My Nexus 7 shows 'KNOWHOW EU1'. I might have a look and see if there's a radio update for my phone but it's hard to believe the difference in coverage is down to that.

Does it really use the Three network? I'm getting good coverage with this SIM in a 2012 Nexus 3G where I don't get coverage on my phone which is definitely on the Three network.

only got them on email (and all at the same time too)

Well, thanks to my three kids i can confirm the 50%, 85% and 100% warnings do all work - decided to let them use the ipads in the car (two others tethered to my ipad with the sim in it) while i spent a bit of time at the allotment. I told them 'no downloading'.... I wasn't explicit enough as Minecraft Video's on youtube played on all three devices....

Well I can confirm it works well anyway, only I have to wait until 12/04/2015 before i can use it again :-(

It's a pity that it doesn't come with even a small voice / SMS allowance. I was paying until recently £10 per month for 100 mins voice, 500 texts and 250mb. I changed my EE contract to PAYG and now have a £1 per week deal, 25 minutes, 100 texts and 100mb. This sim would help supplement that but it is messy to manage unless, as stated previously, you have a dual sim phone.

Great deal looks unbeatable. reserved and collected in-store no hassle. was a little concerned when iPad said no cellular signal but eventually decided to activate the SIM (I'm used to preloaded Sims where you don't do anything!) and immediately a decent signal magically appeared! woohoo

I should have mentioned you need to be "invited" to activate voice calling. I have it enabled but you'll need to text me on whatsapp if you want to be invited as well on +447770143130.

Note : please use the latest whatsapp and this works on Android devices only

Just a heads up, WhatsApp has voice calling now :smiley: Most of my contacts are on there so that saves me using Zoiper and my hastily put together GSM gateway, lol.

Does anyone know if you make any calls or send texts with this sim (for an extra cost?). I only make 1 or 2 calls a month and the rest is data, but i need to be able to make a couple of calls.

Yes as in the summary:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746

quote:
re the fact that the SIM is on a MVNO based on 3/Three UK network this is based on T&Cs that services provided by "Globalgig (which is a trading name of Voiamo Limited" & their Australian site says MVNO with 3 in UK.
https://www.globalgig.com/au/en/how-it-works
Update: First users have reported it is indeed on "3 UK" network, and named as "KNOWHOW EU1" as service provider; plus checking the # of my SIM shows it as allocated to 3 UK too.
Their official network 'Coverage' section is (farcical) at:
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#coverage
but as a MVNO on "3 UK" network best to look:
http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Coverage

Rude not to at that price, will be handy for my EE Osprey.
Just reserved one in my local PCW.
Let's hope they do actually have stock...

Heat left, thanks OP.

re 4G v 3G - When I was reading one of the early reviews of one of the EE 4G MiFis as I recall it they were testing it in Wembley area and they got better 3G than 4G at the time and attributed it to congestion.
So maybe its all the heavy bandwidth consumers piling onto 4G that have left 3G better, though two initial speedtests hopefully aren't indicative of the year ahead of you.

Indeed. My Bad (spelling)

wow, nice.

Just tried again, 66 Ping, 0.40mbps download and 1.25mb/s upload. Top of screen says Knowhow 4G and its on 4 circles.

Is there a coverage chart somewhere ? If im in an area with 4/5 connection with 4G I should be getting more than half a meg per second.

Another edit
Just tried again, 0.56mb/s download and 4.57mb/s upload ???

If I turn off 4G I get 4.10mb/s download and 2.7mb/s upload ??? What the hell, 3G faster than 4G ?

4g mifi: Download 9.06 and upload 8.66
Speedtest Result

I activated mine on 9 March and in the email it states the bill date is the 14th. So every 14th I will gt 1gb to use. I have registered my email so they send you alerts as specified usage amounts. Once the 1gb for hat period is used up you wait till the following period or have option of purchasing extra
---------------

Thank you for requesting activation of your Knowhow Mobile Broadband service.

Your account details

Account: xxxxxx
Bill Date: 14
Data Plan: 1 GB/month
Price: £0/month
Rolling Contract Minimum Length: 12 month(s)

does the allowance roll over if you don't use it?
eg sometimes I work 4 nights one month then not again for 6-7 weeks. Would be ideal if the allowance rolled over so I could use more the following month

Just waiting for activation now :smiley:

How long did others have to wait ?

Also when the year is over I assume I can just bin the sim after ?

Initial tests, after 3 ive not gotten over 0.50mb/s download but upload is 1-2+mb/s hehe

Just collected mine from Currys as reserved online. The stupid bint when I got there: "It says pcworld on top of the email, you should collect it from there". I pointed to the bit where it said reserved at Currys and she said "How strange, but never mind, we have them in stock here too"

For Christ sake! Anyway, at least she gave me the right one, all activated now!

Just to make sure before paying for one, is this sim 4G ?

When I click on goto deal it says Bandwidth 3G but saw in earlier posts 3G/4G

If I recall everyone/thing correctly they provide no counter to you - ie there is currently NO online counter/usage tracker fuction, but someone activating reported that the site said one c/be coming.
They send alerts (presumably by email and/or your other mobile # (with SMS service) that you give during Activation) at 50/85/100% of the month's allowance.
Otherwise it'd be down to "your duty to monitor" - eg via a function in say your Smartphone's software, or if using a device to share the data SIM service - eg a MiFi box - to use its counter (many have them as people have volunteered above).

Thanks for that, kudos for an excellent summary! I'm still no wiser tho as to how I find out my usage and I need to know as it's important it doesn't run out on me at an inopportune moment. I usually use a 3 sim and I go online to 3 and it tells me whats left.

How do u check how much u have used pls? Sorry if it is already in the previous 312 comments somewhere :smirk:

With the 3g mifi I have to log in to the device as kar999 states and then look at the usage.
With :
Huawei E5372 4G I paid £76.99
You set the amount of usage and the date of reset. It then shows you on the device your actual usage.

They work like any Router and you can log onto them with by typing something like 192.168.1.1 into a connected browser. There will usually be a statistics screen which logs upload and download volumes etc as well as all the other screens for the password and protocol settings, etc. There should be instructions with any Mif-fi.

Been using it for 3 days and just purchased a 4g Mifi from Amazon. The mifi keeps a check on how much data use.

I had no problems collecting item.

It all depends on your location. I get a great Three (and EE) 3G signal where I live at home and take my holidays in Wales but Vodafone and O2 are nowhere to be seen,

From my own experience on my other travels I can also say I've found Three and EE to be more widely available and subsequently ditched my Giif-Gaff (O2) sim for that very reason.

Reserved online and collected from Watford store without any issue, activated and running in 2 hours.
6mb download speed at home........cant beat EE for speed at the moment (24mb download), but cant beat this deal on price.
thanks OP

The network is terrible, i like to think im letting people know in advance before they make a mistake, but my apologies!

I am paying £ 8 per month for 5 gb data per month bought one year ago from three..still very good value

Is that because you'd opened the wrong Pack and only realised you had been mis-sold you the wrong item when tried to Activate it ?

Because there is nothing in their (eg Currys) T&Cs to say you won't take back an unopened SIM Pack - eg they only exclude (as they are allowed to). where:
"•There is a contract for services with the product and you have started using the services; this would include, for example, a mobile phone subscription" [clearly if Pack unopened you can't have started...]

PS: Absolutely no issue whatsoever today with returning an unwanted & unopened Pack at Curry's. [The one picked up in store, but then had chance to order another online with a Quidco £10 £back bonus.]

Will this work in Spain when they add it?

Hot, but as usual Currys makes buying something from them an ordeal.

1. reserve online
2. go to shop to order&collect counter
3. avoid assistant I had to repeatedly explain the Sale of Goods Act to a few weeks previously, when I wanted a refund on a camera with a clear manufacturing fault *one day* after Currys 21 day refund policy.
4. another assistant finds my order in the system quickly.
5. assistant disappears into the back room
6. assistant comes out of the back room, with nothing...?
7. prints something off
8. shouts at second assistant across the shop floor in a non-English language
9. second assistant appears, is handed a piece of paper (with my order on)
10. second assistant wanders off and starts surfing the internet on one of their Apple Macs
11. a few minutes pass
12. more time passes. Second assistant now appears to be helping someone else with an iPad. the original assistant is in front of me, ignoring me, and typing something into the sales computer, in a one-fingered hunt-and-peck manner.
13. second assistant now appears to be looking at the item I ordered on the Currys web site.
14. second assistant comes back and says "are you sure you want this, we can do you a better deal than this?".
15. i look incredulous. I explain it is 1GB of data PER MONTH for a year, for 25 quid in total, and no I don't want to be upsold to something else.
16. second assistant doesn't believe me. I offer to show him the service description on the Currys web page on my phone, which I do.
17. second assistant now believes me, but doesn't know where to find the SIM pack. He disappears.
18. more time passes.
19. third assistant appears and hands me a large plastic security box containing the SIM pack (so off the shop floor), and tells me to go to the checkout to complete the purchase.
20. I go to the checkout. The checkout assistant is listening to the radio.
21. The guy scans the barcode, and the checkout computer asks for the SIM ID (ICC ID - 20 digits) and mobile phone number off the pack. Three times he scans them the wrong way around which the computer will not accept, and I have to tell him how to do it so the system will accept it...
22. FINALLY! I CAN PAY!
23. Escape! Run away! Never buy anything from Currys again!

If it helps anyone else teaching DSG Staff how to do their job: the SIM # and (dummy) mobile number are there on the back on the pack - eg from my summary of this HUKD at
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746
there's a link to a legible size scan of the back of a pack:
http://i.imgur.com/I7rSZfF.jpg
there are 3 barcodes on that with numbers underneath [I'd totally blanked out the middle SIM # of mine]
top = product barcode; middle = SIM #; bottom = mobile number ("dummy") 07777...
[For the future I'll 'blank' out with black rather than whitem then it'd be more obvious what has been blanked out.]

I

Great post. Pretty much what happened to me at Selly Oak. Went at opening time. Three clueless staff took 30 mins just to find my order from the "cage". Wanted my home address for some reason and had to open the pack as she couldn't find the SIM details.

Joke store but very happy with the product. Just wish it had a one month, cancellable roaming add-on.

Back in stock for home delivery. Just purchased one.

Does this work with my phone?
My cat?
Socks?
Front door?
Condoms?

I presume your multi-SIM phone copes with 2 x 3G+ SIMs or have I got that wrong - as for me that remains an uncertainty as I've always found/seen a 3/Three based SIM requires a 3G/4G circuit and hence it's an issue with using this Knowhow/Globalgig MVNO 3/Three network SIM in some multi-SIM phones alongside another 3/Three network SIM as often one SIM socket has only 2G/GSM circuitry/capability.

Plus off-topic on to International data & alternative SIMs [as we're not interested in the Knowhow option] : I've only just on the 3/Three "PAYG Price Guide" noticed that there's also a £10 Add-On option too with a far more meagre 100m/3000t/500MB rather than the £15 300m/3000t/UnlimitedGB [<25GB when 'Feel At Home' countries overseas] and that'll (+WiFi use) suit me just fine next time for my Italy visit = £5 saved. [I did get my first £15 pre-loaded Add-on SIM for <£10 anyway.) though that £15 Add-On otherwise for upto 25GB seems amazing value to me.

I have used the £15pm top up in the states it works great.
For Just over £2pm month though I can use this for UK data and just use 321 for calls/texts on another sim (I have a multi sim phone)

I currently spend £7 for unlimited texts 250m min calls and 500Mb data

I can drop that and doubt I'll use £5 worth of calls on 321 tariff so will be still saving

When overseas I will top up £15 for roaming or buy a local sim (whichever is cheaper)

We have a Peugeot 2008 that was 6 months old when we bought it. The sat nav didn't have postcode search...which we thought was madness! Went into the dealership and they updated the software for us which included a range of other improvements :smiley:.
The problem with French car companies is that they tend to release stuff before it is ready. So you will probably find that the software will be updated in due course (or has already been updated?) to allow the stuff to work as intended.

If it were me, I would give Citroen UK's head office a call. Tell them your grievances, and say you are going to be uploading a video to your Youtube channel (always good to sound like you are swinging willy in the world of Youtube :smiley: !). I did the same with a persistent fault on a Nokia phone; within 2 days I had a guy from Finland contact me directly, arrange for a replacement the next day, and got a free Fitbix Flex too :smiley:

Basically, don't accept your current situation. Duke it out with Citroen; you'll probably get a nice financial result out of it :smiley:

It's a brand new 15 plate car, but only after I bought it did I discover that the technology is completely out of date! Not to worry, I do have a Tom Tom I can stick on the window, but would be nice to do it as promised, using Google Maps on my phone, mirrored onto the lovely 7 inch screen. It's a Citroen C1, the Peugot 108 has the same issue. Lots of angry people about this issue!

It's a shame about having to register card details otherwise I would have picked one up

1GB/month will be enough to check your email and weather forecast one a day.

Back in stock for home delivery now

Well those other plans are completely separate SIM plans - so if you're subscribing to any of them you're using them independently of your 1GB/m SIM (which is costing £2.08/m to use/not-use).

Good to see it back in stock - available for FREE home delivery currently.

nice one buddy...
i like your thinking

decided what to do
ill order the sim to put in my celular ipad and 3g ps vita tpo use in the uk @ £2 per month
and whilst out i tenerife i go to a bar and pay 90 cents for a pint of lager and use their free wifi to call home
on my iphone using face time calling :stuck_out_tongue:

Voucher code KNOWHOW50 but it wouldn't work

Anyone know if this is likely to come back in stock for home delivery before the end of tomorrow night?. Trying to make use of the £10 topcashback offer.

Can you sign up to the freedom plans without loosing the 1gb package though?

That seems to be the issue for me and others

They do offer a variety of 30 day contracts under the Knowhow-MBB banner!
It's just so far we were starting from this HUKD of prepaid 12m @1GB/m UK and trying to understand its International [40 countries] option.

If you look at the Knowhow 'Portal' page at:
https://www.knowhow-mbb.com/
You can sign up to ...
- Freedom Plans [12 countries] - eg 1GB/m [+bonus 100MB in +28 countries] at £7.99/m
- Travel Plans [70 countries] - eg Global 1GB/m at £24.99/m

Maybe making a suggestion to globalgig about the 30 day international contracts
https://www.globalgig.com/complaints-policy

Shame they don't offer 30 day contracts as I would probably use it at some point.

maybe get this for scotland although i dont think 3 have coverage there yet

Picked up mine yesterday and topcashback tracking at 32pence
Put in a 3g mifi and now looking for a 4g mifi

This might be just what I'm looking for!

Just bought a new car that is "supposed" to link to my phone to show Google maps on the car screen. Only to find out the only phones it will link to are a Samsung S3 or iphone 4 on the old software! Rather tan downgrade my phone, I can look for a cheap 2md hand one to keep in the car (hidden!!), and get this sim card. All I'll need it for is data for Google maps when I need sat nav, so this should be perfect. Thanks OP.

Can I buy it now and use it after 2 years?

I was working nearby and reserved it for collection, turned up and they had it waiting for me but it was a regular monthly pack, i did query it and was told the packs are all the same and the service is registered against my purchase and will give me the correct activation screen (which it didnt and customer services said wrong pack).

I went straight back and stayed calm, got pack changed and said so you will knock off some money for fuel (to which they reduced it by £5).

Bit annoying but hey ho (it was the last pack in the store!). I think the sales guy who served me wanted it for himself as he tried to put me off the initial sale also.....

Good on you for insisting on some compensation for their negligence! Just to re-iterate for people, your pack should look like this

with the clear "1GB/month for a year"

Thanks just purchased and collected. Although had to go back to the store as they gave me the wrong pack!

All sorted now though :smiley: (with a discount for petrol cost to change the pack!)

Will be a useful add-on to my iPad.

I asked if I could add the international roaming for a month and then cancel. The answer was yes and no.

Yes you can cancel with 30 days notice, but no you cant cancel the upgrade, just the entire account, thereby loosing whatever is left of the prepaid 12 months.

I bought the sim anyway as at just over £2 a month for 1GB of 4G data its still a great deal.

I'm off to the states in 6 weeks so I might call back and see if someone else has another opinion regarding having roaming for 30/60 days.

It seems crazy to me that you cant change the tariff back without cancelling the whole thing. Maybe the T&C's are that way to discourage occasional roaming on holiday etc; after all why would you pay £60 per year more for something you may only use a few times a year??

Three & PC world?!?!?

Could there be a more winning combination?

BALTIC

If they can offer it, someone will up on it soon.

PS Currys/PCWorld site does not even open some places abroad (like here) which I am sure the mod will confirm as non EU posts go through them.

Just to mention that this definitely works in a "normal" 4G phone (in my case a cheapo Huawei). The phone displays KNOWHOW EU1 as the phone network. It automatically assigned 3 as the APN, so I had to create a new one for it to work. If attempt to make a call, you get a pre-recorded message saying it's not allowed.

I found that you can also create a simple Task in Tasker to automatically switch on the phone's Hotspot capability upon a boot: http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2bgzwr/automated_incar_wifi_hotspot_with_tasker/

Similar apps will also work if they see your car's Bluetooth MAC code, but I just wanted it to work in my pocket when out and about. This method also has the added bonus of being a pocket warmer when the device runs hot :stuck_out_tongue:

brought

Bit thick then, as £24.99 is the ANNUAL COST is all over the title and description, bit hard to miss.

That's concerning because the Service Description document is explicit; "All upgrade plan options are rolling month-to-month contracts. There are no fees to cancel your service."
If you have the time please talk their helpline through that and see what they say!

Does reinforce what robj73 says though - hard to get them to do what they are meant to do!
Do read the Google I found re them & Tenerife though - people DID have problems with mis-statements in the past.
Definitely worth looking at the Three All-in-One I reckon :smiley:

just phoned know how on the phone number
and asked them if it covers tenerife, she said yes
then asked if i upgrade to international at £4.99 per month
can i cancel after 1 month , and was told no
once your on the intenational data plan
you on it for the rest of the duration of the 12 months :disappointed:

its also confirmed HERE

where it says
Upgrade options for only £4.99 per month!

If you chose to upgrade to either the 2GB plan or International plan then this upgrade will remain in place for the duration of your annual plan. Your monthly plan fee is invoiced in advance and is charged to the debit or credit card provided on activation. Full plan details can be found under the Service Description.

thanks mk-donald
thats cleared a few things up
cheers

So what SIM/contract/package were you on with Knowhow broadband and what was the hassle with stopping it ?

That sounds fair enough...I admit I didn't read it fully as was in a rush but just saw Knowhow broadband and just thought I'd flag it up. I'm sure many have had good experiences with them but not me. Their only saving grace was the quality of coverage which was seamless

Also in Currys: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/phones-broadband-gps/mobile-phones-and-broadband/mobile-broadband/knowhow-mobile-broadband-3-in-1-starter-sim-10088330-pdt.html

For the hard of hearing and for those that don't understand how many months there are in a year.... THIS IS £24.99 for a WHOLE YEAR:wink:

Sounds pretty good. 2 quid a GB is not too expensive (I used to get 15 GB/month for 7.50, from Three), and I still have a suitable USB modem, plus a mains powered (Three) wireless router to 'share' the USB modem with a few devices (great as a business backup, just checking for e-mail, for example, if phone lines go down).

Obviously I will need to be sure the data doesn't get gobbled up by automatic updates of Android apps, etc, because quite a number of apps have an "update on wireless only" option (which would still use up a chunk of this 1 GB, if allowed to run).

Many thanks to OP and other HotUk members for explaining this should save me some money as been using the £14.99 6Gb 90 day EE data Sim's in my 3G tablet for mobile data so over a year that is £59.96.

Thanks

Zeberdys

All sorted, with it being click and collect I'd just made the assumption they'd picked the right item. That'll teach me for trusting PCWorld.

Out of stock :disappointed:

Anyone know if these start from date of purchase or from date of "activation"? ie can you buy thew next 4 yrs for £100?

How long did it take after the activation for the SIM to be working for you?

I did it at around midday, configure the APN in my android as mbb.voiamo.net, but still no internet here, in London...

anyone know if there is any expiry on the sim? or limit to time from purchase to when you have to activate it?

worst tariff I've ever seen!
I pay £12.50 for all I can eat data.
that's with three.
go directly to three not rip off pc world!

pc world will probably be next to shut hopefully.... bad company

Free home delivery back on

ordered with free delivery. thanks op.

Not a troll, rather didn't read the OP properly.

im off tenerife in 7 weeks
anyone know if i can i use the data abroad
or do i have to pay the £4.99 upgrade for international data
if so can i cancel that after 1 month or do i have top keep it for the full 12 months
ive had a look but theres loads and cant make it out
so any help will be apreciated
thanks in advance

Sykos2 - If all you're using it for is internet for Whatsapp, hangouts, mesenger etc wouldn't it be cheaper to go on Three's 321 tariff - 1p/MB = £1/1GB?

Sykos2 days, 5 hours ago 14 Likes #32

popoyaya
This is such a great deal. For £24.99 I can watch a whole 3-minute youtube video every day!

Depends how you use it. I'm delighted to pay 2 quid a month to be contactable on whatsapp, hangouts and facebook messenger alone without having to mess about with a rolling contract full of minutes and texts im not going to use.

Bought a second one to put in my 3G Nexus for when there is no WiFi.
I'd just got a £10 credit "welcome back" email from Quidco to use so £14.99 for 12 months... Marvellous!!

Similar message, when I activated it in the morning the message said: card activated... it might take 8 to 24 hours, although it's usually quicker.

I just tried again now, it allowed me to re-register the same card and this time it said it should be ready in 4 to 24 hours, although usually quicker as well.

Just checked about 30mins later and working fine now. So, it seems the 1st time it failed even though I got a successful message upon activation. Let's hope their internet works better :smiley:

Cheers!

Just went to PCWorld Darlington to collect my reserved order only to be told they have none in stock and that I should not have been able to order it from the website.... It's now on order and they will text me when it's in stock (3 - 5 days).

Just purchased two today for my other half and I.
Great price, one payment.
Registering took a whilst due to 'system error' but after 5 minutes of refreshing it worked.
Yes you can hot spot with your mobile but for this price...... I think it's worth it.
Thanks for posting.

Thank you much for the appreciation! It's just like being back at work again (unpaid). I used to turn technological uncertainly and ignorance into something known, tangible, usable & documented :smiley: HUKD, at its best, is a great community forum to share knowledge and experience - and for 'MoneySavingExpert' style analysis. BTW let us not forget ... thanks to mike_6480 for spotting & posting this HUKD that I've elaborated upon

Of course as I mentioned before the really sad thing is that the customer shouldn't have to do that research. They should be presenting this item in a really customer friendly/enticing/explanatory way as it seems (rightly) there's quite a potential market for this product if explained clearly and consistently it should sell itself - but it's clear a leopard doesn't change its spots - we're still talking about Dixons + DSG + PCWorld + Currys + Knowhow (+ Carphone Warehouse)!

Though why would they pro-actively sell the cheapest/best value £2.08/m deal when they can sell ones for 3x 4x 5x times that amount per month :smile:

It's quite clear that the SIM is a "no contract" SIM with just 1GB/m data allowance for 12 months and that after that it will get no new allowances and will become useless (and with no voice/SMS number to preserve of course, binnable).

That said it is packaged as a "Starter Pack" and it would make sense for them to pro-actively offer a renewal, and from HUKDer Activation descriptions (I haven't done it yet) Knowhow-MBB [aka Globalgig, Powered by Voiamo] want at least an SMS number [and I'd guess an email address?] to sent usage notifications to, so probably a "it's your last month... why not call us" one too.

Of course if there is no worthwhile renewal offer frankly it matters not a damn as you've nothing to preserve on the SIM - no contract, no phone number, no PAYG balance, no 'subscriptions', no notice period [and hopefully no saved Contacts and SMSs from your other phone SIMs] - so throwing it in the bin just reminds you that you can't get data thru it anymore and you have 100% freedom to look elsewhere.

My tip, if the SIM proves successful for you - in terms of (a) 3G/4G network coverage (b) throughput achieved and (c) data needs met (ie <1GB/m) - is to watch out for PCW/Currys still selling it & reducing it again as your year runs out.

I'd advise: Buy one now** - ordering online- while they are still £24.99, but I couldn't suggest buying an extra one to 'bank' just yet, even though it might revert to being 60% more expensive at any time, due to it's not being a proven good buy for you ... yet, hopefully... and of course a year is a long time in mobile data with all the telecomms/network musical chairs in the offing with BT & EE, 3/Three and o2 etc etc.

** Remember you have 21 days at PCW/Currys to return an item that you decide is 'unwanted' - so if the next few weeks shows early adopters as struggling to get throughput/connections - which it does NOT yet, au contraire once actually activated people have said it's fine - then you can always return that first unopened £24.99 Pack. [I've kept mine sealed just in case...:stuck_out_tongue: ]

I suspect that after 12 months you'll have to subscribe to a monthly package, maybe someone at customer service might know more.

Also it's under the same mvno as globalgig and they've been around a bit.

Dear mk-donald,

Just want to say a huge thank you for your time + effort you've spent in telling us all the useful and detailed information, for actually going to the shop and buying one of them to tell us the precious accurate first-hand experience, answering all of the questions tirelessly with such an open-mind. You are the definitely one of the best hukd members. I think you deserve medals. Thank you very much.

I have one question, some may have asked before but I haven't read all of the 220+ comments yet.

Would you know what would happen AFTER 12 months (post-activation)? Does the SIM just expire? Or the company would offer a renewal?

I know I am being optimistic as I believe this company is quite new and it could repeat "ovivo" history...

I think I will get one for my dual-sim phone very soon :smiley:

P.S. no expiry date can be a good thing, that means I can probably buy it and store it when I actually need to use it, i.e. after my current credit expires. But then, it could be one day :P

If you have a rooted android phone/tablet you can use AFWall+ as a iptables firewall app which will allow you to quickly and easily decide what gets blocked when you are on 3g. This is dead handy as it means I've been able to tell it to only allow my communication apps via 3g. This means google music, app updates and other background activity don't eat all the data.

The problem is if they fold within 12 Months.

Finally managed to pick mine up today. Originally reserved one on Saturday to pick up yesterday but didn't feel great so didn't manage to get out.
Reserved again yesterday for collection today

Sadly it is - thanks for the information

My sim card has a great number would love to transfer it and use it for my phone.

Absolute nightmare these people when you want out. Several times had to tell them to stop taking money from my account. Had to send them a solicitors letter in the end. I wouldn't touch them no matter how good a deal. Be careful when you go over your allowance as well otherwise you'll be harvesting a kidney!!!! Only good thing going was the actual coverage as it appeared to be flawless with the kids able to stream films with no interruption while on long journeys.

If you had posted a non-theoretical reply, I would have been disappointed :smiley:.

Thanks for that - my reply was getting way too complex/theoretical - and vanished into a moderation queue for a bit - and I've now deleted it to avoid confusion.

What I did find which I thought interesting, as it confirms your first hand experience...
http://www.hacktrix.com/install-whatsapp-without-sim-card
and some people were asking 'could I use this SIM' in my [single-SIM] Smartphone and rely on it to give me data based WhatsApp/messaging/etc - and seems like a goer.

I would just reiterate an issue re DualSIM if your existing "main SIM" is on 3/Three network - then do check your phone has two 3G capable sockets [many have one that is only 2G/GSM] as otherwise trying to use this Knowhow SIM in a 2G socket isn't going to work based on all past knowledge of 3/Three SIMs/network - though haven't spotted a specific alert/warning on PCW/Currys/Knowhow sites.

You don't even need to have a sim card inserted in your phone to register for Whatsapp. I bought a phone off a Gumtree'er that later got network blocked. Nevertheless, I still use it fully (aside from calls/text). & Whatsapp works perfectly over wifi.

So Whatsapp will have no problem working with a second data sim. The only time Whatsapp ever engages with your sim number is in initial registration. Thereafter, it is entirely internet based - and will work using this KnowHow data connection using your normal Whatsapp number.

(Sorry, replied to your comment instead of #215!)

Hi, would this work in a dual sim phone for watsapp? I.e, wouldn't this sim have to be your watsapp number as it would be the one sending/receiving?

Had problems yesterday getting activated.

Worked fine this morning.

Seems very fast on my tablet.

Hmm, think I've been given the wrong pack when attempting to activate only option is 7.99/month with first free. Receipt lists right item.

I am over the moon, not only did I get my sim card, I also managed to get a myfi for £20 for it!

Nope just a starter pack, didn't know to look for anything else at the time and the receipt was correct. Oh well, back i go.

Available online again.

?? What language is this you speak?

Anyone that got it, can you receive calls with it paying for them on top? Cause it would make it perfect for a sort of Internet only phone with the eventual call!

Like my football team, always blue!

I got the same error when I first tried on my phones browser and had to wait about an hour before it allowed me to start all over from my laptop.

Where it asks for a phone number it's a contact phone number where they can send alerts to that they're after because I had to call their customer services to find that out.

Rizza

Finally, after a few more " issues", activation has gone through on the website. So should be okay now.
I found internet explorer on laptop worked, eventually.

Anyone know the latest we can activate these cards ? There is no expiry date shown as far as I can see (surprised by this)

Edit....

Just checked now, all good, cheers OP

With the weekend ending with this thread breaking through the HUKD 1000 heat barrier ... and the first owners getting their 4G data to their devices, just a link for anyone looking at mobile App version of this thread...

Back at Post #30 of this thread I summarised & updated everything we knew about the offer, which is so badly marketed on the PCWorld/Currys websites ... [as that early post #30 with 'Likes' got displayed near the top of the thread on the desktop version, but not the mobile App]

So if you want to see a summary of this deal - visit Post #30...

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746

hey everyone, so I got a question if I buy this would I still be able to send a text in case of an emergency if so how much would it cost? sorry kind of a "noob" in this topic

Cheers, I will try the website again tomorrow, then see from there.
Tried my laptop this time, and after quite a few more "system errors", it eventually got me to the Card Authorising page (I presume the last step).
Then its showing system errors again.

Pretty poor and irritating setup.

Ah yes of course - I totally agree with you - you won't have a problem - you're a GiffGaff'er ie O2 network - so will have no issues with that GiffGaff SIM in a 2G socket (whether set by hardware or software), and with your Knowhow-MBB MVNO SIM giving you 1GB/m data in your 3G socket. (It's only people already with 3/Three that have to worry if DualSIM'ing.) [First hand experience here with GiffGaff and o2 SIMs working fine in 2G phones/sockets.]

I just checked and giffgaff sims work on 2G.

Mhhh well my plan is to use my giffgaff sim for voice and text (no data) and the knowhow one for 3g data only, so it shouldn't be a problem even if I can't use 3g on both sims at the same time.

Maybe worth trying afresh using a different browser [eg recently I've had a few websites play up on Internet Explorer 11, but are just fine in Chrome]. Otherwise unfortunately their customer services have gone home for the night per the website till 8am tomorrow.

I didnt ask you to describe your family. But thanks anyway.

Ah I think each of the Moto G Dual SIM slots are 3G capable, but not simultaneously - ie I believe either one socket OR the other socket can be put/toggled into 3G mode, leaving the other as 2G. ie that it's a bit more sophisticated than (eg mine) where the sockets are hard wired rather than 'software settable'.
That's my current understanding based on what I've read and that would be a problem with 2 x 3/Three network based SIMs. Totally stand to be corrected on that; I'm just as you say trying to get people to think about this as a possible issue/problem with Dual SIMming.

Not a bad deal

Does the sim come with a number? Maybe a ussd code to check

Mine took about 4 hours to activate in an iPad, and so far so good on 4G although download speeds are 6mbps but more than sufficient. This is just perfect for the iPad on the few occasions I need data on the move..

You have a point :confused:

So, to make sure, I took my main SIM (giffgaff) from slot 1 and moved it to slot 2 to do some tests:

Connection icon shows H/H+ on sim 2 and speedtest gives a result of around 3 mb/s, so I can say that both slots of the Moto G 2014 are 3G :laughing: Thanks for making me think about it anyway.

I'll probably get my knowhow sim tomorrow.

Is the Moto G 2014 Dual SIM able to take & use 2 x 3G SIMs ?
I see from the pictures that there's no physical distinction made between the two SIM slots, just #1 and #2 (and specs are always hard to find reliably).
I raise it as some older/cheaper Dual SIM phones - eg mine- have just one slot 3G/2G [ie WCDMA/GSM] and second slot 2G [GSM]only; and some people have raised they already have a 3/Three SIM (eg on 3p/2p/1p PAYG plan) that they want to keep, but to add this 1GB/m data @£2.08/m to it - but if one don't have 2 x 3G capable SIM sockets one's going to fail.)

Thanks, this SIM is what I have always been looking for since I don't care about texts and voice. Good thing I have a dual Sim Moto G 2014 :innocent:

As stated the countries available make the £4.99 international package great value for European travellers.

Where's the best place to check coverage for this?

Any idea what's gonna happen after 1 year?

does anyone know what is a good WiFi dongle to use with this ?

Blinding download speed :smile:
My Speedtest in a browser shows 'Three' network, as confirmed by the connection status on my mifi

Someone else had that problem too, the "1GB/month for a year" package you are wanting is:

Indeed, that's the idea :wink:

The online account created on activation does not show usage data anywhere.. they actually state "We'll be introducing new features in this section over time." in the online account details once activated... so I'm guessing they may add data usage at some time..

So in the mean time I will be using the data counter function built into the mifi top keep an eye on my usage.

Thank you for the confirmation of our suspicions that is a MVNO on "3 UK" network, albeit at just 3G in your area :stuck_out_tongue:
Will update my summary.

Amazing 4G speeds lol https://www.dropbox.com/s/akqjtyxrcg858vn/Screenshot_2015-03-08-16-38-47.png?dl=0

Also identifys as KNOWHOW EU1, oddly

Someone picked one up for me that I had reserved and they were given the wrong one. It said "One months data included" in the front. They took it back and exchanged it for the right one - the Manager said they had given out loads of the wrong ones and loads of people had returned them.

anyone know when the price will go back upto £39.99?

Activated card, received activation in progress email, but decided to give it a go after about 1 hour in my unlocked 3G vodafone mifi and SUCCESS. Didn't even have to change the APN in the mifi... all set up automagically :innocent:

By the way it shows it is registered on 3 UK 3G... (no 4G where I am in the sticks yet).. Also speedtest shows good speeds 8.41mbps down 2.36mbps up. There again fine for my usage.

Thanks OP... heat added.. not like you need it though :wink:

CommentThis deal is for a "One year's data upfront at 1GB/month" prepaid mobile phone SIM - ie just offers data over a mobile Phone SIM - ie over "cellular" mobile network.

So your iPad Mini would have to be the model that is "WiFi + Cellular" to be able to put this SIM into the iPad to provide it with data from the Internet over the cellular mobile phone network.

If you were lucky/rich enough to have a "+Cellular" model then Knowhow are explicit that "All Starter Packs come with a 3-in-1 SIM which includes a standard SIM, micro SIM and nano SIM. You can use your SIM in WiFi devices, USB dongles, smartphones and tablets including iPads to connect to the service."

That said your iPad with "WiFi only" can connect to a WiFi Access Point - and we talk about a WiFi AccessPoint that has a cellular mobile phone modem built into it as a "MiFi" ie that connects Mobile phone/data network to WiFi devices.
You can pick up a 4G MiFi - into which this prepaid SIM could be put to provide a year of 1GB/month - for as little as £20 - see my summary posting back at the start of this thread, or look on Carphone Warehouse for 19500755
(which comes with 15GB/month on contract, but just 30-day cancellable contract).



Cheers mate I think I'll purchase a mifi then - good posting well explained ta

Does this work with a wifi only IPAD mini . Sorry can't figure out how it works ...

So whats the cost after 12 months is it still 24.99 for 1 year. I've looked on comments but no mention

Any way to get this online please? No store near me :neutral_face:

Can I use this sim in a mifi with a standard sim card slot.

I've put my sim in, registered and getting emergency calls only and this "SIM does not allow registration on the network" woo. great stuff.

It did say in the email it will take 1-24hours to register so ill see what happens.

Another sad troll, more to be pitied!

Can you use this in the USA? If so, what do you have to do to activate?

Picked mine up this morning. I did have to register credit card details at activation.

I still use the Orange 100mb per month for £0. Weird thing is it says I have never used a single MB

Not yet. Will do on Wednesday when I start using it in anger. By the way, what's the latest time/date you can activate these?

Also, does anyone have experience of an Android App which will automatically turn on Wifi Tethering upon the phone booting up (must be non-root)? I have Tasker if that helps. I can only find scripts and Apps which relate to Bluetooth. I just want it to switch on tethering when I start my phone all the time.

Did a bit of Googling and sorry to be bearer of bad news but the Honor Holly SIM socket labels in eg this photo
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4sK5TcgOKCk/maxresdefault.jpg
show SIM1 WCDMA/GSM and SIM2 GSM ie 3G/2G and 2G as I thought.
So fear your idea of 2 x 3/Three network based SIMs won't be successful but once your neighbour lets you get near it, you can do your own research with your 3/Three SIM as to how it works in the 2 SIM sockets - ie probably A OK in WCDMA and no service in GSM. Meanwhile we should get confirmation on here as to whether this HUKD SIM is actually as we believe a 3/Three based MVNO.

Creating your own Wi-Fi hotspot anywhere you like with a Mi-Fi perhaps?... which is precisely what I do.

WEll at the mo my new phone is in the neighbours porch, and getting no answer each time I ring so can't find out yet! I'm actually already with three on their PAYG £5 top up deal, best for low useage, but would be nice to get with the 21st century & start doing the things that I avoid at mo like spotify if I can have a second sim be data. My current phone may turn out to be fine, at the mo, its running out of battery quickly, freezing, refusing to come on or switch off etc, but once I've got my new phone setup will restore to factory settings and see if its still behaving the same.

If you want 1gb a month in the UK It is a good deal but if you want more or to use it abroad then its not really a deal at all.

Reading in to this if you Have to pay £4.99 a month to use abroad then its only a few pence per month cheaper then 3s own £7.50 1GB rolling month contract.

Plus if its an extra £4.99 a month to double up to 2gb then its no cheaper then the 6gb/3 month EE sims £14.99 sims.

Well eg from direct personal experience. my Lenovo A820 has a 3G/2G slot and a 2G slot. so I have my data/voice/sms (contract) SIM in the 3G slot, and my PAYG (used only for incoming voice/SMS) SIM in the 2G slot. Fortunately neither is based on 3/Three, so my old o2 SIM works fine on 2G. Unfortunately Huawei/Honor website is scant on tech spec, but do THINK you'll find the Holly is a 3G/2G + 2G socketed phone.

Excellent deal, reserved thanks

Surely that can't be right, I've also just got a holly and was planning to use the second slot for a data sim card, from what you are saying the second slot is actually useless, surely they wouldn't bring a new phone onto the market where that was the case? Unless it was in development for a while and they're committed to it and hence the cheap price of my Holly.

Picked mine up..just the job for my Mi-fi for when I'm away.

Brilliant work - I've clipped the standard/prepaid 1GB/m graphic and included in my summary in the Liked thread that appears at the start - so thank you very much for that!!!!
Got me wondering now what on earth "WiFi on the go" is though!

Anyone tried it in a dongle?

Just picked up two thanks OP,

Be careful when picking up that the packs clearly say "1Gb/Month" in big green letters, as I saw they had other packs displayed that at first I thought were these ones, but seemingly not.

All being well this is ideal to put in my secondary devices (on Three AYCE on main phone).

Will try them later, cheers

Full screenshots of initial page with drop downs and more info panels here:

http://imgur.com/a/OeXWt

No it's 1GB/m capped once activated. Upgraded TO 2GB/m (ie "double data") still capped if you elect to pay £4.99/m ongoing. [by capped I mean you can't exceed the data and hence can't be charged for any "Overage" as they term it.]

See their summary of the offer spelt out in “Service Description” a 4 page PDF which you will find in the footer of their website pages – it’s the last item – click that and then the “Annual SIM Starter Pack Service Description”
here's a direct PDF link if you trust me:
https://assets.globalgig.com/globalgig-uk/docs/Annual-Plan-SIM-Starter-Pack-Service-Description.pdf

Nicely done btw! If you can hover over the "Details" bit of the pre-paid 1GB/m offering it would be interesting to see what they offer there (as I don't want to activate mine yet - still got too many Sainsburys freebie £15 bundles to use up).

PS: You can per the site decide at any time during the 12m to upgrade to "double data" ie 2GB/m for £4.99/m ongoing, ie don't have to decide at activation and "All upgrade plan options are rolling month-to-month contracts. There are no fees to cancel your service." so you can opt out again a month later.

Thanks for the help and advice guys!

Might well switch to this sim and a 123 Three PAYG sim in a dual sim phone - 1gb for data sim and cheap calls and texts as and when on the 123 Three sim 1p data 2p text 3p calls - I hopefully have a Honor Holly dual sim phone being delivered next week

So my 1GB a month is activated at this stage. Is it saying I can have a further 2GB bringing my net total to 3GB for a mere 4.99 a month or is it saying that the total will become 2GB?

I think the latter is the case in what they kind of clarify in the red alert box but im not 100%

Finally confirmed 4G supported. I'm in. :smiley:

can you just put these in a smartphone?

so you can use Whatsapp etc but you wont be able to call or text???

Presume dual sim smartphone with one sim ie this one for 3g and other sim for calls and texts?

does that mean we do not have to give bank details for monthly dd as it's been paid up front in advance ?. also does the year only starts when I activate the sim and not at the time of purchase ?

would do for the caravan if I get a signal

Picked one up guyz - it is indeed what I/we thought but PCW/Currys couldn't be bothered to tell us - ie
12 months at 1GB/m (capped) on 4G/3G powered by voiamo, a MVNO on Three's UK network.
http://knowhow-mbb.com/annual

So go ahead and order in confidence.

Am updating my 'liked' comment earlier on that appears at the start of the thread when people start viewing to confirm it IS what the website said - ie if only PCWorld/Currys described it accurately and/or provided a link to the website!
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24580746

Just picked mine up. These are 4G as well. This will give me coverage where TalkTalk/Vodafone can't (which is most of the UK!). Thanks OP!

Perfect deal for an Ingress account :smiley:

Hot compared to other networks! but 1 GB wouldn't do anything for me. Thanks op

Is it 3G or 4G data ??

Alsois it 12GB for 12 months or 1 month a month ?? e.g (your previous month allowance will expire irrespectively whether you use 1GB or less).
Also is it capped 1GB per month or you could use youa llowance in advance e.g ??

Would this work in a unlocked EE osprey

I think you're picking up on PrePayMania misrepresenting the SIM in the small(er) print as lasting 30 days.

The headline figure is data is valid for upto 90 days, and other people selling prima facie the same 6GB/90day SIM, all say the 6GB data allowance is valid for up to 90 days from activation.
eg Argos where it's currently at their 'full' £30 price rather than occasional half-price
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/1094352.htm

What would be interesting is to know how long the 'shelf life' of these SIMs is - ie when do they HAVE to be activated by to start the 6GB/90day countdown ?

Looks like a good deal, 1gb of data per month works out at just over £2 pm which compares well with other data plans which are well over £5 per month (i.e. Giffgaff)
People (trolls) who vote cold because its not international roaming or because its not £15 per month for 5gb need to get a life, the IQ of people using this site amazes me, or maybe they think they have a sense of humour?
Ive no need for this sim but doesn't mean its not a good deal because it is, hot.

Just rung mobile provider as gone over internet allowance of 250mb/month, they gave me a loyalty bonus of increasing my allowance to 1gb/month - therefore not going to bother with this now - might be worth a thought if you've been with the same provider for a while

That's terrible. I pay £20 a month for 15gb of data with EE

Agreed. I'm on the exact same plan, and I can't find a deal which is as good for the price. Never had a problem with Three and would recommend them.

tried to collect today clueless stuff told me she can not find the sim, said must it be system error. If you collecting something from Currys/ PC World try to avoid female staff, some of theym are pretty thats about it.

oh diddle doddle I need 5 minutes(sometimes 6) for my alone time

Thanks & Heat ... ordered one for my Mi-fi in my holiday home for basic browsing. 1GB is more than ample for my normal browsing and email.

I was using the Three 1Gb 30 Day Sims when they were discounted to £2.99 at Curry's/PCW but my stock is running low. You can still get the Micro ones for £3.99 Three 1GB Sim . The Standard/Nano ones are back up to £7.99

Samba was my previous preferred choice before they went down the toilet as it was only £2.50 (with referral) and free thereafter (from "watching" ads) and with no expiry date.

What is the 90 days validity for?

Clearly once you start using it, you have to use the data in 30 days. Is the 90 days from when you purchase it?

would this work for Audi connect in the car?

Youd have to pay me to go anywhere near the 3 network

I always buy these.
http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/ee-4g-network-standard-micro-sim-6gb-data-card-with-90days-validity.html
I keep a spare one and only register it when I need to.
no tricky weaselly words in the "plan"

great deal. thanks OP
Great to see Three coming with such offers. Hopefully 4G unlimited in an year for £10p/m :smiley: . I would throw away my stupid landline which is currently used ONLY for PPI calls

I've reserved one. I got a new tablet which I've been wanting on the go for casual use over my phone long trips. Was thinking of just tethering my phone to it. But for £25/Y I'm tempted to give this go.

Would help push me into getting my tablet out of the house (the
whole reason why I bought a smaller device).

1gb 4g data not enough, cold frm me

This is ok for general usage.

This is such a great deal. For £24.99 I can watch a whole 3-minute youtube video every day!

scratch what i said the faq clearly states you can use it for sip.

Im in then. Going to ask the shop if i can delay activation till august am aware though that the company may go bust hopefully not too quickly.

I think, like many less technically proficient people reading this, I'm a bit confused...
However, I would like to be able to use my tablet/laptop abroad, without expensive roaming charges.
Also, I see that certain countries (like Spain and USA) are listed in the CORE countries.
Does that mean I can get 1GB per month while in Spain, without extra charges. If that is the case, then this is brilliant for me and a superb deal. If not, then I can see its use for low data usage in the uk, but that's not mainstream...

Can someone confirm sip call with this ie betamax clones viber skype etc. Have got a few 3 sims but would go for this if it includes sip.

Good price as long as kids dont press XBMC button on the tablet

Yep but I think you've done the same as me/us, ie a leap of faith from a Currys website listing to find for yourself details from knowhow-mbb website - ie don't think you've followed an actual link or cross-reference from Currys to something more useful/detailed/helpful - ie that PDF.
eg why wouldn't Currys mention it's really 4G, why under market it as just 3G; why waffle on about 10GB data add-ons when only +1GB is documented etc etc etc - ie why mis-sell it (so badly).

Anyway for £24.99 less 1% cashback with tethering permitted (if it is what we think) I've reserved one at a local evil
place, so will probably check out first hand in the morning if someone doesn't reveal the truth before me :smiley:

virgin gives better deals.cold from me

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/phones-broadband-gps/mobile-phones-and-broadband/mobile-broadband/knowhow-mobile-broadband-starter-pack-10088216-pdt.html

This has also been reduced and seems to have the same info
https://assets.globalgig.com/globalgig-uk/docs/Annual-Plan-WiFi-Starter-Pack-Service-Description.pdf

Big thanks mk-donald, one of the most detailed attempts to help us get a deal - will be interesting to see if it pans out.. ignore the muppets who can't be bothered to do any research themselves, ta..

In terms of Reserve & Collect this isn't a .97p item (ie clearance) and earlier today was showing as available at every local'ish store for me and for 1+ other(s). Now showing at 75%+ of stores in 3 areas I've looked, so shouldn't be a needle in a haystack type item.

can u use it on smartphones for data?

I'm getting one tomorrow. Ideal for my iPad when I go down to my aunt's who has no wi-fi. She's forever asking me to order stuff online, now she'll see what she's getting and I'll be extremely Happy for £2 a month. Thank You Op......A Great Big Pat on the Back for finding this.

Yikes that Moto G Dual on Lollipop seems unfriendly to your potential usage.
If as we believe the PCW Knowhow SIM is based on Globalgig/Voiamo's MVNO on the Three UK network then it's SIM will require a 4G/3G circuit.
Personally I'm used to a China market Lenovo A820 on Android 4.x with one 3G/2G SIM socket and one 2G SIM socket. Then the firmware lets you choose which SIM to default to for data (with potential to default or choose either SIM for dialing and/or SMS).

can i use this aboard?

Realise that PCW either deliberately or negligently confuse & cloud the offer by showing very clearly "Pay plan: 1 month rolling contract" so anyone quickly perusing the PCW page could well come away thinking £24.99 on a 1 month rolling contract. As I've mentioned above the PCW listing doesn't 100% stack up, with various inconsistencies on that page which only a first hand experience of SIM and interaction with Knowhow website/subscription will reveal.

Agree with herrbz. Keep out guys, they will rob you somehow. I had a very bad experience with Pc world knowhow insurance for my laptop.

Sorry I don't mean from a technical point of view, I mean from a "terms and conditions" point of view.
I have a moto g dual sim, and you are right that only only 1 sim can be 3g at a time (it doesn't matter what slot it is in though) however when using 3 network, if I enable the data on the O2 sim, the 3 sim doesn't work at all, because the O2 sim is using the 3g and 3 doesn't have a 2g network. Not a major problem but to make a call on the 3 sim I need to disable data. Not sure if this is just a feature of Lollipop as the 2g/3g options seem to have changed!

Just buy a tablet with voice as well as data n then you're laughing, none of this overpriced data only rubbish! My Z3 Compact LTE uses a Normal sim without issue so no limited data for me, its all I can eat....

Curry's/PCWorld? Makes me want to avoid.

Is there any reason why you can't use this in dual sim phone? I make vey few calls and just really want a bit of data on my commute, this seems a good deal for just £2 a month.

WTF.. Three currently have a 12-month contract sim only deal for a sim which has UNLIMITED 4g DATA for £15/month... why don't you just get that?

Still £24.99 for me

In a Mifi unit, use one 2 weeks out of most months.

Thanks!! Works out at £2 a month for 1GB data. Not bad at all.

Only mentions 3G. Maybe no support for 2G or 4G

Ian, what are you saying?

I got a three deal for mobile broadband and it costs me £8.00 per months for 12 months. I am sure it is also 1gb
My little one uses it in the car.

Can this be tethered?

anyone know why this is "Unavailable for home delivery  Available to Order Online & Collect in Store in 1 hour "only? why can't they post them?

Can this be used in a dongle?

given that i just checked twitter and used 2mb, 1gb isn't going to last a month.

Interesting, will give it a go, handy for the iPad.

I currently also get Tmobile 6MonthWeb which is £20 for 1gb every month, (used on EE network), if of interest to others.

good deal. reserved

Remember here you are paying a not unreasonably amount for the SIM/data service for the 12 months' 1GB data allowance. Ovivo Mobile initially asked just a token prepay of £5 (later £10/£15) for the SIM and unlimited free monthly allowances thereafter, and which by the end looked very much like a Ponzi scheme

Press Release from last month "Dixons Carphone confirms MVNO with Three"
http://www.dixonscarphonegroup.com/media-centre/press-releases/dixons-carphone-confirms-mvno-three
Could well relate to this deal, where "Globalgig" (a trading name of "Voiamo Limited") provide the services for this PCWorld sold "Knowhow-MB" SIM where Knowhow "the new face of technology service and support" for Currys & PCWorld.

Voiamo themselves seem to have some pedigree in the mobile data marketplace around the world.
http://voiamo.com/press-coverage/
and an FT article there led me to another of Voiamo's businesses
https://mobi-data.co.uk/uk/en/
where 1GB/data is £4.94/m but with 100MB of overseas data.

I've done a bit of digging.
Initially thought it was a PC World/Dixons Carphone branded MVNO (mobile operator that piggybacks off another network a la Virgin). Everyone's jumping on one bandwagon or another just like they did with ISPs circa 1998.
It turns out that PC World have just whored out their uninspiring 'Knowhow' brand to Voiamo http://voiamo.com but have been doing so since at least last July http://www.cityam.com/1405920655/voiamo-seeking-raise-10m-bid-speed-european-rollout

It troubles me that there are no reviews except for the one upset review on the product page (due to issues in spain), because having been going for this long, I would've expected it to have made a ripple in internet-sphere.

I just get the feeling that the 12 months isn't guaranteed. It could ovivo its way into oblivion before they year is up - who knows?

Or you have a Dual SIM phone and hence have a £2/m price capped 1GB data on this SIM for 1yr, and your voice/SMS and any extra data on your regular SIM <3

Fair enough, if you never make phone calls and only use the internet on your phone for communications.

hopefully this will be a decent low-use option.
i am currently using EE 3 months/6gb sims for £14.99 but have a new tablet that barely gets taken out of the house, but at £2 a month, this is an excellent choice if it works out nicely

Definitely!

Maybe, to me this deal looks good if you fancy having 1GB of data a month for approx £2 a month to use over the next year. I can't think of any other provider that gives this sort of deal (discounting any costs for usage overseas etc)

COLLATED SUMMARY OF THIS DEAL FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE - ie GOT IT: + HUKDers feedback in this thread...
NB: @ 25Apr15 this product/deal is no longer listed on PCWorld/Currys website - it too late to buy & start your 1yr prepaid plan

This is what the pack looks like: (if collecting from store, ensure you get the right pack - several people have been given the wrong pack!)


This is a 3-sizes-in-1 Standard/Micro/Nano pre-paid SIM that gives you “1GB of [4G/3G] mobile date to use every month for 1 year”

Sold online & in-store by both PCWorld and Currys at £24.99 currently as product code 121006 described as
“KNOWHOW Mobile Broadband 3-in-1 Starter SIM” though has been 60% more at £39.99.
You might get cashback by ordering thru a Quidco/TopcashBack type site - eg I'm due 21p!

The item was initially in stock to order online for (free) home delivery (but it sold out) + Reserve&Collect in store. Though not a Clearance/.97p item they haven't restocked online (perhaps we made this too popular!), & though Sale may end any time & eg become 60% pricier again it is still available at some stores @2/4/15!.
For an example of why getting delivered beats collecting - see this HUKDer experience:http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24609534

I believe it's being considered a Hot UK Deal as at £24.99 up-front cost (instead of £39.99) you get 12 months of 1GB/m of UK 3G/4G data ie just £2.08/m with no "Overage" charges as your 1GB/m is capped (ie can't use more), has no contract & "You can use your SIM in WiFi devices, USB dongles, smartphones & tablets including iPads to connect to the service" & tethering/VoIP/hotspots etc are all OK..

Thanks to HUKDer Sykos for starting activation process on his SIM (ie paid £24.99 up-front for the £0.00/m plan) & sharing its features: ie:

(NB: As per packaging: "In order to activate the service a valid debit/credit card is required for validation - this card will not be charged." The service is by "Globalgig" [see below re MVNO] so you may have used your email address with that brand before. The "'WiFi on the go" is them supporting its use for personal hotspot & MiFi's, not any access to other peoples' WiFi networks.)

Not sure it'd be hot at regular £39.99 & the optional extra £4.99/m bundles would probably make it poor value.

It is a pre-paid SIM - "no contract", "no credit checks" - that gives you what it says on the actual tin (ie cardboard sleeve & website - ie
The Knowhow-Mbb website [it's their product] is your best starting position to knowing what it is:
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#

For a quick "Annual SIM Starter Pack Service Description" of what you're buying see their 4 page PDF with info on its optional extras (more data OR overseas use at £4.99/m), here's a direct link to it:
https://assets.globalgig.com/globalgig-uk/docs/Annual-Plan-SIM-Starter-Pack-Service-Description.pdf

It explains clearly that you're getting mobile data:
* UK 1GB/m for 12m included in price and that 1GB/m on 4G/3G is capped, no "Overage" use/costs available to you
* and can start paying £4.99/m to increase to 2GB/m in UK for rest of the 12m, still no "Overage", ie capped at 2GB/m in UK.
* or can start paying £4.99/m to use the 1GB/m in c40 countries for the rest of the 12m but then "Overage" applies both in UK @5p/MB and overseas at 15p/MB - ie no longer capped though they aim to send email alerts as usage reaches 50/85/100%.

Options are "rolling month-month contracts" for the rest of your SIM's 12 months; you can cancel an option but that totally cancels the entire SIM, including the original prepaid elements!
If you are interested in 30-day international contracts probably look at their Freedom/Travel plans instead
https://www.knowhow-mbb.com/

If you want to find the link yourself (as you shouldn't trust strangers), look on their website at
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual
then look at the bottom of the page at the footer... the last text is "Service Description". Click on that link & then the Annual Plan SIM doc link.

Any reference on PCW/Currys website to a 30-days contract must be to the two optional extra £4.99/m which remain for the rest of your 12m term, unless you cancel - ie per Service Description document "All upgrade plan options are rolling month-to-month contracts. There are no fees to cancel your service.". (There is no 10GB/£7.99 or other options showing on the Knowhow website (ie PCW/Currys website errors)).

The SIM only provides data : per packaging "This is a data only service. Traditional voice & SMS services are not supported."
which nicely suggests the VoiP/SIP/WhatsApps/Skype etc services would be working as they are data not voice/SMS based.


If you want to read the back of the actual product packaging, please follow this link
http://i.imgur.com/I7rSZfF.jpg

Note: when activating it asks for a mobile number - this is NOT the 07777777777 [a dummy/nominal number]... from your pack... but is meant to be your own [other] mobile number.

Usage monitoring: with the bundled 1GB/m your usage is capped at the 1GB/m & then service pauses until the next of the 12 months begins. Currently there is no online usage meter, just email alerts on the day when you hit 50/85/100% of monthly limit. The website says more functionality coming.

So if aiming to use in a SmartPhone with normal voice/SMSs, you would need a Dual-SIM/Triple-SIM phone (with at least a 3G SIM socket for this SIM it seems) where this prepaid SIM can provide 1GB/m of data, while your other SIM provides any traditional voice/SMS services. [This SIM v.likely needs 3G, so to use alongside another 3/Three network SIM that also needs 3G would require a more sophisticated Dual-SIM phone than many are - ie many older/cheaper have one "2G/GSM only" SIM socket - ie do some more research if that's your plan.]

When you visit the website to activate your SIM, it offers you the chance to upgrade there & then, but you can upgrade later. See these screens captured by HUKDer Sykos:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24585576

If you're considering the £4.99/m optional extra probably worth reading this first
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/knowhow-three-network-1gb-per-month-mobile-broadband-for-12-months-24-99-annual-2160024?p=24585630

re the fact that the SIM is on a MVNO based on 3/Three UK network this is based on T&Cs that services provided by "Globalgig (which is a trading name of Voiamo Limited" & their Australian site says MVNO with 3 in UK.
https://www.globalgig.com/au/en/how-it-works
Update: First users have reported it is indeed on "3 UK" network, and named as "KNOWHOW EU1" as service provider; plus checking the # of my SIM shows it as allocated to 3 UK too.
Their official network 'Coverage' section is (farcical) at:
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#coverage
but as a MVNO on "3 UK" network best to look:
http://www.three.co.uk/Support/Coverage

And if you're looking for a 4G mobile WiFi hotspot device and more you could try...
HUKDer seedbot's EE Osprey 4G MiFi at £20 up front (+cancel)
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-osprey-mifi-device-free-with-15gb-ultrafast-double-speed-4g-30-day-rolling-contract-2114457
or at £30 with no contract to cancel - ie on PAYG at:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-osprey-mifi-2gb-4g-data-ee-prepay-29-99-cpw-2161843?p=24603814
(though there are some reports of Osprey's not being mega reliable - eg 'Dodo')
or HUKDer Technation's EE Buzzard 4G USB powered at £20 one off
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-payg-buzzard-dongle-with-car-wifi-adapter-half-price-2gb-4g-data-19-99-cpw-2159897
eg get the 4G gizmo and use the initial data and then exploit this 4G SIM in them...
Though the monthly 1GB allowance won't last long if/when used at 4G data rates!

Tip: If considering using as basis of a data only 'Smartphone' - eg using VoIP/SIP for voice & other services for SMS : I can recommend having a look at say using a FreeVoipDeal a/c & their MobileVOIP App. You prepay c£10 on a PAYG a/c & that gives you 120 days 'free calls' to c30 countries landlines (+some mobiles) subject to rolling 300mins fair use. (We've used them/associated companies for c10 years & while not perfect are totally 'usable'.) [Plus of course Skype + WhatsApp...]

If your device isn't picking up the Internet data connection properly, try their FAQ, ie to set the APN as: mbb.voiamo.net
https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/faqs

Things we still don't know:
- Activate by? - any deadline to Activate the SIM by after purchase.[no expiry on pack/site!]
- 2G SIM socket - does the SIM work in a 2G socket (probably not)
- Content control? - is the Adult block removed during activation (with debit/credit card "validation"?)

16/3/15: Globalgig are also offering a free "Worldwide" SIM with 100MB/m for 3 months to use overseas... [with 15p/MB "Overage"]
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-sim-free-100mb-month-international-for-3-months-globalgig-2166085

The website seems overly confusing and full of a lot of mistakes. I'm really unsure since it seems to say slightly different things on different parts of the website.

What a complicated structure. Surely at that rate it would be easier to stick with Three if you're not planning on going to any of the extra countries, and only the ones already part of Feel at Home.

So it is £75 for a year of 1GB data when travelling abroad in a select few countries....and 100MB of data each month in the other countries. I guess this isn't such a good deal for me :smiley:.
Still, it's a cracking deal for anyone that wants a data connection on their tablet etc.
Heat added

So, this is basically the same as Fogg, but £24.99/year more expensive?

This would only be if you upgraded though. You aren't signing up to a contract if you just get the basic one as they don't have your details

It actually looks like you have to upgrade and pay an extra £4.99 a month to be able to use abroad - see link below that has already been posted:

https://annual.knowhow-mbb.com/uk/en/annual#

states "Upgrade to the International monthly rolling plan to use your 1GB of data in 40 countries - £4.99 per month"

"We want to ensure that you are able to use your data locally and overseas without bill shock. To keep you in control of your data usage we provide the following spend management controls.

Email notifications when you have used 50%, 85% and 100% of your planís data allocation.
Spend Alerts for every £/€10 spent.
For your convenience overage is capped at £/€50, you can change this cap by contacting Customer Service. Admin charges may apply.
Please note: spend management notifications are a best efforts service. Occasionally notifications may be late due to delays in receiving data records from overseas network partners."

Aaah...I see now. The direct link was taking me to a different product page (£29.99 and no free data).

So before I pull the trigger on this deal...
- Once the data limit is reached each month, am I right in thinking the sim card will stop working. I.e, there will be no extra roaming fees etc? (I'm off cycle touring around N.Europe/Scandinavia and looking to use this as a cheap data connection but don't want to run into any additional costs!)

What a fantastic deal, so tempted to get this as a backup.

HUKD

What a great price very hot :sunglasses:

Am I missing something here...
I can only see a £7.99 a month rolling contract option? Where is the 12 months for £24.99 deal?

Ouch. Very expensive.

can use in Germany which is not on 3 list. Strange...

It looks like you won't get the international roaming unless you sign up to to one of the data plans, detailed here
"Upgrading allows you to use your data abroad without incurring roaming charges, which is great for using on holiday or staying in touch with loved ones if you travel a lot."

So the min charge is £7.99 per month for 1gb - for the core countries - UK, Republic of Ireland, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA.
For the remaining 28 countries you can only use the "bonus data", which is 10% of the allowance - ie 100mb for your £7.99 per month, which is pretty much useless.

update: As is now clear this is the "annual" package and not the old £7.99 monthly package

It will do for iPad, only use every know and again

cool, hong kong is on the list. basically they are "three" network but just rebranding as their own?

Not aboard submarines.