Also worth noting that tethering is not allowed.

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/faq#tethering

"Please note that we do not allow tethering on any of our current plans."

The red sim card is misleading. Looks like a Vodafone deal.

It uses the Three network. I've just got out of a 2 year contract with three due to poor coverage.

Bit of an old deal to be fair

neither deal is running from BOTH links

sauna steaming hot from me.
fill your boots.

i cannot find the deal on website

​thats only if your a talk talk customer
giffgaff charge £20 for ultd data

This network is a joke. Their Takeaway plan should allow you to use your data in Cyprus, it doesn't work!! #useless

Great find thanks :smiley:

Just as an aside, I've been with Three for the past few years and my contract provides me with unlimited data and 2Gb of tethering allowance. (Un)fortunately they don't seem to be able to distinguish between the two and I've been enjoying unlimited tethering ever since!

Yup they have ended the unlimited data plan.

the link shows a contract with 10gb data instead of unlimited

good find hot hot hot :smile:

In my experience, any device that does not carry a 3 logo or use 3 software / firmware.

By non three branded devices, does that include mifis or just phones?

My experience of 3 payg ayce £15 add on sim is usually no issue to obtain all services (inc those exc in t&c) when used in non-3-branded devices.

Anybody tried this sim in a mifi device? What were your results if so? Or even a 3 payg ayce £15 add on sim...

The point is. I don't pay extra unless I see progress. And I don't see much with any of the networks here apart from EE (Everything Expensive) but not worth paying over the odds for them.

And the same goes for handsets. I am about to ditch my HTC M8 in favour of my old Samsung Galaxy S3 which was significantly better to use. 4G isn't good enough where I live, so I am happy to stick with 3G until the progress really happens and it's worth paying for.

Cold for the fact this is carphone warehouse with shirty customer service.... Id avoid and go to three for the same deal.

But if the coverage is no good................

Bash on, I might get around to appreciating the progress you and your like pay for when I need it. ;-)

The thing is I am all for progress. Not standing still and just accepting it.

If you are using 3's PAYG services, tethering is not allowed within the t&c, although you may be able to confirm if tethering is technically functional by using the SIM in an unlocked non-3-branded device.

I it is possible to get around the block but im not going to promote breaking the terms and conditions.
If you want to tether the best legal way is to get a data or payg tarriff, both of those let you tether the amount of data you buy as they have limited data, the unlimited contracts may not allow tethering at all or have a 4gb limit.

I have tried various android phones and a couple iphones ( but these are bad whatever the sim) but even in my s4 i get bad signal indoors

No roaming? So you pay more than three, use the same network, have even worse customer service than three, can't tether at all, and can't roam?

You are quite probably correct about commercial texting.
Its a good reason for it.

how do you do this?
I have unlimited 3, the second I tether the mobile data shuts off

New Customers can contact them via the Carphone Warehouse Sales Teams? They are owned, run and managed by CPW. I don't know what the issue is?
0800 049 6250

As I said - a company that cannot even work out that they have no way for new customers to phone them. A sign of disorganization: avoid.

A company with no way to contact them by phone is a sign of things to come: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

By phone

If you can't find the answer you're looking for in our FAQ or Help & Advice pages and you'd like to speak to someone, you can call us free of charge by dialling 7777 from your iD mobile.

You can also call us from your landline on 0333 003 7777 (charges from landlines and other mobile networks may vary).

Our opening hours are 8am-8pm every day of the week.

A company with no way to contact them by phone is a sign of things to come: AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

I specifically asked a lady on iD customer services who spoke with her manager who confirmed that the Data is Unlimited. I said "So if I used 150GB a month on the plan then that would be ok?" She replied with "Yes of course that would be fine" but stressed that tethering was not included.

are you sure???

as in Three unlimited?

I've used over 200GB in a month on Three with no caps or slowdowns

It is UNLIMITED that is why my friend. :smiley:

lol - "unlimited".....

its not a bad deal but it is a blatant lie for this company to call it unlimited when there is a 20gb cap

absolutely ludicrous... can't believe trading standards haven't cracked down on this crap yet.

Just signed up to this plan. I was testing the sim out on my spare phone (Galaxy S4) but I wasn't getting any 4G signal? And I live in London... My partner is with Three directly and never has issues with 4G.

Has anyone else had issues?

FYI it is "truly unlimited". Asked their twitter account and also read through all T&Cs from the contracts they sent to me.

The peoples operator offer 31GB rather than 20GB (which ID are offering)
Link : https://www.thepeoplesoperator.com/pay-monthly#featured-deal

Thanks for telling us.

failed credit check...so they have stopped the order.

What's your recommendation?

Data doesn't stop.

You carry on using it.

No.

if data stops then why it says unlimited?

The question is what happens after 20gb? does it slow down?

seriously poor deal

No it isn't.

20Gb is unlimited. lol

I suspect misinterpretation / disinformation of voice and data tariffs.
£20 / month voice SIM 30 days rolling monthly allowances 2000mins + 5000texts + unlimited data (for handset use only) at max 4G speed.
£20 / month data SIM 30 days rolling monthly allowances 0mins + 0texts + 20GB data at max 4G speed.

Signa

Vodafone may say when contract was renewed you had great signal befsore you moved house, anyway, they should offer you the Sure signal box to connect to your home BroadBand for free and this will give you a signal for making calls indoors.

No mention of 20GB limit (nor any other limit) within ID terms and conditions page at http://www.idmobile.co.uk/legal/terms-and-conditions

Mmmm...

It is definitely unlimited. Spoke to id customer services and the lady confirmed it with her manager.

If I can't tether with this, then it's essentially pointless. What on earth could I do with 'unlimited' data on a 5 inch screen?

Can't find it...I can only see where it mentions about tethering...what section are you looking in? Cheers

Their terms and conditions

0845

It's my opinion - if you don't like it tough - get off the internet

1 month rolling contract @£14. 600 mins, unlimited text and 1GB Data.
Apparently I get 4GB seperately for just tethering use. (Weird)

Obviously not good as my current deal. I use alot of Data on my phone and alot more Tethering.

What have Three offered you?

Hi Flipd hopefully you can help me out. Ive been on a £20 unlimited everything 3sim deal for 2 years now. Been thethering alot as it was allowed back then.

Anywho 3 has contact me saying this plan is no longer and I will be switched to a different plan come 19th July, with a 4GB tethering limit.

What should I do? :disappointed:

Three the one plan.

Thanks for info. Are you a 3 or ID customer, and if it's not too personal a question to ask: what product / service do you have? Thanks.

Not sure what's happening there, but I just did a speed test now, at 17:48 on Friday afternoon..

35 down / 21 up / 66ms ping.. Better than a lot of people's home broadband I'd say.

I'm on the unlimited package with three for £10 a month (8 months into 12 month contract), I have terrible signal at home, only next to the front window so Three kindly sent me out a SIGNAL BOOSTER which connects to my router. They said if I lose or damage it I will have to pay £750 lol

Native 3 network PAYG SIM with AIO-15 unlim data add-on. Random location with reasonable signal level showing on handset:
immediately prior to 15:00 (down / up / ping):
#01: 6.26 / 2.06 / 56
#02: 6.15 / 2.26 / 49
immediately after 15:00 (down / up / ping):
#01: 0.31 / 1.79 / 140
#02: 0.34 / 1.83 / 98
#03: 0.27 / 1.80 / 135.
Similar results if tethered to a windows machine.
Suggest my consistent personal experience and casual results above show data is slowed down after 15:00 daily, and significantly slowed down, whereas 3 states only p2p traffic is "slowed down" between 3pm-midnight in its KFI that can be viewed in any browser here.
Would be helpful if an ID customer could perform similar tests either side of 3pm & midnight. I posted that request in a previous ID thread but have not received any response.

Only ref I can find to any defined limit is via a 3rd-party website that doesn't qualify its source. So read into this whatever you wish:
...iD Mobile plans and tariffs... all the way up to a hefty 20GB...
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/providers/id-mobile
Otherwise the ID t&c simply appear to state:
5.3 You must not use the Services... including but not limited to:
5.3.4 tethering (unless explicitly stated in your Agreement with us), downloading, sending or uploading content of an excessive size, quantity or frequency. We will contact you if your use is excessive...
http://www.idmobile.co.uk/legal/terms-and-conditions
although as has been discussed at length within this thread, what is not allowed / against t&c can be significantly different to what is actually possible.

​And my experience suggest that they don't! like I said I've never had any issues using like with like only when I've tried tethering with a PC. This BTW was with a PAYG card in a sim free phone, my contract with em is a One Plan so that has unlimited tethering for now at least.

20gb, no tethering.

Not exactly unlimited

Great deal! hot from me :smiley:

Thanks

Nice.. I might try the PAYG sim myself with ayce data for 15 quid. When they throttle what sort of speeds are you getting? Thanks a bunch for your input. Appreciate it

Occasionally topup £15 to sort the AIO-15 that inc unlim data for 30 days, just depends if I'll be working away from home for a while. No tethering issues whatsoever, allowing for the openly-stated daily 3pm-midnight heavy throttle.
I notice nobody has commented about any 3pm-midnight throttle on ID network; maybe it does not apply to either ID and/or monthly contract SIMs.

Interesting! Are you still doing this is my question? How long ago was this? Wonder if theyve changed their policy now and got stricter as ID are now an MVNO and they know the likelyhood of people trying to tether and MiFi it up

In excess of 100GB / month. Eventually found it easier to use the wifi hotspot feature of an old Android handset than to continue with the dongle+3grouter set-up.

How much data did you use when ir was in the mifi device? Would you say you did windows updates etc as well?

3 ZTE dongle and then unlocked Huawei o2 dongle plugged into 3G mini-router; wifi tethering to windows OS and Android.

They can tell if you are tethering unless you replace the header in the stream. Whether they are bothering about checking for this or not is a different matter altogether. Using a Xiaomi Mi2 and I never had any problem tethering the odd times I did it.

Ofcom will soon be hosting interactive coverage maps for all of the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), research is currently being undertaken to see if some smartphones are better at transmitting and receiving a signal. The historical problems that 3 have had with indoor coverage relates to the spectrum which was allocated to them which is a higher frequency than their competitors, this is particularly evident in older houses with dense walls.

o2 Telefonica and Vodafone being the two legacy mobile networks, have the most sites in the UK which are currently running at or near to capacity. The coverage currently offered from 3 should mirror that offered by EE as they share the same infrastructure which is managed for them by a company called MBNL.

No MNO offers anywhere near total coverage indoors or outdoors, whoever you have a subscription with you will experience a partial not spot when on your travels (if you can only make an emergency call you are in a partial not spot, meaning no current coverage from your operator). This is all set to improve with the emergence of Mesh and Micro networks which are currently being piloted.

The best advice that I can offer if you are considering a move to a new operator, is to get a Pay As You Go SIM and test the performance of the operator in the locations most frequented by you.

Don't want to add to the disinformation being spouted in this thread, but to recite my personal experience with "the block page" when attempting to tether on native 3 network:
Whenever I attempted to tether using a 3 voice-SIM in a 3-branded device, I have been served the block page.
If I immediately transfer the same voice-SIM card to a non-3-branded device, I could tether without any issue.
I can only guess this is due to 3 knowing the IEMI numbers of its own devices and so being able to identify if a voice-SIM is being used as a data SIM, and so implements the block. Will happily stand corrected if this assumption is incorrect.
Obviously no idea if the same principle could be applied to ID network.

I bought a sim only deal from 3 with all you can eat data for £20pm, to use in an iPad before going into hospital at the start of the year. Happily used it to watch films via Sky app, TV, music etc using the mobile data service, but after a few weeks (thankfully after coming out of hospital) I got the sim blocked message if I tried to use mobile data in the same iPad. Would this happen with this sim deal, as I was told it wouldn't happen with 3...but it did!

He meant 0845/0870

regards the coverage it depends outside it is ok but indoors youll get hardly any 3g or 4g and just be glad you have any signal at all, but with a little luck you can usually find a spot where for some reason data signal is there. I have managed to find such a place just on top of the home alarm button pad where it can get 2 points of 4G, but upstairs next to the window we can get 4bars of 4G. the only thing 3 network has got going for it is that it does unlimited data plans at a reasonable price, for coverage look to EE or vodafone it has always had full signal everywhere even inside hospitals where 3 shows No Service

Thanks.

Would be useful to know if anyone has put it in their MiFi device, wonder if they do the same as three and show you a blocked tethering page and block the MiFi device on their voice network...

So it's basically 'The One Plan' but without the unlimited tethering.

Tethering with mobile hotspot and over USB. Haven't installed in MiFi device.

@ecosse87 where did you get the 20GB data usage cap info from?

Are you tethering from your phone, or do you have it installed in a MiFi device? Cheers

2 weeks and about 6gb.

do you get free 0850 like on three?

How long have you had it for and how much have you tethered so far?

Read what I posted above about tethering tested from someone who has this exact deal.

Mifi device I meant sorry. I'm talking about the id SIM card, I've got it in an unlocked ee osprey device

I think he was responding to me... but didn't quote me so didn't look like a response :smiley:

I have contacted the customer service and they say it is truly unlimited.

@ecosse87 where does it say this:
"Unlimited" plans with iD have a 20GB data usage cap. Please bear in mind if you plan to have very high usage."

Also, it states they do not 'allow' tethering, but I can't see anywhere where it states they will disconnect you etc, or there is a data limit...

Just because it's a service that you cannot use even though the majority probably can, does not make this a cold deal :confused:

Thanks

​If they are using the same network I cannot see how it could be any different tbh. The only difference between the companies will probably be the billing department.

£15 sees me almost through a year of mobile phone use. Must be missing out on a lot (of data) huh.

Nope it's voting cold because I have a 4G ready device that works fine on EE but can't be used for 4G with Three mate. Kaithanxbai

Can't complain about 3's signal except at home. No problems with calls n texts but data is very hit and miss, also for a 4g signal speeds are pretty rubbish! I used to get faster speeds through H+ on 3g.

Someone explain how this unlimited data plan has a cap of 20gb? How is this unlimited then or is does the data go slow after 20gb?

You could ask them to see if they could suspend your monthly rolling contract until Nov if you buy it now.

Don't tell me that!
I still gotta wait till Nov for my contract to end :disappointed:

Thanks dealhunter. You are a real helper. Cheers

No problem :smiley: iv messaged the mods to change the link, so hopefully they will. I've also added the link in the description, hope that helps people out.

Excellent deal. Hate Carponewarehouse customer service though.

Guys, what is your opinion about easy tether app? Does it help to tether data when the network is not allowing that?

Do you know what? the HUKD is not allowing me to change the original URL. I wont worry now. Thanks for the help.

Shall try. Thanks mate

Yes it's a HUKD issue. Try this, it will work:

http://www.idmobile.co.uk/shop/plans/sim-only#sort=data-asc

Its still the same..I am not sure if it is HUKD issue or not.

Thanks. I shall add that link.

5000 texts are nothing to brag about because it costs the networks nothing to transport text messages as they just piggyback on the signals that are already floating about.

Would the sim work in an iPad device?

Guys, the website is a bit funny now and the direct link for the deal is not working. You have to click the sim only deals.

Cold because where I live three have no 4G available.

The red sim card is misleading. Looks like a Vodafone deal.

Listen ck12111, you are repeating the adjectives 'ballant unfair repost'. First of all, this is not a competition. Any of us get benefited of a post is fantastic. As I already have explained, I have never been aware of your post at all until somebody pointed it out. I even apologised for that if you feel bad. I was not even aware of the 28 days rule and it was a mere coincidence. (I shall take a lotto this week!) Cheer up mate. At Least more people are voting hot for my 'ba.... un...... post'(Could be my smarter way of presentation....lol)

I saw this and was put off and went into the store and the guy said you could tether...I still wasn't convinced I got it anyway and guess what you can tether on it. Not sure why the website says that but you CAN TETHER.

White & gold or blue & black?

What about blue & gold? That really is what I see.

Thank you! This is true, a blatant unfair repost by OP.

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The old post was actually 29 days ago! Which makes this a repost.... :stuck_out_tongue:

awesome deal but 3 very bad in my area.

When i post this deal few days ago it has been removed because someone post it. What is wrong with you hukd admins

am tempted to buy, just not sure about the no tethering ...

Three coverage is terrible in Wales. Hoping they add EE coverage.

Still sticking to my 3G with EE as unlimited actually means unlimited. Unlike 4G.

Was thinking "man why a deal like this shows up and my contract end Is months away.

Then saw your post and it made this deal less interesting.

rubbish network. less coverage area

Northern Ireland is shocking for Three coverage. I visit twice a year as my parents live there, and even the big cities such as Belfast and Derry have areas that cannot get even 3G coverage.

could somebody tell why this is cold? Apologies if this is a repost.

No 4G in Belfast.

My wife is also on Three and has a different handset and is also having the same problems. It not the handsets, its the network coverage, I've been Northeast to south west and still had the same problems. The transmitters are over subscribed.

I can't get 4g in my area and 3g isn't too good either.

It's ok round here....

This was posted a few weeks ago. Didn't get as much heat as it did now though!

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O2 And track have always had priority over the data network and as Tescos customer base has grown so much lately it effects the data side.

Not sure how Three/02 merger will effect giffgaff yet

Very good deal, just shame my area doesn't get 4g.

I've always found 3's coverage excellent where I live.
If your worried check their coverage map.

http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Network/Coverage

Now if this had the roaming capabilities like Three, then it would be a cracking deal!

im on 3 contracts with 3, one is £9 a month, for the Ultimate Internet 500 deal with a phone, ie unlimited data, 500 Mins, 2000 3to3 mins, 5000 texts. I havent upgraded since then as even the salesperson told me i would be stupid to upgrade that deal simply for a new phone.

the other contract is a sim only deal, same as above but this has 600 minutes.which costs £12.50 pm
These same unlimited data deals now cost over £25 so even though i only need one i am keeping both.

Tethering is not allowed and 0800 numbers are not included although you can tether ( tricky though and prone to the dreaded "Are you using your phone as a hotspot" blocking page) i am not sure if 0800 will become included later.

the third contract is £18pm for 15GB data, it allows tethering but only the 15gb allowance. which isnt enough for my 2 kids and thier ipads.
the £20 ID deal for sim only is the only one that comes close to this, i was thinking of switching if tethering was included.

Three do a business deal of 1250min, unlimited data, unlimited tethering, unlimited texts for 17.50, but I am reticent to go for that deal incase it gets revoked like the one plan deal and then i will not be able to get back the 15GB deal as it is no longer offered unless you get a new ipad with them.

GiffGaff is shockingly bad for data, they say so themselves. They have serious speed issues, even for 4g, seems their popularity is their own downfall.

I am with Virgin(I know there are Virgin haters). Its a sim only contract. Works great with no hassle on a monthly rolling contract. Mostly 3G and 4G is free wherever it is available. They use the EE network.

The old One Deal offered unlimited tethering. I'm on a rolling monthly contract with 3, and I am allowed 4gb per month tethering (if you're on a longer contract, you get 2gb allowance). The minutes and texts on this ID deal are much better though.

My deal is £23 per month.

I've been on three for 2 years in the south east and london. Fantastic coverage and speeds, better than o2, EE and Vodafone.

Hi all, my first 3 mobile was bought from Woolworths lol. the signal was rubbish and useless!!!
Now they are the best in the area for signal and speed, depending on the time of day and usage I regular get 5-18 mb download speed. I have a sim in Spain which my girlfriend uses and we speak for hours every night either on Whatsapp or Skype, we can tether to tablet also. the speed in Spain is rubbish because it is moviestar or similar, but we can talk and browse no problem for £15 a month is good value ( but limited to 25GB per month ) hope this helps for people traveling to Spain

The TalkTalk SIMs work in any phone :smiley:

Any deal without a lot of tethering is no good to me but I'm pretty sure my 3 deal I get now is the same as this but I still get the unlimited tethering too which has now been stopped to new customers :-(

I don't see the relevance of this green and red dress

By tethering does that mean USB tethering? Can they detect hotspotting in the same way?

This is the old one plan, im on this but its £18 p/m

I could see a flavour of pro3 and 3 haters here!

This is exactly the same as 3's old The One Deal. Even the price and minutes/texts amounts.

Experts say that will patch up most of the gray zones in 3 coverage

3 only have 2 4G masts nationally....looking to have the third up and running by xmas

Now the countries largest operator, thanks to the O2 merger.

Its 'unlimited'. The data is 3G

A point to highlight here is that the 3 could be a hit and miss sometimes. They have improved their coverage significantly in the recent times though even though the historic blame persists.

Talk Talk do a better deal for £12 and 3 Mobile are pretty good as well and allow tethering

Talk talk sims are like any other normal sim

In Exeter the signal is 1 to none.......... Gone back to using my old tesco sim for now.

No problems with Three here currently on a £15 a month unlimited Data, texts and 200 mins 12 month contract. Expires soon though and might just stick with it cant seem to find a better deal and the reception for Three is great.

It uses the Three network. I've just got out of a 2 year contract with three due to poor coverage.

I don;t know the details of talk talk, I have a 3 sim only with unlimited data for £23, the ID network uses 3's network.

I can tether on my 3 sim but it's not unlimited any more

got it last year on 3, want to leave them cause of the coverage, but price is just too good :smiley:

Can the data be used abroad?

Does this 4g work on the Oneplus one?

spent some time in Hawes area, signal woeful

Maybe you live in an area where Three's network is weak? No network claims to have strong coverage everywhere. Where I live, in rural Yorkshire, Three's 4G network is supreme:

have been speaking to three network to check what they can offer. as usual nothing but is it only me who gets them giving me crap like oh but other networks put fair use policys in, customers have told us so and so is bad, you only use this why do you want that bla bla bla.

they try anything to slate the competition

they even told me they hadnt heard of iD network so this would be a silly move to make as they could be unreliable. i said they use your network and the reply was but with three you pay the bill direct to three. hilarious.

Thanks- I have the same view

you clearly have never used their 4G

Voted Cold!!! worst network ever.....no coverage and rude staff. avoid

can i use this in an ipad?

I'm with 3 for a couple of years now without any problems with coverage at all. And I lived in Preston, then Oxford now I live in Leeds;-)So I have a little bit of experience ;-),,,pay £11 for unlimited 4g ,2000 minutes to three and 100 mins to all networks, but it's ok for me;-)))),,,30 day rolling contract;-)

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Technically anything over 4.5mbps is an excellent speed

Unlimited data is subject to fair usage policy, what's the fair usage amount ?

Are you tethering from your phone as a portable hotspot? or is your SIM in a mifi device? Cheers

I pay £12.99 on a 30 day rolling contract for my sim with unlimited data :smiley:

not for long when the get rid of the One Plan and all of the unlimited tethering either on contract or payg... mates had his letter telling him its going to be a maximum of 4gb tethering

Never had any issues with 3s coverage - specially 3g coverage.

anyone have experience of talktalk mobile coverage etc

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lol

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I was thinking this, that guy was a joker, Vodafone's coverage is terrible, my works supplies me a phone on Vodafone and apart from coverage in a city, anything semi rural (where I live) is awful at best. I'm on Three get 3G coverage even where I am in a village

Yip I get 23mb/s at home in Antrim. Faster than my BT Infinity.

Not good network

So glad I left three!
The coverage in my house was good (4 bars 4G) as soon as I left the mile area I got about 2/3 bars of 3G, and when their 4G first came out I got 52mb download once, and now I would get about 8mb.

Cold from me....it is not apple sim :smile:

@kkthomask can I ask you how you go about getting out of contract for poor coverage?

my wife renewed her contract with Vodafone prior to us moving house. she now gets no signal at new home and the signal at her work had all but rendered the phone unable.

be interested to know your methods.

I am with giffgaff on a unlimited 3G data usage, unlimited texts etc for 18 pounds a month. I am aware three does unlimited 4G but I ordered a sim months ago for them only to mess it up. I called three and they're terrible on the phone. So much I couldn't even join them! Now supposedly, this is a UK phone centre and be the only company offering 4G (apart of three) this is extremely hot. However I stream a lot of date, films whilst going to work. In London 4G is great but as soon as I leave, it's 3G. 3G streaming in London still works fine and because of this, giffgaff for me, is the best mobile sim to date.

I'm using 3 for couple of years. Had problems with the network few times but Internet speed is good. Voted hot.

Im also still with 3
Very little problems here
Im still on the no longer available one plan
Similar to whats posted but with 3 to 3 minutes extra and tethering
Have 4 contracts still working at £15pm
Keep getting calls from 3 stating the one plan is finishing
Offered other more expensive plans
And state , ill decide who or what plan to go with when in finishes

been with these for about 10 days now speeds are fantastic when your use to baic 6mbps broadband :/ i get 30+mbps download more or less same upload speed and a ping of 24 it makes for easy downloading and smooth multiplayer on xbox one, not had any complaints about going over and im not i an area that normally gets good connection but always got 3 bars. my cousin lives with me hes on 3 speeda are similar but he has better phone but problems with tethering :/

I've never got more than 15mbps in central Birmingham even on maximum signal, since 4g was turned on. Likewise anywhere around Birmingham. Three actually told me this was an excellent speed.

It's been in my Wi-Fi device for a month so far, used about 12gb so not too extreme, without any problems

COLD Im on a 3 SIM only one year 4g contract. I can tell you that three's 4g is unreliable, and not available in most places in the UK. I travel a lot, around London, Nottingham, Birmingham, swindon, Glasgow etc etc I needed 4g for tethering for work, but unfortunately threes 4g isn't reliable enough or good enough. Don't be fooled by the 4g ad.

Well put, but then I tried for years to bring down my unlimited everything package to below £10 and couldn't do it - probably because I've never been a virgin media customer.

I settled on unlimited minutes & texts and 1gb of data for £8 quid as the 3G speeds and reception where I live made any form of streaming pointless.

i can't imagine virgin ever launching any kind of 4G though.

For me, one of the few benefits to living and working in South Yorkshire is that the 3 coverage is great

Wait.... didn't the 3 network buy O2 earlier this year????

Anybody know if this package has the 3pm-midnight daily throttle? Thanks.

it is coldddddddddddddddddd!!! i have virgine mobile unlimited all,and £18 a month and rolling contract,it was calling vip plus but now finish instead you can get just click the link http://store.virginmedia.com/virgin-media-mobile/pay-monthly/tariffs.html

http://store.virginmedia.com/virgin-media-mobile/sim-only/pay-monthly-sim.html

use opensignal app to determine 4g (or 3g) speeds in ur (or any) particular area.

"Unfair blatant repost of my same already posted deal: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/2000-mins-5000-texts-unlimited-4g-data-1-month-rolling-sim-only-20-00-id-mobile-2205413
- ck12111"

For Christ's sake love, it's not a competition. Strooth!

Im assuming you won't get all the feel at home (whatever it's called) benefits at all as you would with 3?

Been with three for 3 years and never had an issue with network. I travel a lot too. Love the feel at home they offer too.

Khairul - I can assure you they do, although it's only available to established members...

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3 buying O2 so should help

some utter tripe posted by some here. one dude bi tch ing about tethering speeds and blaming three. the ignorance of people about how modern tech works makes me laugh. still more fool them.

Comment So true! :-( bit weird for Three though being good at 3G now but I guess with buying O2 they won't rush 4G and look back at O2

Thank god 3 gives free 4g, I've never seen it once and I live pretty much center of the 4g coverage area of where I live!

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I'm paying £15/month with GiffGaff for unlimited 4G, I don't get anywhere near the talk-time though (2000 minutes - isn't that a hour a day?), I do get unlimited texts as well, must dig out that SIM mega thread again...

Hi Folks,

Could anyone confirm if this plan supports tethering ?


Thanks

great deal. not for me as 3 are awful in Surrey !

Can I change my vote to cold that Sim looks to big to fit in my phone :laughing:

Is that actual size? :smirk:

Thanks. I am glad you found it out at last!

Thanks. To be honest, I was not aware that this was a re-post. Once i found it, I searched in the HUKD(with my inferior skills) to find nothing!.

Yes it`s a repost and HUKD allow a repost after 28 days which is why I voted HOT :stuck_out_tongue:

And talktalk uses vodafone so excellent coverage and better than 3

Cold because it uses 3. They have some advantages like free roaming in quite a few places for their own customers. But to be honest their 4G coverage is very poor. They also use traffic shaping, so ID customers will be even further down the pecking list than 3 customers for 4G services.

I suspect they have pretty much stalled their 4G rollout in anticipation of the O2 takeover plans. Why would they pay for new infrastructure twice?

I'm getting very very poor signal for 4g even though my area is covered. They said it might be a faulty sim which I doubt. They also said they will send a signal boost and a call from their tech team which I haven't yet

posted just over 4 weeks ago, so it is a repost but is allowed after this length of time.

Hot

Yep, 4G coverage here(Lanarkshire), though 3's 3G was fast too.

Heat if you have coverage, otherwise like me, colder than the Arctic.

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Impossible. At least it is now. Because you have to add your phones number to the allowed list and there's a max of 5 numbers I think it is.

I've been using it since launch now and can't fault it the data is great and fast get 4G everywhere I go, always been a bit warey about 3 but have to say has been better then my o2 line have sworn by then Fir the last 18 months as the best network to have. Was paying £38 Fir Ultd calls and text with 5gb data on o2, but now for £20 plus rolling contract can't go wrong.

Three actually have the best data network in my experience. Far better than O2 for example. Their call network isn't as good as some of the others but still perfectly respectable.

Buy on line so you get the distance selling cover..if you buy in store and there is a fault you will have a problem..terrible customer service

Tethering isn't always easy to detect, so it might be worth a punt. I tether all the time on my PAYG 3 SIM with no problems, despite the the 'no tethering' clause

Righto..

Cold.

Good deal considering a move to this ..although im on Three's One Plan ..and only paying £15 a month .
Apparently the One Plan is being removed ..three's current equivalent package will be £27.

orange? no its I.D

Good deal considering a move to this ..although im on Three's One Plan ..and only paying £15 a month .
Apparently the One Plan is being removed ..three's current equivalent package will be £27.

Terrible customer service mine didnt activate and they are useless instore and useless over the phone.

Blue and black.

Can anyone confirm if you can be on a call & use the internet (3g) at the same time on this iD network? I know you can on Three & want to confirm is this capability is carried forward onto iD as they piggy back off Three? Thanks.

This 3 coverage stuff is just nonsense now. I get better 3 signal than EE in parts of my house!

How can they find out? Not sure if there's an obvious giveaway? Or do they just look for unusually high usage?

I've been on iD for a few weeks and use my phone in Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire. So far I've had excellent coverage and much better 3g than Giffgaff, who I moved from after about 5 years. Not a bad deal really, heat added.

In Dundee Scotland that is the best network. Very reliable and fast. A lot better than the others. Hot!

Carphone warehouse + phone network? Not for me thanks,it's a nightmare combination.

Vodafone is poor. Customer survey data points to EE and Three having the best networks. Three will be fantastic once they acquire o2.

I think he means 3G, and virgine 3G is like 1mb download.

All their cheaper tariffs are very competitive and attractive, till you realise that if you use over your limit then the mandatory buffer gets used and you end up paying 5£ more every month.

this deal however, if yo use those allowances, then you clearly have no life :smile:

I've had no problems with 3 for 4 years now. Good customer service, good network service. No complaints really.

If you read the whole tethering blurb it says if you go over your allowance , you will be charged for it .
As there is unlimited data there should not be a problem

VOTED HOT

THANK YOU OP

Giffgaff and talktalk mobile is mich cheaper you can get all these for £15 with talktalk

They can shove it then

With any plan that doesn't allow tethering, such as the one you mention and this one, the point is that they do not allow tethering, not that you can't. Of course you can but if they find out then they reserve the right to charge extra/disconnect you from their service.

I was going to get this myself and asked about the tethering and was told you get charged for it.

I'm tethering on 3 over a year on PAYG (EAYC) tariff. 60-80 GB/month for £15/30 days

has this no tethering allowance at all?

Also worth noting that tethering is not allowed.

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/faq#tethering

"Please note that we do not allow tethering on any of our current plans."

Here's the previous thread for reference, some people may find comments useful:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/2000-mins-5000-texts-unlimited-4g-data-1-month-rolling-sim-only-20-00-id-mobile-2205413

voted hot: uses 3 network (I'm happy with them), an equivalent package would cost quite a bit more from 3

I'm confused,is any network or 3 only?

hot for package.