iD Mobile uses Three/MBNL's 3G network and Three's 4G network.

For those who don't know, MBNL is a mast sharing partnership between EE and Three. What that basically means is that, in most cases, wherever you have 3G signal from EE you'll also get 3G from Three, and vice versa. They don't share each other's 4G networks though - these are separate.

Seriously? It will cost you £5 to jump ship one month earlier than ideal. You may even be entitled to VAT deduction on your existing contract's final (unused) month cost.

You can still get the same offer, it's just hidden -
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-4g-sim-deal-1gb-250-minutes-1-month-contract-id-mobile-hidden-deal-2371348

Deal expired

Is this deal still available?

Can you port a Three number over to ID?

where does it show on the homepage?
Anybody been able to sign up to the deal today??

It's not been available for over 24h, though it still shows on ID website's homepage

Seems to have expired

Yes I can only see 500mb, anybody else see 1Gb?

It's back to only 500mb or am I looking at the wrong one?

Is the direct debit/contract active from the day you buy the sim or the day you activate it?

My current contract expires at the end of January so I want to set this up from 1st February but I don't know whether to wait before buying it or buy it now and wait to activate the simcard...

It's back, it did vanish briefly however.

This plan is no longer available, they now only the 500mb £5 plan which is what it was originally.

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I think you are right. Which is great as I bit the bullet and ordered the ID sim, despite some bed reviews. So far so good, ordered Dec 30, arrived Dec 31! But we shall see!

I think it is the phone which actually registers with the tube wifi. You need an activation code to a supported sim though just to get started, but once you have done that you can change the sim. If you got one of those 99p ee sims off eBay that might enable you to get set up.
Alternatively you could use a dual sim phone.

So far so good for me. I had to call their customer services due to the authorization codes not being sent to the phone, but got straight through to someone in India, and to be fair they sorted it very quickly and were very helpful. The number was transferred next day without any issues, and as we were on 3 before, the signal hasn't changed, just says 'iD' instead of '3'. Also, their online portal is pretty good, nice and easy to understand. Can't comment on any account caps yet, but will post back if anything changes...

does anyone know how long this offer will last till ? want to go for one of these but need to give 30days notice to my current network

Once registered, you can just enter your PAC via the iD app. You can pick the day, so just arrange for the working day nearest the end of the 30 day notice period.

I also switched off premium and international calls via the app, leaving roaming on.

The app doesn't appear to be real-time like My3

does anyone know how long this offer will last till ? want to go for one of these but need to give 30days notice to my current network

Another vote for a pain free pac code transfer of my old number here. Here's hoping the rest of my time with iD is as easy. :smiley:

Apart from their slow SMS verification server, it's been flawless for me so far. Old number transferred over already! :smiley:

Hi, would this SIM be compatible with an Iphone on EE network?
thanks.

OK I have now managed at last to register my account. When I login it says I have 993MB of 1GB left, however under my contract details it says my allowance is the standard 500MB.

Again there is a discontinuity between information's displayed. Given the reputation this company has, I'm very sceptical about going over 500MB but for me personally I don't use my phone phone for much .

Anyone who takes out this deal, should come back here and tell everyone who it works out for them....I already know.

Shocking, even though the deals are capped, they still go over and will charge hundreds of pounds for going over your internet allowance.

I believe they say that there is a delay between you going over your cap and it actually being cut off.

Anyone taking out the deal, PLEASE come back and tell us how it went, good or bad...

[quote=midian09]quick question...
How do rolling contracts work? friend wants a cheap sim for her 12 yr old. this sounds good. but will she need to give her bank details? or can it be just topped up with card like PAYG? will number just expire if not paid on time?

Try giffgaff, no direct debit, you pay by card each month and if you don't it just stops until you pay again.

Just tried again and got 2 codes at the same time. Neither work and then right before posting I got another txy with another activation code. Farcical !

Went for this before I saw this post. Given my broadband is awful ive always had to tether. I was on giffgaff always on data plan to do this and its always been excellent for me in this regard.

I got a router that supports sim cards for xmas so I needed to keep my number and get a new giffgaff account for my tethering. So I went for this plan for my phone in the hope I could move my giffgaff number across....

First of all royal mail should be delivering but nope you get an email from dpd saying they'll b delivering so you got to wait in for a poxy sim card. This was my first eyebrow raising moment ...missinformstion.

They will do a credit check on you and they will charge you from the day you order. I ordered on Sunday and have already had my first bill. I dunno how much for because...

You can't create an account online with them. You get sent a code via txt which you put in when registering only it doesn't f*****g work!!!! Not only this but ive received about 10 activation codes today, at random. None work! F*****g usless.

I phoned them to report the issue and to be honest I did get through quickly to "John" in India. Nice man, said he would report the website issue ...like f he will. Anyway "John" said he transfer my number and told me it could take 3 days. 3 days? I said. He said it will probably happen tomorrow and that was that. So we shall see, and I still can't make an account online to check my bill or what number I'm actually using.

Oh and the signal is abysmal :smiley:. They'll offer double data since they can't provide a signal with which ine can use said data on.

I'll see how it goes this month and move on if I get further troubles. They do seem slow, half whitted and idiotic however

Not that I am aware of, perhaps you could get a SIM only deal with Virgin, or Three mobile they have some (small) discounts on 12 month sim only deals at the moment, thaT would entitle you to the wireless on the Tube

Got it sorted. Taking in mind I pretty much had no usable data signal with TalkTalk when in the house, I get H+ here and ~13Mbps download. Not bad at all :smiley:

Would like to know if I can use the tethering of internet to my laptop on this ID sim cards. As my current lyca doesnt allow me to tether.

Total pain in the *** trying to activate this. The verification SMS takes ages to come through, so by the time it does the session expires in the browser.

I rang CS who were helpful and gave me the code. It works, made my account... and then what happens when I try to log in? It sends another verification code out I need to use :disappointed:

My SIM was delivered today, only ordered yesterday! All good so far...

Short answer is no, you can with Three mobile(via the Virgin wireless network). Although ID use the Three network via piggyback, this does not give you this benefit

Anyone know if you can you get London Underground wifi with ID?

I'm looking to improve my credit rating, will this report to credit ref agencies upon paying every month, or is it just payg?

Ordered yesterday and is nightmare since. I never thought poor customer service will affect me so badly. The order was declined because it failed credit check (Can you believe for £5 sim only). I called up them and they wont tell me why. I have direct debit set for number of services along with mortgage and never in my life had issues on credit worthiness. I checked my file with 2 credit check agencies and that looks next to excellent as well. There was entry by Carphonewarehouse (seems they do it via CPW although I placed order on ID mobile website) and it was green tick. Checked addresses, searches, and bank details all uptodate. I called up id mobile and they somehow assume you are existing customer and ask you repeatedly you ID mobile number. After 5 repeats you either go to CS or sale but none were helpful, you can hardly hear them the phone voice is rubbish and with whatever feeble noise that comes out, non is useful. Best luck to all who have managed with them but I am only hoping this search has not dented my credit record and very happy to get rid of these idiots early on.

Also £7.50 with 2gig data....

Yes I you are correct but the point I was trying to make was that as this company have a bad reputation for putting unjustified charges on people's accounts if these were not paid it would be reported to the respondents credit file and this would end up on his credit record

Good price with 4g

I get my son the £5 goody bag on GiffGaff 100 mins + 300 texts + 100mb date or they also do £7.50 250mins+ unlimted texts + 500mb date it works on the O2 network and comes with 4g free if you phone is capable
we have been with giffgaff 2 year no problem and its PAYG so total control over a 12 year old lol hope this helps

I was thinking of getting one of these but the bad reviews are putting me off, probably will pay £1 extra for the LIFE mobile deal.

iD run on 3 not EE.
They may share some network masts etc but they aren't the same network.
Those signal boxes connect directly to the network via the Internet.

thats wrong imformation a well.
It acts like a EE 3g femto cell anyone on orange,virgin,t mobile, and EE can connect.
Anyone can connect.
Hence why im querying whether ID do use EE at all as surely this would connect other wise?[/quote ]

Please can I have and change my actual mobile number to ID if want to by an ID SIM?? thanks

thats wrong imformation a well.

It acts like a EE 3g femto cell anyone on orange,virgin,t mobile, and EE can connect.
Anyone can connect.
Hence why im querying whether ID do use EE at all as surely this would connect other wise?

I would just like to add, not got anything against CPW but I actually took out this plan and decided to cancel as my existing mobile provider matched it minus the 500mb but with extra function of being allowed to use the sim plan abroad (Three). AND I wouldn't like to be in your shoes if you try to cancel, customer sales and services make it such a hassle to cancel. BAM! Once you think its been all done and cancelled... You get an email saying that no such thing has happened and they will continue to take money from your account.

Luckily I knew what to do and explained the situation to my bank who did a reverse charge also I actually made a complaints at the Communications Ombudsman who are looking into the situation now. ID mobile is actually registered with them as well. According to long distance regulations you are allowed to cancel within 28 days as far as im aware and ID mobile's policy actually state 14 days for cancellations. INFACT I cancelled within 30mins of order placed and no cancellation actually was made and I phoned in three separate occasions that day to confirm cancellation. Customer reps said it had been cancelled, bank and email states otherwise.

Just a caution.

sounds like a good deal.... but I don't want to buy anything that might get me involved with the Carphone warehouse customer service dept.

Thanks

Anyone know why its not letting me buy, All my details in the payment page is correct and its not doing it keeps refreshing it back to the payment details page. Its not my card because ive tried it under my mums and hubbys name

pfft?

4G is complete **** on iD best to avoid this mob. Got my PAC code after 2 weeks.

Think I like the look of the life deal whats their customer service like compared to ID?

iD's customer service is appalling, great deal on paper but if you have any issues and need to call them...good luck.

wow so tempted by this we have 4 phones on cheap tesco plans but only have 1g to 2g of data, but we've been there years, they are capped and the service has been brilliant! if ID really are crap customer service I don't think I can change as much as I'd love the extra data..6gb for £15.. thats much better than my existing. But not a lot of good if it doesn't work..hmm & no tether means also unless as it's great to share 4G to my iPad.

The EE signal box will only permit registered EE SIMs to connect to it, not Three SIMs.
The MBNL sharing arrangement only applies to the physical outdoor masts, not any internal signal boosters or amplifiers etc.

This deal is attractive on the face of it but Id have some appalling feedback on previous offers posted here some amounting to active dishonesty, for example starting charging you from the date you place the order, before the sin is even posted. The Internet feedback is even worse. I am with Three mobile and have been quite impressed with them though they are getting expensive

Tip: if you are a talktalk plus tv customer (plus tv is free) then this deal almost comes free. I managed to get 1GB data and 200 mins on a free SIM.

You really can't change plan on this network without cancelling. It's like it exists in a timewarp from 1985 or something.

Cheers pal

Perfect for my Son, will work out cheaper than 3 PAYG. Cheers.

iD Mobile uses Three/MBNL's 3G network and Three's 4G network.

For those who don't know, MBNL is a mast sharing partnership between EE and Three. What that basically means is that, in most cases, wherever you have 3G signal from EE you'll also get 3G from Three, and vice versa. They don't share each other's 4G networks though - these are separate.

looks a blinding deal and i already ave a sim card with them and it works great. only thing is they mess the bill quite regularly

One of the worst mobile providers in the UK going by reviews. Well worth avoiding.

It's a shame Life Mobile are just as bad because they do have some rather attractive deals.

Looks great on paper but reviews for ID are horrific, plus you can't tether. Think I'll go for Life, even if that doesn't offer 4G

Wouldn't touch ID with a barge pole , had a contract and it was supposed to be capped but no warning txts , no emails , they sent me a bill for £150 of mobile data , ive argued with dopey CS staff who send scripted emails , stay away

That's a very sweeping statement. Do you have evidence to support it?

Thanks OP

What signal do these lot use, my phones locked to tmobile/ee but will take either ee, tmobile, orange and asda sims because they uses EE's signal and also i hear it may take virgin but never tried, do these use EE's signal also?

I chose the plan with the "12 months Double..." as I didn't want to lose the offer after 12 months. Then I realised whether this 12 months thing was a good thing: it guarantees the offer for 12 months. The one without this saying may change after probably 1 month?

Ordered!

Wondering if anybody could point me in the direction here.

I'm trying to organise my nan a nice rolling contract, as I want her to continue to have a phone on her at all times, without the worry of running out of credit or needing to top up. She will not use any texts nor will she need any data. Is there any sort of minutes only contract out there? If not, does anyone have any recommendations for a cheap 150 minutes ish allowance plus the rest. As she can use this also to call out when she is home to reduce her landline bill.

Thanks!

Yeah, I'm with you - used about 1.2GB since June, as I have mobile data switched off unless I need to use it and so much Wi-Fi around.

Would this sim work with an iphone 5c

I'm currently on this deal but with 500mb instead of 1GB. Just debating whether it's worth all the hassle to change plan as I heard we have to port out then port in again :/

what is the "iPhone crazy offer on ID" in the OP? just wondering

great deal regardless

would jump the ship... but their international rates are way too high...

Whats the point of only 1GB of 4G, if you check HUKD, the News and weather and emails it would be gone in a couple of weeks, agree with previous posters stick with a good 3G plan with a lot more free GB's or pay extra for a Three unlimited deal on 4G

Go through USwitch to get it for £6.

I signed up to ID just before Christmas and have just cancelled under the 14 days rule.

Absolutely shocking IT (took my 48 hours to register my SIM) and zero service in my office/patchy around my house.

Avoid.

cold, life mobile is 1500 mins for £1 more using EE network

They've got same plan TR5-IC868-1 listed twice; one says 'Double Data included for 12 months' - the other doesn't. Although they're both 1GB. So if you buy the one without double data, will it remain at 1GB after the 12 month period? I'm guessing they'd cut it to 500MB regardless and claim the other offer was not on their site.

I could into great detail about why you shouldn't do business with this company, but I will sound like a bitter old man with a vendetta....

Probably better to just read my previous post on and earlier deal for these guys, I think you can do that by clicking on my account history.

I have an axe to grind, but they are REALLY bad for overcharging by massive amounts even on the capped plans...

Are the minutes carried over every month by any chance?

That is shockingly bad for a mobile network.

I'm just curious; is Arqiva the company mainly responsible for the rollout of Three's 4G network? And is Three using EE owned and managed sites but different masts etc (due to their MBNL relationship)? Sorry if I sound nosey!

3's 4G rollout has been slower than expected this year. Still only a couple of towers in major cities and nothing outside.

I currently have 500mb data, 1000 minutes and 1000 texts with 4G through Tesco for £7.50/month and have done for a couple of years now.

Just seems odd that the deals are getting worse. It wasn't that big a deal at the time to be honest. Was a 12 month contract though. Try and get Tesco to match this and up the minutes.

Not really. iD runs on Three, who don't support 2G devices, and they switched off the vast majority of their 2G backbone (which used O2 and then Orange) years back.

They do however still have some sort of informal arrangement with EE as I've been able to roam onto old Orange masts using my Three SIM in very rural areas for calls and texts only (no GPRS data allowed). This is only in areas where MBNL 3G has not yet been switched on. As MBNL 3G covers pretty much most of south Wales, this means there are actually very few (probably a handful) legacy 2G Orange masts that I'm allowed to connect to.

Be careful with Talk Mobile though, they have no caps whatsoever, so if you don't set a data limit in your phone's settings menu be prepared for hefty excess data charges!

3 have 2G voice/text coverage (via EE) in rural Scotland also.
They have switched off the 2G in areas of 3G coverage though.

Talkmobile (using Vodafone 2G/3G) are offering 4GB, minutes and texts for £10 per month.
12 months contract but £45/£47 cashback is available.

http://www.rootmetrics.com/uk/special-report-2014-1h-uk

Thought the LIFE deal was good, but for £5 and 4G this is even better.

I need this in Feb!

I have the same 1 month contract with ID but getting 500MB instead, can i upgrade to this easily?

Does anyone know if this sim would be suitable to use with an unlocked Iphone 5c? I am a Samsung person but my 10 year old has bought an Iphone 5c which is on its way so looking for a good deal

Oh the irony, I know, I know! I haven't twirled a spanner in many years but still get called a spanner..... :smile:

Username = spannerzone & you couldn't fix your own motor? That's almost as believeable as people thinking my name is Andrew Royd :stuck_out_tongue:

Ah, that's good, I thought it had all gone now

Is iD any good?

Three does still have some 2G backup in rural places in west Wales, they piggyback on old Orange 2G masts that haven't been 'MBNL'd'.

I'm with iD since August and not impressed with coverage, I live in a city and never had issues before, I put it down to no underlying 2g which means basic calling fails when 3/4g is either weak or unavailable. good deal but poor quality. waiting for a Virgin sim only deal to come up to bounce back.

500 minutes, 5000 texts, 3GB data , 1 month contract £10 ! i may go for this one.

seems decent

Thanks for that, much appreciated that you took time to answer.

Also thanks to mamboboy, onlineo & AndyRoyd.

just spoke to her. The idea of a cap sounds good & she doesn't mind DD. she says they use wifi at home mostly so this is a go!

Good price. ID Mobile / Carphone warehouse = terrible customer service.

Will I get 4g on my one plus one with this?

Don't forget 5.25 TCB cashback; on all 1-Month Sim Only Plans

Do these monthly contracts start ie the sim activates from the day you purchase or from when you receive the sim and physically put it in to your mobile and activate it?

wonder how long this is going to be around - need to change providers - end of Jan - including porting the no. wish this will stay around till then.

Life mobile is doing 1500 minutes, 1gb data, unlimited texts, 30 days contract, no credit check for £6pm via uswitch

As onlineo said: be v wary of providing an unrestricted contract to a child. Enquire with provider about options to cap usage so there are no nasty surprises hitting the direct debit account. ID faq does mention a capping facility but not immediately clear if applicable to this contract:
Can I set a cap (call limit) on my price plan?
Yes, we offer a capping service on all ShockProof plans.
This is set up so that you'll never spend more than £5 over your monthly allowance.
http://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/faq

quick question...

How do rolling contracts work? friend wants a cheap sim for her 12 yr old. this sounds good. but will she need to give her bank details? or can it be just topped up with card like PAYG? will number just expire if not paid on time?

i'll need to explain it to her and i have no idea...

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No, "double data" for 12 months applies to the 1 month plan too.

12 months Double Data already included! - Data allowance shown includes promo double data offer for the first 12 months on this 30 day plan.

£5.00 per month
1 month contract

it is 1 month contract.

Nah. the terms are for the 1 month rolling too.

Shame I need vodafone

'Data allowance shown includes promo double data offer for the first 12 months on this 30 day plan.' So does it mean after a year it will go back to 500MB?

No, he`s looking at wrong plan. That`s a year contract

^^ 3 network ^^

Which network is this on ? thanks

Possible to get this as an existing customer? I'm paying 7.50 for the same contract!

Where? (deal title doesn't say)