I was on it - but their data usage reports/warnings aren't v.impressive, and no tethering is also not v.impressive.

I actually prefer Asda Mobile's £10 bundle (1000 minutes, unltd texts & tetherable 2GB of data).

https://mobile.asda.com/bundles

You don't need to give over any direct debit details...just add credit to your top up card, and the bundle will automatically apply. If you do it right, then just add the £10 each month to initiate the bundle -- then if you go over your data allowance for example, Asda cannot deduct any money. That's my kind of 'cap' :smiley:

It's a month old. So can be re-posted.

Just called up Three to cancel and swap over to ID (called to get a PAC code) but they've offered me 600mins + Unlimited Texts + 1GB data all for £7 (currently on the older £6.90 plan with 200 mins + 3000 texts + 500mb data).

Think I may call them and stick with it. Just putting this out there for other people thinking of leaving Three for them.

Uswitch
Life mobile
1500 mins
Unlimited text
1gb data

Only 3g data though

Not that you can utilize the benefits of 4g with only 1gb data.

Member: 12.10.2010
Total comments: 54
Deals Posted: 0

I think it's the height of ignorance to demand people not post what is probably the best value for money 1month sim only sim deal. Not everyone checks the site every day, not everyone sees every deal each time it's posted. If you're clearly checking the site as much as you seem to indicate then maybe you should start contributing yourself with some things you actually see as a deal. The OP was well within their rights to post this again as per the rules around submissions found here;

https://www.hotukdeals.com/help


P.S. those stats are your own.

Seems to be a lot of bad comments on here about them but I can't fault them since I moved to this tariff.

Lots of people moan about ID Mobile but these survey results says they're better than a lot of the others, including EE, O2, Three and Vodafone

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36057124

voice mail cannot be turn off.

Avoid this plague.

Hi, could anyone help me if this sim and 4g be compatible with my son's 2 years old iphone5c?

I dont want to buy him an expensive sim after his £33 contract with EE when i purchased it from Carphone Warehouse.

Thanks

No message from Three here...

Lots of companies did the same thing following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

I would like to point out, in ID's favour, that, the day after the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, I (and, presumably, all ID customers) received the following message from them:

"Because of today's events in Brussels, we won't charge you anything to call or text Belgium from the UK today or tomorrow to help you contact friends & family. All calls and texts will be free until midnight 23/3."

I thought that was a wonderful gesture and, in my experience, unique for any company (in any industry( to be so generous and helpful.

Hi Jazz, sorry to see you're having issues with your Data connection, if you could please contact our Social Media team on Facebook/Twitter we would be happy to assist you with this.

If you're not on Social Media you can call our Customer service team on 0333 003 7777.

Many thanks

iD mobile

Default PIN for new SIM card is 0000. Had to speak to 4 different customer advisers who didn't know what was I talking about. Forth person advised me to try 0000 and if I lock my SIM they can give me PUK number to unlock it :smiley:

Because as several people have said don't touch then with a barge pole there customer service is Probably the worst out there. ...in fact my local cpw store has stopped selling there contracts

I went for the £10 a month 500 miinutes and 4Gb package (also advertised on this thread), thinking that this would be enough. The trouble with ID is that if you realise that you may go over your package and wish to go for a higher one, you can't and are stuck. Your £5 cap will get eaten up quickly each month, you'll then have to buy an additional minute or data pack, and you end up paying a fortune each month.

Today I have obtained a PAC code and ordered the 6Gb deal with TPO for £12.49.

Anyone know why they are happy for you to leave instead of changing your monthly package?

Sounds like you were pretty silly to have gone for a 250 minutes a month package! Life Mobile via USwitch would be a better option (1000 minutes, unltd texts & 2GB data for £10 per month

http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/networks/life-mobile/sim_only_deals/

I gave them the benefit of the doubt and signed up a month ago. I've used all my minutes and therefore gone right through my £5 cap in a few minutes......that's £15. I have had to buy a top up (another £3), to get me through the next week, and when I call they tell me that I can't upgrade my monthly package!!!! Why?

I am leaving. Got my PAC today without trouble.

Just called and asked to cancel and the lady (who didnt speak very clear english) was very rude. Said my package would be canceled within 48 hours.

Thanks for the info :smiley:

EE plans allow you to use data any way you choose, be it in a phone, tablet, MiFi, by tethering or in a USB dongle. This is regardless of whether it's a phone plan, a MiFi plan or if it's PAYG or Pay Monthly.

Old Orange and T-Mobile plans don't allow tethering.

One last thing that might persuade me to switch (again!): does the EE deal include tethering? Can't find any T&Cs that tell me yaY OR NAY. Being on the ID £5/month deal, I miss being able to use my phone as a wireless hotspot.

​stop the direct debit, you also get 2wks to change your mind.

​i looked as I always do and my phone says nothing was used. I turn all syncing and updating off

i did the same rang tesco..im on 750m ,5000texts and 1gb of 4g data..for £10 per month rolling contract..told them i want my pac code, they offered me 2gb of data but reduced the minutes to 250 minutes, for the same price but on a 12 month sim pnly contract...my present one is on a monthly basis and i can cancel anytime, but now that i have taken the new 12months sim only with them..im not to sure now..as i can get THIS here from id with 4gb of data...but it says it "includes 12 months double data already",so does that mean after 12 months it goes back down to 1GB?...not to sure but may cancel tesco mobile and go for this..

do these prices include vat or do they add on vat ?

can someone confirm if this is paid by direct debit or by.debit or credit card please.

I'd check what your phone says you used first... (Settings>Data Usage on android)

As an update I found if I am upstairs at work I get h+ internet signal strength. Only used it to check on an ebay auction a few times, send an email, and check my twitter. Turned it off every time between checking to only use the app and find it used 400mb of internet? Max time of usage all together was no more than 10 minutes and phone/app updates are on WiFi only. Defiantly calling tomorrow as even giff gaff isn't that bad.

Actually there is some logic to this. For example, Skype adjusts bandwidth to the speed to balance quality/experience. So 4g users will generally use more data than 3g users on it, assuming similar signal strength. Sure this is true of other applications too.

I told tesco about the deal they just straight up gave me my pac code. Didnt even try to offer me a new deal XD

Couldn't agree more, it's like if you only drive 10000 miles a year you should have a slower car than if you drive 20000 miles a year, otherwise you'll get to where you're going too quickly :laughing:

pretty sure the point was that 4g and a small data limit arent useful bedfellows.... i.e. by utilising the extra speed youll quickly be over limit

It's my first time going on one of these redemption deals. These contract resellers basically sell pay monthly contracts and receive commission for each one sold from the underlying network operator. They then offer this amount (or a %) to the customer in return for taking out this deal. You have to submit bills at predetermined dates (certain billing months) to claim some money back (redemption). These companies hope that the customers forget to send their bill in (easily done online now) so they can keep their full commission. In these deals, you just have to be organised.

I have ordered this SIM via TCB. So far so good. Got email saying its been dispatched 2 hours after order last Friday ( 11 March). Got email Saturday saying DPD will deliver Monday. I was given option to change delivery date which i have done for Tuesday. I will update experience late.

I know this may be a rare experience but this deal is working well for me. Even TCB recorded the deal, and even the iD app is working well for me.

It all depends on how valuable they think you are - for instance, if you don't spend money outside your allowance, they'll be less interested in keeping you on.

Cancelled this within the 14 day cooling period (unused) and opted for the £3 p/m EE deal through mobiles.co.uk (1000 mins, unltd text, 2gb data). Good deal here anyway.

Just called up Three to cancel and swap over to ID (called to get a PAC code) but they've offered me 600mins + Unlimited Texts + 1GB data all for £7 (currently on the older £6.90 plan with 200 mins + 3000 texts + 500mb data).

Think I may call them and stick with it. Just putting this out there for other people thinking of leaving Three for them.

Funny you say that as my data allowance showed exactly the same when I looked today despite having my phone connected to wifi the whole time the sim was in. Got my PAC from 3 but sort of reluctant to go ahead and start using it. What other problems you had?

Avoid like the plague! Shocking company to deal with if things don't go to plan with your package. The worst customer service I have ever received. My dealings with customer services went into double figures & the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing! Very very poor and it's really not worth the hassle. Looks good on the tin though. You have been warned!

very poor coverage! no Signal !

Thought Life was EE ?

just joined this network, my internet signal despite being covered in dark red on their checker, is super slow 3g and 4g. and my actual phone signal is naff, 0 bars in my house, at most i get 2-3 bars outside

This 'deal' is repeated every month it seems (I got this deal months ago and so now more aware). It has become the norm and repeated listings are getting tedious :sunglasses:

nice..ty

It is! I took comfort from peoples feedback regarding redemption experiences and how easy it is to do nowadays with everything online (no posting of bills required). You just have to pass their credit check which I failed, so I got it under my brothers name. Will switch the direct debit via EE once it arrives.

Damn. Shame I get crap EE signal in my area otherwise I'd do that. I'm actually on EE and have to rely on Wifi calling at home. It's great everywhere else though.

I was looking for sim only deal, considered going for a few deals. Rang three who i am already with and was looking for unlimited data mostly as i use quite a lot, in the end i got unlimited min, unlimited text and unlimited data for £20 a month.

When I told them about this deal, Three cancellations dept offered me 4GB data (w/ tethering) and unlimited minutes for £9/month. Kiss my face.

ah right, that makes for an interesting read - whattsapp have a copy of every ones contacts. however they do now have end to end encryption unlike standard txt messages which the carrier can read.. or so i believe.

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/whatsapp-encrypted-messaging/

anyway, good deal this, think ill be going for the £5 one when my current contract comes to an end.

Cold, great deal but cannot get it. Ordered 2 sins this and the £7.50 for mother and myself. Both cancelled as I failed security, despite being mortgage free and using Amex card as guarantee....hardly a risk on a monthly capped simo

AFAIK text messages have the same level of security as voice calls, and don't go via a third party, unlike Whatsapp. Whatsapp also digs into your personal information like acquiring your entire contact list. Have a search but a good starting point is the Wikipedia page.

odered on sunday ...... still waiting for my sim , cant set up an account until it arrives , my allowance is already going to waste and to sort it out i need to go to carphone warehouse to do a sim swap

I recently moved to ID and all the negative feedback is making me nervous. To me (at least), saving a few quid a month isn't worth the worry of unreliable service.

The whole operation at ID seems pretty chaotic. For example, last night I got a message from ID stating that I have used 60% of my data allowance (1GB/month). However, having just logged in to my account, I find that it says I have 683MB remaining.

And you can only log in to your own account on their website by going via a roundabout route. If you click on the "Sign In" link on their website it will time out (i.e. page not available). It has been like this for a week, now. When I reported this to them a few days ago the rep I spoke to said it was the first they'd heard of it (bullhonky!) This does not sound like the sort of company you can rely on ...

My sims turning up today...wonder what the first problem will be

May the force be with you! You'll need it

Hot as 30 day and no cashback drama

​Send you're notice then cancel the DD - had to do it with TPO but be wary you can get debt claim callers but then advise debt is in dispute and show your email or letter of termination.

hi please enlighten me of your comment ''if you value your privacy you dont use whattsapp'' isnt whattsapp end to end encryption as opposed to text messages?

​my number has left my EE account, 24 hours later still not ported to iD sim, CS keep telling me it can take 24 hours to port, I keep telling them I should only experience momentarily loss of service while number is being ported, getting nowhere at the moment.

ID iots have lost my number during porting, I'm not the only one according to various internet forums, without my mobile number for 24 hours now,

I took this out on the 1 month deal as a tester. I checked coverage on their website for work and home and it said good. no signal at all at work. how do I cancel. do i have to contact them of just cancel direct debit? I've used giff gaff the past 6 years since coming to the UK from the USA so its new to me lol

Seriously steer clear

worst company i have ever experienced... isn't worth the hassle.

ID is there to take your money.

They start charging me before I received the SIM card; immediately I try cancelling the contract which took over 30mins waiting on the phone. They emailed and confirmed the contract is cancelled and promised no money will be taken. Just checked my bank statement ....Yes, they took money from me. Another 30 mins on the phone, refund promised but no apology. Apparently, there is no way for me to stop them taking money once I have signed the direct debit agreement. I wish I have never took the deal!

Can you still use & keep your old number?

repost....there are a few bad reports here...............what i had done to me is appauling.

DO NOT GO WITH ID!!

ive had on going billing issues with them as they kept over charging me. even went as far as reporting it to the police as fraud. still didnt get me any where. Been going on for three months+ resulted in me having to change number as has cost me if excess of £1000 of lost time on phone calls and days taken off to go into car phone ware house due to there CS being so appauling over the phone.....Made over 20 visits to cpw who have at least at my local store stopped selling id contracts.

oh and they have also negativily impacted my credit rating as i refused to pay them and cancelled my direct debit.

nearly ended up getting arrested in CPW as the staff was getting annoyed with me etc, they thought its perfectly acceptable for money to keep being taken out of my account.

Steer well clear

go with the asda payg deal looks much better............do they use vodafone still?

With ID mobile, can you set the cap at £0 extra? Or is it a minimum 5£ or so?

I use to work at a massive shopping centre called Braehead near Glasgow. All I would do is drive a little buggy with a trailer in and out the carparks to collect trolleys. Man! the amount of money I use to make because people could not be bothered going back to the trolleys to get there £1 back. At Christmas I could sometimes make £30 a shift on top of my normal wage it was brilliant.

Can someone please confirm whether you can send texts to short code numbers like '85685' etc from this provider?

I joined Life mobile recently but it turns out you can't from them which has annoyed me immensely, what a joke!

Quick question, But what sim is this, nano sim,micro sim etc?

i need more then 1GB of 4g data, presently with tesco mobile 500mins, 5000 texts, 1gb of 4g data, paying £10 per month monthly contract..need more data anyone suggest a good one for similar price ?

found this HERE is it 4g data or 3g ?

good deal

Excuse me, are you suggesting my name is not Chas?

And hello unlike your average leftist lickspittle with some form of paranoid notion that big brother will ship them off to Guantanamo Bay for texting their devotion to Che Lynch I do have a past and all that comes with it.

I have an uncommon surname, a son with exactly the same name as me and really do have a very colourful past which is exactly why I don't proclaim my surname from the rooftops.

Most in my social circle are what hypocritical moral crusaders would describe as shifty to say the least, my 'privacy' not that there is such a thing nowadays is far more important for my family and my friends than it is for me because of what I've just said.

Even on here to a world of strangers I don't pretend to be someone or something I'm not. So when I tell you one of my children's godfathers has only just returned to the UK after serving a ten stretch on the other side of the world you might appreciate why I don't have my full name up in neon lights online.

Better luck pulling that manoeuvre elsewhere because it's rather irrelevant on me as I've just demonstrated.

A common mistaken assumption about privacy is that you only need to worry about it if you're doing nefarious things. If you didn't care about it you'd use your real name on here.
I don't wish that - I just wish you'd stop your crusade against people who use text messages - which includes asking rhetorical questions.

Wow why do so many people on here have such an attitude and get all rude so quickly? People are allowed to have different opinions, but you wouldn't know it from hukd.

I stopped being involved in even the most minor form of any criminal activity at least five years ago now so I really got nothing to worry about as regards my 'privacy' but as you wish I'll ask the same question again I posed earlier ............ do these free texts cover 'picture messages' and foreign numbers?

I believe not, and even though I'm clearly an illiterate uneducated untravelled chav vermin dreg that follows an unfashionable hated football club I do spend most of my time in foreign fields.

Oh and though I may look n even act the little Englander I do actually have friends stretching across Europe from Belfast to Belgrade.and then some too.

Alas I'm sorry I clearly don't quite fit in to the bracket that international academics back in blighty would like to place me in but hohum life is full of surprises eh :man:

I don't know why you've got such a downer on text messages. They work fine and if you value your privacy you don't use WhatsApp.

Do these free texts include foreign numbers and picture messages?

Erm no, which is exactly why operators give so many of them away in bundles and seem to factor their charges around data far more.

Smartphones cost pennies these days and the world's a much smaller place than it was even 5 years ago when it comes to media and communications.

As I've already mentioned, they would not give so many texts away if the 'medieval' SMS wasn't on the decline, it is what it is

They could offer you 50,000 texts without any risk because everyone seems to be on what's app or viber nowadays.

Blimey do people even text through regular SMS any more?

£10 Quidco too! (for the £10/month contract)

is this 4g? three network piggyback is a bit of a put off. only ever had problems with them

decent deal

3 gave me u/l mins, u/l texts and 4Gb data (4G tetherable and included in roaming) for £12 per month when I phoned them, they've been good for several years and I'm happy to pay the extra £2 because of good coverage and good customer service.

Has anyone encountered runtime server issues when trying to checkout the £6 uswitch Life Mobile deal? I go through the whole checkout process and then get to the end only to get hit with a web page error...transaction ends up not completing.

too difficult to get a contract, I'm 19 and in full time education working part time (19 hrs) a week, on the electoral and still can't get a contract with them. anyone know of any other company that will accept me
p.s not bad credit history but just don't have any, other than gym membership and work payments if they count?

Any idea if the 250 minutes include UK and international minutes like Vectone offers?

You can compare deals without credit checks here http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/no_credit_check_sim_only_deals/

I got one to use with the LG G4 vodafone that's doing the rounds but I can't get iD Mobile (or three) sim to make/receive calls. Data and sms work fine but no calls.

Very strange :-(

Likewise :-(

Yes..i put £1 cap on it but to be honest he never use his allowance (mostly 30 min, 200 txts and 1GB per month). I only went for this deal because it was very cheap

just bought a sim for my son from Talkmobile (runs on Vodafone)...3000 min, 5000 txts and 3GB data (3G) ..with TCB which paid (£49) it comes to £5.80 per month

Great deal. Much better than the GiffGaff £7.50 offer!

cant see where it says that 2gb is tetherable? if its tetherable i assume use of sim card in a tablet is fine?

DO NOT GO WITH ID!!

ive had on going billing issues with them as they kept over charging me. even went as far as reporting it to the police as fraud. still didnt get me any where. Been going on for three months+ resulted in me having to change number as has cost me if excess of £1000 of lost time on phone calls and days taken off to go into car phone ware house due to there CS being so appauling over the phone.....Made over 20 visits to cpw who have at least at my local store stopped selling id contracts.

oh and they have also negativily impacted my credit rating as i refused to pay them and cancelled my direct debit.

nearly ended up getting arrested in CPW as the staff was getting annoyed with me etc, they thought its perfectly acceptable for money to keep being taken out of my account.

Steer well clear

go with the asda payg deal looks much better............do they use vodafone still?

Isn't 1gb of data 1024mb? I should remember from working at EE lol

Reckon I'll be jumping on this, now what phone to go with

No 2G :/ (yes 2G) - so no thank You

In hills usually no 3G - just Edge or GPRS - which is slow - BUT - I preffer slow internet rather than NO internet

I am on the ee deal from nearly two years ago for G2. Now using an honor 7 and find I am using over the 500mb regularly. So gone for the 10 quid deal. With the view to cancelling the ee and just staying on this for a couple of years. Speed is superb compared to current contract. Well impressed!

Great deal compared to what Vodafone charge me!

thanks jazzuk777

is there extra charges for listening to voice mails ? or does it come out of ur monthly voice minute allowance?

what's the signal and 3g like on iD mobile?

Thanks does it mean you will need to pay £5 a month to get your contract renewed ??

Wonder how I slipped under the radar!

Had this for 3 days from TalkMobile (Vodafone network)... seemless switching over and 4G is fast in my area (notts) so I'm happy at the moment. Been to some bars, sporting venues and shopping malls, loose the signal a lot via those which was quite frustrating compared to TalkMobiles' signal strength. I will give it a month.....

HO i'm sorry it suppose to be for deal's that are current not 4yrs ago. or am i missing something( in other words you can't buy your 4yr old deal )

I had two of these contracts, neither of them rolled over to free monthly contracts, if your's did it was a mistake.

I've been with ASDA mobile for about 18 months. Now in the process of switching to the Life Mobile uswitch deal.

Apart from Life being a better deal, getting anything sorted quickly by ASDA is impossible. Sometimes 5 disconnected calls before getting through, 13 days to get a replacement SIM, 8 days and still waiting to port number to the new SIM (technical problems apparently!). I've got a new phone here that I've had for three weeks and still can't use!

The only thing I'll say in Asdas favour is that the staff are very nice to speak to, but the problem is they quote standard times for things but when that doesn't happen they are a bit clueless as to what is actually happening.

I just hope porting to Life doesn't get delayed for ages through Asdas incompetencies.

The contract just rolls over to a monthly contract.

Oh I'm sorry I mistook this for a thread about a SIM deal.

Err yep? I'm not Kim kardashian

Sheer smugness I'd imagine :wink:

The customer service can be a bit patchy but I give them the opportunity to improve. When I asked about the double data deal they do at the moment I was told that soon they will be offering this to existing clients.

Note, their call centre is operated by a third party in Cape Town SA and it is a bit patchy as far as the CS standards we are use to in the UK but if you email them it is actually dealt by the UK based operation of Carphone warehouse (which is better in most respects).

Can anyone confirm if id 4G network is supported for apple iPhone 5 as LTE?
Currently on Tesco mobile and their 4G is not supported on iPhone 5.

And the point of your post?

It says one year only. How did yuo get it for 4 years ??

someone mentioned no tethering but can u still use it in a MIFI unit?

Is the CAP on these £5 or something, or can you CAP it to £0 extra?

they have only one mast in scotland

hmm seems decent. with other networks you need to top up and do something to add the bundle. clever cap.

What is the difference between this and;

decanay - Found 1 month, 4 days ago
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-4g-sim-deal-1gb-250-minutes-1-month-contract-id-mobile-hidden-deal-2371348

very tempted with this deal - have two phones with giff gaff at the min. Also I want the payment to be a direct debit, not a card payment, so that I can qualify with my Santander 123 account for interest. With Giff Gaff it has to be a monthly card payment.

I'm still on the £0/month T-Mobile plan that they accidentally released on their web site more than 4 years ago now: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/free-12mth-t-mobile-sim-only-deal-300-mins-text-booster-1043459

300 mins/texts and 1GB 3G data.

great deals

wow so long time, avaliable stock? http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?m=44827&q=2394691

Just received a text from them telling me I have 10% off anything at Curry's

Sweet - just about to buy a Sonos 5 Play for £369

Hmm I offered this to teenage son, but he's not impressed. His ideal would be about 10 minutes, 100 texts and oodles of data for somewhere between £5 - £10. Teenage boys don't do communication much, but do want to stream & play lots. Of course I insist that he is on a capped contract.

Not for me
1. No tethering
2. Its on 3 which I've found doesn't keep calls connected that well whilst on the move
3. Customer Service is sketchy according to some posts.
3. LIFE mobile - through U-switch offers a better deal (3G data at the moment) on ee network. It is run by ee, great customer service, and you can set your own 'out of contract' cap.
£10 deal with LIFE
£6 deal with LIFE

Cheers, I never noticed it with my previous supplier O2 and it does say in their SMS terms and conditions to keep them under a certain limit. Will keep an eye on it.

http://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/faq#understanding-my-bill

HUKD must have negotiated a sticky-wicket of commission goodness as to undermine all others with this one!

To good to miss.

after reading all the bad reviews I opted to stay with three. 600min, 1gb data, unlimited texts on a monthly contract for £7

Could the data, call and text allowance be used abroad even with roaming taken from allowance ?

DO NOT GO WITH ID.. Shocking company and I have lost all respect with HUKD posting this?!

Google ID or look at their Facebook wall

I moved over and everything went smoothly. Just beware that SMS messages automatically change to 30p a time MMS over a certain size. I had to write a long text and didn't realise until I was billed for it. Seems to be sizes over 4 standard texts.

Hi unrealeck, Thanks for getting in touch with your comments. You can find out some more info about tethering and our Data RollOver plan in the below links on our website:

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

If you have any more questions about our services or plans, feel free to get in touch by private messaging us on Facebook or Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ID_Mobile_UK
https://www.facebook.com/idmobileuk/?fref=ts

Many thanks

The iD team

I can't even remember what tethering is. Not really clued up in mobile network terms.
The thing with 4G is that it's not really that necessary for such a low data cap.
ID's new data rollover tariff looks interesting though.

Anyway I'll probably just stick with the £5 ID tariff because I'm too lazy to change it. I rarely even use my mobile anyway.

There's this one for £10:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3000-mins-unlimited-texts-3gb-data-life-mobile-10-through-uswitch-2395319

And this one (the one I previously mentioned) for £6:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/life-mobile-6-sim-only-1500-min-unlimited-text-1gb-3g-data-2395049

This is the network I'm on.
Haven't had a single problem at all.

The Life mobile deal is way better though. It's the same data, but with unlimited texts and WAY more minutes for only £1 more.

Yep,great offer..

Got the SIM card after 3 days of applying. Set PAC code on Friday and number transferred on Monday. All working fine. Remember to use Quidco to get cash back :stuck_out_tongue:

I didn't bother checking to be honest. Given how competitive the market is, I very much doubt they'll put the price up for people who are already on the bundle.

It says for a limited time only on the asda site. Does that mean it will go up to £15 a month?

sorry couldn't find the answer I was looking for - did browse through the 13 pages of info

how easy/difficult - is it to move from three pay as you go - to this one - without losing the mobile no. with three ?

Company in making money shocker.

rolling contract - no point. Go pay as you go. Stop letting them know everything.

Guys, this may be a good deal for many. What I could not understand is this new 'HUKD pick' banner which acts as a spam mail and keeping a few deals as a promotion, testing the intelligence of a common user of this site. It could have been started as a help to us not to miss a deal but it looks like it give some deals undue priority. Please correct me if I am wrong.

You can just cancel and give 30 days notice.
The using the PAC method just makes it idiot proof.

torn between iD and life mobile.
i'm currently on o2 and buy their big bundles I like the flexibility of not needing to worry i'll go over and having the choice when to top up and start my bundle again after the 30 day period and not having to give any notice.
but to think i could pay half and get almost the same bundle i'm very tempted. i've never done a contract before though and am nervous from rumours about how hard it can be to cancel. I mean surely if I give the required notice (usually 30days for a monthly contract) I don't see how the provider can REFUSE to let me leave and yet that seems to be some of the experiences people here are saying they've had.
I also not sure how I feel about a bill at end of month. I like the idea of capping but think it's only possible to cap on the shockproof plans on iD and the one most suited to me would be a goto plan.

that implies if i wanted to leave the network and cancel my contract providing the 30day required notice period isnt sufficent enough, I would need to take the phone number from my iD sim and have it transferred to my new provider.
but surely that defeats the purpose of a 30 day contract. if you are providing the required notice period how can they just refuse to cancel the contract?

Please save yourself the hassle and avoid! I was with this company (if you can call it that) for a short time and their customer service is shocking. It may look like a great deal but I wish I hadn't switched to them.

I don't think Life has 4G though, if thats important to you

Would be perfect if this deal were from EE instead of Three/iD.

I started using my SIM on 21.2. Does it mean I have only 10 days to use my 1 GB or will it last till 21.3?

Ordered one to try as it would be rude not to at this price.


Thanks

At this price, why would you have a "normal contract"? Lets say £5 x 24 months (which most contracts still seem to be nowadays) vs lets say a £20pm contract - difference is £360 over the 2 years - more than enough to buy the handset of your choice, unlocked and probably the dual SIM version too. (heat added)

Ordered, got sim yesterday but tried Three before and was dodgy signal, same with this bars constantly going from n/a to 2-3 and back again. Turning mobile data on helped but only getting H. Im with Tesco and get full 4g so cancelled. Not sure what issue are with customer services, i called about 11 oclock got straight through after faffing with the automated system that everyone has these days and cancelled, guy was polite and helpful.

Actually I was very helpful

some FOLK are very LAZY

Answer was in CLICK HERE link, but I take it you couldn't be bothered due to laziness!

Blimey,

Some folk!
Unhelpful and arrogant!

how does it work, am I sent a bill each month with the charges or do I top up by that amount and it takes off the credit and replaces it with the bundle?

probably already posted but cba searching through 12 pages.
what network does this run off

Does this sim work in an EE locked phone?

everyone to their own. I travel everyday due my work from London to all the way Leeds to Bristol etc. Giffgaff is UNUSABLE, Vodafone drops calls all day long O2 unethical company I won't touch 3 is the best and let's face it. it was Three who actually started high speed mobile comma well before any other network. Which makes this network in terms of service bargain and reliable.

Asda are doing 1000 mins, 2 or was it 4 gb of data and unlimited text for £10 a month

This looks a good deal on paper but there's just far too many bad reviews. They also run on 3 which is probably by far the worst network in terms of coverage especially where I am.

I'll stay with Giffgaff whose 4G speeds aren't great but have fantastic coverage.

Probably at the same time that that £10 bundle goes back to £15 again, in April?

It does, but their FAQ makes vague noises about it becoming 4G... some time...

Asda seems to run on 3G only

Reading most of the comments made me realised . Most of the consumers clueless and telecom companies do their best to rip them off.

Thanks op very good deal now have 2 lines with them and speed and service brilliant. Didn't need to call their CS yet, hopefully I ll never need to call them.

Getting very fed up with these hukd "picks" that appear to be blatant commission trawls.

Could the allowance be used aborad (e.g. even with roaming taken from your allowance).???

It says: "Until 17th April 2016, get double data on our Large 12 month SIM Only plan."
Does it mean,
*after 17th april are reducing 4gb to 2gb,
or
*it will remain 4gb through whole 12 months of talkmobile plan, if I order before 17th april?
Btw, topcashback site says, £49,87 cb is only until tomorrow...

I nearly considered this but unfortunately it's £5 charge to cap it and let's face it nobody is in control when it comes to data so realistically it's going to cost £10 a month. Shame as if it was a fiver I'd have gone with it but sticking with giff gaff

Sounds like HotUKdeals is going down the pan.

ex-3 network - over dead my body - no!

Great deal, although 250 minutes is a bit on the low side? But I'm more of a text/internet person than a caller.

I also just got the retention deal of £7 on Three mobile .600min unlimited text and 1GB data (tethered ) 1 month rolling .Thank you opp

Been with iDMobile for about 6 months now. Can't fault them.

Yes, I was just telling porkies.

Every single day I see multiple of these ID Mobile deals as "HUKD Picks", with no hot/cold buttons on the front page to vote them down to where they belong.

This site must be getting some serious comission from ID, and ID must be getting desperate because of their horrific reputation for incredibly poor customer service.

Mark my words: ID will not be around for long. If you do decide to become a customer, please come back later and let me know about all the problems you'll experience.

Topcashback were offering £49.87 cashback on this deal (which is £10/month)..So after the cashback which paid last week (2 months after I took the contract), it will come to about £5.80 per month

I signed up for the 2GB (4GB for 12 month) deal with ID as I wanted the extra data. I was pretty concerned given some of the reviews but have been pleasantly pleased so far. Only changed over about 5-6 days ago so appreciate it's really early but everything has worked well so far and I have no reason for complaint.

Still can't turn off voicemail, been asking since they started, doesn't look like they want anybody to turn it off.

Cold. Poor customer service and the LIFE Mobile deal via USwitch is much better. Plus, LIFE have great customer service (both from experience and widely reported).

I'm not impressed with these HUKD picks. Surely they make enough money from commission without resorting to giving undue prominence to inferior deals simply because the commission is higher.

Asda's data is 3G only though, not 4G, else it would be an excellent deal

AVOID!!! Just check their own FB page for all you need to know. They're useless.

On top of all the problems i had setting my account up, i'm not even confident how accurate their metering is. For some reason on ID I seemed to be using a lot more data than I usually do. Since switching back to Giffgaff and now to 3 again, my usage has normalised. Even more suspiciously I somehow manage to use 25MB of data before I'd even plugged the SIM card into my phone. Any ideas of how I managed that is greatfully received.

Well thats me out. Three have been awful, and is a terrible reception in North east

Got this same deal just after Xmas. Now get better reception than with 02.
Not a big user. £5 for a month perfect.

Wow,this deal shows how much commission based this site is!!
http://www.hotukdeals.com/misc/how-does-a-site-like-hotukdeals-make-716666

I literally only clicked this deal as I knew someone would post an even better deal. Good job :smiley:

New or existing customer? Contract length? Is the data 4G?

So it doesn't exist after all. Glad we cleared that one up.

What does the tethered data mean?

posted ages ago and this is imo weak compared to the life mobile £6 contract

why the heat

better to avoid company because of their customer service. no one know anything...

Don't know about coverage but a great deal at face value. I took the Life deal on EE at £6 so about the same.

Any other deals with a few more minutes the rest is okay paying up to 8 pounds with around 1000 minutes?

are you out of your minimum term and able to ask for a PAC without penalty?
if so, get it but don't use it,
you got to give 30 days notice anyway so no rush and then wait for a call, don't accept what they offer when you call to cancel, their first offer would have increased my bill!
its exactly they same way i play sky tv for discounts

Phone them. Do you want to be spoon fed too?

ID customer service is beyond dreadful. They majorly ballsed up my DD and then suspended the SIM with 2 hours notice. You then ring them to try and get it reactivated - and you put in your Amex details (the robot asks for the "4 digit security code on the front of your card" - so it must be set up for Amex you think) - doesn't work, no explanation. Do it again, doesn't work. Go through to staff "we don't accept Amex" - no apology or anything. That's just one example of how flawed their systems are.

And if you'd like to administer your account online, forget it, the account section of their website goes down for whole weeks at a time.

To top it off, and I don't know if this is a Three thing or an ID thing - the 4G speed is terrible by comparison to EE. In fact, I'd say EE/Life 3G+/HSDPA feels faster than ID 4G.

ordered this for my son, thanks OP

was looking at this & life mobile offer, requested my pac from 3 and offered me u/l mins & txts with 4gb data for £9 p/m
hardly ever need that much but its there if i do

Read what their customers say on their Facebook page before you even contemplate going with this joke of a network:
https://www.facebook.com/idmobileuk/posts_to_page/#

Ouch! It runs off the 3 Mobile network. lol. Good luck with the patchy coverage and poor signal unless you're in a city centre.

i get a decent 3g & occasional 4g on 3 at home, the wifes ee 3&4g is awful, always cutting off, ee blame her handset

I'm on Virgin 5 quid for 250 min, 1gb data and unlimited texts. Just saying.

Actually Op, 1GB is 1024mb's of data :P #JustSaying

Of course he was making a generalisation - he's telling everyone that they're going to need "luck" to get a good service from the network.

Have you tried Voda CS :laughing:

this looks good is it on a 4g network

He wasn't making a generalisation; he very clearly stated that he had the worst reception with 3, not that everyone will get bad reception.

Do not make generalization. Worst reception in your areas or cities, not necessary bad reception in other areas or cities ...

Please understand, I'm currently with Three and know for sure their signal is the worst I've had in 15 year, fact. :wink:

good find.

This is 3, thought it was EE, ive looked at so many cheap deals lately i must have got confused

Lucky you, never had a worse provider.

1gb of data? Nah

does this have cap option ?

Sure, if that's all you do all day. But if you are the rest of us, you have a more varied diet.

ID or Life??
Life looks best to me

For redemption, the amount of organisation needed is elementary, just take a minute to enter the dates into a diary/calendar, what one has to do, which is the key bit, is to "take out of bed" promptly, redeem immediately upon a calendar reminder. A lot of people fail to redeem because of syndrome, at least 30% of people I think, " I'll do this later", "I'll do this tomorrow"..etc. then forgets.

Have ordered a sim only 2 days ago. Got few emails from ID mobile telling me that the account is set up and the payment method is also set up, but i have not got a clue if they have sent me a Sim card yet. I am still waiting for my Sim card at the moment.

Asda is on 3G unlike iD which is on 4G ....keep waiting for updates on Asda mobile :wink:

I think he meant what's the point having 4G to stream/download video content as you will soon run out if you have only 1GB

Probably this
http://talkmobile.co.uk/shop/sim-only?source=aw&awc=6337_1455807815_af8593385f7f05c969ea51e7c6312156

But 2GB not 3GB.
Large 12 month SIM Only
£10.00 a month
3000 minutes
5000 text
2GB data
12 month

With TCB £49.87 work out effectively (120-49.87)/5 = £5.84

Could this one be used abroad in the EU zone countries for calling, texting, mobile internet in the country we are visiting ??

i ordered the £4 shockproof plan for my mom, only needs calls and texts.. she has data turned off.
but how do i found out what numbers she can call on her plan?

Stamped where? the only mention is in the tiny network provider top left on ours and just says Tesco, I couldn't care what it says if it's cheap & reliable, you make it sound like there are huge ad's on the phone!.
Our family have been with them for years, 4 phones for £40 a month, 2gb of data & tethering, plus mins as well as perks and free tesco to tesco calls, plus their customer service has been brilliant.

anyone know which network they piggy back on? I have phone locked to EE, will it work>?

is this 4g or 3g data please? i have a 4g mobile.....what does it mean? faster internet streaming etc? cheers

Sorry but ID will always get COLD from me. Worst network out there, my girlfriend is on it and cant wait to get to end her contract.

They charge £0.1024/MB, so 200MB over would be £20.48... Are you sure you didn't go 2GB over..?
(Though, I admit, that's still a lot per MB).

Just to add my two-penneth.

SIM ordered on 13th, several emails received with regards to account setup, direct debit etc on the 14th and 15th, SIM received and account activated on the 16th, and port in of old (Life Mobile) completed on the 17th. No problem what-so-ever.

Have now ordered 2nd SIM which hopefully arrives today...

Brilliant find OP!

heat for the deal.
cold for the operator.
= silently walks out of this thread.

Nice find

Thank you, I did take a look but seemed to be a £5 spend was available.

Can you cap the account to £0?

Judging by the amount of bad reviews about this company and their heavy handed tactics of not wanting you to leave, this deal could be £1 a month and I still wouldn't be signing up. I cannot believe that this company is part of the DSG group, which must be the largest electronics outlet in the UK. Someone needs to report this to WATCHDOG.

I ordered this last friday. Im still waiting to get confirmation that they've accepted me for the contract. They emailed me to say they need to call me about something and im still waiting. Im sure it'll be resolved but having come back into this thread and seeing more reviews from previous iD mobile customers Im definitely thinking about going with LIFE mobile instead.

Not impressed, as a 30 day contract holder i can't upgrade, I have to cancel and get a new account. Not a good way to keep customers!

Just to let you know my experience on ID mobile. I have just a lodged a case with the Ombudsman for reasons stated in here i.e. failed to disconnect a 30 day SIMO deal. They kept on advising that the disconnection had failed (blaming Three) and they would pass to 2nd line support. They never responded to me i would always have to chase them and even then there emails were scripted. I lost patience, waited 8 weeks and informed them i would pass to the ombudsman which i have now done. I have sent all copies of my emails and even a signature proof from Royal Mail where they signed for a complaint i had sent by post and appeared not to respond. Others may have a better time with them but these Guys are out of control and i wouldn't take the risk.

i left orange/ EE as the coverage is terrible, i find my combination of 4g with iD (three) and GiffGaff (o2) better in my dual sim phone. So not to keen on a network that uses EE (from my experience) but the Life deal does look very good for the money, although i dont really need that amount of minutes!
never udnerstand this stuff about EE having the best/widest coverage as in the North East its pretty pants... the 3G was always **** when i was with Orange too.. didnt ealise how bad till i used my phone in Aus with a telstra sim and it was so much quicker! so when i got home i changed networks not long after,

Orange did the same to me when I left. No access to account. They haven't run a credit check on you or linked the contract to your credit rating so just cancel your direct debit. If they contact you to ask why you have canceled the direct debit ring them up and ask why you owe them money. Their records will show when your number was ported and they are not allowed to charge you for a service they are not providing. Hopefully they will apologise and you will here nothing more. If they do contact you after that give them some bad press on their facebook and twitter accounts.

Hopefully one of their Senior Marketing Managers will view all press relating to ID and do something about it. It's not very hard to get something right and provide a good service, something ID needs to learn and fast.

Which network do they use?

I think he just got his lower and upper cases mixed up lol. Think his grammar was ok though. Spot on with your typical speeds. Just over 6Mb/S for 3G where I live compared with 49 for 4G.

I did not receive the SIM until 4 days later; I don't think it is fair that they start charging for a service that I have not used. The lost of money is less relevant, what worried me was that I received a barrage of email saying I have set up lots of things but I did not. They were taking more control over my account than I preferred.

I did cancel the direct debit online but somehow they managed to charge me, that worries me even more!

Nonsense.

It looks like you don't know the difference between bits and bytes.
The speed is measured in bits/second, the amount of data in bytes.

A byte is 8 bits. Typical 3G speed might be 6.8Mb/S (megabits per second), but it's definitely not 6.8 MB/s (Megabytes per second)

A 1GB file will take around 20 minutes to download at typical 3G speed. Eight times as long as you're saying.

It is quite barebones, if like me you dont do a lot of texing or phoning, i do surfing , tethering ,downloading on a fat 10Gb of data. I am constantly looking for cheaper and big gig offers.

Thanks again. I think I'll call them to make sure. I did ask them to send me confirmation when I requested the PAC code but they never sent it and I can't log in to my account anymore on the website/app to get the statement so I have no other proof.

EDIT: I just checked my credit score on ClearScore and it only shows my current mobile provider, there's no mention of iD mobile on it so I guess it should be okay to cancel the direct debit.

What is cheapest pay as you go option, if I need 2-4gb of data and 100 minutes monthly?

Personally I went with 3 its a rolling contract 3g and I get all i can eat data and txts with 250 mins talk time using direct debit which saves me a fiver a month for £23 a month and for me that's pretty good.

I would STAY AWAY from this company - all their customers are taking them to the Ombudsman! Me too, I've just found out they have put a red mark on my credit file and threatened bailiffs because they failed to cancel my contract when I notified them last July 2015! You only need to do a small check online

https://www.facebook.com/idmobileuk/ - see visitor posts
http://www.s21.com/id-mobile.htm
https://twitter.com/idmobilecustom
https://twitter.com/ID_Mobile_UK/with_replies

Very safe choice to steer clear. Far more hassle than worth, despite tempting offers.

You're being far too simplistic here, ignoring things like network congestion and coverage patterns. Moved from a 3G phone to a 4G phone on the same contract and the difference is remarkable. 4G only offers greater opportunities.

Don't bother, poo network out there, read loads of bad reviews for them but figured 'can't be that bad' and went with them anyway. Big mistake. A month after ordering the sim I still didn't have it, rang up and after being forwarded through 9 different people in the space of 15 minutes they told me my order had not gone through properly but they didn't know what was wrong so they couldn't fix it??? I then told them to just forget about it and cancel it, which they said they did. They did not. I had to ring up again and was once more put through 7 different people in the space of 15 minutes before I could finally cancel it. They do cheap deals to try and lure you in but trust me, it's not worth it. People who did get their sims reported massive bills because there caps didn't work etc etc.

Is this pay as you go topup or other?

having read of some bad experiences with iD i think life mobiles 1500 min u/l txts 1gb data for £6 p/m is better
3g only but that doesn't bother me

Terrible network dont use them. Very poor customer service

im on the same price/deal with iD but 500mb rather than the 1GB..
took it out in june/july last year and my £5.25 TCB that tracked still has yet to be paid..
no issues with them really... wonder if they can change me this one without starting up a new sim, as i cant be arsed with the number porting incase it f's up... i rarely use my data as im at work or home where theres wi-fi of course.. but it'd be nice to have the extra buffer if i ever needed it, as i only use about 200-300mb normally in a month

[edit] just rang them (7777 from iD mobile for free) and they dont seem to offer the service to upgrade my current deal, i'd have to take it out again.. but they cant transfer a number from iD to iD.. i'd have to transfer to another network, then transfer back to iD... bit of a ball-ache.. not sure i can be bothered with the hassle just yet..

DO NOT DO IT.. i have never complained to a company like i had to with ID.. they never sent a bill, i rang them 15 times to try and pay then i got a letter from a bayliff! They charged me 200 quid for going 200mb over!

DO NOT TAKE MY WORD HAVE A LOOK ON THEIR FACEBOOK WALL FOR ALL THE COMPLAINTS

Anyone have experience on how long these "limited offers" or uswitch "exclusive" deals last before they suck you in and then change the price?

I'm very tempted but don't want to switch to ID and then find out in a few months that they switch me to their £7 a month plan for me to keep 1Gb of data, and I end up paying more than what I pay now with another provider.

*bad information

Hey I odered this this morning looked like it all went through ok but when I checked the email they have swapped it for the 500mb sim anyone else had the same problem

Great deal, I've been on ID mobile for a few months and they're brilliant.

Couldn't agree more. I work for a comms company and some of our customers who insist on no international caps or bars get massive bills!

good price at £5

this plan doesn't include the roll over, its just on the "go to" plan

​EE really? Id use the 3 network

​Wrong. Life is EE

I'm on the 7.50 contract, had some issues with porting my number but since then it's been fine.

I'm on the same tariff for a fiver but with 500mb only. If I phone them is it likely they will bump that up to 1gb?

Hi, what is the signal and internet connection like using this network.
Never heard of them. TIA

You’d be very surprised what I could do in that 3 seconds a day :smirk:

Average 3G download speed on for example EE is 6.8MB/s 4G on EE is 18.4MB/s.

Downloading 1GB on 4G takes 54 seconds, on 3G 147 seconds. An average saving of 3 seconds per day (if you use the whole 1GB allowance) - like anyone is really going to notice or think it worth paying extra to save 3 seconds a day.

The £5 cap is on top of the £5 a month! So actually its a £10 cap!

If it's been more than 30 days since your new sim card was working then yes cancel your direct because from the day it was ported was the day that your contract ended. 30 days is long enough for them to invoice you for any 'extras' that may have been added to you account, i.e extra data etc. If I remember rightly my contract with Virgin is 30 days in advance. Not entirely sure but 30 days is long enough.

As you have received a pac code from them and ported your number this is proof that you have cancelled your contract. Cancel your direct debit as this normally instigates a response providing of course the company is expecting funds from you in respect of goods supplied. Are they still invoicing you or is it just a case of them taking the money. Bear in mind that if this is a direct debit they can control the amount and date when monies are taken from your account. They can cancel it and you can cancel it. If for some strange reason this was set up as a standing order they CANNOT cancel it as standing orders are your responsibility.

I would do one of two things. I would ask them on their facebook page why they are still taking money from you when you left however many days or months ago or I would ring them up and ask to be disconnected. When they say they are not providing you with any service I would ask why they are still taking your money. My guess is when you cancel your direct debit you won't hear anything more.

You can check your credit score and history. There is a company that advertise on the tv where you can access it free of charge. There maybe no history of ID Mobile registering a 30 day rolling contract to your credit history. It may not be in their interest for £5.00 per month.

Let me know how you get on. I hate corporate companies who rip people off and the less I have to do with the DSG Retail group the better.

You might be surprised, the criteria for 30 day rolling contracts aren't as high like normal contracts I've found.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I've always been on PAYG until now so never had this problem. I've already ported my number to another network and my account has been cancelled but they're still charging me for some reason. In this case can I just cancel the direct debit via my bank?

Forgot to add something. You have no proof that you have cancelled. Send them an email, write to them making sure you send it recorded and get a proof of posting. I found this on their website.

http://www.idmobile.co.uk/legal/terms-and-conditions

16. Notices

16.1 You may send us notices under or in connection with this Agreement:

16.1.1 by post to iD, P.O. Box 356, Unit 19, Southampton, SO30 2PG; or

16.1.2 by completing the Contact Us form at http://www.idmobile.co.uk/email-us.

16.2 Proof of sending does not guarantee our receipt of your notice. You must ensure that you have received an acknowledgement from us which should be retained by you.


Ask them on their facebook page why they are still taking money from you when you have cancelled.

The easiest thing is just ask them for a PAC code and stick it on a payg sim. As soon as the payg sim is working on the new provider count about 35/40 days or so and cancel your direct debit. If they are still charging you for a service they are not providing they will be in breach of their own terms. Tell them you have had enough and you are going to report them to watchdog. They love carphone warehouse.

Uswitch
Life mobile
1500 mins
Unlimited text
1gb data

Only 3g data though

Not that you can utilize the benefits of 4g with only 1gb data.

No, not unless you are in breach of contract. For example, if you are on a 30 day rolling contract, your contract is for 30 days. They agree to supply you a service for 30 days and you agree to pay. If neither party cancels it is deemed the contract is rolling, i.e. from one month to the next and so on until such time they don't want to provide you a service or you don't want it anymore. You need to give them notice which is usually 30 days. The only time this could get sticky is if you cancel but they don't switch you off. That's why it is a good idea to ensure you ALWAYS port your number. They will not or should not be able to charge you for a number that no longer belongs to them. If they don't port your number you MUST continue to pay them as they are still providing you with a service even though you may not want it but you must do the following. Request a PAC code. If you don't issue the PAC code to a new network provider your contract will still continue. It shouldn't as you have requested to cancel but note the following.

They have to give you a PAC code to port your number by law. If they fail to do it you can report them to OFCOM. They have 5 days to give you your PAC Code. If they fail tell them you will report them to OFCOM. The fines are heavy and they will give you the code. As soon as you have got your PAC code give it to your new supplier. From the point your number can be used on the new company wait for the last bill to come in. It could be about 35 days. Ask them for a final bill by email. They may charge to post you one.

None of these companies want you to leave but I have had no issues porting my number from T-Mobile to Orange to Virgin. All professional and all supplying final invoice of account without me requesting it.

If you are not wishing to keep your number for whatever reason get yourself a free payg sim stick a small amount of credit on with 02, 3, Vodafone or whoever and port your number from said company to the payg sim. This gives you peace of mind that the number has been ported over and this company cannot charge you for a service they are not providing. That would be classed as illegal.

Just tried to sign up for this but there is a fault on the submission form meaning you cannot complete the purchase, looks like I will just stay with giff gaff

Life mobile deal via Uswitch better.

Nice find

does anyone know whether we can call access numbers free as we do in three network?

Id are carphone warehouse. Carphone warehouse last effort at a mobile network was Talkmobile. Dreadful customer service and any issues you are on your own. When things go wrong they just blame their provider,meanwhile they do nothing,but still take their money! Be warned. If it's too good to be true,it usually is!

Doesn't that affect your credit rating? I left this network over a month ago and they're still charging me. Useless customer service told me not to cancel the direct debit as it would be done automatically.

Is this the best deal for me when I visit the UK for a week or two at a time?

Been with iD mobile for 2½ months. Transferred old number no problem, service & coverage has been fine, App is great for keeping track of usage. Very happy so far :smiley:

Texts! How quaint. :man:

Won't pass the credit check. I'm a student so never had any credit rather than having bad credit. any ideas round this? - seems ridiculous that I'm 20 and can't take out a contract. (all the flat bills are in my flatmates name so I have nothing to show for it)

Not if its capped maybe you can buy a topup voucher

Life mobile isn't owned by vodafone, they're owned by EE.

on the Three network, pretty crap inside, deal good at price

A stupid question :stuck_out_tongue:. What happens if all the calls or texts or data is utilized before monthly renewal date. Can I make calls or text exceeding the allowance?

I got my last phone with Virgin. No bloatware, no start up advertising from them and just a very small virgin name on the screen.

Ive heard mixed things about iD mobile but been looking to reduce my 30 day contract with Tesco as I just dont use it all. Decided to give iD the benefit of the doubt and tracked via TopCashBack also. Thanks for pointing this out OP.

I highly recommend anyone who is looking at this thread and dwelling over switching to a 30 day rolling contract. They're great, I highly recommend Tesco mobile too. Very good service.

Anyone know 8f you can reduce the cap

lots of issue with connection,, no way to swap ee. Sad bug true COLD!!!

No service where I live so cold unfortunately although not voted cold. I thought Ideal Mobile used 3 not Vodafone. Assume this is 3G. Similar to the Virgin deal which is a better network if you don't ned the extra 750mb data.

Can you cap the monthly cost at £0 extra??

//is there a company that offers more data like 100 min 100 txt and 5gb data for £5

I'm getting a weird thing with iD where I get a fairly decent phone signal but quite often data connection is not working. They told me to manually re-add the apn details which I did and it seems better but still doing it, just not as much... What is that about?!? Anyone?

[quote]I've never been too impressed with Vodafone's network - or customer service. But if you are happy with both of those things, then Life Mobile is a fair option (owned by Voda).l/quote]

Life mobile are owned by EE and use their signal, very good customer service unlike their parent company.

Good deal but c**p network.
Bought it few months ago. Coverage much worse than it shows on map and every time you travel out of your area Doesn't register network and they won't fix it.
Moving back to giffgaff. At least I'll give signal wherever I am and speed is good enough for browsing etc.

I suppose so but I have a job and no longer take any money from my parents so would rather not ask haha

I've never been too impressed with Vodafone's network - or customer service. But if you are happy with both of those things, then Life Mobile is a fair option (owned by Voda).

If I am going to pay £10 a month I much prefer getting 3000 minutes and 3GB from life mobile (with a £1 cap).

They are 4g? Never had any issues with them best network I've used and I've tried them all but suppose it's possible o2 throttle it so to get people to use o2 directly

They are 4g? Never had any issues with them best network I've used and I've tried them all

Are calls free abroad with id if there using 3 network.

GiffGaff and their woeful data speeds? No thanks

FYI - this is a good price if signal is good for you. i found it average in cambridgeshire and on trip to london i had ZERO signal. Had to rely on the kids phones

Man united ?

One2one/t mobile / orange / EE / BT or whatever they are called next are awful ? Can't get a signal and worst customer service by far

I'm on this deal and I can tether no problem. Also if you install the id mobile app you can see what mins, texts and data you have left. There also a possibility of data rollover 1 month max. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/id-mobile-launch-data-rollover-new-existing-customers-12-24-month-plans-2393502
So i think £5 a month is a great deal.

​thanks Asda looks good will have a look

Unless I've missed it is this on ee o2 voda 3 ?

Tempted to get this to replace my talktalk contract. Please I may accidentally order it in nano size so I will need a smart ultra 6 :smiley:

Cheers for the info. Looks like you're not alone but they seem to have shown signs of improving. I thought it was worth the risk over a £5 contract.

Regarding the cashback. I have already had £5.05 tracked of the £5.25 advertised.

Great deal heat added. can't be any worse than TPO I've just left!

I've had this a few months. Very good. Nice having the cap

​Yes tethering is permitted on life. 3g speed is about 12mbps where I live

Wow, looks good until you google id mobile reviews.

Unused data also rolls over with Id mobile.

I have a £5 cap

are there any longer contracts available with similar tariffs

Talkmobile can cap data, they have done it to my account. I got a copy of the transcript so if they ever go back on it, I have proof.

I'm on this at the moment. Only when I signed up it was 500MB but I got an extra 500MB for 12 months on a promotion. Effectively the same deal. Speeds and service great so far and customer service have been spot on.

I think they had tons of issues at launch, they're new, so it will take time for them to solve their customer service and system issues which seems to be what a lot of the early complaints were. Hope they stay afloat, finger's crossed, because it's great value for money.

Two issues with that:
1. It's a redemption deal so only suited to the very organised
2. Vodafone don't cap data so you'll see your bill skyrocketing if you go only a little bit over your data allowance

Only £7.50 for the same mins/texts at iD with 2GB data.

Life mobile have add-ons at £1 / 250MB if you do use the rather limited 1GB allowance.

Shame the next step up at Life is all the way to 3GB data (currently £10/month via USwitch)

Good find, Heat added