Thanks for the heads up Bud...only just activated my sim yesterday at the old £20 price. Rang them up and they reduced my bill.

Anyone tried to get them to offer the £40 gift card? I can see that offer is back on now but purchased the sim literally a couple of days before!

where is the bt wifi calling app? I can only see smart talk. please can someone point to it.

Sweet, that means it should work on my Sony Xperiz Z2 as well then. Cheers for the info :wink:

Thanks a bunch. Actually ordered mine as well now, waiting for it come through. Fingers crossed people won't abuse the tethering option much so that BT won't put a block on it :smirk:

so tempted...but just had a chat with BT and dude said that BT does not allow tethering. Can someone please confirm who recently got the deal and used tethering at no problem. thank you

Got my SIM through and can confirm no problems tethering using my Android phone.

Well I called EE again this morning and was quite confident of getting this deal and was fully prepared to cancel my BT sim . But I was again offered nowhere near and I got my PAC code.
I'm not expecting a call from them but I'll wait a week or so before porting across to BT

Anyone who has signed up to the deal and had their SIM card through gave tethering a go? Is it blocked or does it work?

cancelled my 3 one plan (£15) and jumped in this one. They have 400,000 customers are still on that legacy plan, I bet they will lose all of them.

Typical rang EE to cancel my contract so could take this out
Their best off was 16GB data, unlimited text and unlimited calls for £34pm
So continued with cancellation and purchased this deal

1hr later EE ring me back asking why I am leaving, told them and they offered me this

18GB Data, unlimited texts and unlimited calls for £15.99pm (tethering allowed)

Happy Days (non BT customer)

That's all I did, they asked me what the deal was, I didn't mention BT just told them 20GB for £21 and that's what she came back with

Good luck anyway

My PAC code with EE expires tomorrow somill call tomorrow and qhpte the BT deal maybe I'll have better chance. It all seems to be pot luck who gets this deal to be honest.

I couldn't believe the deal they offered to be fair, maybe it was because I rang up, cancelled and asked for my PAC code all at the same time

Women told me its their 10GB tariff bumped up to 18GB and the offer ended this week so not sure if anyone else can get it

I can confirm too its the double 4G speed that you get and you signup for 12 months

The wording seems to be really clever. EE are quite clever for example in their wording which allows them to increase the contract cost every march/April at the current rate of inflation

Great thanks for getting back to me, I've got the One Plus One and I'm a BT customer so £16 is a bargain and so long as I can tether every now and then for the kids on their iPads I'm sorted.

Mine due tomorrow. But now I'm having second thoughts as keeping it at this price means sticking with BT??? In that respect the Three deal is better with cashback surely although it has less minutes???

Anyone know if either BT or three increase their plan prices in line with inflation like EE do?

I have got mine. I did this on saturday night and it arrived tuesday (today) morning. Already given my PAC code to BT and i'm just waiting on my number to transfer. I tried the BT sim and it works fine reception is better than my old network (good solid 3/4 bars) and the 4g speed is very good too. So far so good for me, also got £40 tracked on quidco.

Well things have started well with BT Mobile i phoned them yesterday to say still not got my sim which i ordered on the 4th Feb at 10:30am and looking on the site i should have had it before the 8th Feb well for some reason the order got delayed and the guy on the phone said it would be with me today.....Guess what post has been no sim :-( Phoned again to be told it will be with me tomorrow and they are very sorry!

If I'm honest guy on the phone did not even sound bothered and i had to give him my mobile number now so i can text them to say the sim has turned up tomorrow. What is that all about but told me he will text me first today which was over an hour ago but still not text!

Has anyone else here already got their sim?

Unfortunately if the terms say no tethering they have every right to enforce that.

Ultimately network capacity has a cost to them. They dimension their network based on subscriber metrics. A 20GB data allowance likely has a very different usage pattern when restricted to mobile use only. Ignoring more complex modelling of when and where the allowance is used, at a very basic level subscribers on such a tariff are probably less likely to regularly get through the full allowance as opposed to a tariff which includes tethering.

As I said previously they may not police it now, but that could change at any time. Even on a per subscriber/area basis. For example in areas suffering from network congestion they may investigate and first weed out people abusing the network before taking the costly step of increasing capacity.

Well thats very much dependent on where you use your phone. A network that has poor coverage for you may have the best coverage for someone else (and vice versa).

There are plenty of coverage maps online to give you a good indication of coverage in the areas important to you. However, even using those you may find a place important to you (your home/office/etc) is a dead spot in terms of signal reception. If you're moving to a network for the first time I always advise picking up a Paygo Sim to check reception in the places most important to you.

Generally most of the networks cover the vast majority of the population and those living in cities should find the differences between them marginal. Except for dead spots specific to certain places based on the frequency they use and the location of the nearest BTS and network congestion.

Thanks Shaggy
& OP -voted hot

Can i get this discount even though BT BB is in partners name? @ same address....

Ordered. How long does the sim take to arrive after ordering

and the one disadvantage with Vodafone is the lack of coverage. :man:

Just signed up to this following the letter received from 3. Awesome. Already getting better signal and faster 4g. £16 a month plus £40 quidco. Can't go wrong.

Since BT is using EE's coverage, does that mean 4G speeds and coverage will be the same?

I'm with 3 and have been for nearly 10 years, but their 4G speeds are atrocious. Didn't realise what I was missing out on until I played about with my mates phone who's on EE

Thanks for the reply mate

I ordered mine Thursday morning before this deal was posted but i still got it for £21 non BT customer i hope the sim turns up tomorrow but I was willing to pay £25 for it. I want great data speeds on my mobile so if its not as good i will get 4G+ addon for it as well.

I just hope its as EE.....And now BT own EE i hope the service is or about the same :-D

no tethering - kills the deal

Not a BT Broadband customer but as my Three Sim Only contract finished a year ago, and I have been on rolling contract since this was ideal!. Might even look at getting BT Broadband when it comes to July and my contract is up with Sky and then get the £5 discount. This was confirmed by a BT chat advisor and they said it would automatically off the bill :smiley:.

Thanks OP!

​As long as you're not going over 20GB they really shouldn't be complaining..

Mine and the wifes android phones tethered fine on the BT network. I think its just the crappy iphones which are locked when it receives the no tether signal from the network. Pretty sure Android just ignores and and lets you do what you want :smiley:

I'd move on to this straight away, if only I could tether. Very handy for the kids and their iPads when in the car.

Thank you HUKD! Just bought this. I've been on a 30 day rolling contract that is a lapsed 12month sim only deal for unlimited texts, calls and 4gb of data with EE, costing £22.99 per month. Got to say everyone I spoke to at EE was very friendly and tried their best but could not match, best they could offer was £21p/m for 10gb and unlimited calls and texts, which isn't bad but doesn't compare considering you also get BT WiFi hotspot usage with BT, plus £40 quidco has tracked!

Just switched over from the poor Vodafone customer service. Hope signal in SW London is better with BT!

They must have changed the rules then. I downgraded once within my 12 month contract, to the lowest tarriff, then went back up to the 2gb one, and yesterday upgraded again to 20gb one. Every change i made has taken effect from the date i updated online.

You are only allowed to downgrade once in a 12 month period. but can go the other as many times as you want (which would be 2 upgrades from the lowest one).

Doesn't work.
I downgraded but that doesn't tale effect until the 4th of next month. There is no option to upgrade because I'm still on the 20gb until the 4th. The 4th is my refresh date. Seems I'm gonna be stuck with 2gb for a month.

Has anyone tried downgrading and then upgrading again? Does it work? Im paying £20 a month since march last year. If i downgrade and the upgrade, will it work so I pay £16 a month instead. And does the down/upgrade happen straight away? Or do i have to wait a couple of days to do each one?

just got my PAC code from three.the rep was friendly enough but couldnt match this deal .after 3 years i.m off. thanks op for the spot. i'll give it a couple of days to see if retentions call but i doubt it..lol

is it possible to specify the start date of the contract? my contract ends in a month and half and dont want to pay for two contracts at once...

Just FYI about the Wi-Fi calling for those interested; you can do that with 3's three-in-touch. As other companies offer it, it may be something BT bring out in future. It would make sense as they claim to have the most Wi-Fi hotspots in the country.

Does anyone know if BT Sims work in EE phones?

1 second. The second that your downgraded order is confirmed, go back online and order the 20gb again at the reduced price.

This is perfectly priced and I guess to catch all the moaners who've been kicked off the Three One Plan. I'm on a crappy 2gb plan on EE and just come out of contract so this is perfect.
My issue is at the moment my BB is with Sky until May. I have two choices if I want this deal:

- take it at the £21 rate and hope I get the discounted £17 when / if I join BT BB in May.
Or
- ask a family member who are BT BB customers to get this in their name, and I transfer it over to me when I get BT BB. I'm not getting a straight answer from BT if this is possible

I can't say I'm entirely sure. I can't see why not, but it is probably something worth checking with BT since they seem to only mention the increase if you leave, rather than vice versa. Although, I would have thought that would be the case. Sorry that I can't help anymore than that.

What about if you're NOT BT BB customer at the moment. Obviously you get the non customer price but if I join BT BB in a couple of months will I be charged the current discounted price then!

Didn't know that, thanks.

Edit
How long do I have to stay on the new package? The only package on offer is 2gb. I use at least 10 a month.

Gutted, signed up just under a month ago and I'm paying 25 quid.
Sent a letter/email complaining.

I can't decide whether to leave Three since they robbed me of my one plan......might just use this as a possible way of getting a cheaper deal with Three.

Got this deal a few months ago with £20 Amazon voucher and £60 TCB. No issues noted with excellent coverage

Great price but shame about tethering as I'm using an iPhone. However, the BT Sport app availability will make up for that. Would consider jail breaking but don't think it's available for iOS 9.2?

Just waiting for Three to kick me off the One Plan and I'm moving to this as haven't seen anything better. Thanks OP!

My BT BB is being cancelled at the end of the month however, am i still eligible for the discount as i have BT BB until then?

Pretty hot considering it's the same price I get on the BT employee plan!

As for tethering....I was doing it for about a week when I first got my SIM and then my SIM card stopped working altogether. Maybe just coincidence...

Thank you Dude!

I have BT Fibre Infinty can i get this for £16 ?

Perfect timing with my EE contract up next month and their sim only offerings being dreadful, also £40 quidco as others mentioned which covers my final EE bill :smiley:

I already have the 20GB package but paying £20 a month, do you think ill be able to get my bill reduced?

i currently pay £17 for bt mobile (2GB), i dont have bt broadband, have sky, however have free broadband from them as i threatened to go to bt.

Anyway, i have just upgraded to the £21 for 20GB without any problems.

Anyone have experience with their customer service? Is it as bad as EE's? I've experienced nothing but problems with my numerous EE contracts; right from the beginning.

See link for my problem, not that they've made any comment.
https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Mobile/BT-new-mobile-contract-you-re-not-helping-yourselves/m-p/1585190#M2621

Anyone else getting error message whilst trying to order?

its BT policy but isn't enforced (tethering) £40 quidco cash back at the moment.

Bt is cr*p so won't waste my time

Wonder what's the limit on the unlimited texts and minutes?

does the extra £4 discount lapse after a period of time or is it indefinite.

I might go for the 4G+ as i was going to get it the other day at the £25 anyway lol But thanks for the reply hope its as good as EE Data speed

Bt mobile is great!! I have an iPhone 6s and can confirm it doesn't allow you to tether. But jailbreak it and then you can! Sorted!!!

what good is doubling the speed on a capped tariff? to run out of data sooner?

With iphones, the tethering/hotspot option disappears when you insert the bt sim. Not sure about androids.

I did try using BT sim in EE locked phone about 2 months ago but it did not work. Has anything changed since then ???

They should be on par with EE standard 4G from what I've seen people post in the past of comparisons. They won't be as fast as 4G Extra or 4G+ without the add on from BT. So overall, there should be little difference in regards of speeds.

Yes BT sim works on handsets locked to EE. I am using BT sim on EE locked handset.

Are the speeds on BT Mobile Data as fast as EE in Kent and London area? As i really want faster data speeds that i get on giffgaff as i find it really slow.>>>>GiffGaff SpeedTest <<<<

I'm surprised read here that you can tether using BT Mobile sim, perhaps on Android it's possible but with iPhone the carrier removes that option and don't want to Jailbreak too.
So has anyone tethered using iPhone? Or have to use an app?

Strange that, I was recently looking at getting broadband at home and EE broadband runs off Virgin media! confused.com

Good deal. £40 through quidco too. I'm tempted as i've already got BT.

Anyone know if you cease to be a BT broadband customer at some future date, if the monthly price shoots back up to £21?

I've been streaming some radio stations for a while on my home network. I want to do the same in the car via a phone. I have no idea how much streaming uses. Could I stream for say 4 hours a day, every day, for the months 20 gig or would I get more or less.

Cold, not a genie sim! lol jk Have some heat!

From 28.01.16 until 03.02.16 £30 voucher on 2GB and £40 voucher on 20GB plan for non-existing BT Broadband Customers.

So I wouldn't get this as a broadband customer? ...

Also my quidco was knocked from £60 to £35 and also never recieved my amazon voucher.

Oh for god sake, had this 3 weeks at the £20p/m price.

I've had the nasty letter from 3 and rand them for a price match. They laughed...

If you want to make calls over data with BT Mobile have a look at BT SmartTalk. "If you’re a residential BT customer you can make calls on your mobile for the same great value as if you were using your home phone, all through your smartphone’s wi-fi or mobile data connection."

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bt.voiceapps.homeaway

20GB, but you can't tether? :neutral_face:

isn't this the usual BT thing about they don't 'support' tethering but don't prevent it? that is, they won't help you to tether but, unless you're a donkey, you can do it regardless and without their help? haven't read and t&cs but this comes up with each BT deal...

Don't understand why people keep saying you can't tether...

I've been on the 20GB package for almost a year and I tether daily.

Lets see if three match it

Ahh, I thought it was maybe a TCB Promotion. Got a screenshot of it anyway, so I shall see

But not on BTs page, which would be a worry for me.

They seem to have dropped the #10-#20 Amazon gift card at the moment, which is a shame. My son got the 2GB plan for a special offer #8/.mth (BT household) with #35 Quidco and #20 Amazon gift card, boith of which he has received no probs. Makes the plan 3 and a half quid per mth over 12 months. Crazy deal. The gift cards will be back so keep checking.

Is it 4G and do they allow theering?

If you are already with bt mobile on a lesser tariff you should find you change your plan to this one at this price if you want to and it won't extend your existing contract period. Hate that I can't tether to my iPhone with my bt mobile sim in though!

Thanks all for the great info.

Thanks for the heads up Bud...only just activated my sim yesterday at the old £20 price. Rang them up and they reduced my bill.

Vodafone offer Wifi Calling as well.

What I do miss from EE is VoLTE. Vodafone are supposed to be implementing this as well, but currently the phone still switches from 4G to E (GPRS) when making/receiving a call. Can be a bit annoying if you need to use the internet soon after the call as it doesn't always switch back instantly to 4G. I assume BT would have it implemented since they're using EE's network, as unlike Wifi Calling theres no additional network components/config required.

Hopefully this offer or similar is around in a few months when my Voda contract comes up for renewal. As I can use it to beat them down :smiley: (one big advantage with Vodafone for us is free spotify).

Don't forget 35 pounds Quidco!

I've currently got a 12 month BT 2GB SIMO contract. Got it during Black Friday, £8pm, but I got £35 quidco and a £20 Amazon voucher from them. Given I use Amazon lots, it was like getting £55 cashback, thus making the contract £41 for the year or £3.42 a month if you prefer. A good deal for 4G coverage that works virtually everywhere I frequent!

N.b. when ordering online keep screen grabs of your order, as initially BT tried to tell me I ordered by phone and wasn't due the Amazon voucher, that wasn't true, it was only thanks to my extended browser history plugin and going to the trouble of PDF'ing lots of their e-mails and so on that I was able to get the Amazon voucher.

good deal heat added

shame about the non tethering but you would expect to pay more to have this feature

Thannks for the info.

Good deal. Have some heat

Just to correct you here, not in a nasty way but just for your info, WiFi Calling is a new feature in iOS 9 (I think) but is currently only used by EE in the UK. It basically routes your calls via your wifi if you don't have a good mobile signal. Unfortunately as yet BT Mobile don't offer this, whether they will in the future now they own EE is another thing :smiley:

On BT Mobile 20GB package and always tether to my laptop to stream Plex, Netflix etc when working away.

I was reading that you need to be a BT landline customer to use the wifi calling? Unless I got my wires crossed. OK very last two questions can you receive calls through wifi calling. Based on someone calling your number? Sorry just want to make sure as I'm very tempted

I'm with BT mobile & always have decent coverage and 4G.

OK last question. Wifi calling included?any thanks

Ooh. What network do they run on?