​Are there any that you're happy with?

I have had this for 3 months. Brilliant coverage and no problems. As its on the three network you can use it abroad at no extra cost. Saved me £800 in Spain last month. Great service don't be put off by the negative comments.

To be fair that review site is populated by morons...

Hotukdeals not HotukNEWdeals - this is a solid offer and it's not a repost so I for one am happy to see it listed.

​yup instead it's no service on Three where EE give the 2g. take a look at three coverage map zoomed out and look around. they are ****

sayin 3g on Three and lying lol

I get data on 2g as well lol well enough for emails and maybe a quick webpage lol didn't know I missed so much when I was on Three ;(

​3 dont use 2g

Other operators could (and do) have the ability to take your 30 days' notice as soon as you've placed an order. Remember I called to give my notice the same day I placed the order. ID's excuse is that that they can't take my notice until I activate my SIM, but they *can* start billing me for it straight away.

Tell me how that's *not* crooked.

By the way, I haven't recommended any specific mobile provider. I'm sure they're all horrific, and the world would be a better place without them (which is why I'm on PAYG). ID Mobile just happens to be the most horrific at the moment.

Could they? Which other network provider does that?
Could you take them to court or some consumer tribunal for this? (I assume not, as every operator has the same Terms and Conditions, so its legally binding - and your better off paying the £10 extra for the 30 day notice period, instead of the court fees for a case which you will most likely lose).

By choosing to leave after say 3 days of a 30 day rolling contract, you've broken the contract, so they expect full payment for the month, just as you would buy out from a 24 month contract if you wanted to leave after say 20 months by paying for the remainder of 4 months.

Also, if they charge you the 30 days, from the date you tell them, how do they work out the pricing?
Assuming you have a £10 per month contract, and you want to leave after 15 days. You are suggesting that they charge you £5 for the 15 days you've been on the 'contract', and then another 30 days from the day you notify them. So your contract is a total of 45 days? That is not a 30 day rolling contract anymore - its a free for all, and they need to start charging by the day.

I think you will find that a 30 day rolling contract, must end on either the 30th, 60th, 90th 120th... etc day of the contract. Logically for it to end on the 30th day, you must notify them on the day the contract starts. Sounds stupid, but makes them some money, by tying you in for at least 60 days. On the bright side, I would choose this option, over any 24 or 36 month contract.

What we really need from the government is more policing on mobile tarrifs, the 7 day energy tariff switching was a great idea and has improved things a lot. Some providers charge you £30 for leaving early, which is far better, as by switching tariffs you can save £100s on your energy bills. Mobile phone network providers, currently have a monopoly on this for some reason, they dictate the rules and we have to abide by them (probably because utilities are necessary for living so the government can force providers to play nicer, mobile tarrifs are not a necessity, but a convenience - or something like that).

But they could just charge 30 days from the date you tell them, not 30 days plus what you have left from the current month.

Thanks op for sharing! Can you get this in store at carphone warehouse or are they online only?

I'm sorry you've been charged for 60 days with this company. But you'll find ALL rolling contracts work this way. Every network operator needs 30 days cancellation notice, even for 30 day rolling contracts.

You seem to be under the impression that other network providers are your friends and this network is out to get you. Well, wake up and smell the coffee. You're a consumer, and EVERY network operator wants to bleed you dry. And given half the chance they will.

With regards to the bad feedback on some sites, take into account that ID is a new network, and so the number of 'new customers' is high, thus the number of people switching to them and having issues is higher than the more established networks. Also I assure you, if you check the FB and twitter of ANY phone network operator, the number of bad reviews are equally bad among them all.

You can check coverage here: https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/uk-coverage-checker

Has anybody had any experience using this network around stoke on trent?? Do they work well .

http://www.s21.com/id-mobile.htm
Rarely have I seen any company get the amount of abuse this one is getting. Seems to be a very inept outfit - and that's being diplomatic.
I signed up for the £4 a month rolling one month sim-only contract. The SIM turned up by courier in a large parcel. Must have cost them a fortune to send.

Tried finding a cheap phone for this network. Not that easy, by the looks of it.

Anyway, I'm been charged from the moment I filled in the form online.
If I cancel now, they'll take another £4 off me for next month as well.

The whole thing seems to be driven by utter incompetence.

HUKD HAS ID - CARPHONE WAREHOUSE ON THE WEBSITE WITH A BLUE BUTTON. - A POOR DECISION AND I SUGGEST THEY REVOKE THIS PROMPTLY.
THIS OUTFIT IS AT MINUMINUM INCOMPETENT, AT WORST DOWNRIGHT CROOKED.

You cannot use this abroad for free as mentioned on their website (unless you get a 12 month TakeAway plan which includes roaming). Please stop feeding these people these lies as someone may listen to this and use the sim abroad to come back with hundreds of pounds worth of surcharges. Always check with the network directly first.

Or, alternatively, take advice from people who have already been customers of this horrific company. I've had two contracts with them (phone/mobile broadband) and was double-billed for both. The customer service advisors don't know their **** from their elbows, and forget about trying to end your contract painlessly - it just won't happen. Their website also rarely works which is great since your account is managed online.

You couldn't pay me to use this abomination of a company again. I have no doubt whatsoever that the only reason they're still in business is because money is being plunged into them by Carphone Warehouse.

But hey, don't just believe me - look at their Visitor Posts on Facebook and read for yourself.

If you do decide to become a customer, enjoy your raised blood pressure.

NiffNaff one of the worst network providers...you get a third class service because O2 come first and then Tesco comes second with data speeds
iv'e still got a sim from 3yrs ago i left with-in a month because they was just rubbish you be lucky if you can get 2g let alone 3g or 4g...No Custom service all done on line.

No Great advise when i left Three all i done was ring up and got my Pac code you have 30 days to use it i used it with-in 6 days as soon as you use the Pac code the contract ends i didn't pay no more for not giving them 30 days notice because you pay in-advance.
switch to ID faultless brilliant service all the way though even when i made a mistake when changing my number over custom service sorted it out been with them since jan like i said and had no surprises with my bill.
would have still been with Three but they wouldn't match ID prices so thats the only reason i left Three.

That's utter nonsense, and terrible advice. You're still going to get screwed. My mobile broadband contract was only for 30 days. Not only was I double-billed for those 30 days, they told me that I'd have to pay for two months (i.e. 60 days) because I didn't give 30 days' notice of cancellation.

Here's how it works: you place an order for a 30-day contract SIM, knowing that you might want to cancel after 30 days. You phone them up immediately, but you can't cancel because your account isn't actually activated yet - and isn't activated until you receive their SIM card in the post. Trouble is, it takes 2-3 days for the SIM to arrive in the post.

At this point, you've lost 2-3 days of usage from your contract's first month, because they start billing you as soon as you place the order. You then phone them to cancel, and they say you have to pay for two months' worth of usage because it's a rolling 30-day contract, and it's now only ~27 days until the end of your first month - thus your cancellation notice applies to your *second* month.

They're crooks, and will shaft you however they can.

Besides, does any other mobile company provoke such a strong reaction from their customers on sites like this? That says it all.

I'm with GiffGaff on PAYG [edit:] but won't recommend any particular provider because they're all as bad as each other. Except ID Mobile who are specialists in crappy service.

I was with Three network for 6yrs left January for ID and never had any problems with billing, signal, custom service with any of them 4g signal is no different from Three when it comes to id and also remember 3 use's EE mast as well as there own.
you only here the bad side and not the good as someone else said on here.

So to all you people reading this thread don't take no notice of all the bad said about ID give them a go on there 30 day contract then if anything doe's go wrong just get you Pac code and leave because you won't be in any long time contract.

By the way which brilliant network are you on now?

It's a 2 way street, some people have had great service with them. I would know, I was one of them.
Excellent call quality, super fast 4G, very rarely a reason to call customer support.

My worst network by far has been T-Mobile so far.

I think you'll find your "lol" doesn't count, as your in the small minority. Their coverage is excellent in most areas, just because your area is poor doesn't mean that they are crap overall across the whole country. Most polls find them to be one of the best networks in the country.

Look at their FB? I suggest you look at any network operators FB - the public social network pages are where customers vent their anger, you won't find anyone on any network operators FB singing praises. People only leave reviews/feedback when they are upset. When they are happy they won't even check their network operators FB. (Just like you haven't sent a box of chocolate to your current network operators customer support team, but heaven forbid you have a slow network connection you will call and moan at whatever poor soul answers the phone)

I've been on 3 since 2011, and they've finally booted me off their unlimited plan to some 1gb data plan. Other than that, I've found them to be excellent with regards to their speed and network availability.

(Overseas call centre operators as hard to understand but ok if you ask them to speak slowly)

I think your experience of their network is a small sample and your probably in an area with bad reception. The same cannot apply to every person within the UK?

Just bought two sims for relatives who are visiting from overseas. Thanks.

That sounds like an issue with your wifi at home. When you turn on wifi, your phone will use one data connection depending on which is available, it gives priority to wifi. If you walk too far from the house or out of range of the wifi router you'll find that the phone switches to use data. If you turn off the router you'll see that the phone switches to data connection too.

So your £78 bill came across as you your wifi router must have turned off or something, forcing the phone to switch to the data connection. This is not the mobile phone network operators fault, nor the phone sucking up data in the background.

As they've said, force the data off in your settings or find an app on your phone that toggles data off automatically when you switch wifi on. Also, download an app to monitor your data usage, and if you go past a certain threshold the app will warn you and turn off your data for you. That way you will not be overcharged in future.

If you want to keep your number when canceling you have to request a PAC number. This is valid for 30 days I believe. If you don't register the PAC with another mobile phone provider you will lose your mobile number. X

just a bit of daft question - say I take this and need to cancel it in 3 months giving them 30 days notice at the end of 2 months - will I be able to keep my existing no - without having to port it to another network

thanks in advance

Well this deal posted is the one I have. £10 / month rolling. 2gb doubled to 4gb and it worked in Barcelona with no additional charges.

It's the shockproof one I have. It's £10/ month but I've capped it at £15.

Still pretty Orgasmic when posted tho, eh! :wink:

Just gone from 3G ee 4g 11.99 pm unlimited txt 1000 mins 30day rolling contract sim only we retention deal if good for anyone

Nope, first time customer! It's through cashback via mobilephonesdirect.co.uk, so far have received both cashback requests within 3 days of submitting my statement online. They don't seem to have higher cashback offers at the moment though.

Also got £15-20 TCB i think so works out even lower

where does it says free roaming is included in this deal ?

I dont think that is true for this plan , this plan is under their Shockproof scheme not on the data roaming one.

Indeed that's a good point. But £18 for 12 months ain't half bad eh :wink:

If you want a 12 month contract then yes thats a good deal. This is month by month - cancel any time.

Surely that's a retentions deal though right?! A new customer wouldn't be able to wangle that price surely?! EE are often regarded as the most expensive Sim Only providers IMO.

I've gone for the BT Mobile deal:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/bt-mobile-2gb-4g-data-500min-unlimited-potentially-19-60-1-63-a-month-after-cashback-2447125

Okay, it's only 2gb of 4G data but they use EE who have better coverage than iD (who use 3), will be able to use the BT wi-fi hotspots of which there are LOADS, BT Sport Lite app (so quite a few footy and rugby games) all for...£1.50pm :wink: That's with the BT household discount, Top Cashback of £42 &Amazon £40 gift card taken into account :smirk:

Surely that's the best deal out there right now??!

ee is two fiths of three.

I pay 7.99 (after cashback) with EE for unlim mins/txt and 4gb 4g though no better deal on 1 month contract.

30 days notice, no penalty.

​yeah but it's a rolling monthly so your not tied in... im sure there will be another deal before then. If not return to whatever the standard ee Voda deals are and you've had twelve month on the chep. Nothing lost.

ID are crap. They don't allow upgrades or to change your plan so i've had to leave after 12 months.

So you can cancel at anytime with this deal?

Not sure what's new about this deal? It's been this price for some time. Am I missing something?
Still good at £10 for 4gb and you don't have to commit to a 12 month contract. Nice.

Cheers :smiley:

​yea if ur area has 4g or even 3g a lot of places are atill 2g

​big black letters in the title sayig 4GB data (4G)

There is an option in voicemail 'extended absence', select this and it stops people leaving voicemail.

Spot on! I have had it since January, ported over number in less than 24 hours, I get good 4g speeds pretty much everywhere. Fantastic deal ! Get some heat!

Good price

I bit (thanks OP). Had it for 9 days now. Great value, good coverage in the three main areas I need (I checked local coverage on-line before buying) and transferring number via PAC was quick and easy. Never had 4G before (I was Tesco mobile :smirk: ) so nothing to compare it to but it seems loads faster than the 3G I'm used to - feels like being on WiFi.

I've also hit the unable to turn off voice-mail issue which is irritating but not a show-stopper for me. I've read that they charge you MMS charges for sending emoji but there is conflicting information about this - the suggestion seems to be that this is phone dependant. Apparently some phones convert them to graphics and some don't. This is normally invisible to users as MMS messages (with graphics in) are often included in your contract when you're with the other operators and are treat exactly the same within most phones. I have no idea what my phone (LG G4) does... so I'm avoiding emoji until I do or there is a better explanation.

Moved my number to ID mobile, on the £5 tariff, and everything great, from the porting, to the coverage, and the app to check the allowance and out of contract charges.
As someone else said, there are too many complainers voicing their disapproval but not enough happy customers saying how good ID mobile is.

Not really the best!! I have got one when 1.5Gb was on offer for a fiver. data speed max gets to 8mbps, where my EE sim hits 24mbps hard...

Urm, yes mate. It is.

I would like clarification on this too as it appears this SIM may not include use abroad.

Ordered sim arrived within a couple of days, very easy to use my pac through the website to transfer number which took a day. Coverage and data speed are exactly the same as three, which is excellent near me. I've compared their data usage stats to mine and they match up. 0 issues so far

Has anyone ordered one? I've been trying to but it's looping on the card details screen

That isn't mentioned on their site - https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/roaming-call-charges
There clearly are roaming charges unless you take out a "TakeAway" plan which includes roaming in 29 countries. https://www.idmobile.co.uk/takeaway
The takeaway plans are only available as 12 month contracts.

I think most tariffs will have free EU roaming on as of 2017 due to the new law enfourced

Just was in the process of getting my PAC code from Vodaphone and I think that this Thurs (5th of May) they are announcing free EU roaming on their tariffs. She mentioned £13.50 for 6gb + unlimited mins + free EU.

This doesn't include the roaming offer as it's not a "Take Away" plan I believe.

Well let's say people who have been with them never warned you. Hope it works great and you don't see no service or no signal :-)) as often as the bigger networks

When they doubled All You Can Eat Data to £30 for anything on that tariff

4G calling on Three was like normal calling for me unlike normal HD calling on EE which is so much clear it's real like your close by and this was to other networks too. When I even called Three to three it was always crinkley

Three and it's long bad reputation

I've found very little difference between the coverage in Yorkshire - 3 certainly hasn't been noticeably better in my experience.

I think the whole "this network is rubbish" thing is a pointless argument. It's horses for courses, just be happy that you've got what works for you.

EE are tosh in some Yorkshire and Manchester areas especially rural parts whereas 3 are excellent.

Because three cant get over their lazy ass and investment! Thank you for this comment! Bows! If you want to put up with weak coverage almost everywhere fair play to u lol

Don't make me lol it's awful coverage compared to EE !!!!

Even unreliable too! Drop outs because they can,t and like on investment and they **** Customers off! Look at their Fb! Shame they'd be quite good if that bad reputation.

yup

12.50 for 6gb via uswitch.

I've always found the 3 network fine infact it's very good these days.

I joined them thinking that I would save money with a £7 deal ended up with a £78 bill because it was using data even when I had wifi so my 1gb was gone in days as I thought I was using my home network
called ID and they said if you want to leave but if you don't want a huge bill switch off data if you want to use wifi .
never again

"Mobile phone operators " (that is) !

Not such a great deal - you can get a 6GB EE 4G DATA SIM via AMAZON for £14 (use in X90 Days) NO need to experiment with the "shockproof" option ?......... iD is Carphone Warehouse so watch out ! My contract was "capped" but I was fleeced for an extra five quid last month and other customers a lot more than that ! The term "capped" is an illusion, and I suggest you check out the mobile phone review sites first.

Vodafone do a 20 gig for £24

Regarding unlimited plans. This is not only three problem but every network is abandoning them. There is just not enough bandwith and more and more phones connected to networks. Also prices seems to be going up slowly. Gold age for data on the phones has gone for now.

I have contract phone with 10gb of data on ee finishing in few months for £21.50 and will have problems to find similarly priced Sim only deal for that money.

ID MOBILE is 3 network, 3 is bad they first gave unlimited then stopped tethering when many people got contacts. Never Three 3 again

Sorry it's operating on Three network (even worse)

The only issue I had when using them last time was not being able to turn off the voicemail function, but the data speeds and coverage were fine, but that's going to depend on where you are - the people who say to avoid specific companies based on their own locational issues are missing the point somewhat! O2 isn't great near me and Voda is appalling, but in other places these may be the providers to use!

im in london and phone doesnt get any signal most of the time on id
going back to giffgaff at the end of the month

Unlike the experts on HUKD I guess.

Three not EE so it's a 'Hot' vote from me

Excellent deal!

good deal, but poor coverage in my area for 4g, also u will get this data for a year then half of data after. if i'm not wrong?

​Correct you need one of there takeaway deals and that means double the price. More minutes but less data

I use ID and so far so good...the only issue I have is that I can't seem to find an option to cancel online or in the app which is a bit archaic (unless I'm being a moron)

Been with them for a few months, no problems, 4g great in my town (Stirling) im on the £12.50 for 6gigs, hav'nt yet seen a better 30 day contract.

You'd be better off staying away from networks running in EE. Internet is very unstable and slow better have EE ditectly

I have had this for 3 months. Brilliant coverage and no problems. As its on the three network you can use it abroad at no extra cost. Saved me £800 in Spain last month. Great service don't be put off by the negative comments.

it uses three network so you'll be extremely lucky to get a signal and make calls let alone 4g

To be fair that review site is populated by morons...

Is this really such a good deal ?

Didn't say it was a repost. Just the same post as the previous three.

Great price for data alone

Posted every month. Not a new deal.

Yes it's 4g network much faster than 3G x

Is this 4g?

Went onto iD last year with the Huawei P8 deal, not had any problems at all. 4g coverage has been fine, voice calls clear as any other network so I'd recommend them. I haven't had to deal with customer services though...

You don't appear to get the roaming option?

I can see 4gb but is it 4g?

http://www.s21.com/id-mobile.htm

Think I will avoid ID MOBILE

......Three is twice the price and EE three times the price.

Looks a cracking deal to me