Lots of people use data and texts rather than make calls so not a joke at all.

Not really. With unlimited data and more and more people using services such as Whatsapp etc, I don't see the need for lots of minutes. The same with texts too. I guess we all use our phones differently, but i'd rather unlimited data, over minutes.

Also, to offset the 200 minutes, you can try and see if they'll add 2000 3 to 3 minutes which may help a little depending who you call.

​Mayb 5g

I know the difference, but thanks.
I went for Quidco casback last night around 2am, still no tracking, though.

You don't use quidco with this deal. The cashback is provided by the retailer.

Any chance to know how fast is Quidco tracking with this deal? Nice found OP.

It annoys me that 3 hasn't rebranded to 4 yet!

Parents don't have mobile phones, so I call them on the landline via my landline which is free.

Don't use twitter, but communicate via facebook messenger, whatsapp and text. Tend to meet people face to face to have a proper chat and catch up rather then over the phone.

i guess you and all your relatives and friends are living if not in Tweeter city then in Facebook metropolis and so you dont need to call them :stuck_out_tongue:

and that everyone shld includes the needs of many ppl who use more than 200 mins a mths and less data.

Agree completely ... I use max 150 and thats a heavy month. I've used 21GB Data so far this month. I don't get why sone peoppe don't understand everyone uses their phone differently lol.

But then everyone is different. I'd be lucky if I use 10 minutes a month! Data is where its at!

you are joking right?

- with 200 mins only (approx 6 mins per day) to last you a mth, most will then have to have a separate plan for mins, albeit with plenty of data :confused:

to me - every Three deal will always get cold from me

why?

because the owners are one of the richest ppl in the whole world but yet one of the greediest,

and of course because they egregiously took away the OnePlan and sticking their fingers up at their loyal customers because they thought they were gonna get all these O2 customers.

this is perfect since most people now use more data with 4g as it is faster.

you're better off going through quidco for this offer, I signed up this morning and £65.22 tracked into my quidco within the hour :innocent:

Hi how did you get this please ? I'm looking at getting my son a contract for starting High school and this would be great deal

Might have already been mentioned but this is a deal for anyone already on 3 you will find it in the offers section of my3

I will never go back with these morons after all of the trouble trying to speak to the foreign call centres. How they thought it was a great deal for them to expect me to pay double for a lesser service is unbelievable!
Since going on an ee 25gig tariff I'll never go back to the slow speeds of 3

excellent, if you are interested in replacing your fibre then check out the Dovado Tiny router. Then use a voip telephone adaptor to get a local rate number.

did you get month to month too?

i rung 3 customer service sales line and told them about a deal someone on here got but said my brother had the deal which was 200 mins ultd 4g data unltd texts 30 gb tethering for £18 they didnt ask for any of my brother details and gave me the deal

On the Nexus 5x now, I was getting the same speeds on the S4

I'm west london and getting about 20mbps download and about 6mbps upload. Plenty fast for me.

Maybe its your phone?

How are you guys getting such good speeds? I'm near central London and always get 2mbps download

I'm on this deal (£20) having swapped from the One Plan when I got 'the letter' about a month back, was on the One plan for years and hardly use any minutes each month. Now the wife is on it too (£18 as there's an existing customer in the household). She was tied in to EE for 2 years previously, and always needed more data than her miserly contract afforded. Plus, we visit France a lot and EE like to charge silly, silly money for data use abroad. Now the two of us can use our phones as we do in the UK, in lots of countries around the world (bar tethering outside of the UK). Much better, and we each have 30 Gb of data to tether if need be.



Typical up/down speeds here at home. Quicker than our fibre broadband.

:smile:

200 mins is pants...despite the data :confused:

There's a joke in there somewhere.

I couldn't believe Three's 4g speed when visiting my sister, 101.5 down 31.8 up

I wonder why it's only Three who ever offer unlimited data, does anyone know a genuine reason - other than others don't so they can charge more for less? I'm limited to Vodafone or EE, I had a good deal with O2 until I moved but I can't get a signal until I'm miles from home, my wife was with Three and she had to change for the same reason. My Vodafone 3G speeds are way faster than my home internet - I'm lucky if I get 1meg - I doubt they will give us 4G anytime soon but having unlimited data would be very useful. So frustrating. It's annoying when I see people complain about there internet speeds 'only' being 30 or 40 meg, how I wish!

They'll get to you eventually unfortunately. My colleague had two such contracts was thrown off both last week.

Is anyone still on the £15/mo one month rolling unlimited everything plan + 4gb tether allowance? I've heard of nothing but complaints that people have been pushed off of this plan as it was retired, but I have yet to receive any letter, and still get me £15 bill!

​In that situation you should have gone straight to the bank and reversed the charge under the direct dwbit guarantee. You still could.

No I never lied.

Basically I filled in complaint form complaining about being asked to pay £20. In the form I said I would have to leave Three if something better isn't offered. They then called and offered me the £12 deal and I accepted it lol.

So just fill in the online form and see what happens when they call you back :wink:

i emailed them. i have the email of the two offers they made me and i went with the one mentioned. i can put a screenshot of the email up to prove it. but weirdly on my current 3 account page it says i have unlimited everything for £16 per month but i believe this may be due to the new tariffs not come into effect yet.

Well done mate!
So all you did was : filling complaint that u were honoured contract at £12.50 (which u were not, right? U made up this story to get cost reduced?) but then u cant get the same offer any more?

Well done, you are great at negotiating ! Please advise how did manage to get so cheap? Cheers

£12 a month - rolling
200mins
Unlimted Data
4GB tethering (never use any tbh)

Basically they offered me this deal for £20 after bumping up the prices from my £12.90 plan. I sent a complaint form and got a call back and got offered it for £12 no idea how but obviously accepted it lol. So anyone who has had their tarrif bumped up don't accept £20 ... fill in a complaint form and get it cheaper. My deal of £12 was mistakenly offered to me but they decided to honour it however I got told that this plan was being offered at £15 - whether it still is I don't know but worth trying. P.S this was only about 2 weeks ago.

Right now probably not. I was on the phone with them for an hr 2 days ago getting them to budge tbh I was more than happy with this for my wife so accepted it. But hey worth a try geting them to give youunlimted everythingnfor £20 however they kept insisting that deal expired a month ago probs talking rubbish lol. Eitherway wifes happy with her contract.

I've been offered unlimited mins, text and 30gb for £20 on 12months. U think I can get better?

I got 600 mins, unlimited texts and 30gb data on one month rolling contract at 3 for £17. Think I did really well to negotiate this deal

How so?

yup me too FaceTime audio all the way, maybe use a couple of mins a month, which doesn't bother me at only 3p/min on Three

I guess you'll find my minute usage hilarious. It's about 30mins a month & im on an unlimited plan.

alot of people like me use data calling to which is a massive bonus

Some other deals if you know someone who's an existing customer:

unlimited data with 200mins £18
4GB with unlimited mins £19
http://www.three.co.uk/existing_customer_offers

Good deal,just checked my speed on 4G ... Over 70 mbps, I am good.

how do I cancel my current contract without incurring costs? :wink:

I've been with 3 since their inception however their 4G is atrociously slow. Live near central London and get 2mbps on average. Whereas my mate with the same phone on EE gets 40mbps+. I was shocked, cos I've been living with the speeds for so long I just assumed those were normal 4G speeds. Turns out I was just wrong

I didn't know about any direct debit guarantee to be fair. Will get in touch with bank tomorrow - cheers. Either way I wasn't risking a black Mark on credit file - they told me it was a mistake and I believed that it wouldn't be took out

Don't think anyones calling you a fibber, just pointing out with the Direct Debit guarantee you could have contacted your bank and they would have refunded you straight away.

Accusing me of fibbing? Check my twitter. Direct message to three. DarrylJ88. Cheers!!!

If I cancelled my direct debit, I'd rather not run the risk of a credit Mark on file. Those can take even longer to get off than a refund - especially since the 15 was also coming out.

Cheers for helping.

Any way of putting the sim in a router to use the data only? I could activate via a phone first but was wondering if putting in a router would be allowed?

I was thinking the same.....

I asked 3 for PAC code as initially on 200 mins 5000 texts and 2 GB data.I was looking for higher data.Best they would offer was unlimited texts,calls,and 4gb data for 12 pounds (21 on 3 website).Good deal but don't need unlimited texts ,calls, just more data .

If initial bill of 285 was wrong I would of cancelled direct debit and only paid once bill was correct... I was also under assumption any incorrect direct debit must be corrected by your bank immediately so your story sounds strange to be honest .

I've had a Three AYCE PAYG for 5 years at £15 pm. Recent price hike to £20 then a 12GB data limit made me think about looking elsewhere. Vodafone ****. O2 patchy. So EE the only option but more expensive & **** signal at my works. Rang 3 customer service & was immediately offered this monthly contract & got 10% discount as Wife & children also on 3. £18 unlimited data & texts & 200 minutes plus 30GB tethering betters anything on the market.

For those that say 3 signal is no good I've never had any issues (when friends with me at various locations on other networks do have signal problems.) There are exceptions. Fast moving trains for instance (but I think every network struggles with that.)

For those who think 3 customer service is **** I would say on the 3 or 4 occasions I've had to ring over the years they have always resolved the issue immediately despite this being an offshore service. This month's change from PAYG to pay monthly went seamlessly including the porting of my existing mobile number within 24 hours of ringing.

All in all I'd say 3 are the best network for signal quality with a service that at the very least matches the other networks & also the right price (for me certainly.) so have some heat Op.

NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME!!!!!!

I've had a nightmare with 3. I was on a monthly rolling at £15 a month... left with 30 days notice. Received a bill for early termination of 285. Phoned up to check and they told me it was an error (meant to be 15). Anyway, direct debit date came round and there we go - taken 285 off me. From letter to direct debit, 2-3 weeks. From debit to now, 3 going on 4 weeks. They issued a refund... to my defunct three account (I've been on BT since) I'd then got back in touch and asked to send to my bank.. they agreed. Meant to be last Monday. Got back in touch Friday and apparently the withdrawal was accidentally refused... so here I am now, complaining. I haven't even been offered compensation either for time spent chasing it up and being out of pocket 285. Good network, shocking systems.

got this deal for £18
200 mins is enough for me and my although my tethering is meant to be capped it never drops when I check my account so it's unlimited

Been with Three for a while now. Had this plan when it was £12.90 and then had to leave cause had poor service. Came back to same plan for £15 been on that for a couple years. Asked for my PAC code too see what they could offer me (I did need more minutes). Ended up getting unlimited everything for £20 a month on a 12 month contract. Really happy with the network. Fast speeds and 4g in a lot of areas.

Think to think about for yourself is how good is three in your area? For me Vodafone is very poor in my area but doesn't mean it's a bad network just mean it's bad for my area.

​Wrong!!

I know this is of no relevance but I'm on this same contract but with unlimited 3 to 3 calls for £12 per month

Took this contract out about 2 years ago mind

I'm getting this exact deal already for £18 per month on a 12 month contract without cash back directly from three. I've had it since November last year

I use at least 1000 a month mins for work, friends and family.

What a silly post

I make less than 200 mins of calls a month

Do you wear knickers, my missus could talk a glass eye to sleep

You couldn't pay me £17.50 a month to use the 3 network.

mine has tracked with quidco. all seems well

Heres a link to the £50 Quidco deal >>http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/200-minutes-unlimited-texts-unlimited-data-3-mobile-12-month-contract-20pm-15-80-2451561?p=28051636

Makes it £15.80 a month, but has someone has pointed out, the cashback from Quidco isnt guaranteed like this deal. Possibly why the other deals gone stone cold.

The risk is £50 Quidco is not guaranteed, whereas US/MPD £30 is automatic. Quidco opportunity can be viewed when logged-in at Quidco as "for all 12 month SIM contracts with 4GB or more data per month (excludes the 4GB/600 minutes tariff)" £50" https://www.quidco.com/three/

Great for a tablet with calling capacity, just make sure you use calls every month or 3 may bar internet

200 minutes makes this useless. irrespective of WhatsApp call etc, you can't go a month with 200 mins. You just don't call only your friends, you call others, using minutes.

Lol, your right they are offering £50 cash back

Do it yourself lazy bones.

You can't put this in a tablet. Luckily I found out within 14 days and cancelled with no,problems.

I got £50 through quidco with same mins and data, search quidco

Is it a joke that I don't go over 20minutes ?
Don't people people use Skype, instant messaging and other social media for communication these days ? Or am I just to old...

P2P is what is stated, but any data-heavy non-browsing use was dropped like a brick immediately after 3pm and lifted immediately after midnight. I could run a speedtest.net check at 14:59 and pull 15Mbps; but run the same test at 15:01 and it was down to less than 1Mbps, and that is with no other active app usage. The impact on browsing was irritating, but on-handset YT was frequently unwatchable. This was my experience every day, regardless of handset used (even temp borrowed a 3-branded handset but no change). Also changed APN to the one that bypasses parental controls, but no difference. Would have been very receptive to advice on how to remedy.

looking at some of the deals that have been posted on here over the last few weeks i believe I have managed to get a really good deal from three which is 200mins, unlimited texts unlimited data with 4gb tethering for £13 per month on a 1 month rolling contract. Took a bit of work to get this deal but well worth it in the end. ☺

Cold. Quidco give £50 cashback for the same tariff.

You can't share your basket as it works off cookies stored on your device

Mine shows the deal but micro sim only?

Not sure if I'm doing it right, but clicked on the Three app and it took me to an Internet site which said the only plan available to me gives me 600mins with 30gb data, but for £24/month. :disappointed:

It's just P2P that is slowed down, why would you download P2P/torrents without a proxy from a phone registered to you? P2P is not really meant for phone use. On all other aspects its high speed all the way

Tl;Dr VPNs are probably the technology you want to search for. Nothing too complex, every major operating system has at least some vpn functionality (though usually some enterprise grade software, ipsec for instance isn't very user friendly, not compared to openvpn)

My experience from less than 12m ago on an AYCE data pay monthly contract was heavy throttling between 3-midnight every day, as repeated in 3's KFI here dated March 2016. Just wanted to know if it had changed. It would appear not.

At time of post:
"Inclusive UK data: All-you-can-eat. On our All-you-can-eat data plans, you can use up to 30GB of your data each month to create a Personal Hotspot within the UK."
http://www.three.co.uk/_standalone/PricePlan_Details?content_aid=1400624190965

Have a little check on your online account. There should be a tab that is along the lines of change price plan. I was able to change it online and stay on the same pricing.

Just seen Coreydeals answer by the link they do throttle but afaik they didn't i was with them for 6yrs and had unlimited data and my speeds where really good all the time apart from it the network went down which only happened a couple of times.
I only left in jan because they wouldn't match ID price so i left and i am now with ID which runs of three anyway and no different in signal and speed.

They have traffic sense between those hours, but I can't say I've ever noticed a major difference in speeds etc between those hours.

http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=signal,varset_subcat=3804,Case=obj(4046)

Lol , truly unlimited data, throttle is 24/7

Any data speed throttling between 3pm - midnight? Thanks.

No app or third party software required, pure android. You can still enjoy all the luxuries Three have to offer inc super voice , band 20, etc, etc. Google is the best place to research this

​Might phone Three to see if they can give me this deal as currently have it with 12gb tethering.

I only use around 3gb tethering a month, but you never know in the future (especially with two 7 year old twins with tablets :smile: ).

Im guessing to get round the tethering limit you would have to install a non Three software on the phone and would not be able to take advantage of the 800mhz (band 20) 4G and SuperVoice?

Thats what I thought. With the cold votes coming in I thought id missed out on a better deal elsewhere.

Out of curiosity, is there a cheaper unlimited data deal elsewhere that ive missed?

Very true

Not really. With unlimited data and more and more people using services such as Whatsapp etc, I don't see the need for lots of minutes. The same with texts too. I guess we all use our phones differently, but i'd rather unlimited data, over minutes.

Also, to offset the 200 minutes, you can try and see if they'll add 2000 3 to 3 minutes which may help a little depending who you call.

Came with 30gb tethering, but if you own an android, you can bypass this anyway. I also asked them to add the 2000 three to three minutes , they did this for free

200 minutes is a bit of a joke

Took this out 1.5 months ago, I pay £18 a month, it's brill good find for 17.50

No idea why its been marked as expired. Its still active on the Uswitch website

Looks like this expired, if you go to your local three store they may honour it at £18 a month