Available from THREE directly too, was on last Wednesdays MSE newsletter too - only downside is if you travel or need a hotspot as it does not include THREEATHOME or PERSONAL HOTSPOT! :smiley:

​my daughter's on three and we have her zero capped - she can't spend a penny over the monthly payment.

Surely better to buy this through Quidco and get £50 cashback instead of £10?

http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Plans_for_phones

:sunglasses: Three reception is generally very good for me. Hot.

cheapest sim only deal i have seen this week.

no way??!?! im paying 12pm for the exact same thing and I thought that was a good deal

it is fantastic and posted few times already

I apologize I did do a quick look but couldn't see it. I should of holded of posting until I had time to do a decent search.

Available from THREE directly too, was on last Wednesdays MSE newsletter too - only downside is if you travel or need a hotspot as it does not include THREEATHOME or PERSONAL HOTSPOT! :smiley:

Surely better to buy this through Quidco and get £50 cashback instead of £10?

http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/Plans_for_phones

This is a great deal! Part of my £20/mo Sim Only deal from Three is that I only get 200 minutes.

posted for the millionth time, cant it be had from 3 for this

Just signed up for this after down grading from equivalent advanced plan as has been said this is an essential plan ( no personal hotspot or feel at home) but as I confirmed with three u can upgrade back to advanced plan at anytime in the 12 months but not down grade so save money on essential plan and only upgrade when u need to. I was paying £16 a month for 600 mins and unlimited texts and 4gb data on advanced plan so am now saving £7 a month and getting this deal until I need to upgrade to use feel at home in the middle of next year

seen a few good deals from 3 lately, which is surprising as they kicked all their long term users off cheap contracts

was thinking of getting this for my daughter, but worried in case she's goes way over her data allowance and i get a nasty surprise lol. wish these could be capped like some sim deals. still a fantastic deal, heat!

How is this deal better than this?. with £30 Quidco/TCB rates and possible refer a friend Amazon voucher of £25 each

Simply answer, its not, providing the cadhback pays out, which is no guarantee

Buying this direct from 3 you don't get their 'Feel At Home' service for roaming. Anyone know if it's also excluded if you buy through Mobileshop? I can't see anything about it on their page??

Any different to this deal??

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3-sim-4gb-data-unltd-mins-unltd-texts-9p-m-108-term-possible-quidco-2505078

This deal is similar to the other one. Just that no more cashback.

from my experience Quidco eventually pay out, or atleast there are ways to chase cashback. The alternative is to get recommended for the £25 amazon voucher, which make that deal an obvious choice.

This is essential plan and has been there for more than 3 weeks now. Essential plan means you can not use UK allowances in abroad.

I would steer clear of Three as the 4G reception is very slow in London for video calling and VoIP. Constant drop outs and connection issues.

Fine if you want 2G/3G, but with modern technology this is no longer good enough ..

I'll get my coat..

wish Vodafone were able to cap the usage. my daughter ended up with £118 bill instead of £17 :disappointed:

:sunglasses: Three reception is generally very good for me. Hot.

plus if you go through quidco you get £50 cash back :smiley:

Its a great deal, I also got it capped for me and the kids.

how did u get it capped ?

Three must of now realised it was a mistake to cancel the one plan. Now it's trying to claw back some of the customers it lost.

2G on Three ? :neutral_face:

Yes

:laughing::wink:

Vodafone just price matched this deal for me

no hotspot..

also include £10 cashback which is guaranteed.

how can I cancel my existing contract and upgrade to this???

I already have 2 x Three contracts, thinking about getting this for my daughter, Any way I can maximise my purchase, eg vouchers /quidco when my daughter lives at the same address (she's 8)so it'll have to go in her mother's name (also at same address).....

Cheers

Rich

This deal is £50 cash back through Quidco I believe

TopCashBack are giving £50.50 for 12,18 & 24 month contracts so essentially (if you can do BOTH, the £10 cashback given via the website deal and TopCashBack) you will be paying (£108-£10-£50.50 = £47.50!!)

I thought that too, however it states: Exclusive cash back £50 for all 12 month SIM contracts with 4GB or more data per month (excludes the 4GB/600 minutes tariff) and just below that it states: Exclusive rate £30 for all 12 month SIM contracts on the 4GB/600 minutes tariff £30 is still a nice cashback though!

​damn. always forget the small print :disappointed:

​Got the same one as well. :disappointed:

​doesn't that mean this this is £50 then since it's 4gb and ayce mins and texts

before it included amazon voucher or am i wrong? or can we get it still?

I don't live in London. I've worked all over the country and had really good coverage with 3.

We don't all live in London though. I live in Sheffield and I had to leave Vodafone as their signal was terrible! Moved to Three and I've not a problem in my home since. I've found it patchy in Lincolnshire but so was Vodafone.

Tracking at £30 cash back with quidco, a bargain either way

Yes, idiotic way to run a company imo. And be prepared for a 30 minute bit of nonsense talking to their overseas call centre when you wish to leave. :confused:

​I'm guessing you may never have worked in rural Devon/Cornwall?

Exactly!

So, assuming Quidco tracks and pays out, that's £4.83 per month.

I pay £3 per month more on Three to have tethering and Feel at Home. So I'm not bothered by this.

You should have went to cancellations after retentions. I pay £9 for the same deal after telling them no to £12 :wink:

we got this deal with three direct! tracked at £30 quidco

Same.

Sorry, cold. Good deal but the £50 Quidco for buying direct from Three (acknowledged it's not guaranteed) is better than the £10 auto-cashback.

Yes you can. Sign up to refer a friend with one email and order with another email, you'll receive £25 to each email with three months.

Quite surprised this thread was allowed to stay as this deal was under hottest deal of the week last week

This deal is available directly from THREE. Note the £50 cashback from topcashback!
My colleague is with EE. She called to get the PAC code from them and they offered her a retention deal - unlimited calls, unlimited texts and 2GB data for £9.99. I "think" this includes hotspot - but pls confirm if you are going for this deal. I am with EE and the service has been brilliant so far.

dupe - http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3-sim-4gb-data-unltd-mins-unltd-texts-9p-m-108-term-possible-quidco-2505078?p=28734880

their other tarriffs for 200 minutes with less data are more expensive. this seems a temporary deal. nonetheless it is a good one. :smiley:

I am with 3 on payg at the moment.

Can I take advantage of the £50 cashback via quidco and keep my existing number ?

That's a different seller (Three) so not a dupe. That one should get you £50 Quidco though.

Anyone want to use my referral for £25 Amazon voucher?

I got this deal last week. Only thing, I was told I can't use it abroad using feel at home and it's only 0800 that are free.

If I switch to this from O2, can I keep my number?

Having spoken to both 3 and quidco, it seems if you are a 3 customer already (even on payg) then you won't get the cashback if you want to keep your existing number.

A bit **** really.

Also it is not £50 cashback, only £30 as the contract is only 1GB data, it's just 3 have an offer on, bumping it upto 4GB for the price of 1GB.

According to quidco, this could be seen as a change or amendment to the agreement, and that could be enough for the cashback to be declined.

I took this deal with 3 directly last night and got the £30 quidco to track. I'm coming from EE and was offered the same £9.99 deal for 2GB, but declined. EE said they were doing this retention deal as a direct response to the PAC requests to leave for the 3 4GB deal. If they'd have thrown more data in, perhaps they'd have been successful :P

Hot for new subscribers.

Cold for existing ones though - I managed to get the same package via retentions but including FAH and tethering for the same price several months ago.

If you're an existing subscriber, give retentions a call and see if they can sort it for you. It's unlikely they will offer it to you straight out though, but if you get to the final team they will be likely to offer this to you (before giving your PAC),.

How do i get cashback if im already with three?

Where it say £50 tcb? i can only find £26 for this deal.
https://www.topcashback.co.uk/3-mobile/

EE are the same, its by design. Steer clear of them both :-)

Haha idiot, you say that but yet Three haven't got a 2G network. Clever. Not!!! Three is fine for coverage mate. So is all the others as long as you got a signal :smiley:

So if Retentions don't give you, as an existing customer, this deal plus £50 account credit (to match the £50 Quidco), simply take the PAC, port out to any other network, join Three as a new customer on this deal with the cashback and then port your number back in again.

You call someone an idiot but you yourself appear not to be very clever.

But it is free today, is it not?

Loving it!!... You took the words right out of my mouth..

I'll get my coat ..

Whatever..

You can cap your data usage. Job done

Where I live it would be more use buying a rout of carrier snails, Three's network is soooooo slow due to mass over contention (gets faster in the early hours).

I rest my case.. This particularly applies in pockets of central London like Piccadilly and Mayfair, and to a lesser degree Chelsea and Fulham.

Like others have said, if you aren't fortunate enough to live in Central London, you won't have this issue..

I'll get my coat..

don't know if anyone is aware but on mobile phones direct you can get sim only on three (3) = 600 min + unltd text + 4gb of data on advanced plan for 11£ (after cash-back), or 600 min + unltd text + 8gb of data on advanced plan for 12£ (after cash back) + possible 10.5£ from TCB for a new sim only plan.

seems decent - I'm in the middle of switching from EE to Three because of their fell at home inclusive roaming option - which EE does not have on sim only at all, only on the max 4GEE plan.

http://www.mobilephonesdirect.co.uk/sim-only/pay-monthly-nano

this is the cheapest I've found so far.

I use a three sim in my dual sim LGV10 for data only I get great 4G coverage along the M11 corridor east and central London it very rarely drops to 3G,even though my phone lacks the 800mhz (band20) are you sure your APN setting are setup correctly?

Yeah I think it's all correct. 4G actually shows on the screen and the signal may be reasonable, but the quality of the connection (ie uploads/dowload rate) is poor and often subject to critical drop outs. I've spoken to 3 who say that signal is not guaranteed and depends on a range of features eg brandwidth traffic, weather and a lot of other sh*t.. I've tried using a different phone so I know it's not a hardware issue..

I have a feeling 3 restrict data connections in popular areas of the U.K. at peak times, but that's just speculation.

I'll get my coat..

How many coats do you have?

​ lucky gentleman, I've been searching if they cap sim only deals, this is what I found

If you joined Three after 18 March 2014.

We don't offer zero spending caps anymore, as we now offer flexibility on how to control your spend, including:

Blocking calls that go over your monthly allowance.Blocking calls and texts to numbers that aren't included in your monthly allowance.

Find out more about our new control your spend options.

decided she ain't getting it, she can't be trusted lol.

I took full advantage of this deal.

Until last week I was with Virgin mobile £12 a month unlimited data/mins/texts but was advised discount rebate was ending and would be charged £23 a month .(nothing offered by Virgin as good to stay). Ta! Ta Virgin!.

Such a good deal!

I think the prices for Sim Only is going to come down even further in the coming months with Apple now doing iPhone7 only contracts for as cheap as £27 a month! Paired with a sim like this and you beat anything networks are going to offer!

I've decided to port my number to another network, and once that has been done, I will then use up my credit on that sim, and then start this contract with 3, and port my number back

Its worth giving Open Signal a blast before you join a network, you can compare actual speeds in your area for each network gained from users using their app.

Three do lag behind when it comes to 4G compared to the other networks but should have stellar 3G.

About an hour ago I rang them to cancel without reading this , I was about to go for the life sim deal but they just offered this and thought it was too good to miss.

Sure you could always do that, but it does seem like a lot of faff. You've also got to potentially give your month's notice to leave anyway if you are out of contract and also upon re-sign you will require another credit check.

Plus, the point I was trying to get at was to negotiate with cancellations/retentions if you're an existing client to get a better package.

As I understand it, this package has no feel at home or tethering included. They may very well be able to give you the package I had if you are prepared to negotiate. Certainly for anyone that travels abroad it would have some value, rather than this one that everyone can get.

Highly recommend Three and Vodafone, great networks in my area, check coverage map in your area before you take the plunge.

I am on Virgin 30 day rolling at £5/month for 150 minutes/unlimited texts/unlimited internet, but they are putting it up to £10/month or they will put me on 1000 minutes/unlimited texts and 1gb internet for £8. Decided to go with the Vodaphone deal from mobiles.co.uk for AYCE calls and texts and 8GB 4G for £6pm after cashback, £17/month without cashback

​how do you go about doing that? don't know much about Quidco :confused:

Anyone on this tell me what add ons in my3 are available on this plan

does it go back to 1gb after 12 months?

ordered and arrived in 3 days, £25.25 tracked on topcashback (quidco never pays out for me) great deal for my wife as i only use PAYG and spend about £1 a month max.

My quidco didn't track. There's no rate on TopCashBack for this as far as I can see.

I just said 1 post above yours it tracks at £25.25 ("12-month Contract SIM plans with 1GB – 8GB data a month
Your transaction may initially track lower before being uplifted once validated.")
https://www.topcashback.co.uk/3-mobile/

Apologies if already asked but can these sims be used in mobile wifi devices? Specifically the Huawei E5330?

Double check your first bill, folks. They've somehow got me on this tariff but at £17/mo. Quick call to fix, but still a pain.

Actually the tariff is £17 a month, with an £8 recurring discount.

Nope, the headline price is £9/mo. It's the 1GB/mo tariff, but with 4GB for the price of 1GB.

My contract with EE ends exactly 1 month from now. When would you advise its best to call and cancel so I can move on to this, without incurring another payment for EE. Thanks!

Now, get a PAC (valid 30 days) or give 30 days notice, if you fail to use the PAC it will roll on.

Anyone what addons does 3 offer on this plan

Thanks, with the option of 4GB&8GB hotspot when away or top up to 8GB from 4GB for £5 all in £14 and unlimited calls/texts I can recommend someone order it now, ta very much WG47 :wink:

So, I call to get the PAC and ask them to cancel in a months time? Or do I just approach a new mobile company shortly before its about to roll on? Thanks!

This may be a stupid question but can you cancel the sim at any point without paying it all off or do you have to pay it off?

Last time I needed a hotspot it was in a hurry (on 3 contract) so I called 3 to find out how to enable it. Was told activation would take up to 24 hours. Useless for purpose. Switched to 3 payg and never gone back to contract since.

Can PERSONAL HOTSPOT! be added, how much is it ? Any good deals with those two perks ? Thanks

EE's retention team just price matched this exact same deal. They've also got the free EU roaming calls and texts as well as the free BT sports mobile offer on.

They did not want to match it for me yesterday, I was told to go else where. Wasn't happy

did this work?

i had this, then i upgraded to 8GB data for an extra £3

Thanks

any idea on this has free international roaming?

Offer may be withdrawn, amended or extended, at any time by Three without notice.

Has put me off

I suggest you don't sign any contract then, because literally every contract for service will have that clause.

First time seen it to be onest

no
It means that 4GB data offer can finish anytime NOT when you took contract thou. You got that now?

May consider it now thanks :smirk:

​sucks then..

I am on three, unlimited texts, calls mins, ayce data + 30gb hotspot, £23 a month, 12month contract.