"Always On" data is NOT unlimited.

With GiffGaff, 3G/4G speeds are rubbish anyway, and after using the 6GB allowance at "full speed", your speeds are throttled massively. So much so that only browsing the web and sending emails is allowed. No videos, no streaming music. That my friend, is NOT unlimited data.

50GB Showing as £30 for me, can anyone confirm?

Hmm. Got mine today.
Not been impressed with lots of things. The Internet order page says 30 day contract. The email receipt said 30 month contract.

Got email saying register your device now. Kept coming up with error went onto live chat they said it's too early to register. I said well why send out an email then?

Item arrived Tuesday morning. The sim card loose in the bag not in an envelope just rolling around in the bag.

No signal on box red light for 10 minutes.

Read the instructions and it said if any problems you might need to register your sim 1st. ??

If so visit Vodafone mobile.wifi which is a bit strange as this Web address will only work when you mobile broadband is working.

So I went onto chat and after 10 minutes of security checks eventually it was after activated.

I checked my location post code on the website and apart from a little tiny pixel here and there the coverage is full 4G.

Anyway I downloaded the app which amazingly DOESN'T tell you how much data you got left. It said I was using 3g. Did a speed test I got 3mb. Which is OK. then it changed to 3g+ ooh what is the speed now 0.91meg on the speed test app.

I went out into the front garden, back garden all around the house no 4G.

Really disappointed with this.

Oh yeah 1 more thing on the Web chat there is a picture of a lovely blonde aged about 25 . Of the 3 times I have contacted chat I have got Arintha. Chagnosta and Dalwarn. I don't think any of those are her. Why on earth is that picture there ?

This deal has expired now?

Alright deal if you're not into contracts, but surely this is far better... works out at £18 a month with roaming at no extra cost.

Nah, Skype's freeer.

You get 200min too so You can call your Mammy.

O2 have a similar deal. I changed my contract to sim only and now pay £20 a month (tied in for 12 months) for unlimited texts/calls with 20GB data (tethering works) so quite happy

are you able to buy this and not use it for months and just use it say 6 months down the line or must you use the data within a set time frame

Don't expect any help with Vodafone if you have a problem, you will be waiting forever on the phone or on the chat to get even a sniff of effort to try to fix your problem... and they will probably overcharge you as well at some point.

I picked up a second EE Extra SIM plan 1m with Double Data SOC 64GB for £28 at the beginning of November so I now have 128GB for £56. This Vodafone deal doesn't seem so hot.

The UK developed earlier so its living with older tech and mainly because Margaret Thatcher stopped it from happening:

http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/how-the-uk-lost-the-broadband-race-in-1990-1224784

People moan about having crap internet speed but they either always have had crap internet speed but now expect more from their line. OR they moved into their house looking at how amazing it is in a great location but once they have sorted everything out paying hundreds of pounds for all sorts they think oh i need internet the questionably single most important thing in their life! but failed to look into this before moving in! Then they want to pay £0 for the best premium service that never fails, and they live 10km from the exchange, and expect A million Jigglybit speeds to their rubbish computer in the loft with the router sitting in the front room but its still BTs fault!

does vodafone have 4g+? I'm in Manchester

Not so good as the 32GB £14.50 EE deal but that's now expired so this is worth considering especially if Vodafone coverage is good for you.

Which is great if you're planning on using it in a phone, not much use in a dongle, tablet or mifi though.

I realise not connected to this deal but I cannot get my head around why UK broadband is so awful?

We own a house in Romania and we have 500mb unlimited broadband for £15 a month, including TV and movies.

That deal has unlimited data for use on the phone itself but an additional 30GB for tethering only.

Colder than a polar bear at Christmas.....
http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM/SIM-size-select?id=1401&aidset=1&step=confirmplan&planid=1400624190965&&aidset=1

Does anyone know if you can get an existing customer discount on this?

Hi, can somebody recommend a good and cheap (I know!) 4G dongle I can use with this sim?

Three is cheapest ever! £24 per month only sim = unlimited data, 100min, 5k SMS, 30gb hot-spot (make your own router on mobile and connect many devices as you can)

I get between 1.3mb and 2mb fibre (yes fibre) at home because the cabinet I'm connected to is a few miles away, so it comes the rest of the way via copper wire and slows down to nearly unusable. I (and my neighbours) have been fighting with Sky/BT and Openreach (what a waste of a company!!!!) for months to get something done but nothing is happening because it needs a complete change in infrastructure.

EE have had my local mast down for over a year making that of no use so my EE wifi 4G devices were returned to them a year ago.

This is a great option to keep me going with some faster speed internet for my Android Box/Kodi, Sky movies, PC etc. Great find, thank you. Going to sign up now!

These are on the way, 5G wont be long and Sharon the new boss at Ofcom I doubt will allow the 2/3/4G licence holders a monopoly - she doesnt act like the incumbent she replaced.

Please be aware this is data only, so they're only for non-3G devices. i.e. Don't order one for your phone.

50gb?? This is insanity. I love it.

It's like when ASDA kept pushing the fuel prices down and everyone else had to follow suit.

I think EE's 32GB for £14.50 caused some waves.

is vodafone any good abroad?

If you have not used vodafone before I would recommend talking to people that do in your local area. I have used vodafone all over the south west for 6+ years now and the signal is so hit and miss. It may be fine where you are but worth checking. Mine is a work contract so it has its benefits on a Friday afternoon :wink:

For the love of all that is holy, please keep an eye on your data usage if you're going to be using Kodi etc with these.
Remember the automatic £6.50 charge for every 250MB exceeded over your allowance![/quote]


I presume I can phone them up and ask them to automatically block it from going over once all data used up?

Vodafoney are a lousy company.

Jesus!!! Openreach need ripping to pieces like they keep talking about on the news. The sooner the better!!!!

Very clever of these companies to get rid of unlimited data packages so they can charge more and more. Not surprised to see Vodafone at the forefront of this trend. A company to avoid at all costs.

jesus, thats horrendous

so I can put this in an old phone strictly to tether it to my PC?

I'm currently dealing with Vodafone chat, to cancel my contract. I used to get full 4G outside my workplace, I now get no data signal, even at home, just a set of bars with an exclamation mark. It was spot on for the first 75% of my contract but is now unusable, considering I specifically took out a bundle with high data allowance. Originally there was some 'work' going on locally which was the cause of the poor signal when it first started, but that was months ago and there is no longer any sign of any 'work' taking place that would explain the fact I can't use any of my data allowance (my mobile data this month shows 0mb usage).

So I'm going to try someone else! Everyone else may have different experiences, but I fail to see how Vodafone's signal for the local area can go from full 4G to no internet whatsoever considering it's a town centre and there's phone masts approx 100m from me, mounted up on the water tower :smiley:

This deal being a 'rolling 30 day' is good news, so that when they decide to bin your 4G service as well, you aren't stuck with a 24 month contract :smile:

EDIT : Looks like the cancellation dept are busy...

[edit] Just managed to submit my 30 day notice, took about an hour start to finish as I had to talk to someone else first before she attempted to put me through to cancellations who then told me it was my phone's fault for being over 2 years old (It's a Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 handset that I'm pretty sure I bought new in the last 12 months or so) that I can't get 4G data. Cancellation date is Boxing Day so will see if I can get another deal between now and then :smiley:

Yea, it is unlimited but it is restricted speed which is ten times worse than this deal.

You are aware that there are plenty of 3G devices that don't require minutes or text messages?

I meant it has no minutes or text messages.

What's the Quidco on these?

"Always On" data is NOT unlimited.

With GiffGaff, 3G/4G speeds are rubbish anyway, and after using the 6GB allowance at "full speed", your speeds are throttled massively. So much so that only browsing the web and sending emails is allowed. No videos, no streaming music. That my friend, is NOT unlimited data.

yes but after first 6GB speed is restricted :wink:

Can get unlimited sim for £20 month, giffgaff

I got their 20gb data deal for £20 couple months ago do you think they would up to 30gb free of charge

50p a GB mobile data on a 30 day sim for 50GB is a amazing! hot hot hot!

This looks a good deal for what you're offered but I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole

Was with them just over 2 years ago, shocking signal coverage and outright lied to by customer service when I rang up