​im glad someone has visited every square meter of the uk, tested signal strength for all UK carriers and then taken the time to report back on HUKD. Thanks for your efforts :smiley:

I think it would be better if you asked a real person on their excellent customer service team that are always so polite and well informed.

​so sorry, my signal went before I could finish

If only they had a website you could check.....

With £12.50 Topcashback

Is it for Virgin Media Customers only?
Also do Virgin allow tethering?

Officially i dont think Virgin allow tethering but if you dont rip the a**e out of if you might be ok

Also - The deal is for all customers new and old

really poor signal

Really poor service. Waited 2 weeks for my SIM to arrive, but no luck. Cancelled order yesterday. Since placing order, they had generated a bill the very next day and decided to take payment when I hadn't even received the SIM!

Do virgin not use the EE network?

Was told by an advisor in the cancellations department that many customers had complained of the same problem..SIMS not arriving and apparently it's Royal Mail's fault. However I had placed another order with a different provider and they managed to get the SIM delivered to me the next working day (Via Royal Mail).

Yes they do

I had a similar problem with waiting on the Sim Card.. however when I spoke to Virgin Mobile customer services they were very helpful, apologised for the inconvenience and sent a replacement SIM card with Yodel and credited £5 to my account as an apology.

So that is all you have to say really poor signal-presume you mean where you live-on virgin mobile and fine where I live,so like the last person said have you visited every square metre of the uk-please do your research before posting stupid comments.

Has anyone used this as leverage to get 3 to up their data? I pay £13 for unlimited calls/texts and 8GB data on a 30 day rolling contract.

I cant call three today to find out but wondered if there were any success stories as i'll give them a call tomorrow...!

So does this automatically renewal with the 20gb does it? Or just a one off 20gb?

so this sim is for 1month only, or this is rolling contract and you can go as long as you like?

This is my concern. Couple of months until my deal is up but if this is still around I might be interested IF the speeds are ok. Has anyone moved from EE - Virgin on this deal and can advise how much lower the quality of service is?

Does it include calling free 0870 numbers?

hot! beats all the networks

Data rollover and free WhatsApp also make this a better deal.

No issues in East London. 4G pretty much everywhere and speeds are good.

Is Virgin 4G now?

I ended my Virgin contract about 5 months ago. Despite their promises made over a period of months, my data connection remained 3G. 4G was only available for business contracts. Worth checking.

Will this sim work in an iPhone 6 locked to EE? Since it sounds like Virgin Mobile uses the same network.

This is very cheap even if you want to put it in a mifi device , providing it works ?

I was on Virgin for a while as they piggybacked EE which was on a whole quite good.
However and I know this will not apply to everyone...if you go to a highly populated area like a festival or also in my case a cricket match with a full house you get kind of cut off.
At the cricket in particular during the whole match I had no data, could make no calls and was getting nothing incoming either.
After the days play I get far enough away to join the next mast or whatever and my phone burts into life.
Basically all EE users were fine and get to use those services struggling off 1 mast or whatever but Virgin as they were just piggy backing are demoted to nothing.
This happened on several occasions and it was too much of a coincidence.
I contacted them and they denied all knowledge but it's clear you are treated not the same as a EE customer on their signal.

As I say wondering around town shouldn't be an issue but concentrated areas beware.

Good for people who missed it to get. In my opinion its faster than O2 4G. My samsung s7 edge shows 4G+ signal in London area and way faster than O2.

I use it in Central Scotland and hit around 25MBPS

I ordered one a couple of weeks ago, took a week to arrive. I have better coverage than I did on Giff Gaff with 4G so I am happy so far..

​i pay £16 for 8gb i called a week ago. they would not budge. they could only offer me 30gb for £22. i ended up with my pac code

Anyone got any idea when it expires?

I think if your a Virgin Mobile customer you get access to the Virgin Media WiFi on the London Underground for free... Correct me if I'm wrong??

Also, I understand EE customers get to use it free as well because of the EE / Virgin Mobile network sharing.

Was wondering that myself?

All sims / contracts I've ordered, other than pay as you go, have all come next day. My Virgin sim took over a week, but they bill from the minute the order is placed (my order was either 21:52 or 22:52 - late, I forget which)

Even pay as you go sims come within a couple of days. I suspect Virgin sit on the sims a few days before dispatch, which isn't right.

I had my pac code from EE, I was told it would be transfered by 4pm Monday, only just got my service / transfer late this morning, my EE sim was cut off due to pac transfer. Luckily I have not required use of my mobile.

So far, the service seems like a back alley hack job. But we'll see how things pan out

Thanks OP, I've been looking for a plan upgrade for a few weeks now and just used this to get EE to match (well slightly better) this deal.

Got Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Texts and 20GB Data for £14.99 with EE.

Cheers.

​so sorry, my signal went before I could finish

I get this deal for £7.50 for first 6 months

Still waiting for VirginSIM, a week now.

The only problem with Virgin is 3G only,the data speed at times is very slow so bear that in mind.

​This is better for people who don't want to be tied into a contract

What are you on about?

Give them a call, mine was delivered 2 weeks late, and only after several calls to customers service

As someone else pointed out,it works fine at my home and work. Also, if someone is interested, their 4g works on phones missing the 800mhz (band 20) as well - which is different than my experience on Vodafone.

Remember guys this is a 30 day contract that you can cancel with just 30 days notice.

If your using the deal as leverage to get a better deal with your original network that's great but remember your committing to a new 12 month contract with your network with no data rollover or free WhatsApp and Messenger.

The Virgin deal is ideal if you want the flexibility to change networks at short notice or with price increases unlike if your tied into a 12 month contract.

There is an ongoing issue with getting the sims at a reasonable time in the post.. Just a suggestion, the deal can be picked up at a Virgin Media Store (afaik) ???

Also, if you have been waiting an excessive time I suggest you call customer services, they were extremely helpful when I called and arranged for the sim to be sent next day by courier and stuck £5 credit on my account.

My EE SIM only £19.99(£34 plan) deal for 16gb that I got last year ends April 5th , happy with EE and do you reckon if I ring up now they will match this deal? Maybe get some Apple Music and data roaming for free?

I got my SIM within 48 hours, ordered last week, and I did wonder if existing Virgin customers were getting theirs quicker compared to new customers. Last time around they made it clear when the offer was running out, but not this time and considering it only ran out on the 31 January I wonder why they have re-introduced it a week later?
Also, on my previous Virgin SIM it was showing as EE but the new one has been displaying Virgin.

The lack of tethering just makes this useless for me. I've got Spotify set to "download via cellular", I download apps using my allowance and I stream when I fancy watching YouTube when I'm out and about and I'm still only using 7gb a month tops! Obviously when I'm home I flick on the wi-fi.

How are people using so much data each month?

Possibly, although they might say you have to wait until April as your in contract.

This is a beauty of the Virgin deal, only 30 days contract. So you can change networks when a better deal comes along without being tied down.

Worth a phone call to EE IMO though.. Good Luck!

Does anyone know if virgin do wifi calling? This would fix the network problems if connected to wifi right? Also if Virgin do not, is there an alternative way of getting wifi calling while using the Virgin sim?

No, they don't do WiFi calling like EE and others.

But then EE and others don't do Data Rollover?? Have to weigh up what's important to you.

Is virgin still only 3g?

If so this contract isn't worth looking at since their 3g speeds are slow.

I signed up to the 3G unlimited mins/texts/GBs £15pm rolling month contract when that was about as a new customer. Within the first 3 months I got my first letter saying it was increasing to £16.50, before I knew it they had increased it several times since to the ripe old sum of £22. Good deal if your the sort of person who likes calling up frequently to haggle a better deal, not so good if your like me and have 'better things to do'.

4G now

​There has got to be a cap to the rollover right? Or does there

Have to agree with what other people have said its a " second , third , fourth " rate service on virgin media calls would cut off ( good signal ) id go to a concert or football match - no data connection ( good signal ) and partner with EE direct work fine - Fairford Airshow temporary EE mast on hill camping next to ( no data signal 3 days ) changed to EE directly back in april 2015 ( with that amazing 16gb , unlimited mins - texts posted here ) fairford airshow that year ( perfect - calls , texts , data ) just a brilliant experience direct ( no issue with tethering or throttling service down )

From reading the terms and conditions it rolls over 1 month, uses the roll over data before using your new allocation the next month. If you don't use the fresh allocation of data that rolls over for next month.

I think it's called network priority?? EE want there own customers to get priority first followed by Virgin etc.

Interestingly it'll be nice to see how EE handle the Emergency Services traffic that is transferring from Airwave.

Don't think the Police, Ambulance, Fire etc will put up with a second, third rate service.

​Sounds pretty cool tbh

What's their coverage like? I get unlimited texts, minutes and data with three for 15 quid, 30 days rolling. Is that a good deal also? Though three sometimes have reception issues.

I thought 3 took everyone on that deal and moved them onto something else?

Hi could u give me link for the EE deal. Thanks

Moved from EE to this deal, drop in speeds to about a third but as I get good EE coverage did not make much difference

​Depends where you are....not where I am

One time was excellent for Customer Service but lately very dismal.
CSR's that lie and some even find your genuine problems amusing.

What I will always remember was the day they disconnected my 077224 77224 number as they said I hadn't used it enough and that it was destroyed and I could never have it back, only to find it was then issued to someone else.

Lovely bunch of morons.

​http://shop.ee.co.uk/

​what???

Don't buy please I had 4 years were network

A disconnected number goes in a pool for 6 months, it can only be retrieved by pooling network for the customer who last had it.


After 6 months the pool is emptied and the original issuing network is handed it back.


BT Genie and later o2 did this with me on a unlimited data sim and a Platinum number. Only later did I find out from ADR this could be done.


Same as you, but my number and unlimited data were transferred to a staff member who then ported their number across onto the unlimited data sim.


It is shameful Ofcom do not have a FULL code of conduct on PAC and consumers number & handling rights. o2 didn't even apologise they just said they can withdraw service or number at anytime. I boycotted them until Telefonica took over out of principle.


Mistakenly it was a o2 staff member who told me what happened, I hope she didn't get fired - because the thief didn't and I never got my unlimited data back. You would have thought o2 seen what that staff member done was gross misconduct and immediate dismissal, but no they kept their job and I lost my number and unlimited data.

Just a heads up. I ordered this approximately 10 days ago when the last deal was running. They took payment immediately, and I recieved the confirmation of direct debit by Royal Mail 2 days later. The SIM however never showed up, despite calling them and they insisted it had been delivered.

They did eventually offer to waive the entire first month for free for the wait, however I declined and went with the current Vodafone offer - you can knock 20% off the price on the online chat. I got 25GB, unlimited calls/texts, with 4GB roaming and unlimited roaming calls/texts for £20 a month, plus 12 month free entertainment package. For the extra £5 a month you get 5GB more data, the roaming, entertainment package and a proper service - I think it's worth it.

I'm sure the current owner will be glad you've posted their number, knowing how no net idiots would never call it for the hell of it.

Took 7 days for my sim to arrive. Rang up today to swap my number to be told my sim was 2yrs old and had been disconnected in 2015. I would need a new one. Just clueless. When speaking to the 3rd person, they asked for the sim serial number. I said it was in my phone. They couldn't grasp that I couldn't take it out of the phone whilst I was talking on it.
Finally passed on my PAC code and am waiting for the number to change. If it doesn't go smoothly, this could be the shortest contract ever.

Ordered mine, and got the same problem took about 12 day in total, the odd thing was that after day 10 or so got a latter with all the direct debit details etc, I was about to contact them when the SIM finally arrived

Anyone can dial ANY number at random and it will have the same effect.
So what are they going to say/do with the person answering? Say Hello?
Or say " I know your number?" Lol!

Been with them just under a month now. Excellent speeds, great service and no problems. They did bill me before SIM arrived but, in fairness, it arrived the next day. Porting my old number went VERY smoothly too. I have no issues with them.

Good to see all the same stupid questions being asked from the last time the deal was on.

I feel sorry for all those who cannot read the OP or use Google.

Exact same thing happened to me, and then the original sim arrived 4 days later.
I just think they delayed sending the original that's all

​Absolute rubbish to say that it's poor signal.. They use the EE network

Very tempted with this - Three are steadfastly refusing to give me a better deal than £14 p/m for unlimited minutes and texts with 8GB of data! (including the use abroad!)

Ah if only they allowed tethering I'd be signing up in a heartbeat....

I hadn't seen the Vodaphone offer. I can get 30% discount, so 25gb with euro roaming and Spotify for £17.50. Just need to decide if my phone battery will last another 12 months

is this for new or existing?

EE SIMO - 20GB + unlimited mins/sms + 500Mb roaming + 3 months BT Sport app £14.99PM for 12 months.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ee-simo-20gb-unlimited-mins-sms-500mb-roaming-3-months-bt-sport-app-180-15pm-2612175?view=lastpostread

The say no new contracts offer this anymore. It's what's stopping me from changing from my old double up deal.

Does anyone know if it's possible for me to cancel my virgin contract (now in its 25th month) and switch to this without losing my phone number? I'm not sure if this is one of those times where I'd have to switch networks and port the number back to virgin after taking out the sim only deal.

You really have to get out more. :laughing:

You will only get it for 12 months with EE i tried. Offered me same deal but only for 12 months

​I was with Virgin, I leave in London and I was forced to swap to O2 , I got no signal at home.

Can I port my giffgaff number and take advantage of this deal or it's just for new sims with a new number?

​yes

port to giffgaff then back.

can get sim then port number as i did.

they say virgin use ee network. However find virgin awful coverage and ee smashing... wouldnt touch this

Thanks for all the replied. EE speeds are not that good in my area so any drop would be unacceptable, therefore this is not one for me. Decent deal if you are ok with slower speeds. I am looking at some of the 24GB p/m phone deals on Voda I think, can sell the phone to offset the cost and could work out about £12 p/m

Just a heads up. I'm with EE and I had 1 and a half months left on my 24 month contract, rang EE and said I'd cancel and pay the early termination fee and move to Virgin Mobile. They price matched the Virgin deal there and then and waived the early upgrade fee too! £14.99 per month then for unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 20gb of double speed 4G data, and 500mb of EU data. So it's actually a bit better than the Virgin deal and a penny cheaper! 12 month contract though.

For those who received their sim card late or required replacement sim cards as they were lost,
I had a replacement sent next day free of charge and the cs rep also credited £15 so the monthly charge was £0 :sunglasses:

Btw my sim arrived 8 days after I ordered but they gave 1 month free as for an apology and replacement sim was sent using yodel i let them know to add a note to just post the sim and not require signature as yodel come at weird times

I was paying £14 for 5gb this Is great for the extra pound

Great point, which you will prove when you post yours.

Try turning the roaming on as EE use T-mobile and the old Orange masts.

Please let me know if you have any luck, I'm on the same pp as you

My work mobile is on EE and my personal on Virgin and i seem to get better service with Virgin (both iphone 6)

oh my god its like getting into Fort Knox trying to get into my account and reset my password....i give up.

Same thing happened to me, rang them today and they said they would send by courier and it should be here by tomorrow, we'll see.

Virgin uses Ee signal which probably has the best network coverage

Stunning deal and with rollover as well. Just upgraded two SIMs that were on £12 /4GB.

"Excessive use over 3.5GB of data per calendar month will result in your maximum bandwidth being restricted to 3G speeds (384kbit/s downstream, 200kbit/s upstream) on our network"

http://kenstechtips.com/index.php/uk-mobile-traffic-management-throttling

This applies even if you have a 20gb plan!

Had this deal for nearly month, have been streaming lots, used 12gb and no drop in speed. Love it.

Yes it will work

I didn't get any speed restrictions, the 1st day on this sim I downloaded over 6GB and didn't get my speed throttled.

Does that mean BT mobile customers get the best connection (since BT owns Ee),
Then priority is Ee and the. Virgin...

Nice. Might try my luck with two and a half months left

i had the same, but they credited me £15 before i could even ask!

Don't worry too much. The internet is not for everyone.

Not this again....

My customer service rep did the Yodel thing but when I asked for the credit of £5 (I didn't know about £15 then..) she said they didn't have the toolset to authorise this and she'd put a note on the account instead...

I wonder if its a case of who you get o nthe phone...

Do I ring back now or when I get the SIM?

Thats BS... tell them to adjust your billing due to the delays, that way you will get a credit

trickytree is correct.i dont care what virgin say that they use EE signal.the fact is they do but the speeds are nowhere as near as good as being on EE.as already posted EE speed for data is twice as fast as any other network.this is fact and published online.with there 4g++ now they repute to give speeds up to 100meg.this deal is a great price but if you need data i would pay the extra and try to get a decent EE deal.however this isnt easy because they simply dont discount there data.they just dont need to because they are best by a mile.

Thanks to OP and Heat added. My EE Sim Only Deal ends on 7th March so I said I was going to take this deal and they matched it :smiley:

Ordered this on January 31st, yet to receive SIM card, but they were quick as anything to set up their direct debit, and apparently my contract has already started

Im on the fastest 4G Ee contract but even off peak times i get around 15-20mb download speed. Location London (EC1)
Hopefully virgin sim is delivered tomorrow via Yodel...will update soon

Call them up on 03456000789 should be free if you have free min with your current network and they should send a replacement next day also ask for them to adjust your bill since you haven't received the sim

They've been an absolute nightmare. First my SIM never arrived, then the replacement arrived late, the replacement didn't work so had to get another SIM, then my number port failed and I was unable to receive any calls or texts, then my voicemail wouldn't work... From ordering my SIM to actually being fully operational with Virgin Media took just under a whole month.

BT network... :man:

Occasional tethering :disappointed:

Very tempted. However, I noted this in their terms: "RPI Adjustments: From July 2016, the charge for your tariff will increase with your July bill each year. Any increase will be in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation at the time, and we'll always give you 30 days' notice of the exact increase each year."

I appreciate it probably isn't going to make a massive difference (RPI currently 1.6% so an extra 24p in July assuming that's on the £15 rate) but something to be aware of.

Almost all MVNO subscribers are given lower priority over MNO subscribers.
There are plenty of comparison videos on youtube showing this, and it's particularly obvious when the masts are busy.

By the end of the day, you get what you paid for!

Seems like a great price. Same price as I pay for 3 but I get unlimited mins, texts - WHO ACTUALLY USES THEM anymore?!! 4GB data and feel at home.

Never go anywhere near my data limit, 5 year 3 customer saw the posts where people were getting unlimited mins / texts / 8GB and feel at home for £13 and requested PAC from 3 only to be passed from pillar to post and offering me nothing.

With "customer service" like that want to dump them on principle. Don't travel much but admit that the feel at home is valuable. Seen a few operators offer this now.

My question is, do Virgin on this deal?

Apologies if already answered but I can't be bothered reading through any more unhelpful posts than I have on the 1st page and when I click through just takes me to their homepage...

Thanks in advance to any helpful answers. Maybe useful to put the full package in the OP?

Cheers

​yes they do

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OMG THEY DKNE THIS TOO A FRIEND OF MINE. Sentimental as hell! He had it 17 years! Seems they're notorious for loosing numbers! Did u notify Ofcom?

Its hardly ever Royal Mails fault!

Totally agreee with this. I was with virgin for many years. Especially notable at the football grounds. Good deal though

That's some FAACCKIIIINGGG deal!!

Why didn't I think of that?!!!

Helpful site though

The Mrs is currently on BT's £21pm for unlimited call, texts and 20GB of data.

Anyone used this deal to haggle with BT to get their price plan down?

I had a virgin sim..signal was terrible

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No

Cool story bro. Any more about what you felt was terrible? Could listen all night, engrossing...

​Same story with me.

​I was with them since the start and the best they offered me as a retention deal was 4gb, unlimited mins and texts but no feel at home and no tethering for £10. I politely declined.

Ok. On the off-chance I live and work near you, I'll skip this deal. Thanks for posting.

Works on 4g in uk and abroad, pick it up from a shop if you need it fast. I use up to data limit cause i have disconnected bt, who needs wifi anymore when 4g is faster ?

ee matched this deal for me

Got sim 2 weejs ago . Virgin internet speed terible compared to EE at exactly same location in around E1 london .

​i m getting 3mbps ATM not great really virgin

​silly comment

No tethering allowed? Does that mean can't open it up via personal hotspot for others or myself on other devices?? :/

Tethering works for me via Bluetooth.. speeds not great but does the job

I got unlimited minutes unlimited texts 4gb data for £8.99 from EE. Do I need this and what shall I do to haggle my EE price down thanks everyone for your lovely comments

This happens with any network in a mass attendance event. It's because of volume of people on the same mast. It's like having 30,000 extra people on one wireless router. Doesn't like it.

Happens with all networks

Is this a lifetime deal? Or the price goes up after you're on it a few months?

You can get a sim only deal on Vodafone for £11 effectively, unlimited mins, texts and 20GB of data @Mobiles.co.uk or order a full price sim i.e. same plan for £14 and then ask a Vodafone to match it. They will. Did it for me and two others! But going through Mobiles.co.uk is probably better.

Rob they were doing a deal on 3 with roughly the same figures but 30 gig of 4g net for 17 quid a month weather you need that ammount or not it was quite cheap considering the stuff but i guess you could bater with them about it , im gonna try my luck

Yep, on the face of it, this looks a good deal, but after waiting for all important calls (picking folks up from hospital, getting car back from garage etc) for several hours with full signal, only to then get several notifications about missed calls and messages that were made hours ago, I gave up on virgin!

This is a good deal if you need the data, I went for it early Jan, but now decided I don't really need 20gb. Phoned virgin and swapped over to the 2500min, unlimited texts and 6gb of data plan (with rollover) for £9 (usually £12).

​They've had 4G for months now and I never had a problem with their 3G speed.

For new is ok?

​is that with 4g or 3g? thanks

​im asking as i am on the same plan but they give 4gb not 6gn

In English please. No one else here speaks Gufflish.

​not sure I follow? have you ever considered using punctuation?

Its the 4G plan, its currently on the website at £12, I just called and selected 'your leaving us' option to get through to retentions, they then offered the 6GB data plan for £9. I like that this is 30 day rolling contract and can switch plans whenever you wish.

What does rolling contract mean? Sorry I'm a noob :disappointed: After being able to escape the contract cycle and purchasing a phone in cash I don't ever want to go back to that trap.

That's a great deal. Tempted to get this one and try to get the same in a month.

Means that you need to give 30 days notice to cancel - it's like when you finish your 24 month contract and then it's month on month thereafter...you're only tied into a month, if you get this and decide that it's not for you then you serve your 30 days notice and you're out.

Good price but where I live EE struggles to get reception according to the official maps so I will stick with O2.

Can we keep the #altfacts for Donald Trump, please.

HOT!

I have just moved to the £12 for 6gb deal. Moved away from Vodafone. I can confirm that the download speeds for me, in the three locations I tend to use data, are between half and a tenth of the Vodafone speeds. (Vodafone consistently 25mbs, Virgin fluctuating between 2 and 12mbs). However, for me, this is greatly offset by the speed that Virgin customer services answer the phone compared to Vodafone.

So, as someone posted earlier, you get what you pay for, If 12mbs is not fast enough for you, perhaps best to look elsewhere.

(Voted Hot btw, as it is plenty for me)

If you had got the £25 GB Tarrif it would of included Spotify /\ (Effective price after cashback is £14 per month)

**** just got BT plan for £21 two days ego. Anyone know if BT can knock down price?

You sure do.

Virgin broadband or mobile, EE, three, Vodafone, O2 customers all get London Underground wifi for free

25Mbps is good no?

Yes. My point, badly put I admit, is that I am paying for a 25mbps 4G service, and that is exactly what I am getting.

Indeed Virgin do advertise 25Mbps so can't knock it. In the real world I don't think it would be noticible. Ping can be the biggest lag no matter how fast the DL speed is when browsing

I have got the 25GB which works out for £12.50/month for me including the price match and 30% VEA on top. I chose Spotify, so truly I am only paying £2.50 towards my data, text and voice minutes allowance. If £10 was to be a Spotify premium subscription. Not a bad deal I think!

Took some time to get it all in place but well worth the price.

I'm still on the 3G plan and only get 2gb of data along with the 2500 mins and unlimited sms but I do still get the 0870/0845 numbers in my allowance. I guess if I ask for a change of any sort I'll lose the 0870/084 numbers.

Finally got my sim well over a week from ordering it. I had almost given up when it turned up.

Called CS and they initially wouldn't do anything. They eventually said they would add a credit of about £6 to offset the days I've not had the sim. Also porting my number from Vodafone so that should be fun. Supposed to take place today so I'll see. If speed and signal are poor them I'll find another network and port again.

virgin robbed me of £25 3 years ago never go with them again

You obviously don't know anything about network sharing so it may be best to keep quiet.

I know I have gone with Virgin but now i'm having second thoughts on the Vodafone offer. MY partner is with Vodafone and thought if we are ever away down the south west hopefully at least one of us will get signal lol..

BT Mobile is a sim only operator and uses the EE network which is owned by BT Group, so BT will get a lower connection if any different. Who owns who can be a maze but EE own the network so get priority.

If you don't mind a 12 month contract I think BT's SIMO is better purely as you get the £85 Amazon voucher too

​its a badly kept secret that mobile carriers usually max out the speed to these types of websites and artificially lower the bandwidth to all other sites. I wouldn't trust a speed test result as a good measure of a carriers ability to give you the advertised speed.

​Hey how did you get that offer? Three offered me £16

Worth noting that the 30 day deal can be increased in price after the 30 days to what ever they want.

IT states in my contract they will give 30 Days notice + inflation is added every July at the RPI

I was paying £16 too, Three offers in retention change daily. Some people get unlimited data for similar money, just look on hotukd

Any idea when this offer finishes. I am back in the UK mid April and this looks like what I will be needing.

*citation needed

Last time it was on, as it got closer to the end of January the updated the website updated with X days Left

Too much data and cost for me, do they do any lower freaks at good prices yet?

If only they had a website you could check.....

If he wants to post a stupid comment, he's allowed to.

I'm really on the fence. Not sure whether I should go for this. I have VM for broadband so maybe I could haggle on the price but I'm currently using GiffGaff for mobile, their 4G is trash though. I do like the freedom of not being forced to top up on a specific date and being able to switch bundles as I please though. What to do. What to doooo...

If you're an existing Virgin customer, you get free Virgin to Virgin calls. Not really much, but they probably won't do more than that. Or at least didn't when I tried.

The funny thing is, this deal is already £10 off, and nothing on a rolling contract touches it. No non-retention 12 month contract SIMO deals do either really. So even at £15 it's a good deal. Yet people still wondering if they should haggle. :man:

Sometimes things are worth what they cost.

Im gona do a some speed test since my virgin sim arrived today... first test Ee on their fastest speed contract...
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Next Virgin will post in abit

:laughing: Always looking for a better deal. I'm just having an internal struggle to be honest. Trying to figure out if the inconvenience of locking myself into a contract, even a rolling one, is worth the better 4G

I'd say it is. You only have to give 30 days notice.

I used to be on GiffGaff, and their frankly terrible data speeds, as liked the idea of not being beholden to a contract. The thing is, I was buying a goody bag every month, so paying out just like a contract anyway. I'd never like to be held to a year for a mobile contract, as the market can change quite a lot in that time, but month to month seems a fair compromise.

I tried.. they're having none of it. They'll offer 30gb 12 months contract without feel at home etc for £20 even went through tonic department and nothing. Guess I'll have to decide now...

I'm having a mare. 8 days for the sim to arrive. Being told my sim was 'old' and disconnected when I rang up to transfer my EE number. Then being asked for a number on the SIM card and the lady not being able to understand that the sim was in the phone I was using. I've now been waiting 32hrs for my number to transfer and I've had no service on my phone. Their so called 'customer services' keep telling me "soon". Absolutely shocking service. As soon as (if) my number transfers, I'm off. Absolutely shocking service

Speed test done
Ee (faster speed contract) vs Virgin
Location: EC1 London

Ee- 9.40 MB download
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Virgin- 11.97 MB download
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rest my case!!!

Its an absolute no brainer if your on giffgaff their data is a joke worst i have been with by far

Just did a little fishing on the phone to see if I could get a discount but no dice :man:, guy said it was already discounted so I said to him when does the deal end and he says it looks like the deal was already supposed to have ended yesterday but today will be the last day (YEAH RIGHT!) so I ask him if it was possible to get it but delayed to start later (don't want to pay for two bundles since I already have my GG running for this month) and he says they can delay it for up to 21 days but it costs £2.99. Will probably take it just in case

Ordered on the 31st, still awaiting delivery. Spoke to Virgin yesterday and was promised a 'replacement' would arrive in 24 hours. Called again today and discovered the 'replacement' was requested via Royal Mail and would take 5-7 working days. I have now been promised a second 'replacement' sent by Yodel, arriving on the 10th. Did anyone else have this much bother with delivery?

The server you're using must be ****.

I paid the £3 for next day, as needed to port my number over before my old PlusNet account was shut, and to be fair it came next day via yodel. Ok, they signed for it themselves and put it through the door, but it did arrive next day.

EE Max Plan with 10gbs of data - http://i.imgur.com/QdcyIDR.jpg . In the city, I get around 120mbps download with that server :smile:

Giffgaff network is really good, it's just that the data speeds are horrendous.

This wasn't about servers... this was about comparing Ee & Virgin (since they use the same natwork)....now do do a virgin Test same location!!!

I wish I'd known that was an option in the first place! So I got free 24 hour delivery, 10 days after the order was placed lol

​test it yourself. Run speedtest and compare it to actual real world uploads and downloads. I have a hosted server in a data centre as a seedbox and Plex server. I do not get the advertised speeds on any of my ISP / carrier connections, especially during sustained transfers.

the question is, why wouldn't isps traffic manage your connection to ensure speedtest gets favourable bandwidth? its very little effort on their part and ensures they get bragging rights about being 'fastest'

Looking at the orientation 2 different locations.

Why should I when I know virgin isn't going to be better than EE? Virgin can only go up to 25mbps download and that's EE slowest network speed. Virgin isn't allowed to use EE Double 4G Speeds or their Max Plan speeds.

On my third day of waiting for my number to transfer and my phone to start working again. Think VERY carefully before moving to this useless company

If you can get past the very average if not poor customer service and focus on the deal it's a no brainerv the data speeds are in my case 10 times faster than Giffgaff and so far after a weeks usage it's been great

When I ported my number across, it wasn't evident that the number had moved. Have you tried turning the phone off, putting the VM sim in, then turning the phone back on? You probably have, but worth a try if not.

Have you contacted them?

I have.

VM broadband performs the same over a sustained download as demonstrated on speedtest.net.
BT 4G does as well.
GiffGaff is poor on both speedtest and sustained.
Virgin Mobile gives above result, and demonstrates similar speed when downloading 1GB file from App Store against a timer.

I know Pulse8 was accused by Ookla last year of impropriety, but not read anything about other, especially larger ISPs, doing the same.

At the end of the day, speedtest.net is only just a guide as there are so many variables that can affect results. But I don't think ISPs are trying to shank the results.

Thanks for your post tricky, I need to move to an EE provider from O2, and your post has given me cause for concern as I go to football matches where I need the phone to work at.

Does anyone happen to know if this 2nd class treatment of resellers of the EE network is also the case with Plusnet and BT Mobile please?

How I see it is these are my options, at present I'm swaying towards trying Virgin for a few months then Plusnet and if I'm not happy with either taking out a 12 month deal on BT

£10 Plusnet = 4GB, 1500mins, unlim txt, 1 month
£12 BT Mob = 20GB, unlim mins, unlim txt, 12 months
£15 Virgin = 20GB, 5000mins, unlim txt, 1 month

Not the same extent.
I work at Trent Bridge when the International and T20 matches are on. The ground only holds 17,500 so all those plus a few residents nearby on the network.
I was getting no use every time the ground was anywhere near full on Virgin.
After 2 years I changed to EE and using the same phone and location the service was perfect getting 4G speeds etc compared to not even letting calls and texts in and out.

I very occasionally did go to the City Ground and take into account only 20k to 25k attendance and the same would happen. You would be ok during the match as most people obviously concentrate on the game and are not doing much on their phone but come half time and the 20 mins or so before kick off and immediately after the game finished there was nothing.
Probably the same mast in my case as the cricket is only across the road at Trent Bridge.
I am now on EE attending the same places for the past 18 months and not 1 issue.

I switched from GiffGaff last month and haven't noticed any issues.

Account has just rolled over from last month and despite only using 3gb, my new data allowance for this month is 40gb!

The beautiful thing is, I am listening to Amazon Music, Sound Cloud and watching YouTube/Amazon Prime and Netflix almost daily and it's hardly touching it.

That sounds hellish. You would of actually had to watch cricket. I feel your pain.

My Three contract is up next month, £12 for unlimited calls/text and 4GB data, so this is good timing. The VM £12 a month deal is enough for me.

So its not the servers, its the location now
What a joke!!!
Yes i moved an inch.
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Obviously you only have one phone line...and you really don't make any good points.

My point was to compare Ee and virgin speed from the same MAST! Around the same time!

With regards those that are worried there phone service won't work at the football match or cricket ground. I can see how inconvenient that could be, but why would you be sitting on your phone anyway?? Lol... also, I guess you have to weigh up with loosing service or having reduced service against for hour or so against getting yourself tied down in a contract with a the network operator directly to get priority on the mast.

Personally I could put up with the reduced service for an hour or so to get the better deal and save money but obviously the choice is yours.

Ps.. you'll get peace and quiet at the game then, nobody can disturb you :smile:

You hit the nail on the head UPTO...same with Ee UPTO Xx MB

At football matches i never get any internet with Ee...but im not surprised when you have over 50k people in a stadium. And Ee is one of the biggest network providers.

Numerous phone calls and Still no connection. We've done everything. They've now decided it's a faulty sim and they're sending me another. Let's hope it doesn't take 8 days like the last one.

I really really hate all these people that must have a phone tied to their ear or tippy tapping their texts every minute of their waking day. LOL.
Personally when I go to a football match it's to watch the game, not to use a mobile phone.
Would these people have been able to survive in the good old days of just phone boxes, that usually had a queue outside if it hadn't been vandalised. LOL.
Please all of you be thankful you don't live in Spain, where the provider choice and it's quality, is like one of their many lotteries. LOL.

Gonna ditch 3 for Virgins 6gb a month rolling , three NEVER give me a deal and wife is on 1Gb for about the same ...stick it up ya anus three!!! I want to be a Virgin..

I have been with Virgin SIMO for around 13 years (2-5 SIMs) and always found their customer service excellent - you can always speak to a real person and I've found them polite and helpful.
Anyway - just a question. I switched 3 of my phones from the £10 5k min/2Gb 3G rolling 30 day to the new £12 2.5k min/6Gb 4G one, which seems to be great value. On the changover date I got a text to say it's a 2Gb contract, but I have 6Gb data allocation. Is the 6Gb just a 1-month promotion, or is it perpetual? since the contract says 2Gb I assume they can reduce it at any time to the contracted level. I can't see anywhere on their web site where it says the triple data is perpetual.

I think it would be better if you asked a real person on their excellent customer service team that are always so polite and well informed.

Perfect, thanks OP. Quite an upgrade from my Virgin £11 a month 2000 mins, unlimited txt, 1gb 3G package! (that was averaging £15 pcm due to data overrun charges) :smiley:

Number port now completed, although I had to call them to chase it up. Is it coincidence that it went through about an hour after my call to CS?

Was this the triple data offer? If so I think his is normal as it's what the do with my double data one.

My second sim arrived. Still 'no service'. Phone is unlocked and working fine. 45 minutes on the phone, cut off twice. I've given up and got my PAC code. I've never been connected on my old number. No phone for four days. What a steaming pile of *#!* this company are. Their stock answer seems to be 'fixed within 24hrs'. Tosh. I've never experienced anything like it

How long is this deal on for? No mention of it on the website. I'm with EE and still got 1 month to go before I can haggle with retention team for this tariff but it would be nice to know if I should wait it out or not...

I think a look at post #242 would help you out there pal.

​Omg that makes a lot of sense.
I take it from your user name you're a Forest fan...
When I used to be on Virgin, whilst at the ground I had full signal strength but zero data.

All time limited offers seem to end 31 March. See on their
Latest offers

My signal checker says good status for 4G so will data, calls, messages work fine?

24 month contract - 30 day rolling - so they put the price back up after 2 years?

I have also upgraded my account...now.. happy happy

Month until the end of your contract or a month until you can haggle? You can contact EE 45 days before the end of your contract (but I suspect you may already know this). I would try EE now and see what they say.

It's perpetual. :smiley:

It would be handy for when their wifi goes off line. :confused:

I'm thinking of it as Wi-Fi replacement yes i know tethering isn't encouraged but I'm only browsing and only with phone and tablet.

1st sim never arrived, after comments from other hukd people to call them and I did
call them,2nd sim arrived by courier next day.
Tried 2nd SIM but it doesnt vork ie no data, no calls, no text, no number, no network connection.
Sigh!

My wifi is only £18/month with VM. Haven't got a phone line. :smiley:

Yes don't get to City Ground often now due to young kids but as it was ok during the match as everyone stopped using it and say up to 30 mins before the match.
The cricket was my main issue.
I work at all the Internationals at Trent Bridge and each one you may as well turn your phone off as nothing in or out and no data. It was useless.
Changed to EE 18 months ago and worked perfectly ever since at both venues.

​Yes they do. identical coverage.

Hi. I was a VM customer already and upgraded to this. Just check allowances as they refreshed today and saying unlimited everything? Even better. Anyone else got this?

1 month until 45 days period kicks in. I think I've found​ out when this deals run out. 31st March so I have plenty of time before the deadline..

I'm desperately waiting for my Vodaphone sim to arrive. One week and two SIM cards and still 'no service'. I've tried the sim in other unlocked phones and one Samsung gave the message 'sim not connected to network'. I've done everything on my iPhone, including wiping it completely and then restoring it. The customer service is a joke. They just insist it's connected as it says so on their system. Absolutely clueless. It's been extremely frustrating and I have broadcast to everyone I can not to go near this bunch of cowboys

similar thing happened to me, so after 7 days of waiting, i simply went to a Virgin store and asked for a sim card.
As my account was generated and had been assigned a number, they cancelled the sim that "was lost in the post" and gave me one there and then, activated and using within a few mins.

The price to pay for a bargain? Not sure, but so far so good.

The free WatsApp that is mentioned, does this mean that data used for WatsApp is free, excluded from the 20gb monthly allowance?

Yes.

Proviso being if you have run out of data, it will then not be free. So,

If you have 1mb of your allowance left = free
If you have 0mb of your allowance left = £££

More info: http://store.virginmedia.com/virgin-media-mobile/flexible-plans/free-whatsapp-facebook-messenger.html

Brilliant. I wonder if they have a slightly cheaper deal for a bit less data?

​Received 1st SIM 'lost in post' today.
Tried it instead of couriered 2nd Virgin SIM and its working.

Tried on my 4G Dual SIM mobile.

1stSIM EE 4G SIMO 16GB
Downspeed 20.32MBs
Upspeed 24.54MBs
Ping 31ms

2ndSIM Virgin 4G SIMO 20GB
Downspeed 22.74MBs
Upspeed 8.24MBs
Ping 33ms

I waited over a week and nothing came, I phone them up and they said they would cancel the order and resend another one. Then a sim came, then another, I noticed two bills on my account for two sims. I phoned to tell them they said sorry and cancelled the bill, then they said the other person had not cancelled the order, a week later another sim arrived, lo and behold another monthly bill arrived on the account. I phone them up and they cancelled the bill. I have though spent about 1hr 45 mins in total talking to customer services, been stressed out and nearly charged twice for the sims. Oh and the service isnt very good either in Northumberland. Wishing I hadnt bothered too be honest.

I'm an existing customer and I was able to switch to this deal by speaking to customer services.

I'm with Three, I also get free wifi on London Underground. Based on what I can remember, I think most if not all networks gets wifi.

Brother has just signed up to this deal as well.. No issues what so ever! Great speed, Great Price. :wink:

Thanks OP, I contacted EE who price matched.

I got this deal last month sim arrived within couple of days no probs with signal either travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Also it rolls over no end date to package as far as i can gather. Also data rolls over each month for previous months unused data so heat from me.

Hi that is not happening now that deal with EE, I rang them today they would not budge from £19.99. :disappointed:

​had simular. ordered. waited over a week. no sim. phoned and told will send replacement. asked where the original one was they didnt have a clue. received a replacement sim the next day. 5 days later original sim arrived!

My wife contacted Vodafone via live chat as her contract is up in a month. They said they couldn't match this deal, but they did ask if she, any friends, or family worked for a company on their 'employee advantage' scheme, as that would get her a 30% discount. As it happens, I do. So she got unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 20gb (with 2gb roaming) for £14.

Admittedly, it's a 12 month contract and not Virgin's 30 day (which is very tempting), but not having to go through a cancellation, number port, etc, is a pretty good deal for her.

So thanks for posting this deal, as she's always going over her data allowance (was previously just 5gb) and this has got her something much better for only a couple of quid more.

Utterly rank deal, but in fairness, no worse than pretty much everyone else. Because like almost every other provider, Virgin offer no ability to cap data at your total monthly allowance. For those of us with teenage children, the phone provider is effectively saying "we'll have unfettered access to your bank account, so better keep your kids in order". It's a joke - they all say "oh we'd love to offer caps but we can't currently do it". Yeah right. The other one has bells. Tesco will cap, but they have lousy 30 day deals. Talkmobile may or may not offer caps, but I can't get far enough in the order process to find out without agreeing to a credit check! A credit check? For a PRE-PAID monthly deal? No thanks! The only provider that seems to offer what I need is GiffGaff, and I'm not allowed to use their £20 deal as one of my previous kids used too much and got slung off.

Yes its on the web site 6gb data with rollover, 1500mins, unlimited texts for £12/month. I started on this deal (20gb), but decided I didn't need that much data, so a quick phone call to retentions got me moved to the 6gb plan for £9/month (instead of £12). I'm now on that plan with nearly a 20gb rollover from my first month on the other plan lol

Anyone who want to buy this sim plan,don't order online , instead go to virgin media shop and buy from them because I ordered sim online on 9 feb but still waiting, other than that virgin media call center is not based in UK

Only took 15 minutes in the virgin shop in Sheffield,very pleased 24 meg download speed- goodbye to Three

To go with ducking virgin ppl they are shocking, one of the worse companies. If you try and cancel they will make it to longest process. And every time you ring your speaking with **** yanks or some other gross country

Then again, I've just done it online with next day delivery for £2.99. I'm also on course for £13.87 cashback from TopCashback, so win-win.

Still no sim here one week after ordering. doesn't bode well.

Telephone customer services, there has been ongoing problems with the sim cards being sent in the post. They will send the sim via Yodel Next Day Free if you telephone them and if you ask they will more than likely credit your first bill.

Don't waste your time. This is junk. Restricted data messages constantly. Worst data service I have encountered in years, and that's after testing for a month in many different locations.

so basically you're saying that if a) you have children, and b) you have sub-standard parenting skills, then this is a poor deal. Ok - thank you for your input.

:smiley: See, that's what happens when you make ASSumptions. I'm a foster parent, looking after challenging teenagers. Anything else you'd like to add, camel?

My sim started working the day after I gave my PAC code to Vodaphone and they began the process of porting the number from Virgin. Nearly two weeks without any service at all. Virgin didn't seem interested because their 'systems' said I was connected. They could offer unlimited data for free in the future and I still wouldn't touch them with a barge pole

Does anyone know if virgin support wifi calling? Also some are saying bad service do they mean customer service or the signal which I understand to be EE? Also with whatsapp can this be used for calling foc too and abroad?

I can appreciate that I do not speak for the whole of the UK for this however in the East midlands area I have been experiencing really bad signal when I am not in a town centre or highly populated area. It's to a point where I am now looking for a new sim so I can cancel this.

Same happened to me!

Been with virgin for ten years. Pretty average but I'm a low user and not demanding. Would've left as no 4G but as that was supposedly not available in my area with <2MB broadband never bothered. Decided to have a punt and now get 4G speed of Ave 25MB at home. As for being second to EE at events I think new years eve answers that. When the systems full its full.
Try stuff in your neck of the woods. All the research you so is on outdated info.

Do not be fooled by these end dates into rushing if you want to think about it. It's a lie lol. Also if you're a virgin media customer even it does end you can probably call them and ask them and they will still give it to you. Again. don't rush if you want to think about it and search around for whatever reason

Switched from Vodaphone to Virgin, ordered a sim with next delivery, arrived no problem, I did a few speed tests, it will differ a lot depending on day & time but it was clear to see the Virgin sim was better for where I travel to frequently.:
1. Essex (poor recepetion) Vodaphone - 0.52 download & 1.14 upload
2. Essex (poor recepetion) Virgin Sim - 4.25 download & 1.70 up
3. Essex (med reception 3/4g) Vodaphone 5.22 down 0.16 up
4. Essex (med reception 3/4g) Virgin 24.58 8.47 up (I couldn't believe the difference)
5. London (good 4g recep) Vodaphone 21.65 Down 5.79 up
6. London (good 4g recep) Virgin 23.74 Down 3.22 up

As Virgin was on a rolling monthly contract I decided to test it first, as I visit Essex a lot but never found a carrier with decent reception , it was clear right from day 1 the Virgin sim was super fast , in a house near the coast the mobile internet has been almost unusable downstairs, with the new Virgin sim it's not fantastic but it's a decent 3g.
Added to that it's £5 cheaper than the contract that I was on with Vodaphone for 20gb it's a no brainer.
A pity the Virgin Mobile staff (some foreign call centre) aren't as nice as the Virgin Media..but I can't complain with the service so far, porting the number took less than a day and the mobile staff were helpful.

Not sure whether to laugh, or cry?, lol.

Never used Virgin Mobile per say myself, but used T-Mobile (not EE) lot's in the past though.

And T-Mobile was more than fine for me over the year's that I formally used them.

Good question.

It's a 30 day rolling contract, so I'm assuming therefore that it renews with a fresh 20GB of data each and every month?. :-)

Years ago after a terrible experience with the old BT mobile, I went Virgin PAYG and I never had a problem, but that was before data. Moved to Spain10 years ago and I am using a Vodaphone 25 Euro a month contract and I get over 70 download on 4G, which is more than I require but nice to have it. I'm in Thailand at the moment and getting 25 on AIS, What's wrong with you in the UK?

Not sure if this question has been asked/answered yet?, but, here goes ...

Does this particular Virgin 30 day SIM Deal allow for data tethering?.

Or, would that otherwise prove to be more headache than it's worth?, thanx in advance. :-)

Those are some interesting 'flags' you raised there?, hmmmmm.

Good question I guess?, lol, but no idea?.

Spain (being part of Europe) I can understand, but Thailand?, that makes me even more intrigued that your able to pull off a better data infrastructure there? (other than that of China too perhaps?), than that of here?, hmmmmmmm (forgive my ignorance?, never been to any Eastern Countries, so never really realised?).

All is good though. :-)

Thanks for the suggestion, I did and got straight through. A nice man called Dominic said that it is a promotion but the 6Gb data is guaranteed for as long as I stay on that plan, ie perpetual. The entire call, from dialling 789 to hanging up was 2m12s.

I took out the lower £12 plan (since I'm on WiFi for the vast majority of time) but I checked with Virgin and these deals are perpetual as long as you remain on that plan. If you come off for 30 days onto another plan you won't be able to go back to this one. Not only that, but unused data gets rolled over into the next month so if you only use 5Gb, you will have an extra 15Gb data next month before it starts eating into that 20Gb allowance. Spare data only rolls over 1 month, so the max rollover amount is 20Gb in your case, 6Gb in mine.

Great deal!

ive just the same deal on ee but unlimited mins as well asked them to match virgin or could leave they went away few mins and got same deal 20 gb data unlimited txt min £15 per month lol 4 g as well

I received my sim in 5 days. PAC transfer from 3 took two days and signal/data is top notch here in London Zone 6. Customer services could not have been better. Even put 6 pounds in my account as sim took 5 days but billing starts from order date. All in all fantastic experience.

I went from three to virgin about 1 month ago on this deal. I find the virgin 4g way faster and have a lot less problems than when I was with three!
I figured it's a 30 day contract so if it sucked I'd get a new deal somewhere else.

Interesting, thanx. :-)

How often do deals like this pop up? I'm not due for renewal until April :disappointed:

Same here.
Call centre in Bangalore were hopeless

This sounds like a good deal. I ordered the sim on 13th Feb. I was clearly told when ordering that may billing period would be from the day I started using the sim
It arrived today 20th, but I received an email & letter saying my billing period was 13th Feb - 14 March.
After 2-3 phone calls to virgin pointing out that should not be billed for the time that I didn't have the sim card to use, they finally agreed to credit my account £3.00.
Can anyone confirm what the out of bundle data charges are for this deal as I have read £1 per day on printed material & £2 per day online?

Is there any quiz I or cashback on this

I got £13.87 tracked through TopCashback. That rate may have decreased, however.

Whilst it's expensive, Three do an unlimited data and mins tariff that would enable you to cap your financial exposure.

Alternatively, I believe Tesco Mobile allow capping at just over the tariff price to control financial risk.

Whilst not perfect in that it's not at the tariff price or a low price, both options would get you out of the "unfettered access to your bank account situation"

The final option that my in laws used whilst fostering is just have a Payg sim with a set amount loaded each month and its up to the kids to stick to it or do without. This does create situations initially but they get over it.

Virgin does send you a notification on 75%, 90% and 95% usage.
I use a Windows 10 mobile, which has settings (which you can restrict access to) to limit the data use. You can set a monthly limit with reset date and data amount, so it just stops using mobile data after the limit has been reached. With the Microsoft family account you can monitor online the child's online activity and data usage. I expect other phones have similar features and may be worth investigating as an alternative way of managing it. It also depends on whether the breach is malicious and deliberate or accidental. If deliberate then it may be easiest to let the provider manage the cap as you suggest. If accidental then using the phone's settings mean you can use any SIM provider.

How did you change to this deal with your existing/previous plan? I'm currently on the 4G 2500mins + 4GB 15.00 a month plan.

I'm with 3 on the £13 a month unlimited minutes/texts and 8Gb data deal.

Just called and they offered me £15 a month unlimited/minutes/texts/data with feel at home. What do you think?

I presume you are happy with another 12 month contract, I would prefer 30 days myself all other things equal

Don't expect much on feel at home as you are at the mercy of the local data being pretty miserable wherever you go according to others on HUKD's.

It is for 30days.

I called back and took the deal. Its listed as £35 a month on their site.

I've had no trouble with it except for using more than my 8GB when I was skiing a few months ago..

I was just reporting what others had posted. There was a deal on here for 3 just before Christmas with hundreds of bad comments about poor data abroad.

My virgin sim arrived next day and number ported to virgin within 24hrs of activating transfer, 4G almost everywhere I have been and even has signal in places I didn't with three and BT!

Best offer on the market.

3 quid next day deliver or standard delivery up to a week, did some people not read this when they ordered sim

Thanks. This may be useful for others who are trying to decide. Personally though I have had no issues :smiley:

Yes, but EE seem to put you at the end of the queue. I had a Vectone SIM which I called Fecktone because there was never a data signal despite them using EE network.

It's not good if that 14.50 for 32gb comes round again from ee blimey it's the same network you'll all be crying. If I cricfree just the matches 30gb is about minimum. I am close enough to the end of my relationship with three and their Malaysian staff to enable me to jump if ee do this I want to osprey andreplace the 100mb which I mobiwol firewall data to stay within it

Been on this plan since mid January and the service in Birmingham is absolutely fine. I average about 25 MBPS download and 9 MBPS Upload. You can get faster with ee but do you really need that 40+MBPS?

I've also never had a problem with their customer services.

I am impressed so far with virgins coverage and speed! However if EE end up doing a deal for new customers at £15 a month I may jump ship as Virgin don't offer any add ons for using my phone in Las Vegas! As it is I'm probably going for a payg 3 sim for when we go away to the USA. Last time I was there with Virgin I had all sorts of charges as there was no way to dissable my voicemail so if anyone rang me it'd automatically go to voicemail and charge me £1. There were also calling costs of £1.40 per minute even though I didn't make any calls. Last two years we've had three sims which were great abroad. I just wish Virgin did a US add on.

Due an EE upgrade and they price matched this on 12 months contract.

Just cancelled my sons existing contract and was told by the Plusnet guy that once I've used 3.5gb of virgin data, they will throttle to 3G speeds for the other 16.5gb. I've looked at the virgin fair useage bit and that says you will get 4G throughout. Is there anyone already on this that can confirm one way or the other. Thanks

It's typical BS from ill-informed idiots who will try and retain your custom at any cost. Virgin won't throttle or downgrade data speeds.

Received my sim and had my number switched over from Giffgaff today.
Speedtest reports 24Mb with 33ms ping fairly consistently on virgin. Giffgaff was varying between 5-20mB with about 70ms ping.
The extra speed is nice along with getting 5x the data.

Just got deal on EE better service and faster 4g is a no brainer for £14.99 a month. Also can upgrade at anytime even though the contract is 12 months so when the S8 comes out I'll give them a call and see what they can offer. Cheers for the price match virgin

why all the moaning?

sign up and you can literally try it for a month (less a few quid) with the cashback from TCB etc.

If the sim doesn't come and they wont help, get a direct debit refund via your bank and raise a complaint via the 'Resolver' app or website.

this works fine if you are an existing customer, just got mine switched over. it will also be 4G now :smiley:

I have done the exact same. Left Giffgaff to join this. No brainer really, I have been with GG for nearly 4 years and I have had no major problems and was happy but I was paying £12 a month for 500 mins, 2GB of data etc. Only an extra £3 a month for this and you get so much more.

Where did it say your billed from when the sim is activated? I've haven't got my sim yet and they've started billing me.

Please, do share ..... :-)

LOL - They said exactly the same to me ... blah blah. In my mind I was just thinking 'Yeah right, sure buddy' .. I've 3 existing Virgin 30 day SIMs already, (all bumped up to this deal now and have had no speed issues), son was on Lifemobile, now Plusnet ... as I can only have 3 SIMs per account holder, we decided to pop into a Virgin Store and open another 2 of these for son and daughter under the wifes name. Process was quick and easy, very good experience with the staff too. Walked out with working SIMs installed. Called Plusnet soon as I got home for a PAC code.:sunglasses:

Edit: Guy helping us said billing would only be in 2 weeks time, however on setting up online account and going into it, it has next billing date as 23rd March, so I expect it starts from the day we applied - today.

I did a web chat to EE a few days ago (before I got this deal) and they said they can't offer anything close to this. For the past few days EE have been calling me back trying to get my custom. Today they said EE 4G speeds are double Virgin speeds. After a bit of research it seems they're flogging 4G+ which is only available in London. Bit naff for EE to flog 4G+ when I can't get it in Cheshire.

Anyone used Quidco with this?

Just got EE to price match that deal for me, and added a sharer sim for another £12 for my daughter to use.
So have upgrade to £20GB across a shared plan from me paying £23.99 for a 6GB deal Unl\Unl + £10 for my daughters sim with ID Mobile for 4GB and 500 Mins\Unl Text deal. Content that the data is doubled between us and saved ~£7 a month and don't need to deal with ID Mobile any more. Happy with that for another 12 months