Anyone using 1p Mobile?

[tourerman]

Thanks all. I’ve ordered a SIM and will start using soon so will let you know.

[TheLurker]

I'm with 3 at the moment, which is usually fine. The one thing I dislike about it are the roaming charges at £2 a day for Europe and £5 for the rest of the world.

Whilst that's not a big deal for a couple of weeks away a year, I'm going to be doing a lot more travel abroad for work soon where it will quickly mount up so would be good to change to a carrier where roaming charges don't apply.

[NomduJour]

I’d be wary of other MVNO’s network claims (I know 1p supposedly have access to all the bands) - recently tried a cheap Lycamobile SIM, on the basis that it uses EE’s network (which is better than Vodafone in some places I need it) - reception was genuinely appalling, even in the middle of London. Often had no reception at all (not just data, anything) in Zones 1 and 2, let alone in the sticks. Cheap for a reason.

Edited by NomduJour on Sunday 19th November 11:52

[Howard-]

I've yet to quite work out what the catch is with 1p. I can only assume that they get the economies of scale from EE when buying access to the full amount of bandwidth while having minimal other costs - no fancy advertising, no-frills website, etc. But it's absolutely excellent - I get great reception in places I could dream of with o2 and Three, and even 5G in some surprisingly remote spots.

[mikey_b]

NomduJour said:

I’d be wary of other MVNO’s network claims (I know 1p supposedly have access to all the bands) - recently tried a cheap Lycamobile SIM, on the basis that it uses EE’s network (which is better than Vodafone in some places I need it) - reception was genuinely appalling, even in the middle of London. Often had no reception at all (not just data, anything) in Zones 1 and 2, let alone in the sticks. Cheap for a reason.

Edited by NomduJour on Sunday 19th November 11:52

This can indeed be true. I was on Virgin Mobile for a while which runs on O2’s network. The signal strength was fine but it basically just didn’t work anywhere remotely busy - trying to use RingGo parking app in town, with 4 bars of signal, was utterly hopeless. Just failed every time, and the same story when trying to use the Sainsburys app in the store next to it. Changed to TalkMobile (on Vodafone) and boom, 50Mbps speeds in the same location. Paid for parking in seconds and beeped in all my shopping without issue. Night and day difference.

[Howard-]

mikey_b said:

This can indeed be true. I was on Virgin Mobile for a while which runs on O2’s network. The signal strength was fine but it basically just didn’t work anywhere remotely busy - trying to use RingGo parking app in town, with 4 bars of signal, was utterly hopeless. Just failed every time, and the same story when trying to use the Sainsburys app in the store next to it. Changed to TalkMobile (on Vodafone) and boom, 50Mbps speeds in the same location. Paid for parking in seconds and beeped in all my shopping without issue. Night and day difference.

That's not a Virgin Mobile issue, that's an O2 issue. They're by far the worst network in the UK.

[smithyithy]

Yep, have used them for a couple years, no complaints. When my previous EE contract expired I switched to a 1p rolling SIM with the same phone, less than half what I was paying monthly on the previous contract, 50GB for £15 I believe..

My current phone (Pixel 7 Pro) I bought upfront so I could just swap the SIM into it.. Post-Covid I don't work as many days in the office so don't use as much as data as before (mainly streaming etc), so I downgraded to the 10GB for £10 boost, which is plenty for me.

Seeing this thread actually prompted me to login to my account for the first time in forever and I've seen they're actually doing the 25GB boost for £10 now, so I'll switch to that and get a free data increase

[Mammasaid]

TheLurker said:

I'm with 3 at the moment, which is usually fine. The one thing I dislike about it are the roaming charges at £2 a day for Europe and £5 for the rest of the world.

Whilst that's not a big deal for a couple of weeks away a year, I'm going to be doing a lot more travel abroad for work soon where it will quickly mount up so would be good to change to a carrier where roaming charges don't apply.

If you're just going to the EU, then ID mobile does roaming on 3's network

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/interna...

[blue_haddock]

I've been with them for a couple months and so far everything seems ok.

[768]

My SIM's arrived. Speed seems pretty good, it's always been a bit ropey in my house but I stuck my arm out a window and hit 110Mbps. That'll do me.

Had to enable WiFi calling. PAC transfer should go through tomorrow and then I'm done.

If anyone else is going down this route and wants £5 in credit:

[tourerman]

Been using mine so far now for a few days and can’t complain. In signal, quick web access which matches my outgoing EE 5G sim. Have a referral code also if anyone is interested.

[TheLurker]

Mammasaid said:

TheLurker said:

I'm with 3 at the moment, which is usually fine. The one thing I dislike about it are the roaming charges at £2 a day for Europe and £5 for the rest of the world.

Whilst that's not a big deal for a couple of weeks away a year, I'm going to be doing a lot more travel abroad for work soon where it will quickly mount up so would be good to change to a carrier where roaming charges don't apply.

If you're just going to the EU, then ID mobile does roaming on 3's network

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/interna...

Thanks! Some insanely cheap deals on there.