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fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,137 posts

165 months

Saturday 10th January
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Has anyone got a sim only deal with this lot and happy with them?

Sick of Three, I think they want me off my deal. Missus FSD is on Vodafone she had 3 bars me 1, she switched to three to see whether she'd get the same as me and yes, down to 1 bar.


Ham_and_Jam

3,289 posts

118 months

Saturday 10th January
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fourstardan said:
Has anyone got a sim only deal with this lot and happy with them?

Sick of Three, I think they want me off my deal. Missus FSD is on Vodafone she had 3 bars me 1, she switched to three to see whether she'd get the same as me and yes, down to 1 bar.
I have several.

Never any issues over the few years I ve had them.

As well as them in my phones. Ive got one in a cellular router that’s works great in our holiday home. £10 / 100gb per month.

Colonel Cupcake

1,323 posts

66 months

Sunday 11th January
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I've got a few. No problems so far. £4.95 a month for unlimited calls and texts and 4gb of data.

I suppose you only find out how good they are if something goes wrong.

Uncle boshy

470 posts

90 months

Sunday 11th January
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Talkmobile are vodafone.

Only real difference is any support is over chat rather than a phone call.

fooman

1,020 posts

85 months

Sunday 11th January
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At work we have Talk and Three, works the same for us, at home not enough Talk coverage, which is kind of important...

Easternlight

3,754 posts

165 months

Sunday 11th January
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fooman said:
At work we have Talk and Three, works the same for us, at home not enough Talk coverage, which is kind of important...
Do you have WiFi? Can you set the phones to internet calling?

NaePasaran

869 posts

78 months

Sunday 11th January
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No issues here.

Not as good as a signal as my partner who's on EE, but probably a reason why she pays twice as much for half the data.

Dunno if there will be much of a difference between TalkMobile and 3 given TalkMobile uses Vodafone, who merged with 3 and shared infrastructure I believe?

carl_w

10,335 posts

279 months

Sunday 11th January
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NaePasaran said:
Dunno if there will be much of a difference between TalkMobile and 3 given TalkMobile uses Vodafone, who merged with 3 and shared infrastructure I believe?
Talkmobile doesn't just "use" Vodafone, it's a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vodafone.

fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,137 posts

165 months

Sunday 11th January
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Easternlight said:
Do you have WiFi? Can you set the phones to internet calling?
It's my data that is poor, lucky if it goes past 2 bars.

Other Vodafone MVO is VOXI who do rolling 30 day contracts and free socials data so I think I'll give them a bash.

alangla

6,155 posts

202 months

Sunday 11th January
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They can be a bit tricky to actually get a SIM out of. I was never able to pass their credit checks apparently, despite having no issue getting credit anywhere else. I suspect it’s because they didn’t want customers trading down from Vodafone.

OP: why not consider Lebara or Asda instead? Lebara have been excellent while I’ve been with them, no price rises ever and I’ve had my monthly data increased twice. Both Asda and Lebara run on Vodafone.

heisthegaffer

4,022 posts

219 months

Sunday 11th January
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1pmobile use EE and no credit checks needed. My son uses, a lot better than ID mobile whom Im with.

colin79666

2,133 posts

134 months

Sunday 11th January
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I ve been a happy Talkmobile customer for a few years having dumped O2 due to lack of working data even when signal showed full.

It isn t the absolute cheapest but seems as reliable as Vodafone (the actual network provider and brand owner).

Still has EU roaming with a cap big enough to cover usual holiday usage.

Vodafone and Three are one big entity now. They are working through masts enabling sharing and will ultimately just have one big network.

i4got

5,914 posts

99 months

Sunday 11th January
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Not had any problems. I pay £7.95 for 50gig. They use both Vodafone and Three networks since around December.

fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,137 posts

165 months

Monday 12th January
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Signed up yesterday with Talkmobile, I had gut concerns I'd be throttled on "free socials", not that I've got issues with that within the price/allowance.

This esim is a really good idea. I know I sound old but I've been on two mobile providers over 25 years.

PAC code sent and activation is tomorrow.

200gb (100gb more than three)....and a 12 month contract.

I detest all of these providers if this plan works out, Three couldn't make it clear enough that they just wanted me off the Three network on this tariff.

shtu

4,085 posts

167 months

Tuesday 13th January
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Bit late, but we've been uisng Talkmobile for many years with no trouble at all. Where we live Vodafone or an MVNO of them was the only option, and chose them.

Never had a single problem, reception s good where we need it, texts arrive promptly, etc. One other operator seemed to think that a verification text arriving 30 minutes after it expired was perfectly OK.

Keep an eye out around Black Friday each year, they usually have offers around then.

cronie007

26 posts

194 months

Tuesday 13th January
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I have a SIM only with them for a few months and so far I'm happy. The signal is fairly stable where I live, but it really depends on your area.

fooman

1,020 posts

85 months

Tuesday 13th January
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Easternlight said:
fooman said:
At work we have Talk and Three, works the same for us, at home not enough Talk coverage, which is kind of important...
Do you have WiFi? Can you set the phones to internet calling?
They do our internet and WiFi phones TalkTalk is set as primary and Three fail over both 5G.

fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,137 posts

165 months

Wednesday 14th January
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Well this started well..."Your sim will swap over on the 14th"....nothing at 12pm so I check.

Turns out I hadn't finalised setup as I hadn't accepted the contract...not overly clear but hey ho now back to the 21st with me resigning up.

fourstardan

Original Poster:

6,137 posts

165 months

Friday 23rd January
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All transferred over yesterday.

Only slight snag is with voicemail that I can't get round to fixing as I pick/drop it.

Coverage feels far better than Three so lets see how it goes.