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Lebara SIM Only - £1 per month 3GB NOT unlimited but 300 minutes
I just went for this amazing deal to find out that the minutes are limited to 300. They are not unlimited as advertised.
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How do I prepare phones for trip to Ireland : Lebara & iDMobile contracts
My wife and I are visiting Ireland next month and we obviously want to avoid any high bills, that sometimes get reported. One phone is on a Lebara contract and the other on an IDmobile contract. How do we prepare our phones for travel. We are not heavy users of data, but it's always good to be able to keep in contact with…
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New Lebara T&Cs
.... from 20th August. Might slow some of the serial switchers down
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Many Virtual Operators don't support shot code messages. What does it mean, does it really matter?
Many Mobile Virtual Network Operators (those like CoOp Mobile, PlusNet, etc, which do not have their own infrastructure but use that of EE, Vodafone, Three, etc) do not support short code messages. What does this mean in practice? Is it a reason to stay away from these operators or would most people be reasonably…
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Vodaphone Mobile Contract
I purchased a mobile phone from mobiles.co.uk (part of Carphone Warehouse) in 2020. Apparently, despite me thinking it was a handset and service contract, the contract was a rolling SIM only deal with Vodaphone. I recently noticed that I was still paying approximately £50.00 per month, even though the contract ended in…
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id mobile coverage
Hi My name
is Steve I am an id
mobile customer and I have been without any data for 26 days in my flat where I
live. There are three large masts where I live in New Invention (WV12) I could
stand in front of the mast and receive no signal. If I walked 500 yards to the
left of the masts towards Wolverhampton, I was able to…
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Anyone still on the completely free RWG plan?
I've been on the free (50/50/250mb) RWG plan for 5 years, but over the last year the service has become progressively more flaky, with incoming and outgoing connections failing regularly. I found myself unable to reply to a text last night so checked my allowance only to be told I have no allowances. Previous "chargeable'…
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Vodafone Veryme rewards not showing (+ landline port in issue)
Speaking to them is not helping so far. Got a new sim mid april and asked to get it merged as well as complete a port-in which were done after numerous calls / chats but i still don't have access to Veryme rewards. I'm wasting my time chasing meagre rewards but vodafone hasn't been that helpful regarding this. Anyone had a…
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Selling old mobile phone & battery health
Does anybody in here have recent experience of selling an old phone(with poor battery health) on these compare selling sites? Having just checked the MSE page on selling old mobile phones I have compared the prices using Sell My Mobile and the top payer is Grade Mobile. When selecting this company the next page shows some…
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New sim, keeping number - help!
Hi, I switched my Sim to Lebara and it was fine apart from the days delay porting my number. Just bought a new phone for my wife and thought this would be a good time to change her to the Lebara as she is paying nearly £10 per month. The only issue is that she is very reliant on WhatsApp and the switch, keeping her number,…
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Help : Mis-sold Policy by Vodafone Retentions Team
Hi team, Yes basically need help with how to get the best out of this one: I called Vodafone on Monday - got to retentions team to negotiate a new contract (phone and airtime) Was happy with what I was offered - so decided to go for it ! When the contract came through to my email 30 mins later - I saw to my horror that it…
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EE retention offer (3 numbers on account)
I've been paying £7.5/month for 16 GB (4G data) for two numbers, and £9/month for 5GB (5G data) for one number. The prices include a 10% additional line discount applied, so the total was £24 per month. I've been out of contract for a while so I called EE CS to lower the price - which they couldn't, so I requested the PACs…
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O2 airtime rewards supermarkets
Which supermarkets are included in the O2 airtime rewards ?
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RWG... now it's my turn :-(
Wife has had problems with RWG from the very start and has stopped using them. It was me who recommended them :blush: as I was pretty happy with their offers and service. And until mid-March I had no problems at all... but since then the phone with my RWG SIM just doesn't auto-register anymore. This SIM has been in that…
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Call quality
Is the quality of traditional voice calls (not using WhatsApp) on all UK networks worse than it was 10 years ago no matter where you are . . .
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O2 fraud, what else should I do?
Last August (2024) I received an O2 sim card through the post, addressed to Mr XY at my address. There has never been a Mr XY living at my address, and I have lived here for 26 years. So I phoned O2 to report this as fraud, and was told to cut up the sim card and send it back to them which I did. Fast forward to last…
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EE mobile phone contract expires soon, time to move?
Hi all My mobile contract with EE ends soon. I pay £8pm for their 'Essential SIM 5GB' plan. Unlimited calls and txts. Although I dont use the phone very often. Im nearly always on a wifi network, so rarely use any data, although it is handy when Im out for Google Maps, or a podcast/emails. Does £8pm for this seems…
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Best SIM Only Deals
Under the above category the Lebara 5gb deal is listed as 'Unlimited' minutes and texts but having just purchased a SIM on this deal I discovered that the deal is limited to 1000 minutes and texts per month. I was not informed of this on the Lebara site before I made my purchase and whilst it is only for £1.15 this…
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What is wrong with RWG mobile?
I got their sim 3 years ago and they were fine back then, but since last year not only has my cell signal been faulty (not being able to call or receive calls most times) but CS is practically non-existent. Not heard back since January via email. I did call just now and it goes through to NOW instead of their own dedicated…
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iD mobile deals via MSE not available for iD customers
Even if you are out of contract. I applied via the MSE website, entered my mobile number and bank details for setting up a new direct debit. Received a new sim. No where does it say its for new customers only. Have now spent an hour on the chat for them to tell me i can't have a 'new' account, it has to be an 'upgrade'…
