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Lebara roaming - multiple countries
Can anyone help? Next month I'll be travelling to multiple countries for about 3 days per country. These include Uzbekistan, South Korea, China and Vietnam. None of these countries come within the "roam like home" offers provided by Lebara. Lebara do offer Roaming add-on. For example, 1 GB of data is £20 for 8 days if I…
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best tariff for only 200 mins a year
I am currently on Tescomobile Lite at rate of 8p a minute say £16 a year. Tesco have texted me saying this tariff is ending What will be suitable for me?
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what are EE talking about?
I've had the text about my plan changing to a rolling monthly one at 50% more but with more data (which I don't need). What I do need is phone calls, texts, some data and free roaming in the EU. Can I find that on the EE website? No. What I have found is these 2 deals. Now 5GB is fine but a bit less than what I have…
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Lebara Mobile UK’s data security is a serious concern.
Lebara’s data security is a serious concern. Days after signing up, I received an email that appeared to be from Lebara. The email address I signed up with is not public, has never been on the Internet, is not shared with friends or family or work and so has never once recorded a spam or scam email. The senders email…
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1p mobile now charging 1p for texts to 60110
Hello From 25/7/25 60110 (Competitions) texts are charging me 1p, previously free for 22 months. I’m on the £10 50 GB monthly plan. Anybody else the same?
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Lebara sim swap fraud
Hello all I’ve had sim swap fraud occur on my Lebara phone number which I’m not longer able to access. I spent 4 hours with 3 different people this evening trying to get Lebara to do something about it. The first two brushed it off as an issue with my phone and nothing to do with them. Then I asked the third what SIM card…
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Lebara SIM Swap Fraud
For Lebara customers and potentially new customers, did you know they can do an instant SIM swap without any warning? I lost network on Tuesday evening, found out Wednesday they had done a SIM swap. Apparently my email has been hacked and someone filled in a form online. They don't text to verify it's a legit request, no…
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MSE Poll: How do you rate your mobile network's service and coverage?
Poll started 4 August 2025We want to find out how each provider rates for service (how it treats you) and coverage (how strong the signal is when you need it). In truth, there are only four main networks providing signals – the rest use these, but under their own brands (see our mobile networks guide for who piggybacks on…
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Google re-Captcha verification error logging into Asda Mobile website
I tried to login to my Asda Mobile account using Firefox but the login failed with a Google re-Captcha verification error (whatever that means).I tried using MS Edge. Same problem. It used to work ok but it looks like something has changed. I discovered that if I went through the forgotten password recovery procedure I was…
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SIM Reliability and Maintenance
I bought my only mobile in 2011 it is a 2g Samsung GTE1080i, from Tesco. I think I paid just £12 for it and am still on their PAYG lite tariff, which is still the same rate as it was then. I only use it for emergencies and OTPs. It has been extremely reliable and all I have needed so far is a new battery when my talk time…
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Tesco mobile shutting down 2g
A duck duck smart search on the internet now tells me Tesco mobile will stop both 2g and 3g by the end of this year. This smart search uses AI to scan all relevant data to try and make some sense of the 2g confusion out there at the moment. My Samsung 2g is already playing up. Tesco says it is a dodgy SIM connection. I…
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Unable to call partners phone
Hello everyone Random question, my partner and I both have iPhones on Vodafone, and for some reason we can’t call one another when in the same room at home. Both have 1 bar of reception (but full Wi-Fi signal - and Wi-Fi assist is turned ‘on’). we live in a small village with not that great mobile signal, yet can both call…
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Four month trip to USA
My daughter is studying in the USA for 4 months. Can anyone recommend a good US sim we can purchase before she goes? Thanks
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'INFO to 85075' and 'PAC'/'STAC to 65075' doesn't work if account has multiple services?
One of my household has their mobile SIM contract ending on 29 August, so is within the last 30 days, and we're on the lookout for deals. They're with Vodafone, and our home broadband is also with Vodafone, on the same account. We tried the regulation text messages to obtain our end of contract information (INFO to 85075),…
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NITS (but no Nit Nurse)
My Honor 8x is 6 years old, good phone APART from its daylight screen, something governed by - i kid you not - NITS, in daylight the screen is hardly visible despite trying every possible setting im told Xioma phones are very good/pound spent, any ideas?…
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Is my phone 4g compatible?
Is there a way I can check to see if my Nokia 216 (RM-1188) is 4G compatible? I keep getting messages from Tesco Mobile about the forthcomming 3G switch-off but don't know if it will affect me or not.
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TalkTalk ending International calls FROM UK in August '25
Just had email from TalkTalk re above. Is this correct? Without a landline, how would I call abroad? Went to their chatline who, after much discussion, said it was not the case. Can anyone confirm either way?
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(Very) Old O2 PAYG SIM Card
Hi, I have received the following message from O2 on my (very old) backup mobile phone: "Hi, We've made some updates to our network & unfortunately
we no longer support older SIMs. To keep you connected, you'll need to switch
to a new SIM. Pick one up from your local O2 store (photo ID required) or
contact us on 4445 from…
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Will signing up to a phone contract affect my credit rating ?
Just received a message to say my rolling monthly contract will increase from 7.50 - £13.50 next month , I have seen cheaper deals out there but concerned that l signing up to a contract affect my credit rating as next month I am getting all my files together to see if I can get a mortgage. If I stick with EE and try to…
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EU Roaming limited number of days
Hi there, I travel in EU regularly and sometimes i am outside the UK more than 4month. I can't find a provider that allows me to use my roaming withing my monthly data, call, text allowance longer than 60 days. They keep saying you must buy local SIM but the problem is I need my British number to receive texts from bank,…
