Anywhere Sim - avoid mobile 'not spots'

SnowTiger

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33091991:

A consumer-focused Sim card that automatically connects users to whichever UK mobile network has the best signal is set to go on sale.

Lancashire-based start-up Anywhere Sim aims to launch its notspot-tackling service within five weeks.

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The basic "home" service will charge 5p a minute for calls, 5p per SMS text and 5p per megabyte of data.

There are some caveats:

• Users cannot be switched between networks mid-call. Instead, if they encounter a notspot the call will end and only afterwards can they re-establish contact
  
• There is no 4G service offered as yet, although Anywhere Sim hopes to add one in about a year's time
  
• The basic service only lets consumers receive calls across all the networks, but limits dial-outs and data use to O2. Users will have to pay double the price per call and per megabyte of data if they want to be able to make calls and use the internet across all the networks

http://anywheresim.com/

macman

The pricing will be enough to deter most MSE users...

Jon_01

The way the networks are all merging together, in a year this won't be needed anyway

SnowTiger

macman wrote: »

The pricing will be enough to deter most MSE users...

Yes, the charges are high. I certainly wouldn't use it as my main SIM.

A Dual SIM phone might be a better option, especially as there will soon only be three networks, assuming Three buys O2.

Kernel_Sanders

'Users will have to pay double the price per call and per megabyte of data if they want to be able to make calls and use the internet across all the networks'

This premium pricing is for the priviledge of being restricted to o2 for items you pay for. To get the full benefit of the multi-network aspect of this you need to pay 10p/min, 10p/text and a whopping £102.40 per GB of data.

redux

It may be interesting to take a look later when it's launched, but there have been similar roaming products for several years.