EE Payg Vs Sim-Only

sdduk

Hi all
i was thinking about getting a sim-only contract with EE i have a EE Payg sim and was wondering is there a difference in speed between the to of them just normal speed.
I know EE do a turbo speed or something like that but i just want to know about there normal speed because i have just done a test with an EE payg sim and it wasn't great.
Would the Sim-only be much better? 

Highland76

Sorry can't answer your question wrt speed, but EE contract sim only gives you features like wifi calling, visual voicemail etc which payg doesn't.

sdduk

Highland76 said:

Sorry can't answer your question wrt speed, but EE contract sim only gives you features like wifi calling, visual voicemail etc which payg doesn't.

Thanks for your answer it was the data speed i wanted to know is the Sim-only data speed any faster then Payg.

Highland76

What sort of 4G(?) data speeds did you get on EE PAYG? Even if there is a difference between EE PAYG and EE Contract, i can't imagine it would be huge, ie highly unlikely you would get 50 Mbps on contract but only getting 2 Mbps on PAYG.

d123

From what I remember EE PAYG is restricted to 30Mbps, the Essential sim only plans are restricted to 60Mbps (but not always enforced) and the Smart plans have no restrictions.

As mentioned, PAYG also loses out by not having access to VoLTE, VoWiFi or band 20 LTE (which can impact coverage seen).

sdduk

Thanks again guys for your replies.
I have done a speedtest a few times today and the most i got was just over 8mbs and just over 7 upload the strange thing is on my phone i am getting the 4+ and 3 bar on the 2g signal.
I have also rebooted my phone to see if it was false reading on the signal but it wasn't so i now wonder if it is being restricted.

d123

sdduk said:

Thanks again guys for your replies.
I have done a speedtest a few times today and the most i got was just over 8mbs and just over 7 upload the strange thing is on my phone i am getting the 4+ and 3 bar on the 2g signal.

I'm on a Smart sim only plan, I often see three figure speeds.

This was this afternoon.

simax

This was last week before I ported out to Vodafone......

sdduk

simax said:

This was last week before I ported out to Vodafone......

Where were you standing next to there mast i have never had that sort of speed on any of the networks i have been with the most i can normally get is about 150 on my 3 sim my average speed when walking about is about 50-60.

sdduk

d123 said:

sdduk said:

Thanks again guys for your replies.
I have done a speedtest a few times today and the most i got was just over 8mbs and just over 7 upload the strange thing is on my phone i am getting the 4+ and 3 bar on the 2g signal.

I'm on a Smart sim only plan, I often see three figure speeds.

This was this afternoon.

I can get near that speed with my 3 sim.
i think i will give EE ago the last time i was on contract with them was when they were Orange and the worse thing was Orange website was to slow or was down all the time i then switched to 3 which i have been with Off and on for nearly 13yrs i normally leave for a few months then get a good deal and go back lol.