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Do not be tempted by cheap Lycamobile deals - AVOID

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  • irc
    irc Posts: 23 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I switched to Lyca  last month without googling them first. Big mistake. Poor call quality. Several people getting number unavailable when calling me.  Slow to make outbound calls.

    Took several texts to get a PAC code.  Thankfully I got my longtime number ported successfully over to Tesco. 
  • saajan_12
    saajan_12 Posts: 5,045 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    My aunt, who lives alone tried to use them, as her old contact was finishing and they offered an esim which could be downloaded instantly rather than an expensive renewal cost for a few days while awaiting a physical SIM. 

    They sent a qr code to her phone to scan, which of course you can't scan with the same phone. Any QR code should just encode some info which they can send out as a string, but their customer service just said we they don't have that, she could send it to a second device. If she doesn't have a second device - well sorry we've given you an alternative , we're not going to do anymore. 
  • saajan_12
    saajan_12 Posts: 5,045 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Have MSE stopped including Lyca on comparisons? Was looking to change that same aunt, and happened to notice it wasn't even an option. 
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