Recommendations for Sim Only deals after 3G switch off

400ixl

Shelle said:

Oh well, guess I need to find a new provider with a rolling contract to match what I had.  

You really need to bring forward your phone purchase as you are running on one that has not had security updates for over 2 years. The network isn't the issue.

I hope you don't run any sensitive apps on that phone, especially any financial ones.

muffinhead

PHK said:

I should point out that Vodafone and EE have already switched off their 3G so if the phone doesn’t have the VoLTE update then it won’t work on them or their MVNOs. 

For those with older devices both EE and Vodafone still have an active 2G service which would be used for calls and texts unlike Three which doesn't have a 2G service to fall back to.

PHK

muffinhead said:

PHK said:

I should point out that Vodafone and EE have already switched off their 3G so if the phone doesn’t have the VoLTE update then it won’t work on them or their MVNOs. 

For those with older devices both EE and Vodafone still have an active 2G service which would be used for calls and texts unlike Three which doesn't have a 2G service to fall back to.

Although they have 2G service there are issues:

EE have set it so calls won’t drop from 4G to 2G

Vodafone and EE (and O2 from 2025 ) are reducing the 2G bandwidth for calls to redeploy for 4G. Consequently, they are migrating customers from 2G. 2G will be used for M2M, IoT and smart meters. 

muffinhead

PHK said:

muffinhead said:

PHK said:

I should point out that Vodafone and EE have already switched off their 3G so if the phone doesn’t have the VoLTE update then it won’t work on them or their MVNOs. 

For those with older devices both EE and Vodafone still have an active 2G service which would be used for calls and texts unlike Three which doesn't have a 2G service to fall back to.

EE have set it so calls won’t drop from 4G to 2G

Not in my experience - I have an EE sim in an old 4G non-VoLTE smartphone and it drops to 2G fine for calls with 4G data being restored almost immediately after the call ends.

PHK

muffinhead said:

PHK said:

muffinhead said:

PHK said:

I should point out that Vodafone and EE have already switched off their 3G so if the phone doesn’t have the VoLTE update then it won’t work on them or their MVNOs. 

For those with older devices both EE and Vodafone still have an active 2G service which would be used for calls and texts unlike Three which doesn't have a 2G service to fall back to.

EE have set it so calls won’t drop from 4G to 2G

Not in my experience - I have an EE sim in an old 4G non-VoLTE smartphone and it drops to 2G fine for calls with 4G data being restored almost immediately after the call ends.

Thats a different situation. A call can start on 2G but as I mentioned, a call already in progress using VoLTE can no longer drop to 2G.