Lebara SIM only does not work

t0rt0ise

I was with them for a couple of years just fine but the signal deteriorated later so that I couldn't make calls so I moved on. Possibly congestion with too many taking up these offers. I was promised a refund of what I was due which didn't arrive but a Trustpilot review quickly sorted that.

Callyb69

Lebara works absolutely fine for me, but I'm in a strong Vodafone area. I get 5G NSA / LTE.

My only complaint about them is that the do not have internal migration so you can't keep your number and move to another Lebara SIM, they only offer porting to and from other providers. Seems a tad short sighted.

Alderbank

Lebara works absolutely fine for me, but I'm in a strong Vodafone area. I get 5G NSA / LTE.

My only complaint about them is that the do not have internal migration so you can't keep your number and move to another Lebara SIM, they only offer porting to and from other providers. Seems a tad short sighted.

I thought all networks are the same. Which other networks do internal porting?

The usual workround is simply to port to a free SIM from Asda or such then port to your new Lebara SIM. I've done it several times.

Lebara is fine for me also, including 5G.

EdSanRo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81857981#Comment_81857981

I second this. I use Lebara (Vodafone) and have 95% 5G, rarely LTE (4G)

It is known that there is Network Prioritisation, so higher tier subscribers to the Vodafone network get priority in very congested areas (think concerts/events where there are thousands of people in a confined area). I think that is not more than fair; I pay 3.75 per month for 100Gb, Unl call and SMS, 100min abroad., I can't expect to receive top tier performance if I am not willing to pay top tier prices.

I even have eSIM. They offer a lot of bang for my buck.

APN settings are important.

for me at Mobile data APN: uk.lebara.mobi and no passwords. for hotspot APN the same

Often this needs to be changed manually.

Seawise2025

Had sim only for over a year. Got a great deal at the time, now has increases significantly but still cheap compared to others. Found the data roaming when I was in Spain would not work, complete nightmare their helpdesk was useless in helping - total failure. When i got home from my holiday I let it go and didn't decide not to change provider as using it for calls etc worked great. Did notice that data was sketchy at times, but have notice a massive difference of late, my home internet provider went down for 4 days….. so I was totally banking on my phone data, I could not get into any apps, the only thing that worked for that data was my personal hotspot so I could use my laptop for emails. Weird thing my son has quite an expensive Vodaphone sim only contract and he was able to do and get everything on his phone no problems and after checking just now if he had had problems when abroad he said no. He travels quite a bit. So clearly from my experience the Lebara service via Vodaphone network is downgraded for its customers. Maybe due to area or the demand at the time, who knows. I did telephone them again, and the man was pretty rude and couldnt sort out the issue. So its time for me to find another supplier.