O2 or Three SIM only?

Posted 12th Nov 2023

Any advice/recommendations for a SIM only deal? Have seen the usual deals about but looking for first hand experience in terms of signal and quality of rewards app.

Thanks

Andy

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12th Nov
O2 - Brilliant rewards app, worth about £50 per Month - Crap signal
Three - Crap rewards app - Better signal
13th Nov
Depends on where you live. Both O2 & Three are crap for me
12th Nov
Coverage is only relatable to where you live as a heads up. Somebody living in the north of Scotland saying their coverage is great isn’t going to be much use to you in South London.

Use a coverage checker and buy a prepay SIM to test it for more accurate information.
13th Nov
O2 is great for rewards, with the ability to change your plan every 30 days and offers constantly popping up we have kept roughly the same data for the same price but got 3 months Disney plus each time. There are loads of other offers in the priority app too

As for signal, as others have said all depends where you live.
13th Nov
You can use the Three rewards app by getting a free sim, doesn’t need topping up
13th Nov
We don't know where you live.
13th Nov
If 3 and Vodafone merge would that then create better signal for 3 and Vodafone users?
13th Nov
Not necessarily.

When T-Mobile and Orange merged they just pulled down all the overlapping cell sites. There wasn’t much in the way of signal improvements, and in the early days the data speeds dropped down too because they were loading more customers onto less cell towers. Obviously they worked hard to boost capacity since then to get to the top spot as UK’s best network.

But if we look at other companies who have merged like O2 following their deal with VM - Their network is now abysmal in certain areas because there is too much demand and not enough capacity. Little to no investment has been made to fix this since… And with Three already being a particularly congested phone network I can only see things getting worse rather than better. Particularly in the short term.
13th Nov
Where about you are?
signal is location dependent.
13th Nov
I'm 02 with 6gig a month and good signal for £6.
Just switched my son to id mobile (3 network) with 10gig for £6 and great signal.
All networks have dead spots. EE is the worst where I live. (edited)
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13th Nov
Thanks for the responses. I should mention I live in Kent along the north coast and often in and around south east London.
1 m ago
Sign up to 1 month contracts max to start to ensure you're happy with coverage

Remember there are way more than 4 networks. All the smaller ones piggyback on someone else, most of the time at better prices and more flexible contracts.

I'm on Lebara who use Vodafone and very happy personally. Lots of offers on this site. But if their signal isn't good for you, then you'll need someone else. 1 month contracts will allow you to try with minimum risk. (edited)