Sim Only - 50GB Smarty 5G Data, Unlimited Mins / Texts (1 Month Rolling Contract)

just live chat them. I have done multiple times moving plans to these special offers.

smarty.co.uk/pla…f78
Does this work?

id mobile is better for roaming. 30GB max vs 12GB on Smarty. Same network (three).

Yes I've had data service problems with Smarty for a while now and for the past few days they've removed the option to tether to the laptop. I travel all over so it's not a isolated problem

Well, it's a monthly contract. One can always cut and run if connectivity is iffy for you (edited)

Nice! Is that a recent cashback deal afn?

The MVNO will be the same or worse than the main brand. Never better. In the case of giffgaff it is actually worse because it sits on top of the O2 Pay as you go network, not the full pay monthly network. The big thing with this means that you can't use VoLTE (Calling on 4G) so you have to drop to 2G or 3G to make a call still. As it happens, this is actually proving to be more reliable at present but still less than ideal... The reason why giffgaff is better reviewed than O2 is because they don't do annual RPI Price increases, have a great self-service system so you don't need customer service much, and when you need them the agents can be reached online. It's a big difference to how you do things as an O2 customer.

Enough about O2 though. Smarty is a MVNO that's owned by and uses the Three network. You get full access to things like 5G, WiFi calling. VoLTE, even things like free EU Roaming. And just like the above most of it is all self service, with only a small amount of online customer service who you can't call up to speak to.

To answer your other question. Both ID Mobile and Smarty are on the Three network. So neither support 2G Whatsoever as Three never had 2G at all. 3G is now starting to be switched off too. So it will be exclusively for use on 4G and 5G Only if you go with either of these. Out of the 2, I would personally go for Smarty. ID Is owned by Currys/Carphone who don't exactly have the best track record for customer service.

Smarty can text shortcodes. You can absolutely text 65075 for a PAC code. But if you are trying to text a shortcode for other reasons remember that charges apply and because Smarty sits on top of a pay as you go network you'll need to top up with some credit in order to text out if you want to do something like vote on a TV show, enter a competition or whatever.

If Vodafone and Three merge it will be a slow process and I wouldn't expect much to change this year. Nothing is set in stone yet, and there's still a reasonable chance of the deal being blocked if it's judged to negatively affect competition in the industry. It may happen. It may not. But I would not count on it.

TCB's own comparison service for £13 cashback. Alternatively a lower amount from Quidco's comparison service or by going via either site to MoneySuperMarket Mobile.

You can just switch to the same deal again I believe. I have a few months left in my deal and will ask them to put me on this same deal again

You could consider the similar plan from iD Mobile, via TCB Compare, and port your number.

Three (3)

You can indeed. But 50GB isn’t likely to get you very far on a home broadband connection. Most people need 500GB+ Especially if they game or stream a lot. It’s generally best to go for unlimited data and not worry.

Three will do you unlimited 5G home broadband for £25 a month on a 30 day rolling plan and that comes with the use of a proper 5G router for much better performance than a MiFi device.

I was with.Three for about 10 years on the £20/month unlimited data plan. The contract said I would not be affected by annual price rises which was the case until last April. When I questioned it they just claimed everyone's contact was voided and restarted. I wasn't aware. I started on Lebara this week for £7.99 a month. Three never even attempted to keep my business

Yeah, I’m paying for my wife’s on this and thinking of jumping ship now.  Getting a little silly 

iD Mobile also offer 50 Gb for £8. They give rollover but no introductory discount. (edited)

Go online chat and ask to put onto this plan. Online chat may be bit busy with the network issue this weekend

Three had a few issues in the past week. Smarty is owned by and uses Three's network, so that's why you've experienced those "glitches".

I've don't think I've ever had to reply to a short code, in what situation do you have to?

One issue I had was I have a group deal and they say if you move to this from that you lose the 10% on the group discount - but I can live with that as its still for me £4 cheaper (3 in the group)

Thought that was Laika!

Thinking to drop down to this from the £12 125gb plan, in the 3 months ive had it i used maximum 3gb a month. Already got cashback from Quidco so will save £48 over the year.

Yes, Three has been having issues for a few days now.

Vodafone also had issues yesterday... Both networks want to merge, so I don't know if it's related or not.

The network itself depends a lot on the area. Three is very good in some areas with their 1500Mbps crazy speeds, but shocking in others.

Other way round for me!

Whose network do they use?

*Mbps.

In case nothing else works as well as plusnet, there's 1pmobile and Spusu on EE.

You can always create an account using a different email id.
And yes, unfortuntely, they offer these prices only to new customers, so you will have to order a new sim from them anyway.

How did you change via live chat - they are claiming deal no longer exists but it is on website - very strange

Even on the O2 network it's rubbish in the Hampton area

I had tons of issues either o2 over 18 months I was with them. Sooo happy when I left them for 1p mobile.