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Unlimited calls, text and data (all data can be used as a hotspot in UK) on 3 advanced plan (includes GoRoam & GoBinge) £20 pm (£480)
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Similar deals have been posted with other providers, but can’t see this one - so here goes.
3 are doing a sim only deal on will all you can eat calls, texts and data for £20pm (2 year deal so £480 over the term). It comes with all the features of their advanced plan which means you can roam in 70 countries using your call, text and data allowances at no extra cost - including using unlimited data via tethering in many of the GoRoam destinations although there's some debate about how much and if you can outside the EU (I’ve checked this with three and it’s detailed in the t&c’s - see page 3 http://www.three.co.uk/termspdf/Advanced_Plan_price_guide_231118.pdf).
Updated terms -
three.co.uk/ter…pdf
If you have a MIFI or HOMEFI you can also use this SIM to give you unlimited data home broadband for £20pm
And if that’s not enough there’s also £65 TCB
3 are doing a sim only deal on will all you can eat calls, texts and data for £20pm (2 year deal so £480 over the term). It comes with all the features of their advanced plan which means you can roam in 70 countries using your call, text and data allowances at no extra cost - including using unlimited data via tethering in many of the GoRoam destinations although there's some debate about how much and if you can outside the EU (I’ve checked this with three and it’s detailed in the t&c’s - see page 3 http://www.three.co.uk/termspdf/Advanced_Plan_price_guide_231118.pdf).
Updated terms -
three.co.uk/ter…pdf
If you have a MIFI or HOMEFI you can also use this SIM to give you unlimited data home broadband for £20pm
And if that’s not enough there’s also £65 TCB
More details at Three has currently Get up to £40 each when a friend purchases a new phone, tablet, laptop, SIM or broadband campaign, if you want to use it you can do so from this .
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Edited by PGs_Tips, 5 June 2019
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sorted byThe amount of antennas that you are using is going to make a huge impact.
MiMo technology on the hardware you use basically means how much antennas that your hardware has.
Older iphones and android phones and even the iPhone XR have 2*2 MiMo and higher end smartphones like the iPhone XS have 4*4 Mimo.
howtogeek.com/394…it/
I experienced double download speeds on a 4*4 phone in my area.
This is really important because 3 is probably the worst network in the UK for signal, regardless what people say on this forum data shows it is lagging behind Vodafone for Scotland and EE for England.
Even though the second image is for East of England, the graph is identical for the whole of England.
I have worked in Public sector in Scotland and can confirm that my local council used Vodafone and that the NHS also used Vodafone, there is a reason for that.
Although EE and Vodafone can get away with bad hardware, three cannot.
Older phones and routers like the B311 are going to get abysmal speeds, it is not worth your time at all.
Buying new equipment can be expensive and the difference in price between 2*2 MiMo equipment and 4*4 MiMo equipment can be hundreds of pounds.
Most common 2*2 MiMo routers,
Huawei B525
AI Cube
TP Link routers
Most common 4*4 MiMo routers,
Huawei B618
Huawei B612
Nighthawk M1
Next we have an external antenna can potentially be good but can also be a waste of money.
Outdoor antennas with large lengths of cable will degrade signal quality, they should only be used in extremely rural areas or you will get worse signal with them.
Indoor antennas with short cable lengths will not degrade signal and they will increase your signal for all 2*2 routers and some
4*4 routers.
The reason for this is because when you use external antennas with a 4*4 router, i turns into a 2*2 router as 2 of the internal antennas are deactivated.
You can mod some 4*4 routers like the nighthawk M1 by opening it up and soldering to accept 4 antennas for example,
Good hardware combined with this awful network turns it into the best network in the UK.
Sorry for the long post, I wasted time and money buying outdoor antennas and rubbish hardware and thought id post this to see if it would help anyone!
Still a good deal if you are not going to move for a while.
i like 3 been with them for about 12yrs off an on moved a couple of times but always return.
Seeing as the competition for SIMO deals is so competitive, maybe they've decided to only start offering these low priced big data bundled deals on only a two year contact.
So we might not see £20 unlimited data deals on a 12 month contract again!
I can see it now, being the new norm to offer a three tiered pricing structure, for example;
- £30 a month for a 30 day rolling contract.
- £25 a month for a 12 month contract.
- £20 a month for a 24 month contract.
They'll then market it as rewarding their most loyal customers who sign up to a two year deal. When in actual fact it will be the same price as they use to offer on 12 month deals, and gives them an excuse to increase prices now on the 12 and 1 month contract a too!
Damn aren't I a cynic!
Yes you can. Have a look at the Advanced plan t&c’s here three.co.uk/ter…pdf on page 3 it says
“Tethering your device and using it on the go (or at home) with Personal Hotspot – you can use all or any of your data allowance to create a personal hotspot within the UK, or in our Go Roam in Europe destinations”
Although according to link it says Ofcoms ruling in 2018 - you can now tether all of your data. (edited)
Discussed with 3 and have checked t&c’s it’s unlimited - I’m using mine at home for my broadband in my Homefi (edited)
Have a look on page 3 of the t&c’s here three.co.uk/ter…pdf
“Tethering your device and using it on the go (or at home) with Personal Hotspot – you can use all or any of your data allowance to create a personal hotspot within the UK, or in our Go Roam in Europe destinations.
yes i see it does. Surely the 3 reps should be aware of this! Bloody bugger$
It’s the only one I’ve seen where you can use all the data allowance tethered and/or roaming. Others seem to have limits of say 30gb per month for roaming/tethering
It’s £65 cash back on TCB and I’m using this as my home broadband (hotspot effectively) and it is unlimited
Just been chatting with Three.....they are insisting EU data is 19gb /month
With hotspot
The 12 month contract is further down the page, @ £22pm
It's unlimited for the phone number given, so if you're talking about giving data to your kids on their own phones then the answers no (except if the connect via WiFi to your phone as a hotspot)
This is unlimited data use in Europe - have a look at the t&c link page 3
That's the reason why I left. 4G was a dream in High Wycombe. 3G was faster than 4G. In south London near GMT line, I was hitting 75mb on 4G, so I guess its a location dependent thing.
Here are two rate advice message I received while roaming on a 3 Advance SIM only plan. In USA, you can use full allowance but in Europe, you get 19GB max.
Sorry, cannot give you a T&C but what I actually experienced!
You can always negotiate better prices on their live chat which is good imo. Just say you want a price plan change and they’ll be happy to change it for you. There will be a £3 fee but if you ask them to waive it they’ll do that as well. What I love about Mobile networks is that the discounts stay on unlike Sky TV which goes up in price after the contract. Currently paying £13 a month for unlimited everything on a 12 month contract which will turn into a 30 day rolling contract after my contract ends. You just have to say the right things on the live chat (edited)
Yep
Depends on where you want to go. If you have unlimited data with Three you can use up to 19GB of your data abroad. I’m not sure what the highest capacity is for all networks but 19GB is pretty high
Stationary in one or multi EUcountry purpose ?
France ? NRG Mobile, 100GB unlimited 12m sim €9.99 month. €19.99 with no contract, promo till 19 June - roams internally on various networks SFR/Orange/B
if it’s higher data only you can get 250GB for €29.99 12m with a 4G broadband router (same Alcatel one as EE use) can add a Android TV box for €5pm
translate.googleusercontent.com/tra…BnA
can use 50% of allowances for 60 days within 120 days ie for in Spain
translate.googleusercontent.com/tra…tWg See bottom of page
At 100GB for €9.99 it may work out just aswell to go prepaid in Spain... I’ll have a look, edit: wow Spain in crap for high data (edited)
It’s not, it’s 19GB now in EU, applicable from 28 Dec 2018
15GB remains for lowlife paygers (edited)
Spain seems horrific to be honest but I’ll have a look
Aparantly I can only use 19gb of data whilst abroad but that’s more than enough.
It’s lightning fast as well I remember not so long ago you were massively throttled whilst away unable to watch videos etc but it’s fine now.
So if I'm on unlimited data even from an old plan... My hotstop isn't capped?? It's really unlimited?!!! If this is true ----Party party party ----
Yes.
Those people who are data hungry they will need this but first they need to check mobile coverage in the area they live and travel around
Also 24 months contract should have been mentioned on the title