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EE announces PAYG speed cap

EE are rubbish on social tariff! Smarty are way better than this
Depends where you use them as in the town I live, O2/Three/Vodafone all suffer from terrible congestion and the only real option is EE.

Having unlimited data on a social tariff is no good to me if I can barely use it especially as ADSL would be faster.

I like the Smarty social tariff but as they use the Three network that as I have explained suffers from terrible congestion, unless I want dial up speeds than it's a no go for me especially as the phone I have is only capable of 2G to 4G and other than O2, no other operator has yet to provide 5G at either my place of work or home.

I've also used the Voxi but again as the Vodafone network suffers from awful congestion, it's not a option for me.

*Update as of 13:32 8th March 2023*

I've just spoken to 1pMobile and they have stated that they have no plans to either cap speeds or raise prices.

Attached is the live chat between me and the operator so I hope this clarifies the position of 1pMobile.

You're welcome :)
 

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I'm off to 1p mobile as well from EE. Next month I'm paying £22.00 a month SIM only with 40Gig of data with EE. My mobile data usage is minuscule as I'm always on Wi-Fi in most places I'm in away from home. Jumping to £5.00 1 Gig of data and unlimited calls/tests with 1p mobile, the EE equivalent package is £15.00.
 
I'm off to 1p mobile as well from EE. Next month I'm paying £22.00 a month SIM only with 40Gig of data with EE. My mobile data usage is minuscule as I'm always on Wi-Fi in most places I'm in away from home. Jumping to £5.00 1 Gig of data and unlimited calls/tests with 1p mobile, the EE equivalent package is £15.00.
I get 250GB data from EE for £16.10 (12mo contract, 100mbps max speed) ... all you have to do is buy a EE PAYG sim from a shop, then call EE and ask about the PAYG --> PAYM offers, I was able to get 30% off my contract, and double data.
 
I get 250GB data from EE for £16.10 (12mo contract, 100mbps max speed) ... all you have to do is buy a EE PAYG sim from a shop, then call EE and ask about the PAYG --> PAYM offers, I was able to get 30% off my contract, and double data.
Thats better than retention's which is 125 gig for £15 month.
 
Thats better than retention's which is 125 gig for £15 month.
Oh just to note that I said i was a BT Broadband customer (i might not be ;) ) and they just did double data straight away.

tbh I would be happy with 60GB+ data each month.
 
I get 250GB data from EE for £16.10 (12mo contract, 100mbps max speed) ... all you have to do is buy a EE PAYG sim from a shop, then call EE and ask about the PAYG --> PAYM offers, I was able to get 30% off my contract, and double data.
That's a good deal, however in my case I just don't have the need for that much data and can easily get by on 1Gig a month, and the odd time I'm away without Wi-Fi I can easily top up the data and still end paying much much less over a year.

If you are regularly using 250Gig of data a month then its a good deal of course.

Just for info, now fully moved over to 1p mobile, number ported in a couple of days, absolutely no issues and as expected because it is still EE, everything else is exactly the same.
 
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That's a good deal, however in my case I just don't have the need for that much data and can easily get by on 1Gig a month, and the odd time I'm away without Wi-Fi I can easily top up the data and still end paying much much less over a year.

If you are regularly using 250Gig of data a month then its a good deal of course.

Just for info, now fully moved over to 1p mobile, number ported in a couple of days, absolutely no issues and as expected because it is still EE, everything else is exactly the same.
That's good, it seems that 1p do get a good deal from EE being an MNVO which has all the main features of it's parent network. It leads me to think if they're seeing how they do, as they're the only network who don't have a 'budget' brand like Voxi, Giff Gaff and Smarty.
 
Jumping to £5.00 1 Gig of data and unlimited calls/tests with 1p mobile, the EE equivalent package is £15.00.
Or if you want a bit of headroom, Lebara is £4.90 per month for 3GB, with first 6 months at 99p (if you buy via link on MSE). But that's on the Vodafone network, not EE.
 
I am on EE PAYG but joined before 1st March 23 so i haven't been capped

I thought they had a good and competitive offering until they brought this in and now also EU Roaming Charges, especially compared to last summer they had a fantastic summer data promotion, i wonder really what happened its just gone downhill very quickly

I notice they also have a min 25Mbps cap on their pay monthly sims so it will mirror that, whilst that might be an average 4g download speed i cant help but think this is rather measly offering for the amount paid, and to me it doesn't reflect high confidence on the network to perform.

I shall consider moving to 1pmobile at some point especially before my next European holiday, i dont need 5g yet though.
 
Or if you want a bit of headroom, Lebara is £4.90 per month for 3GB, with first 6 months at 99p (if you buy via link on MSE). But that's on the Vodafone network, not EE.
Indeed, just moved over to them on the 6 month offer and its good having some extra leeway on the data allowance for a bit less cost (plus the 6 months at significantly reduced price). Vodafone signal is proving better around my location, and at home I've gone from one or two bars on EE and throughput of one meg a second if lucky, to full signal and 30Meg speeds on 4G with Vodafone. Wi-Fi calling/VoLTE all working as well on Lebara. The only slight negative is very few options to control network settings on their website, for example no options to bar premium rate numbers/texts/international calls or set or remove call forwarding or voicemail.
 
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Indeed, just moved over to them on the 6 month offer and its good having some extra leeway on the data allowance for a bit less cost (plus the 6 months at significantly reduced price). Vodafone signal is proving better around my location, and at home I've gone from one or two bars on EE and throughput of one meg a second if lucky, to full signal and 30Meg speeds on 4G with Vodafone. Wi-Fi calling/VoLTE all working as well on Lebara. The only slight negative is very few options to control network settings on their website, for example no options to bar premium rate numbers/texts/international calls or set or remove call forwarding or voicemail.
I think this is a Vodafone issue more widely. I'm with Voxi and don't have many meaningful options on the website. The only thing I can do is turn adult content blocking on/off. Everything else has to be done via shortcodes - for instance, turning off voicemail is *#61#.
 
Even worse... It's access to EE wifi hotspots. Not BT Wifi as I assumed when I signed up...

How many people have EE home broadband, with that guest network enabled on their router.. None.
BT WIFI is quoted as over 5 million hotspots and is available to all BT Broadband customers who allow the hotspot on their router. Login still uses BT ID or you have to purchase a BT WIFI subscription. Early in the purchase of EE some EE contracts included BT WIFI but not any more.

EE WIFI Boost has a quoted 150,000 hotspots which are primarily EE Business Public WIFI hotspots, street mounted EE WIFI or via designated WIFI agreements. EE SIM iPhones will login automatically and Android if you set up the EE WiFi-Auto and set the EAP method to SIM. Data must be assigned to an EE SIM. Facilitates WIFI Calling.
 
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