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Venturi

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Hi, I urgently need a SIM with data and calls to use in a phone as a hotspot to connect to a computer. I don't have a 4G or 5G router yet but may get one in the future. I spoke to Scancom who said if I want calls and data I need to pay monthly, they said a credit check is performed and I need to show my passport and utility bill.

How do they check if you are a sole trader?
Is a business credit check different to a normal credit check?
Is the call and data usage checked to see if it is for business use?
Are there terms and conditions I can read about the business use for Scancom? I've looked on their website but I can only find generic T+C's.

Would I better using a preloaded data eSIM and a second SIM for calls to avoid any problems with the questions I have asked above?

I have a good 5G signal for Three, EE and Vodafone.

Thank you for your help
 
Hi, I urgently need a SIM with data and calls to use in a phone as a hotspot to connect to a computer. I don't have a 4G or 5G router yet but may get one in the future. I spoke to Scancom who said if I want calls and data I need to pay monthly, they said a credit check is performed and I need to show my passport and utility bill.

How do they check if you are a sole trader?
Is a business credit check different to a normal credit check?
Is the call and data usage checked to see if it is for business use?
Are there terms and conditions I can read about the business use for Scancom? I've looked on their website but I can only find generic T+C's.

Would I better using a preloaded data eSIM and a second SIM for calls to avoid any problems with the questions I have asked above?

I have a good 5G signal for Three, EE and Vodafone.

Thank you for your help
Just for my own curiosity, why do you not just get a "data sim"? Why do you need the minutes if you are going to be hotspotting? Or is this going to be your main phone as well going forward?
 
Yeah, I've been thinking that too, it will be my main phone but I don't make that many calls, less than 200 mins a month. I'm not sure of my data usage a month though, I think I need at least 10GB a day. I need to watch videos a few hours a day, most days. I download software quite often too.

I've narrowed it down to these deals:

On Moneysavingexpert, a 12 month contract with Three, unlimited data, calls, texts. £9.71 a month after cashback redemption via Fonehouse.

Scancom Prepaid 500GB data with Three, £6.31 per month for 19 months. Use 1p mobile for calls £2.50 a month, total £8.81

Scancom Prepaid 750GB data with Three, £9.22 per month for 19 months. Use 1p mobile for calls £2.50 a month, total £11.72

Scancom £9 a month inc VAT with Three, 1000GB, calls, texts, 24 month contract

What would be the best one to choose?
I have a Lyca sim 45p a month, for the next 5 months with unlimited calls/texts, 3GB a month.

Thanks
 
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How are the Scancom data SIMs from Amazon activated? What information do you have to provide to prove you are a business user?

Thanks
 
How are the Scancom data SIMs from Amazon activated? What information do you have to provide to prove you are a business user?

Thanks
I purchased an ee data sim and all I got was the sim in the post and it worked straight out the box in my router. Never tried it in my phone.
 
How are the Scancom data SIMs from Amazon activated? What information do you have to provide to prove you are a business user?

Thanks
For the Prepaid ones, Nothing although they do say in the product description they'll put you down as a Sole Trader on their system, presumably so they can get away with selling on business to business terms which often have fewer protections than business to consumer.

I've had 2 three data sims from them so far, a 40GB/mo one and an Unlimited one and thus far they've been working fine.
 
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@Venturi you say you urgently need a SIM but then later you seem to be spending a lot of time working out the cheapest deal. Assuming driving down cost is a priority (but not up-front payment apparently)
  • I'd go for RWG for your calls and text £40 for two years or £1.67pm gets 250 mins, 250 SMS and 2GB data per month. We have a house mobile on this. It won't send short code SMS but that's not an issue. I think twice a year they do a double-credit offer. I put a fiver on my mobile (which is on free 50min/50SMS/250MB) so if I ever exceed my call allowance I'll dip into credit at 5p/min (2.5p as I got double credit)
  • your phone should tell you your data usage even if your mobile plan supplier doesn't
I'm also considering Scancom 500GB when I next need a SIM for my router (never used over 350GB), so nothing new to suggest there.
 
@Venturi you say you urgently need a SIM but then later you seem to be spending a lot of time working out the cheapest deal. Assuming driving down cost is a priority (but not up-front payment apparently)
  • I'd go for RWG for your calls and text £40 for two years or £1.67pm gets 250 mins, 250 SMS and 2GB data per month. We have a house mobile on this. It won't send short code SMS but that's not an issue. I think twice a year they do a double-credit offer. I put a fiver on my mobile (which is on free 50min/50SMS/250MB) so if I ever exceed my call allowance I'll dip into credit at 5p/min (2.5p as I got double credit)
  • your phone should tell you your data usage even if your mobile plan supplier doesn't
I'm also considering Scancom 500GB when I next need a SIM for my router (never used over 350GB), so nothing new to suggest there.
Thanks for the information, I said urgent but I have a couple of SIM's on short term offers that I'm using whilst working out what to do, plus I have a relative with fixed line broadband I can use for high data usage. I don't mind paying upfront, hence why I'm looking at the Amazon Scancom SIM's, it's a bit of a worry though if Scancom went out of business the money would be lost. I would go for the Three business unlimited data SIM but I'm not employed and I don't want the credit check causing any problems for me.
 
For the Three 5G home broadband, how much do you have to pay to keep the 5G router after the contract has finished, I can't find it in the T+C's?

If you are meant to return the 5G router to Three, where are all the second hand ones for sale coming from? Are people paying the charge and then selling them on?

Thanks
 
For the Three 5G home broadband, how much do you have to pay to keep the 5G router after the contract has finished, I can't find it in the T+C's?

If you are meant to return the 5G router to Three, where are all the second hand ones for sale coming from? Are people paying the charge and then selling them on?

Thanks
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As you say there are always tons of three routers on ebay, cex etc, so whether three are still enforcing the above or not is anyone's guess Venturi. 🤷‍♂️

I've heard sellers can actually purchase three return routers in bulk and sell them on, whether this is correct or not I dont know.

Perhaps three now just let you keep the router, you'd need to ask them to find out for sure though, you wouldn't like to be hit with any unexpected charges. :(
 
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