Hi Everyone
Have a look at the following page on the Smarty website:
Basically, the Data Only plans are generally more expensive than the Voice plans even though the Voice plans include data.
Can anyone here make sense of this?
To be honest, I have no idea,Would they complain if you used a voice+data plan in a router?
Yeah so did I many moons ago.I used to and never had a problem.
I used to and never had a problem.
Hi both. Do either of you think it was slower that a Data Only plan would have been?Yeah so did I many moons ago.
Would they complain if you used a voice+data plan in a router?
Just the same mast serving the same data no matter the SIM.Hi both. Do either of you think it was slower that a Data Only plan would have been?
Just the same mast serving the same data no matter the SIM.![]()
Thank you both very much for your clarifications.We, (domestic manager and I) have had Smarty, Three contract with a router and Three business and in our case there is no difference with regards to speed. She now has a Scancom Three sim for data and she has not complained. I use the business ones in routers.
We both use Lebara as main sims in our handsets.
Thank you, Mark, very much indeed for your very informative reply.The unlimited data plan is pretty much always £16 via our link too:
Best Unlimited Data SIM Plan with (No Speed Restriction)
Our Unlimited data SIM only plans also work with tablets and mobile broadband devices like WiFi routers. (uSwitch “Best Value SIM Only” Winner 2020.)www.ispreview.co.uk
However, as to the OPs original question, it's really a hang over from the backward way all mobile operators have done things for a very long time - you'll see the same issue on other operators.
The reason is because those who take a data-only plan are generally assessed to actually use that allowance (totally or to a greater degree), while consumers who take out regular SIM plans (voice, text and data) have more variable usage.
The variable plans thus operate off a shared model that assumes most users will only consume a part of their allowance. So, they can be priced lower because those with lighter usage are effectively able to subsidise those with heavier user. But on data-only plans this doesn't work as well and so they tend to attract a slight premium.
Sometimes you might also get certain other benefits from data-only plans, such as a more favourable tweak to traffic management policies, but I don't think I've ever seen a single operator clarify any technical differences in their marketing, which in my mind makes this a moot point. For the most part, there’s often no difference. In this day and age, the old approach of pricing data plans above comparable mixed SIM plans just seems to be totally out of date.
Question.
If I have 2 mobile contracts ..Both with data/ calls and texts.
can I put one as ESim and the other as a standard sim and use both data allowances on the mobile ?
in addition for backup or when travelling could I take the physical SIM card out of my mobile and fit it in my 5103 5g router . When doing this just use my ESim for everything for a couple of weeks ?
Yeah you can only have one or the other for a single number.@Thackers
I had always understood that if you converted a physical SIM into an eSim, the physical Sim would die ?
Is that correct or have I got the wrong end of the stick ?
And is that your question of have I got the wrong end of that stick too ?