Testing/Discussion: Vodafone (Inc. Talk Mobile, Lebara)

[Deleted member 37637]

Vodafone 4G & 5G landed at Edinburgh Airport

Vodafone customers using and working at Edinburgh Airport are starting to enjoy stronger and faster 5G and 4G following the installation of dedicated mobile phone coverage.

www.vodafone.co.uk

Vodafone improve 4G & 5G at Edinburgh Airport.

O2 should be getting access too, it's an open-access system as far as I understand.

 

[The Wee Bear]

O2 should be getting access too, it's an open-access system as far as I understand.

Oh no, they're not letting in the riff raff too are they?

 

[meritez]

ASDA Mobile Talk & Text £4 SIM activated.
Go on little SIM, try and access data, go on.

Anyway VoLTE and WiFi Calling just work

 

[Stewart]

ASDA Mobile Talk & Text £4 SIM activated.
Go on little SIM, try and access data, go on.

Anyway VoLTE and WiFi Calling just work

I can see this is the plan with no data

 

[meritez]

I can see this is the plan with no data

Yes, my iPhone 7 is screaming where's my data, where's my data...!

 

[jon1]

Really impressed with Vodafone 5G in London, it's really consitent usaully getting atleast 3-400mbps

 

[Lucian]

ASDA Mobile Talk & Text £4 SIM activated.
Go on little SIM, try and access data, go on.

Anyway VoLTE and WiFi Calling just work

Where did you get this from, can't see this plan anywhere.

 

[The Wee Bear]

Asda Mobile
Here you go Lucian.

 

[meritez]

Where did you get this from, can't see this plan anywhere.

Asda website, @The Wee Bear has linked to it.
Bonus, you actually get free customer service free phone too.

Would work well with a dual SIM handset with another SIM that's purely data only.

 

[Lucian]

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Asda Mobile
Here you go Lucian.

Blimey, can't get past their captcha. Anyway, it's not good for me as I need a few international EU minutes. It's probably going to be Lebara next for me.

 

[gordon_k]

Anyone using a TalkMobile SIM for Wireless Broadband?

I'm planning on switching from NOW cable to a 4G/5G SIM router.

Have tested several SIMs, of which the TalkMobile one is the fastest (and significantly faster than my current cable).

Problem is, to log on to your TalkMobile account requires a one-time passcode getting sent to the mobile number of the SIM - which doesn't seem possible if the SIM is in your broadband router?

Have contacted TM customer services about this and apparently there is no other method they allow for logging on, and the passcode can only be sent to the router SIM number, not to my actual mobile phone. Their best suggestion is "Take the SIM out of the router and put it in a mobile phone. Get the passcode, then put the SIM back in the router." Which of course means my network loses its broadband connection.

This seems monumentally stupid - just wondering if anyone's using a TalkMobile SIM in their broadband router, and if so, how do they access their TM account?

 

[th_442]

With most mobile routers there’s usually a browser based admin management page. You can login to this, and aside from all of the usual obvious features such as network settings, WiFi Settings etc., there will be a section to receive any SMS messages.

 

[The Wee Bear]

Anyone using a TalkMobile SIM for Wireless Broadband?

I'm planning on switching from NOW cable to a 4G/5G SIM router.

Have tested several SIMs, of which the TalkMobile one is the fastest (and significantly faster than my current cable).

Problem is, to log on to your TalkMobile account requires a one-time passcode getting sent to the mobile number of the SIM - which doesn't seem possible if the SIM is in your broadband router?

Have contacted TM customer services about this and apparently there is no other method they allow for logging on, and the passcode can only be sent to the router SIM number, not to my actual mobile phone. Their best suggestion is "Take the SIM out of the router and put it in a mobile phone. Get the passcode, then put the SIM back in the router." Which of course means my network loses its broadband connection.

This seems monumentally stupid - just wondering if anyone's using a TalkMobile SIM in their broadband router, and if so, how do they access their TM account?

Welcome along to the forums gordon_k, as th_442 said, most routers do have an sms section where you can read and attend to any recieved texts.

I get them all the time on my routers to let me know that my bill is now ready, how nice of them.

 

[CarlO1460]

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Welcome along to the forums gordon_k, as th_442 said, most routers do have an sms section where you can read and attend to any recieved texts.

I get them all the time on my routers to let me know that my bill is now ready, how nice of them.

I was expecting the Dear

 

[The Wee Bear]

I was expecting the Dear

Who would do such a thing CarlO1460?

 

[gordon_k]

Cheers guys - seems I've made the beginner's error of assuming TalkMobile cs would know what the hell they were talking about.

I've found the router page with the SMS messages, and indeed there are some texts in there I'd missed when I stuck my phone SIM in the router to test it.

Problem solved. So I think I'll go with TM anyway (despite their slightly ropey cs) - I'm getting more than 100Mbps on some downloads, which is more than I was expecting on 4G+

 

[gordon_k]

The SMS section of the router also contains several messages sent months ago to the previous owner of the router. I've tried deleting these, but although it goes through the delete procedure, the messages persist. Any tips for this?

 

[CarlO1460]

The SMS section of the router also contains several messages sent months ago to the previous owner of the router. I've tried deleting these, but although it goes through the delete procedure, the messages persist. Any tips for this?

Factory reset? Might remove it all then.

 

[The Wee Bear]

Factory reset? Might remove it all then.

Yes that'll work, I remember getting 2 setup configuration texts from Lebara that wouldn't delete, I had to do a reset to get rid of them, total pain but it did the job.

 

[meritez]

Looks like I may be moving to Vodafone 5G when my Scancom EE runs out, decent speeds standing in my apartment of 200 plus down