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Now I have a dual sim phone thought I’d try a cheap sim compared to my o2.
The Asda sim consistently got a phone signal and 4g in places that my o2 didn’t.
Will swap to Asda but just wondering if proper EE will be even better.
Asda will give me 6gb for £10 whereas EE will give 2GB which is normally enough.
It's the same network can't see why it would be any different, certainly wasn't for BT and EE or Virgin.
That's good I shall find ways to squander 6gb of data.
Having been on Talkmobile for own phone and Vodafone at work.
Coverage, data, calls etc no difference.
Customer service was different.
Plusnet is also ee I think. When I was looking at the two the ee person tried to convince that the piggyback networks were restricted in some way compared to the main one. She couldn't say how though which makes me suspect bullsh1t.
Yeah I left EE last week as they refused my NHS discount on a deal. So I moved to 3 unlimited data, when they what I was offered so they could best I wished them luck. The woman wished me luck back saying three choke the data, they don't and she didn't even attempt a deal.
I used to work for EE (well, originally One2One and then T-Mobile) and was also a customer recently but their deals at the moment seem expensive compared to others. I'm now with Plusnet as the same deal was lots cheaper.
There *could* be some degree of traffic prioritisation at peak times but this is very, very unlikely. I suggest you get the extra data with Asda and enjoy!
I can't speak fort the performance but when I looked into switching from EE there was a big variation into what features were offered like EU roaming, wifi calling, tethering etc. with the other virtual networks. Helped me chose to stay plus negotiated deal.
I can’t speak fort the performance but when I looked into switching from EE there was a big variation into what features were offered like EU roaming, wifi calling, tethering etc. with the other virtual networks.
Guess who made all the networks offer those?
Oh! Check out Virgin OP they had some good offers on.
I vaguely remember this from when I changed to Plusnet (they use EE) a while ago. Coverage and speed should be unaffected, but I think one of the things you didn't get was calling over WiFi as standard, which didn't bother me in the slightest.
I had a PM on the thread from ST user @japitts as they were having posting issues on the thread. Reproduced below with their permission. Some interesting info in there so thought it worth sharing.
Contrary to the thread’s answers, there can be a difference. Not many people realise (and Asda/1p/PlusNet/Virgin won’t point it out) that EE use low-band 4G frequencies to improve rural and indoor coverage in many areas, but for perfectly legitimate technical reasons limit these to users that can use ”4G calling” as opposed to falling back on 2G/3G for voice calls.
The short answer is, only EE & BT Mobile can do this, none of the resellers can. And there are some parts of the country now, where EE coverage is only there by virtue of this ”4G800” frequency. Meaning EE users with compatible phones would get service, but PlusNet/Asda/1p/Virgin Mobile won’t.
So although a lot of it can be sales talk, there is some truth in it… I’d rather post this on the forum for everyone’s benefit, but the silly site won’t let me, so I hope this is useful instead.
Having signal is one thing, having decent data rate is another. I get plenty of signal with my work Vodafone SIM, but the data rate and latency is awful compared to EE.