Spusu sim card

[Sideshow Bob]

In case this is of interest to anybody I had an ID Mobile SIM and although elements of it were good, like the rollover of data etc I found as I always suspected that the signal is fairly poor in quite a few areas making voice calls when not on WiFi calling difficult, it was cheap though at £8/month

I have just changed to another SIM only deal with a new budget provider SPUSU who use the EE network which I believe to be better coverage for me
The SPUSU 30 deal is unlimited calls/text and 30GB of data (reduces to 10GB when roaming) and this is £9.90/month

 

[Richard n Ann]

There's a uswitch deal on at the moment, £3 for 16gb a month for 3 months. Think I'll try one for my dual sim phone for holidays.

Your spusu Mobile SIM deal

Your spusu Mobile SIM deal

www.uswitch.com

 

[Orion]

Lebara MSE deal until 1st May (activation within 30 days of receipt) 50gb for £1 month for 8 months. No contract, simply cancel the recurring payment to end it.

https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/44000053?utm_source=impactradius&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=2096376&utm_content=&utm_clickid=wdAQzvxmyxycTqZ1HbwWmz2vUksUS5x622V73o0&utm_iradid=917923&utm_clickref=&default=page&loyalty=&irgwc=1

 

[Richard n Ann]

Lebara MSE deal until 1st May (activation within 30 days of receipt) 50gb for £1 month for 8 months. No contract, simply cancel the recurring payment to end it.

https://www.lebara.co.uk/en/msm/p/44000053?utm_source=impactradius&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=2096376&utm_content=&utm_clickid=wdAQzvxmyxycTqZ1HbwWmz2vUksUS5x622V73o0&utm_iradid=917923&utm_clickref=&default=page&loyalty=&irgwc=1

I'm already on Lebara (49p a month ) so I want sim 2 on a different network.
Anybody else on Spusu? Should be ok because it's the EE network.

 

[Lenny HB]

Been using ID for 2 or 3 years found it very good not had any problems.
Also have a Lebra £1 month sim it my router so I can monitor the electrics never tried it in a call.

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[Orion]

I’ve currently put two Lebara SIMs in the Teltonika router - a 49p and a £1 one - and rotate the priority using the RUT. Getting some really good speeds but I’ll grab local when in France & Spain later this month.

 

[oldiesontour]

I was on id not happy with signal and more so often 4 or 5 bars but pitiful data speed so went to spusu for around 6 months wife was on Lebara often when away She had good service when I had poor or none so now I've moved to Lebara (also when Vodafone join 3 it should be even better)

 

[Lenny HB]

I was on id not happy with signal and more so often 4 or 5 bars but pitiful data

I found ID data really good in France, Spain and Portugal, 5G nearly everywhere.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I tried ID mobile about a year ago, very poor reception in my area, also the data download speed was terrible. They can afford to give very generous data allowances because they know you'll never be able to download that much with their dial up speeds

I was told later by someone on here it may have been the frequency bands my Samsung phone uses... Well they need to get with the program if they can't provide a network for SAMSUNG phone

 

[Lenny HB]

Must be where you are, I'm in Lydd at the moment famous for poor phone signals. Only getting 4G on my ID sim but fast enough for streaming.

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[oldiesontour]

I found ID data really good in France, Spain and Portugal, 5G nearly everywhere.

Yes far superior to the UK we're finding Lebara is nearly aways 5g back home I often turn 5g off as it's slower than 4g in our area

 

[Minxy]

dial up speeds

That brings back memories!

 

[Stephen180]

I signed up for the Lebara deal but found the internet non-existent. Being a typical bloke I never read the instructions and then found out you have to manually enable 5G on the sim by texting 5G to a short code number I ask you why would you ship a sim without 5G enabled? Now covered for France trip with two different networks (Vodafone and 3), knowing my luck the signal will be bad for both!

 

[starquake]

I was told later by someone on here it may have been the frequency bands my Samsung phone uses... Well they need to get with the program if they can't provide a network for SAMSUNG phone

It's not your phone it's the chip it'll use, some manufacturers persist in using older chips years after newer ones on market.

The issue is the standard (cat4) frequencies used by some mobile providers (near all) are very congested now. These are B1,B3, B20 typically.

However, a more modern chipset can use B28, B32. The issue with B28,B32 is it requires a more modern chipset to work as B32 as an example is a downlink only freuqncy thats twice as fast as any B3 coverage (available on Three, Voda sims). But it needs a minimum of a cat6 chip with frequency coverage to work, as the upload uses B20 or B3 typcially.

Unfortunatly even today you find manufacturers selling cat4 devices (usually labelled as 150Mbit) at £100 plus (second hand) when you can buy a decent cat12 device these days for £40 on ebay which will be 4 times quicker, or a 5g one for similar money. Manufacturers think people see the brand like Tplink and think it'll be good, not realising the chip is literally 10+ years old still.

 

[Richard n Ann]

It's not your phone it's the chip it'll use

I'll have to get a new chip for it then

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[starquake]

I'll have to get a new chip for it then

To be honest its same with Iphones, a latest gen iphone 16 works on more frequencys than the iphone 10/11 we had prior.

Sad to say, upgrade phone when you can, it'll probably improve your speeds.
Lebara however is Vodafone based and with VodaThree starting to frequency share, it's likely going to have the most coverage going forward (they own the most frequencies when combined by some margin of all the networks). Particularly in 5g you are likely to have the best sim on Lebara (or Three, or Voda) going forward.

 

[Richard n Ann]

To be honest its same with Iphones, a latest gen iphone 16 works on more frequencys than the iphone 10/11 we had prior.

Sad to say, upgrade phone when you can, it'll probably improve your speeds.
Lebara however is Vodafone based and with VodaThree starting to frequency share, it's likely going to have the most coverage going forward (they own the most frequencies when combined by some margin of all the networks). Particularly in 5g you are likely to have the best sim on Lebara (or Three, or Voda) going forward.

It's a Samsung A54 5g so only 2 years old. Works well on Lebara anyway