Contact up on meteor, who is best for sim only plans

quarryman · 17-04-2014 7:35am #1

I know nothing about plans outside of a bill. But with my meteor bill out of contract I want to shop around. Who does sim plans and how do they work? I want be able to walk away from a provider if the coverage is crap or poor value.

advertsfox · 17-04-2014 8:05am

They work on a rolling 30 day contract, it's a bill without the added cost of paying for a subsided phone. Best unlimited ones are:

Meteor - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (unlimited until May 2014) - https://store.meteor.ie/sim-only-plans
eMobile - €32 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 15GB data - http://www.emobile.ie/non-eircom-customer-sim-only-plans/
Vodafone - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data - http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phonesAndPlans/phonesAndPlansHome.jsp?reset=true&subPage=plans&planType=paySim
O2 - €29.79 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (add €5.08 for 2GB data) - http://www.o2online.ie/shop/view/content/simPricePlan?type=SIM_ONLY
Tesco - €30 a month, 10000 minutes / texts / 15GB data (10000 is practically unlimited) - http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/pay-monthly-plans.aspx

Best one in my opinion is eMobile. Coverage is great + 4G, free calls / texts across to Meteor customers and 15GB data is plenty to work with.

daytob · 17-04-2014 8:08am

apply online and get a free sim card from all the providers. then look on boards for the sim plan deals * cant find the link but if you check my posts it should be in it. it tells you all the best deals and what is best for you
personally I went with tesco payg. its €15 every 30 days but the great thing is I get unlimited calls, texts and 1gb of data for that price. because i also shop in tesco my clubcard voucher will no doubt be over €5 every quarter. so for the year its

8 x 15 euros
4 x cc vouchers free
= 120 euros for the year.
its the best deal for me with my unlocked phone and im going to purchase a sim free phone from china in the next month or so. Mind you I did check all sim cards for any signal loss.

OldMrBrennan83 · 17-04-2014 8:09am

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hallo dare · 17-04-2014 8:16am

Patww79 wrote: »

Can you get eMobile without an eircom landline contract? There has to be a catch to 15Gb of date.

1.Yes
2. No catch

jgbyr · 17-04-2014 8:50am

Will these plans allow voip calls. I know there was an issue with vodafone previously as their new plans didn't & alot of people now use Skype Viber etc when they're out & about.

quarryman · 17-04-2014 8:55am

advertsfox wrote: »

They work on a rolling 30 day contract, it's a bill without the added cost of paying for a subsided phone. Best unlimited ones are:

Meteor - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (unlimited until May 2014) - https://store.meteor.ie/sim-only-plans
eMobile - €32 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 15GB data - http://www.emobile.ie/non-eircom-customer-sim-only-plans/
Vodafone - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data - http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phonesAndPlans/phonesAndPlansHome.jsp?reset=true&subPage=plans&planType=paySim
O2 - €29.79 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (add €5.08 for 2GB data) - http://www.o2online.ie/shop/view/content/simPricePlan?type=SIM_ONLY
Tesco - €30 a month, 10000 minutes / texts / 15GB data (10000 is practically unlimited) - http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/pay-monthly-plans.aspx

Best one in my opinion is eMobile. Coverage is great + 4G, free calls / texts across to Meteor customers and 15GB data is plenty to work with.

Thanks for that.

Top of my list is coverage. I find the meteor signal in my house extremely poor. I'm thinking of o2 maybe or maybe one of the others that uses o2's network?

seadnamac · 17-04-2014 9:58am

advertsfox wrote: »

They work on a rolling 30 day contract, it's a bill without the added cost of paying for a subsided phone. Best unlimited ones are:

Meteor - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (unlimited until May 2014) - https://store.meteor.ie/sim-only-plans
eMobile - €32 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 15GB data - http://www.emobile.ie/non-eircom-customer-sim-only-plans/
Vodafone - €30 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data - http://shop.vodafone.ie/shop/phonesAndPlans/phonesAndPlansHome.jsp?reset=true&subPage=plans&planType=paySim
O2 - €29.79 a month, unlimited calls / texts / 1GB data (add €5.08 for 2GB data) - http://www.o2online.ie/shop/view/content/simPricePlan?type=SIM_ONLY
Tesco - €30 a month, 10000 minutes / texts / 15GB data (10000 is practically unlimited) - http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/pay-monthly-plans.aspx

Best one in my opinion is eMobile. Coverage is great + 4G, free calls / texts across to Meteor customers and 15GB data is plenty to work with.

Looking at the emobile one myself and find it a bit strange that as an existing eircom customer I can only get a sim only plan with 5gb of data rather than the 15gb as a non-eircom customer.

http://www.emobile.ie/eircom-customer-sim-only-plans/

Don't think I've ever got near using 5gb on my phone before but still find it a bit odd they don't offer the same amount of data to their existing customers.

BionicRasher · 17-04-2014 11:04am

Meteor plan for €20

1 month SIM only contract
200 minutes
Unlimited texts
1GB data
Free Meteor calls & texts.

https://store.meteor.ie/sim-only-plans/

I see you say Meteor coverage is poor in your area so maybe this is not for you

Breezer · 17-04-2014 7:49pm

seadnamac wrote: »

Looking at the emobile one myself and find it a bit strange that as an existing eircom customer I can only get a sim only plan with 5gb of data rather than the 15gb as a non-eircom customer.

That's €24 per month though rather than €32. It is a bit of an anomaly though.

I've been on the €32 emobile one for a year or thereabouts now (I think) and it's been fantastic, no issues whatsoever.

Can anyone confirm if this plan (the €32, non-Eircom customer one) has LTE? It's not advertised as having it but I've seen it mentioned. My phone can't take advantage of it, but I'm curious.

Contact up on meteor, who is best for sim only plans

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