[breathn]

Originally Posted by marrm

If you google lycamobile scam you'll get a lot of interesting info.

Bought a €5 Lycamobile sim card yesterday (30 June).

Salesguy told me: 1c calls. unlimited data. double your money on top-up.

What he did not tell me: Offers expire 1 July. Need to do a top-up to get internet access.

Tried to call their "Customer Service" three times- 322 from mobile or 4372322 from landline- got music for 5-10 minutes, then a hang-up - each time. Some service!

Either it's a rip-off or they are a bunch of incompetent ******s.

They will not tell you what their "standard call rates" are at the end of the offer period.

Their unlimited data services does not work on my Nokia N8.

BEWARE!

The €5 SIM is pre-topped up and the data should work if you enter the APN details I posted above.

The rest of what you said is probably true, he also didn't mention that the double topup ONLY works for the first 2 topups you make... only online, and only during june (and probably july).

Is it just me or does credit expire after 3 months? My topped up sim credit expires in sept anyway

[CaSCaDe711]

Not just you breathn, after making a call I also get a September expiry date displayed.

Is it possible (like on a Tesco SIM, *100*9#) to display the Bonus Credit expiry date?

Also, as all credit is displayed as one value (unlike Tesco), does the bonus credit get used first, even when dialing international numbers, or is it used on national numbers only?

Cannot find answers to this on their website

[Oracle]

Lycramobile it's not really a launch, it's a web site announcing a possible service, if you can find a SIM. Even then you have to phone them, and stay on hold for ages to activate it. I'm still waiting on the SIM I ordered 2 weeks ago .....

[Matt Bauer]

Today I got the Lyca Mobile SIM card I ordered online 3 weeks ago. Topped up by €5 online, got double credit immediately and everything is working as expected.

Full report to follow in a month or two when I'll have extensive experience. So far things look promising.

[CaSCaDe711]

Picked up a free SIM a few days ago (small shop on Talbot St.), topped up Eur5 online, so got Eur10 credit. All good so far, as calls and texts work fine, both national and international.

Unlike the Tesco Mobile SIM, the free Lyca credit can also be used on international calls, so that's a real bonus. Would like to be able to see the Bonus Credit expiry date onscreen, does anyone here know what number, if any, to type in for that?

Haven't tried using data yet, might do in the next few days, and if so will report back here

[kirra]

I got new lyca mobile, internet worked for 5 mins and then no more. Is it still working for you , please let us know

[Matt Bauer]

Originally Posted by kirra

I got new lyca mobile, internet worked for 5 mins and then no more. Is it still working for you , please let us know

Still working here on an iPhone. What phone do you have, did you recheck your settings?

[kirra]

Originally Posted by Matt Bauer

Still working here on an iPhone. What phone do you have, did you recheck your settings?

I am using Samsung Galaxy S1 , it worked after some time . But , it only works with username: lmau and data roaming switched on which drains battery!

[Matt Bauer]

Originally Posted by kirra

I am using Samsung Galaxy S1 , it worked after some time . But , it only works with username: lmau and data roaming switched on which drains battery!

I don't understand why data roaming would drain battery? It's never done so on the iPhone I have, doesn't make a difference whether I turn data roaming on or off.

[Matt Bauer]

Lyca Mobile is working brilliantly for me. On my iPhone, I am achieving speeds of around 3 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up, as tested by the Speedtest.net app.

For anyone having trouble setting this up, here are the settings you need to use with your phone:

APN: data.lycamobile.ie
Username: lmie
Password: plus

[war10ck]

Tried to top up online using my O2 Money card but failed.Called helpdesk,agent advised IE instead of FFox but still hopeless.Anyone experienced same thing?

[Matt Bauer]

Lycamobile have reduced their Internet offer to just 50 MB per month. Even if you top up by €50 every month, you still only get 50 MB.

This makes their offer much less interesting, as it was the main differentiator from other networks. If you own a basic featurephone, it's fine, but for smart phone users (iPhone, Android, etc), that makes things rather limited.

[breathn]

This was one of my worries, as every price they have seems to be on a time limited offer, you never know how much your service will cost from one month to another.

50MB per month followed by 15c per MB. That's €150 per GB.

We decided to use Tesco Mobile for international calls because those are guaranteed until the end of the year.

[Matt Bauer]

Lycamobile still offer great international rates, but the fact that they have limited the internet to just 50 MB per month is very disappointing.

It would have been better to introduce some fair use conditions, or keep the "all you can eat"-type offer for users who top up by a bigger amount each month. As it is, there is little reason to switch from Tescomobile to Lycamobile.

[vicM]

Did anyone else get a text saying they are offering unlimited data now?

Also I think there 35e all in offer is quite good if you take into account you just need to top up by 20e then when you have the bonus credit opt into the deal, effectively making it only 20e