Lycamobile Unlimited Calls Texts & Data (9Gb) for €20/month with double credit offer.

Oracle

Lycamobile Unlimited Calls, Texts and Data bundle is usually €29, but they have a double credit offer on now. So with this double credit offer you can buy the Unlimited bundle with just a €20 top up, and still have €11 to spend on international calls, etc ... Also works with 350 minute bundle, for example, top up by €10 and buy the €19 bundle.

Thanks to Kristopherus for posting this originally about the 350 minute bundle.

Kristopherus

Just an update on this. Lycamobile have extended the offer until 30/11/2012.

podgeandrodge

Kristopherus wrote: »

Just an update on this. Lycamobile have extended the offer until 30/11/2012.

Problem as I see it is that for as long as Lycamobile persist in this "one month to the next" extension of offers people won't move to them as there is no certainty and most people don't want to be swapping providers regularly.

Let them extend an offer for 12 months and let people make a decision that has stability guaranteed for a decent period.

Hogzy

Whats the network like?

looder

on the O2 network I think

Peregrine

Don't they have free calls between the network regardless of how much they top up by?

Kristopherus

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Problem as I see it is that for as long as Lycamobile persist in this "one month to the next" extension of offers people won't move to them as there is no certainty and most people don't want to be swapping providers regularly.

Let them extend an offer for 12 months and let people make a decision that has stability guaranteed for a decent period.

Well if you look at their .co.uk site its much the same. I'm guessing its a marketing tactic to try to attract a decent market share if they can. Then we might see more long term plans.Certainly if they made their bundle offers permanent, they'd be on a winner imo.

They piggybank on the O2 network, so reception should not be a problem. I got a sim a month ago and I've been all over the place and had full bars everywhere.

clint_silver

Just so I get this right, Im on an O2 bundle @40e a month which only gives me 350mb per month. I regularly hit 50e+ on my bill due to data usage (very little voice and text). the next O2 package up @50e / month wont save me from this. ie, Ill still go over.



Am I right in saying that If I get a lyca sim, pop that into a cheapass phone at home which can generate a wifi field, I can tether my O2 iphone off that for data usage. The lyca phone has unlimited data usage for a 9e per month contract.

thoughts on that? I'm not worried about carrying extra phone around.

Kristopherus

clint_silver wrote: »

Just so I get this right, Im on an O2 bundle @40e a month which only gives me 350mb per month. I regularly hit 50e+ on my bill due to data usage (very little voice and text). the next O2 package up @50e / month wont save me from this. ie, Ill still go over.



Am I right in saying that If I get a lyca sim, pop that into a cheapass phone at home which can generate a wifi field, I can tether my O2 iphone off that for data usage. The lyca phone has unlimited data usage for a 9e per month contract.

thoughts on that? I'm not worried about carrying extra phone around.

Yep. There's no reason you can't do that unless O2 has blocked tethering.

Oracle

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Problem as I see it is that for as long as Lycamobile persist in this "one month to the next" extension of offers people won't move to them as there is no certainty and most people don't want to be swapping providers regularly.

Let them extend an offer for 12 months and let people make a decision that has stability guaranteed for a decent period.

I suppose thats the trade off; if you're getting unlimited calls, texts, 9Gb data, plus an extra €11 to spend on international calls, all for €20. Its the best value available in terms of benefits per top-up.
If they stop offering the double credit you can switch. Plus all the networks are now offering online number porting, so the switching process should be quicker.

kala85

Has anybody tried this network. What is the data reception on it like.Is it 3g and will it allow tethering

freeze4real

I have tried this network and I am pleased with them.

I have 5 full bars of 3G, I am able to watch movies on my iPhone, I have also tethered it to my laptop.

With speedtest I have gotten speeds from .02mps to 2.15mps download speeds.
0.02 is when I am at home, I have no problem with this as I use wifi when I am at home and also I have gotten **** 3g from all the networks.

Its cheap again that's why I use it, I topped up by 5e last week and I got 150min calls 500 txts and 9GB of internet. Beat that offer and I will give you 20e.

The only offer close to this is 48months which has a crap internet offer of 3GB.

This is a no brainer.

kala85

It looks like that they are doing double top ups in the month of november. Does this mean then that you were able to buy €5 top up, they gave you €5 and then you could buy the 9e bundle from this?

The reason I ask is because I know that some companies dont allow you to buy a bundle from the free credit you receive.

freeze4real

kala85 wrote: »

It looks like that they are doing double top ups in the month of november. Does this mean then that you were able to buy €5 top up, they gave you €5 and then you could buy the 9e bundle from this?

The reason I ask is because I know that some companies dont allow you to buy a bundle from the free credit you receive.

yes thats exactly what I did.

kala85

nice one . i wonder how long those offers will last??

mac.in

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Don't they have free calls between the network regardless of how much they top up by?

Yes! They do have free calls and sms within their network if you have a minimum balance of 20 cents, at the moment.

flutered

i signed up to them and i am awaiting a sim, my reasoning is, i would make at the most 10 short calls each week, no texts or data, this is costing me 20 a month, i can get the same from this crowd for about a fiver a month.

Eathrin

flutered wrote: »

i signed up to them and i am awaiting a sim, my reasoning is, i would make at the most 10 short calls each week, no texts or data, this is costing me 20 a month, i can get the same from this crowd for about a fiver a month.

You can get that for a fiver from anyone

Eathrin

Fantastic offer for only €9.
I don't think I would use much more than 150 minutes.

If the offer sticks around past the promotional period, I'll definitely be switching asap but I'm just after buying a new phone on o2 so that may be some time.

mac.in

flutered wrote: »

i signed up to them and i am awaiting a sim, my reasoning is, i would make at the most 10 short calls each week, no texts or data, this is costing me 20 a month, i can get the same from this crowd for about a fiver a month.

You just need to have a minimum balance of 20 cents in your account, at the moment, to make free calls within Lyca; there is no need for a €5 recharge per month.

Kenny Powers

Some great deals on there alright, How long have they being going on for? is the double credit just for this month. That package for 9e is perfect for me.
I picked up a sim today to test and check data speeds. It's a pity it only seems to be month on month with these plans otherwise i'd switch over.

Oracle

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Some great deals on there alright, How long have they being going on for? is the double credit just for this month. That package for 9e is perfect for me.
I picked up a sim today to test and check data speeds. It's a pity it only seems to be month on month with these plans otherwise i'd switch over.

The plans aren't month to month, just the double credit offer is. To be fair Tesco Mobile don't guarantee they'll continue offering double credit on top ups either:

(f) Tesco Mobile reserves the right to withdraw the Double Value Credit offer generally and from any particular customer at any time or vary or amend any element of the promotion without further notice....

Kenny Powers

From reading the site it looks like for this month you just need to top up to get unlimited data and sms so that 9e bundle is only getting you the calls.
Are the unlimited bundles always available?

Kristopherus

Kenny Powers wrote: »

From reading the site it looks like for this month you just need to top up to get unlimited data and sms so that 9e bundle is only getting you the calls.
Are the unlimited bundles always available?

The €9 bundle INCLUDES unlimited texts & data as well as calls to any network in Ireland.

Kenny Powers

Kristopherus wrote: »

The €9 bundle INCLUDES unlimited texts & data as well as calls to any network in Ireland.

Have these bundles been around a while?

Kristopherus

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Have these bundles been around a while?

I'm with them only since early October. I think those bundles first came out in Sept. Hopefully they'll last to next Sept.:):):)

Lovephones

Anyone know where you can buy a lycamobile sim, I've ordered one online but says it takes 7 days and looking for one soon so I don't have to top up on Thursday and waste the month

Kristopherus

Lovephones wrote: »

Anyone know where you can buy a lycamobile sim, I've ordered one online but says it takes 7 days and looking for one soon so I don't have to top up on Thursday and waste the month

Well it took mine a week to arrive, but then a friend ordered one online last week on Monday and had it on Wednesday. I hope you are in the same boat as him:).

EGriff

I ordered mine on saturday and it came today. Haven't had a proper chance to test it yet, I don't want to port my number over if the reception is bad, but I loaded up a few websites and the data seems plenty fast. Youtube did have to pause to buffer but I'd rarely use that out and about.

Can't argue with the price anyway, topped up €5 online, they doubled it so I got the €9 bundle.

mac.in

Lovephones wrote: »

Anyone know where you can buy a lycamobile sim, I've ordered one online but says it takes 7 days and looking for one soon so I don't have to top up on Thursday and waste the month

The website says sims are available in Centra, Gala, Supervalu, etc., but some stores may not sell it nor they know about Lyca at all. So, if you are specific about which city, someone may tell the exact shop. Like, I know few shops in Cork City who sell the sim.

Psygnosis

Is this similar to the tesco network on, ie limited to 3g speeds or is it full HSDPA

keepkeyyellow

Does the website accept laser cards for payments?

Kristopherus

keepkeyyellow wrote: »

Does the website accept laser cards for payments?

Just ran through the online top-up process & this is the list of card options I got :American Express,Alliance Private Label Participant, Beneficial, Check, Carte Blanche,Discover, Diners Club, GECC, JCB, Mastercard, Maestro, Solo, Switch, Visa Electron, Visa.

Hope that helps.

Couch Potato

Called them up and got through to India

They do not offer a Micro Sim .. full-size only - get out your SIM Cutter !

I don't see anywhere in the T&C's the definition of "Unlimited data"

http://www.lycamobile.ie/terms-and-conditions/en

Kristopherus

You are limited to 9gb. You will see that info in the Bundles page.

Couch Potato

Kristopherus wrote: »

You are limited to 9gb. You will see that info in the Bundles page.

dont see it on this page :

http://www.lycamobile.ie/bundles/en

Kristopherus

Couch Potato wrote: »

dont see it on this page :

http://www.lycamobile.ie/bundles/en

My bad:o. It refers to 9gb only in the "Mobile Data Rates Slashed !" offer. Have not tested it yet myself.

Couch Potato

Psygnosis wrote: »

Is this similar to the tesco network on, ie limited to 3g speeds or is it full HSDPA

Anybody know the answer to this question ?

krb1979

Looks like calls to UK Lyca mobile are 1c/min. I called a few UK Lyca mobile nos. over the weekend and was charged 1c/min. However I couldn't find this rate on their website.

Couch Potato

Couch Potato wrote: »

Anybody know the answer to this question ?

picked up a sim pack on the way home .. stuck it in an unlocked phone and showing 'H' for HSDPA

Going to check now with my Meteor 'unlocked' hotspot
Update : not behaving nicely at all . . thinks it is Roaming on the O2 network (which it is technically)
Update 2 : working now .. had to top up .. typing this via the hotspot now - still thinks it is roaming

BaconZombie

Anybody know how many calls / minutes you can use before they cut you off?

Kristopherus

As was posted previously, if you keep 20c crediut on your phone, you are good to go.

Psygnosis

It would show up hsdpa but would be throttled can you try a couple of speed tests

sosq

did anyone try to put that simcard to some huaiwei modems ?? are they working or only connect trough phone. would like to use it on my netbook

flutered

mac.in wrote: »

You just need to have a minimum balance of 20 cents in your account, at the moment, to make free calls within Lyca; there is no need for a €5 recharge per month.

i signed up online more than 10 working days ago, no sim delivered as today.

clint_silver

Kristopherus wrote: »

Well it took mine a week to arrive, but then a friend ordered one online last week on Monday and had it on Wednesday. I hope you are in the same boat as him:).

signed up last wednesday, got it on the friday.

sosq

flutered wrote: »

i signed up online more than 10 working days ago, no sim delivered as today.

you will get free txt to all networks and free calls to lycamobile without any top up, no need even 5cents on your account happy days

flutered

wonder what i done to them.

tartanarmy

Been using for about a week now & signal is decen, in Dublin & Mayo over the last week. Waiting to port no.
Data is a little bit slower than what I found with O2 but I'm normally on WIFI. Anyone know about the bundles being permanent or just temporary?

markad1

I ordered 2 sims on Friday and they arrived this morning

Couch Potato

sosq wrote: »

did anyone try to put that simcard to some huaiwei modems ?? are they working or only connect trough phone. would like to use it on my netbook

Mine is the Meteor Hotspot, Huawei E5832 and works fine.

I would say though the speed is slow...

Testing laptop through hotspot - full bars of 3G

speedtest.net is showing :

1) UK IP Address assigned by Lycatel Distribution uk Limited
2) nearest server is london
3) slow .. slow ... slow

pings 350 - 400 ms
Speeds -
0.20 Mbps Down/0.23 Mbps Up
0.22 down/ 0.48 up
Maxed out at just over 0.5 meg down ...

That said browsing is'ok' ... ~UK sites load reasonably quickly (bbc/sky news etc.) Boards.ie actually loads fine

Wonder is it related to the fact of the UK IP and i wonder have they got connectivity through INEX ?