€15 - 20GB + Unlimited any network calls and texts + free roaming - Lycamobile

Red Silurian

Kristopherus wrote: »

Did anyone here complain to Comreg about Lyca's antics re E.U roaming?

According to the comreg website we need to complain to Lyca first as customers of theirs which I am not (yet anyway)

Suckit

What are Lycamobiles EU charges? As i understand it (unless i have read it incorrectly), they offer roaming.
When abroad, the charges are:

To call Irish Landlines 9c per minute
To call Irish Lycamobile Mobiles 5c per minute
To call all other Irish Mobiles 15c per minute
To send an SMS to an Irish phone is 6c per SMS
Data 9c Per MB
To receive calls and texts is free.

wiz569

Suckit wrote: »

What are Lycamobiles EU charges? As i understand it (unless i have read it incorrectly), they offer roaming.
When abroad, the charges are:

To call Irish Landlines 9c per minute
To call Irish Lycamobile Mobiles 5c per minute
To call all other Irish Mobiles 15c per minute
To send an SMS to an Irish phone is 6c per SMS
Data 9c Per MB
To receive calls and texts is free.

Your not allowed use your bundled mins,texts or data while roaming

Suckit

Ah. Okay, so if i top up for the month €15 or whatever, that credit is useless abroad?
I need separate credit?

Red Silurian

Suckit wrote: »

Ah. Okay, so if i top up for the month €15 or whatever, that credit is useless abroad?
I need separate credit?

How did you come to that conclusion?

TheDriver

more so, you need credit as your included minutes/data are not usable abroad

castle2012

And watch out at 9 cent per mb,, if your like myself and would used 1gb per week that's €90 euro . What a rip off

54and56

castle2012 wrote: »

And watch out at 9 cent per mb,, if your like myself and would used 1gb per week that's €90 euro . What a rip off

And it's primarily for that reason that I'm in the process of switching 3 members of my family from Lyca to ID Mobile.

jamesthepeach

castle2012 wrote: »

And watch out at 9 cent per mb,, if your like myself and would used 1gb per week that's €90 euro . What a rip off

I thought there was a max out of bundle charge per GB when roaming nder the new rules even if they don't give you any for free.

IdHidden

Lyca will not allow you to use your national Irish bundles in the EU you have to use their payg rates. Data is now .09c/MByte. I think that is illegal. Someone needs to contact ComReg.

Red Silurian

IdHidden wrote: »

Lyca will not allow you to use your national Irish bundles in the EU you have to use their payg rates. Data is now .09c/MByte. I think that is illegal. Someone needs to contact ComReg.

That's good value for roaming data most of them are a little over 0.9c/MB (a little over €9/GB) in line with EU rules

I might be mistaken but I don't see any way of contacting Lyca customer care, do they have customer care?

WayneEnterprise

colmtheperson wrote: »

That's good value for roaming data most of them are a little over 0.9c/MB (a little over €9/GB) in line with EU rules

I might be mistaken but I don't see any way of contacting Lyca customer care, do they have customer care?

01 437 2322 or from Lycamobile 1923

It's at the top of their homepage.

wotzgoingon

colmtheperson wrote: »

That's good value for roaming data most of them are a little over 0.9c/MB (a little over €9/GB) in line with EU rules

I might be mistaken but I don't see any way of contacting Lyca customer care, do they have customer care?

I wouldn't even bother trying to call them. I called once and was on the phone at least half an hour before I got through and then they are Indian with funny accents who can barely understand you and you can barely understand them.

RHJ

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Highcontrast1

Has anyone else's internet been bad the past 2 weeks?

castle2012

RHJ wrote: »

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I moved to . 4g speed a massive improvement compared to 3G

pjq

castle2012 wrote: »

And watch out at 9 cent per mb,, if your like myself and would used 1gb per week that's €90 euro . What a rip off

Colmthe person wrote;
"That's good value for roaming data most of them are a little over 0.9c/MB (a little over €9/GB) in line with EU rules"

I think that €90- calculation is the correct one?

I just ordered a sim from 48 , the plan is to use the €10- monthly membership for calls and data in the Baltics and Finland. After the holiday I'll think of Lyxit for 3 family members.

WayneEnterprise

I just bought the 12GB sim from Three UK and plan to use that whenever I'm travelling either in Europe or the States. Then use Lyca at home as it's only costing me €7.50 a month. And I'm sure at some stage Lyca will end up being forced by comreg to let you use your bundle minutes/texts/data while EU roaming.

bk

WayneEnterprise wrote: »

I just bought the 12GB sim from Three UK and plan to use that whenever I'm travelling either in Europe or the States. Then use Lyca at home as it's only costing me €7.50 a month. And I'm sure at some stage Lyca will end up being forced by comreg to let you use your bundle minutes/texts/data while EU roaming.

That is exactly what I'm doing. Well I already had the Three SIM and have 6 months left on it.

Red Silurian

pjq wrote: »

castle2012 wrote: »

And watch out at 9 cent per mb,, if your like myself and would used 1gb per week that's €90 euro . What a rip off

Colmthe person wrote;
"That's good value for roaming data most of them are a little over 0.9c/MB (a little over €9/GB) in line with EU rules"

I think that €90- calculation is the correct one?

I just ordered a sim from 48 , the plan is to use the €10- monthly membership for calls and data in the Baltics and Finland. After the holiday I'll think of Lyxit for 3 family members.

I think it originally said 9c/GB or something like that... I said I'd stick with three for the moment until Lyca start playing ball with their EU rates

September1

Lyca in Spain has opted out from Roam Like Home https://www.telecompaper.com/news/spains-lycamobile-second-mvno-to-opt-out-of-free-eu-roaming--1201283

DopeTech

Anybody getting 4g from lyca yet?

deiseindublin

Anybody else having problems topping up their account or buying a bundle?

I set myself and my teen up on this. I've tried IE and Chrome with 3 different credit cards on 3 different computers/tablets and I keep getting an error message telling me that unfortunately my order was unsuccessful.

CS is only open until 6pm and neither of the 2 of us can use phone or data. I'm going stir crazy with it.

Red Silurian

deiseindublin wrote: »

Anybody else having problems topping up their account or buying a bundle?

I set myself and my teen up on this. I've tried IE and Chrome with 3 different credit cards on 3 different computers/tablets and I keep getting an error message telling me that unfortunately my order was unsuccessful.

CS is only open until 6pm and neither of the 2 of us can use phone or data. I'm going stir crazy with it.

I wasn't aware it was something you could opt out of... Very strange measures introduced by the EU here

jamesthepeach

colmtheperson wrote: »

I wasn't aware it was something you could opt out of... Very strange measures introduced by the EU here

See how long it lasts before customers start opting out of Lyca. Anyone going on holidays this year will probably be looking into alternative providers soon enough.

DopeTech

colmtheperson wrote: »

I wasn't aware it was something you could opt out of... Very strange measures introduced by the EU here

I'm sure they'll get challenged as they cannot just choose to opt out but until then lyca is useless for anyone going abroad.

Red Silurian

You wonder will the other networks kick up a fuss now given that Lyca can make money from roaming where the other networks can not?

nsa0bupkd3948x

colmtheperson wrote: »

You wonder will the other networks kick up a fuss now given that Lyca can make money from roaming where the other networks can not?

I'd be interested to see if they do make money from roaming. I moved away from Lyca based on the roaming fees and I know plenty of others that have as well. Even though I have no trips planned to the EU I still moved.

jamesthepeach

Marley Freezing Muck wrote: »

I'd be interested to see if they do make money from roaming. I moved away from Lyca based on the roaming fees and I know plenty of others that have as well. Even though I have no trips planned to the EU I still moved.

Exactly right.
Better to have things in place when you eventually do travel than be trying to sort out a new provider just before you travel.
Even just going up the north will be a royal pain with Lyca, but a dream with all of the other providers.

keith_d99

Hi all,

Signed up ... got sim today.

Can't register on the site ... and can't make a call

It says my bundle has expired ... any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
Keith.