Gomo, Clear Mobile or 48?

Orlak2410

I’m buying an unlocked phone and switching to one of these networks. They all offer similar plans for a similar price. Which one should I go for?

JimmyVik

Clear mobile speed is capped at 5mbps.

Just for that I would avoid.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457032#Comment_118457032

And 48 have a 100 gb monthly data limit whereas gomo is unlimited

lordsheepface

As far as i know Gomo is the only one doing 5G at the moment. 48 is 4G and Clear is 4G limited to 10Mb I believe.

Gomo uses Eir, 48 uses 3 and Clear uses VF.

What network are you on now? How is the coverage?

Is there anything in particular you want? 5G? Wifi calling (I believe only Gomo)?

Gomo is cheapest but there's not a lot in it price wise.

48 avoids bills.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457060#Comment_118457060

I’m with 3 at the moment and the coverage in my area is brutal that’s why I’d rather avoid 48. I think I’d prefer eir over Vodafone as it’s an Irish company and perhaps has a reputation to uphold. I believe gomo is a few euro dearer than clear mobile but I could be wrong. My main priority is fast reliable internet. Yes that is a positive to 48.

Glaceon

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lordsheepface

Eir have had well reported on customer service issues in the media, but then I've had multiple problems with VF myself. The beauty of the 30 day SIM only is that you can swap if it doesn't suit.

I'd suggest you signup for Gomo and see how you go so. You can always swap if it doesn't suit.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457589#Comment_118457589

I’ve already ordered my sim and paid the €15. When I log into my mygomo it says that the €15 I paid was an account creation fee and my balance reads zero. I don’t know whether it covers the first month or if I'll be charged another €15 when I activate my sim.

JimmyVik

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457605#Comment_118457605

Gomo are sly like that

Dublinandy3

I'm with clear mobile, it's fine for every day use but their CS is bad and when something goes wrong, it goes wrong. I couldn't recommend them but haven't used the other two so can't compare.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118462411#Comment_118462411

So is that €15 not for the first month?

jdon72

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457046#Comment_118457046

gomo isnt unlimited, its 120gb

morgana

I've had gomo since they started and had no issues. Roaming last year in Germany was smooth and without any issues. 48 was fine in Ireland but terrible for roaming with dismal speeds making it impossible to use in Germany.

morgana

JimmyVik

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118463262#Comment_118463262

I dont believe it is.

Plenty caught like that by them at the start posted here.

DopeTech

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118473825#Comment_118473825

If it hasn't changed since the beginning when I joined then the activation fee also covers whatever days are remaining in the current calent month so it's best to sign up at the start of a month to get the full benefit rather than a few days before the end of the month.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118465311#Comment_118465311

As far as I know gomo and clear mobile are unlimited it says it on their websites

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118473825#Comment_118473825

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118474003#Comment_118474003

I was chatting to a customer service rep on their website. I joined in early January and paid 14.99. I will be billed 29.98 in early February to pay for January and February and then from march on I’ll be billed 14.99 monthly. So there is a 14.99 joint fee very sly.

Ten Pin

As recently as December they posted this tweet...

https://twitter.com/gomoireland/status/1469293624647196672

"There is a €14.99 activation fee as standard but this also covers your first month of service and the set up of the SIM. Each month after that you are charged €14.99 (excluding out-of-plan services) as it is a rolling monthly contract"

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118478969#Comment_118478969

That’s very helpful because I was told otherwise. If I’m charged 29.98 at the start of next month I will challenge them over it. The only thing is with these budget services is the customer service is appalling. Probably don’t even provide a contact number.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118483481#Comment_118483481

Unfortunately communication companies don't actually want to communicate with their customers, kind of Ironic. Gomo"s entire customer service is Web based as I presume most of the new players to the market are. Gomo have Web chat (rarely actually available) and email (rarely if ever responded to), this said, I've been with them from the start on €9-99 offer and have never had an issue.

Orlak2410

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118483544#Comment_118483544

It's all about profit, why would they pay people to be available in a call centre. It's the same with certain gyms, no reception and lack of staff. I have to say the mobile data is a lot better than 3. Did you pay 20 for the first month and 10 from then on?

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118485633#Comment_118485633

Hi, when I signed up there was a €10 sign up fee then was billed accordingly €9.99 per month (I can't recall if I paid for 1st month on sign up but don't think so.

I agree with your point re profit, less staffing etc but Customer Service shouldn't be compromised for the sake of profit, I've no objection to chat facilities (do it all the time with KBC) but GoMo, may as well not offer it as is rarely available and they, never respond to emails. But as I've said, no problems ever to be honest (touch wood)

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118465311#Comment_118465311

After you hit 120GB the speed is throttled until the end of the month instead of charging more.

Check https://siteviewer.comreg.ie/ to see which of the three physical networks have masts near you to narrow the choices.

Eir / Gomo

Vodafone / Clear / AnPost

Three / 48 / Virgin / Lyca / every other provider in the country and their dog.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118485742#Comment_118485742

Cheers 😏

irishguy

I am in Dublin6, been using this since the launch without issue and over the last couple of months I cant make calls some times or it just randomly drops during a call (multiple times on the same call sometimes), same problem for my wife (Im android she is on an iPhone). I have nearly always full 4g each time. Contacted customer service, advised turning it off for 10mins, which didnt help. Anyone any ideas or having the same issue? I am at the point of moving to 48 as its a bit of a joke now.

Wine Goddess

Don't move to 48 unless you plan on never leaving the country.

I frequently am in Belfast and their roaming never works there. My son has GoMo and his works fine there.

48 roaming worked fine for me in Italy - no problem at all it just switched seamlessly in June this year, but when I was in Spain last year it would not connect to mobile data and there is a huge amount of complaints on their help section about roaming.

So unless you never go anywhere I'd be very wary about switching to them.

mondeoman72

I am running 48, clearmobile and gomo sims.

48 does not work outside of ROI, dont bother. My buddy was on it and it NEVER worked in the UK. He told them to get stuffed. Clearmobile is actually Vodafone. Never had an issue with it, Ireland or abroad. Its data speed is capped at 5 meg. I now use it on a mountain as a data sim for low usage and CCTV. Next to a base station so it works very well. Never a bother with it.

My Gomo sims are all 9.99 gizmos. No bother with them at home or abroad.

TheDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119590147#Comment_119590147

Do you get a low ping time and decent speed (i.e. do you get the 5?) from the clearmobile?

mondeoman72

The clearmobile is running in Bohernabreena. You can see the base station. When running a speed test, it jumps to high speed, then reduces to the 5meg. I am unsure about ping time. It is supposed to run at 5 and it does, not a bother. There is no alternative there. KN networks installed a fibre line but made a hems of it, left it low hanging with multiple dropouts and were absolutely useless. They didnt give a damn.

Raven_k42

I've been with GoMo for over 3 years - main number on the old €9.99 offer and more recently added another number at €12.99 pm. I've had a few outages on the new number over the last few months...lasted about 24 hours with no calls/data possible. Customer service nor accessibility is great - as mentioned above WebChat rarely manned and email response poor. I did find a twitter/facebook contact and tried using that as well.

Other than the above it's been pretty painless.

K

harryd2

I'd avoid 48 - they don't support RCS

I ported over and was not able to receive SMS from most contacts

After hours on to their support I was informed they don't support RCS Rich Messaging Service, so most of my android contacts could not message me.

"And with 48, we do not have RCS services available. Just normal next messaging services." Vikram Mali - 17:54

Porting off them now.

TM

A person here claims to have got it working on 48 a few years back...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058197718/google-messages-rcs