48.ie - All data, calls, text (4 weeks plan) for €6.50 for the first 3 plans and €12.99 thereafter

Spn744

They’re not going ahead with the switch from monthly to every 4 weeks. Strange decisions all around with the bad press and backlash it produced!

CyberGhost

If they genuinely listened to customer feedback and reversed the decision then kudos to them. I am impressed.

Usually companies make a bad decision then double down on stupidity (Looking at you, Reddit).

JoeCat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120773999#Comment_120773999

I started using 48 several years ago and I travel to 4 or 5 different European countries a year. At the beginning I had roaming issues, but it got fixed and no issue for any of our 4 mobile phones at home. Same for another friend who is using them. What I wish is to had known them before, as I believe they were even cheaper earlier, but I had never heard of them, until a friend told me. Now I am delighted.

I am paying 7.99 EUR a month. For me it is a big difference, as the price has to be kept, can't be increased. So a year for 4 people it cost me: 383.52 EUR, vs 720 EUR at 15 EUR. That's a massive saving for me. Most important is that by contract 48 can not increase the fees, the other surely can. It works wonderfully for me, but obviously everyone can do whatever they want with their money. I have friends who pay happily up to 70 EUR a month, for exactly the same, with Vodafone bill. I used to pay 25 and 20 EUR a month, now 7.99 EUR. Multiply this by 12 months...

loyatemu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120800441#Comment_120800441

more likely the complaints to Comreg or the ASAI made them reconsider for existing customers who were promised fixed price for life. The new offer is 4-week billing.

re: the roaming - I got new SIMs for the kids, but it's still very hit and miss. You can generally get it working eventually but it's not good.

TheDriver

Is the 12.99 new sign ups 4 weeks or is everyone a month? You can be sure they'll start doing things to get people off the plan so I doubt roaming will ever become "fixed"

OrangeLavender

I'm thinking of getting a temporary e-sim when travelling in case this is an issue. Has anyone used any of these with success?

loyatemu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802599#Comment_120802599

it's 4 weeks for new users, not a month. It says so in the flyer at the top of this thread.

gipi

The flier at the top of the thread might be out of date now, following yesterday's announcement that 48 aren't changing their billing periods - would they have 2 systems in place for pre-5th July and post-5th July customers?

Edit to add:

Looks like new and existing customers are staying on monthly membership - their website has changed from that posted by the OP - it now says per month, not per 4 weeks.

crustybread

Anyone looking to move to 48 that likes to travel, think twice. Their roaming is dreadful. I had the wife and kids on their plan and moved them all to gomo as every time we went away it was an ordeal trying to connect to whichever local network. This was mainly Spain and Portugal but if you look at their forums seems to be all over the place. You might pay a little extra for others but worth it.

matzen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120802674#Comment_120802674

Yeah, get it through VF as PAYG. Easy to set up

loki7777

I could consider switching from old legacy three plan if they would charge again under €10 per month.

eddieoregan

I’m currently with 48 Mobile on €12.99 Membership, I’m thinking, “Should I stay or Should I GoMo” 🤓🤓🤓

eddieoregan

What is the point of these add-ons, if your membership has “all calls & all data”???

AlmightyCushion

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814852#Comment_120814852

If I remember right when 48 started out they were unlimited and they offered the add-ons in case you ran out. Guess they just never removed the option even though it is unlimited now.

Padraig Mor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120814852#Comment_120814852

Other plans don't. I'm on an older plan with some limits.

Potential-Monke

Can't find anything on the 48 site, but do they do an international calls add-on? Everything else seems like it would suit the mother (I have a 3 phone and zero coverage/4g/5g issues, mast across the road!). She doesn't do roaming anymore, but does have relatives in Spain/England who she rings about once a month. An hour call on 48 to the UK would cost nearly €15, so they're a no-go if there's no decent priced add-on (seems you need to be logged in to view add-ons).

davetherave

It is all data and all calls, subject to a fair usage policy of 200GB and 5000 minutes. You'd need to buy addon data if you run out.

https://48.ie/legal/price-plan-details

billyhead

I was thinking if switching to 48 for my elderly Mum who doesn't travel abroad and only uses the phone for making and receiving calls so she won't use internet data or text messaging. She's with Tesco currently where I top her up by 15 euro every 4 weeks. Would it be easy to port her current number over to 48?

TheDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817443#Comment_120817443

If you're going for the 13 euro plan, then take a look at gomo for 15 as you'll get 5G

gipi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817443#Comment_120817443

I ported from Tesco a few years ago without any issues

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120817532#Comment_120817532

Thanks. She won't need to use the Internet on the phone l. Actually she doesn't know how so I wouldn't worry about the speed of connection. As long she can make and receive calls that's all that matters.

Mimikyu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120815564#Comment_120815564

Just had a look on my account and couldn’t see any international add ons.

Could WhatsApp/FaceTime calls be an option?

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120715158#Comment_120715158

Same here but since mid June.Reverts to Proximus after leaving the Republic and won't allow any changes to APN settings.Consequently no roaming.

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120820520#Comment_120820520

It's meant to be promixus for roaming.

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716424#Comment_120716424

All very but what to do when Proximus won't delete to allow 48monthsliffeytelecom to be entered.

bk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120773932#Comment_120773932

Strange, I’m in Portugal at the moment and missus and I have had no issues with roaming on 48!

€8 a month, been the best deal we have ever gotten.

amber2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120830869#Comment_120830869

two iPhones we were there for 10 days with nothing only hotel WiFi and agent told us go buy a local sim in the end as nothing worked. The attached didn’t work so we contacted another agent.

bk

“two iPhones we were there for 10 days with nothing only hotel WiFi and agent told us go buy a local sim in the end as nothing worked. The attached didn’t work so we contacted another agent.”

One iPhone and one Android in our case. The Android phone just worked, the iPhone needed a restart, but then worked.

The details on my iPhone look like this:

APN: 48months.liffeytelecom.com

Username and Password empty.

I’m connected to the NOS mobile network here in Portugal.

CyberGhost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120831049#Comment_120831049

Have you tried switching IMSI?

Go to your apps > 48 SIM Menu > When Abroad > Network Selection > Manual > International - Roaming profile

Murt10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803528#Comment_120803528

I've used 48 on my Samsung all over Spain or the past number of years without a problem on either data or phone-calls once I changed the settings. When i came home I didn't change them back either. Phone works fine here too.

I had friends over with me last year who had IPhones on 48. They had problems, but I believe that 48 has now uploaded a video explaining how to change the settings on IPhones.