James__10 wrote: » I’m currently with Tesco mobile paying €15 per month if I I sign up will I lose service while my number is porting over to GoMo?
Bob24 wrote: » A few points: - The network was already struggling in some places, even before the introduction of GoMO - 100k customers isn’t really a limit, this is 10% of their current customer base and thus a *very* high figure - Those users are given a much higher data allowance than what the average Eir user would have gotten until recently, and thus will generate a lot more data traffic than average / strain the network more - Upgrading a mobile network requires a lot of capital expenditure and 10 euros per month for this plan probably barely cover the operational expenditures related to the customer (or doesn’t even cover it) - the money would have to come form somewhere else - Even if the money is on the table, adding new antennas in dense areas to cope with additional load isn’t just a matter of adding new equipment. You need to find new locations which satisfy regulatory requirements and whereby someone is willing to offer you a lease: this is a pain and takes a long time
tuxy wrote: » Three mobile have been totally unable to provide adequate capacity in many areas of the country. This is who GoMo will be competing against so can provide the same poor service but at a lower price.
bromley52 wrote: » I have been trying to port since last Wednesday but after about 2min I get the following text. I must have tried about 10 times.
Mr.S wrote: » It will however, take GoMo a long time to reach 100k subs, if ever. It's not like overnight 100k subs have been added to the Eir network. VM Ireland has been around since 2015 and has less than 80k, they have pretty aggressive pricing strategies to get people on board.
JTMan wrote: » VM/48/Lyca never managed to generate the level of buzz that GoMo has nor have VM being as aggressive as GoMo with sim-only unlimited pricing. The VM unlimited plan costs 25 EUR a month. More than double GoMo. Anecdotal evidence, from friends, family, work colleagues, Boards.ie, Reddit and social media reactions all point towards a phenomenally successful launch. I bet GoMo will go well beyond 100k and also set a new benchmark for digital-only shadow-brand sim-free competition that eventually competitors will have to copy.
PantlessNoodle wrote: » Just wondering if anyone has any answers to this, the 80 gb cap states if you go over they can limit your speed. I've chatted to them and one person said that if you go over 80gb you wont get charged and another said you will get charged maximum 30 euro. Erm not very clear, i've checked their terms and i can't see any fee for data unless you're roaming. *UPDATE* he was a new employee and had the info wrong, it is only charged if roaming
OmegaGene wrote: » Who’s Neil ?
TheDriver wrote: » You get throttled but not charged AFAIK
tuxy wrote: Anyone who signs up for this without realising the network will be seriously oversubscribed is delusional. You get what you pay for and it's still a good deal but may be unusable at times depending on how much bandwidth you need.
Mr.S wrote: » I'm not saying they won't do well, they will, and will disrupt the mobile industry and have likely set a new pricing level for PAYG / Sim Free - just not as quick. 100k in the Irish market is a **** tonne. 48 is a funny one, I remember them being massive when they launched with huge campaigns. The pricing was attractive back then wasn't it but they kind of just...fizzled out?
jogdish wrote: » Mine ported in the small hours last night all works well speeds/calls etc. Do I just pay for a fraction of the bit of October that is left, then the 9.99?
Ayaan Mushy Wall wrote: » Eir released their 5G network the other day, maybe a lot of bill paying customers will be moving to that, freeing up capacity.
_Kaiser_ wrote: » - Vodafone: overpriced, poor value, poor service and still trading on the reputation of having the best network (which I'd personally dispute). It's probably better than the other two outside Dublin but far from perfect.
100k in the Irish market is a **** tonne
The pricing was attractive back then wasn't it but they kind of just...fizzled out?
Aquos76 wrote: » I wonder how many of these porting issues are down to human error rather than GoMo or any of the other providers. We’ve already seen numerous examples in this threat of people not knowing if the are postpay, prepay multi line etc... The amount of people who also automatically thought their new sim would come with there phone number already on it.
nephster wrote: » I'm sure that there has been some human error... but lots of issues aren't down to the customer. I'm on PAYG, with Eir having my address. So, I chose Prepay Registered. For the craic, I've also tried Prepay Unregistered. I get the "oh no" text every time. I *can't* chose Postpay, as that requires an account number to proceed, which I obviously don't have. What is concerning is that GoMo support ask for a *GoMo* account number when you deal with them, which AFAIK also isn't a thing... I certainly can't see one in my dashboard. Having set up the port for my partner, who was on exactly the same account type as me, and that working flawlessly, I'm pretty sure this isn't down to something I've done.
nephster wrote: » What is concerning is that GoMo support ask for a *GoMo* account number when you deal with them, which AFAIK also isn't a thing... I certainly can't see one in my dashboard.
