Eir GoMo - €9.99/month SIM only (unlimited calls, texts and 80GB data, 10Gb EU Roam

The high horse brigade · 28-10-2019 10:07AM

Bluefoam wrote: »

Google have taken RCS out of the hands of the networks... So yes it should work fine

It's not verifying for me. It's as if the network is not allowing the text

DopeTech · 28-10-2019 10:40AM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

It's not verifying for me. It's as if the network is not allowing the text

Same here. I tried the workaround doing the rounds the last day or so. No luck.

Hardtochoose · 28-10-2019 10:50AM

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Same here. I tried the workaround doing the rounds the last day or so. No luck.

Same issue with iMessage on iPhone for me. Not verifying . As if the text isn’t being sent to activate.

DopeTech · 28-10-2019 11:17AM

Hardtochoose wrote: »

Same issue with iMessage on iPhone for me. Not verifying . As if the text isn’t being sent to activate.

Plenty people here successfully activated iMessage.

Gadgetman496 · 28-10-2019 12:10PM

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Plenty people here successfully activated iMessage.

Yes, a lot of them had to log out of iCloud & login again to sort it

New Home · 28-10-2019 01:24PM

Bluefoam wrote: »

It's not rocket surgery...

Brilliant!

:D:D

Sir Dosser wrote: »

It appears if you click on the help and support section or at least it did for me.

Make sure you're not blocking pop-ups, sometimes that is the problem.

S.G.M. · 28-10-2019 01:31PM

Have been with Vodafone for years and have given no deals whatsoever. €20 a month for free calls, texts and 2GB free data, not great tbh. So thinking of taking up this deal.
Few questions though.
- Any catches?
- Is there much to it?
- What's the story with porting?
- Why does it need our Driver/Passport number and Eircode etc?

Thanks

McMurphy · 28-10-2019 01:39PM

S.G.M. wrote: »

Have been with Vodafone for years and have given no deals whatsoever. €20 a month for free calls, texts and 2GB free data, not great tbh. So thinking of taking up this deal.
Few questions though.
- Any catches?
- Is there much to it?
- What's the story with porting?
- Why does it need our Driver/Passport number and Eircode etc?

Thanks

Ref the driving license or passport number, just make one up, I did, and not a bother.

S.G.M. · 28-10-2019 01:41PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Ref the driving license or passport number, just make one up, I did, and not a bother.

That's good thinking. Feck them keeping an eye on us

Gadgetman496 · 28-10-2019 01:42PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Ref the driving license or passport number, just make one up, I did, and not a bother.

Was it some sort of attempt to stop people outside of Ireland signing up?

tomfoolery60 · 28-10-2019 01:43PM

TheDriver wrote: »

My voicemail is working

It took a day or two for mine to start working but fine now

McMurphy · 28-10-2019 01:46PM

Gadgetman496 wrote: »

Was it some sort of attempt to stop people outside of Ireland signing up?

I have no clue, all I know is that when I was signing up, I didn't have the license number to hand as it was out in the work car, so I just made one up to see if it would let me proceed with a spurious one, and I had no issues at all. SIM card should be here tomorrow I reckon, as I've my new number and all that jazz already emailed to me.

kneemos · 28-10-2019 02:01PM

S.G.M. wrote: »

Have been with Vodafone for years and have given no deals whatsoever. €20 a month for free calls, texts and 2GB free data, not great tbh. So thinking of taking up this deal.
Few questions though.
- Any catches?
- Is there much to it?
- What's the story with porting?
- Why does it need our Driver/Passport number and Eircode etc?

Thanks

Is it in case you need a new sim?

Oige1981 · 28-10-2019 02:01PM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

3 of us in this house have now ported without any major issue. I ported last weekend and there was an 18 hours delay (no biggie) but my wife and daughter ported during the week and it went through fairly quick. We are all finding the network much better than 48 with both better coverage and faster speeds. I have dual SIM Vodafone for work so I'll never be stuck, I really just want the cheapest option for my private SIM.

Has anyone got the voicemail working?

Before I ported the Voicemail worked perfect this was with the SIM card number that arrived on the sim since porting it doesn’t seem to recognise the number I will test it and input the number from the SIM card and see if that gets the Voice mail working. What a deal though eh? I was with Tesco mobile I had two phones with them now ported since 9am this morning after testing GoMo for the week and I’ll never be out of credit

TheDriver · 28-10-2019 02:02PM

S.G.M. wrote: »

Have been with Vodafone for years and have given no deals whatsoever. €20 a month for free calls, texts and 2GB free data, not great tbh. So thinking of taking up this deal.
Few questions though.
- Any catches?
- Is there much to it?
- What's the story with porting?
- Why does it need our Driver/Passport number and Eircode etc?

Thanks

No catches. It's eir reception. Nothing to do except signup online. Port via online account after you get SIM. Its a credit account hence need for ID. Eircode so they can send you the SIM.

The high horse brigade · 28-10-2019 02:08PM

S.G.M. wrote: »

Have been with Vodafone for years and have given no deals whatsoever. €20 a month for free calls, texts and 2GB free data, not great tbh. So thinking of taking up this deal.
Few questions though.
- Any catches?
- Is there much to it?
- What's the story with porting?
- Why does it need our Driver/Passport number and Eircode etc?

Thanks

Make sure your phone isn't locked to Vodafone

lighthouse · 28-10-2019 02:11PM

TheDriver wrote: »

No catches. It's eir reception. Nothing to do except signup online. Port via online account after you get SIM. Its a credit account hence need for ID. Eircode so they can send you the SIM.

For S.G.M. read previous posts here and on GoMo's social media pages to get a feel for the company.
Personally I'm very happy with the service.
Regarding GoMo using Eir's network I wonder have they sectioned off a part of their broadband for GoMo. I met a friend of mine in a pub in Galway on Saturday night. While his phone was showing "4G" on the Eir network mine was only showing the "H" but maybe his phone is just more sensitive than mine.
I get very good speeds in Salthill anyway so no complaints.

Oige1981 · 28-10-2019 02:21PM

I ported over this morning at 8am - the only thing that’s not working is Voicemail. I had tested GoMo for a week using their own 085 number and voicemail worked flawlessly. I’d say it’s the porting issue with your own number is causing the issue. I’m sure hopefully it will be fixed soon. I sent over a message via Twitter. Once I have Calls and Data I’m not to worried regarding voicemail. I’m sure it will all be fixed soon but coming from topping two phones up by €15 a month = €30 via Tesco to now not be worried about running out of credit - and paying €20 a month for two phones. It’s about time someone shaked up the mobile network and fair play to GoMo/EIR for doing so, having tested it for the week before porting over I could not fault it, starting off I was annoyed with the chat service but via Twitter is allot easier to DM them.

The high horse brigade · 28-10-2019 02:28PM

Voicemail looks like it takes a while to activate or so was the case with all 3 accounts we ported to them

Oige1981 · 28-10-2019 02:29PM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Voicemail looks like it takes a while to activate or so was the case with all 3 accounts we ported to them

Awww excellent before porting it worked perfect so I’ll just wait a bit longer

thanks for the heads up.

tinofapples · 28-10-2019 02:43PM

Just ran a speed test on the network in Galway city, 0.39mbps download for anyone interested. If I was living here I'd be hugely disappointed.

Aquos76 · 28-10-2019 02:58PM

Blanchardstown Centre

lighthouse · 28-10-2019 03:11PM

tinofapples wrote: »

Just ran a speed test on the network in Galway city, 0.39mbps download for anyone interested. If I was living here I'd be hugely disappointed.

Where in Galway is that? Did you do a second test?
This is speed test in Salthill now.
https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/5430619195

ThePott · 28-10-2019 03:59PM

So I have my GoMo sim, set to activate on Nov. 1st
I'm with Eir now, phone isn't locked. Carried my number over.
Is it as simple as swapping the sims out or is there anything else I need to do before using it on Friday.

westyIrl · 28-10-2019 04:00PM

ThePott wrote: »

So I have my GoMo sim, set to activate on Nov. 1st
I'm with Eir now, phone isn't locked. Carried my number over.
Is it as simple as swapping the sims out or is there anything else I need to do before using it on Friday.

Yep. Wait until you lose service on Eir sim and then swap in GoMo sim.

Drumpot · 28-10-2019 04:01PM

Anybody any feedback on this?

Thinking of buying two sims and replacing what is effectively the same service with three for 35e?!!

tuxy · 28-10-2019 04:04PM

People I know are now cancelling their wired internet connection and replacing it with a GoMo sim in a hotspot. This is saving them €40 a month and currently there is enough bandwidth for them to get by for things like Netflix and general web browsing.
I emphasise "currently", I still think people who don't realise this service will eventually get to the stage where it is almost unusable in congested areas at peak times are delusional. The only thing that can prevent this from happening is if other providers offer a similar service in the coming months.

Gadgetman496 · 28-10-2019 04:10PM

Drumpot wrote: »

Anybody any feedback on this?

Thinking of buying two sims and replacing what is effectively the same service with three for 35e?!!

Yup! It's in the 2973 posts before yours

Aquos76 · 28-10-2019 04:11PM

tuxy wrote: »

People I know are now cancelling their wired internet connection and replacing it with a GoMo sim in a hotspot. This is saving them €40 a month and currently there is enough bandwidth for them to get by for things like Netflix and general web browsing.
I emphasise "currently", I still think people who don't realise this service will eventually get to the stage where it is almost unusable in congested areas at peak times are delusional. The only thing that can prevent this from happening is if other providers offer a similar service in the coming months.

80GB isn’t very much to replace fixed line BB, streaming Netflix, Spotify and general browsing on a laptop, tablet or smartTV wouldn’t be long about using up that allowance.

TheDriver · 28-10-2019 04:12PM

lighthouse wrote: »

For S.G.M. read previous posts here and on GoMo's social media pages to get a feel for the company.
Personally I'm very happy with the service.
Regarding GoMo using Eir's network I wonder have they sectioned off a part of their broadband for GoMo. I met a friend of mine in a pub in Galway on Saturday night. While his phone was showing "4G" on the Eir network mine was only showing the "H" but maybe his phone is just more sensitive than mine.
I get very good speeds in Salthill anyway so no complaints.

Maybe for billpay but prepay eir vs gomo is same boat. Anyone on Eir prepay may as well change to gomo

Eir GoMo - €9.99/month SIM only (unlimited calls, texts and 80GB data, 10Gb EU Roam

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