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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,065 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,956 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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

    Could WhatsApp/FaceTime calls be an option?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭spakman




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


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



  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭amber2


    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.




  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Have you tried switching IMSI?

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



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭Murt10


    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.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Always a % of people who have absolutely excellent service from 48.I get better service in Africa and Asia (in countries where they claim to have no agreements)than Northern Ireland-on the island of Ireland.Overall I'd give them 2 out of 5



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    Just regarding 48 issues roaming.

    I own house in Spain I go there frequently and my wife and sons iphones could ever roam and I tried everything under the sun I communicated with 48 lots of times. We eventually learned the issue is on iphones and 48 as androids roam ok. I eventually took all yhefay off 48 and moved to Gomo and roaming has now been flawless for all of us the past few years.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭gipi


    Android phones don't all roam ok. I'm on Android and can't get roaming data in NI.



  • Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    We are currently in Netherlands and my wife and daughter had no bother getting roaming to work with 48, they both got it automatic this year also, they were receiving messages and whatsapp while we touched down in Amsterdam. They are getting 100mb + speeds in around the cities we have visited. My Eir is not as good this year as it was last year, I remember having 5G as standard, this year it's just 4G



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    48 must be well in with a Dutch phone company.Maybe a 3 subsidiary.Were they SMS or Whatsapp messages and not picking up WiFi somewhere?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    NI is a major struggle to get roaming.Picked up Vodaphone for the first time yesterday,normally EE.Had to add 48months settings twice.Got EE on 1st attempts for seconds only.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,336 ✭✭✭cullenswood


    Got an iPhone 10 to roam in Spain no bother last week just by changing the APN thingy to liffeytelecom



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    I did all that on iphone 6 and iphone 8 and it only cut in and out for seconds at a time. Perhaps the newer iphones are working



  • Registered Users Posts: 53 ✭✭freshfruit


    Just back from Spain with 3 members of family on 38. We had awful trouble connecting to roaming with all of them because the article settings werent accurate and/or didnt' work.

    I spent ages on the chat with a support agent who sorted it for me. APN has to be 48months.liffeytelecom.com, all other settings can be left blank. the 48 SIM menu app under When Abroad > Network Selection has to be set to Automatic. That did the trick, in Spain anyways



  • Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    Definitely not connected to wifi, my daughter had no problems streaming on her instagram and snapchat from the coldplay gig in Amsterdam last night, and after 9 days here, she has now managed to use up her 10gb roaming allowance now 🙈 So I can 100% say for certain that 48 roaming works fine in the Netherlands, and as I mentioned earlier, I would say its more consistent than Eir this year, as my roaming has been hit and miss at times.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭spakman


    Working fine in Spain for me without having to even check the settings. connected immediately once I turned on the phone.

    I didn't get a new SIM (same one for past 2 or 3 years) and the APN is set as 48months.liffeytelecom.com



  • Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Pekarirska


    Lycamobile offers "unlimited" national data, calls and text plus unlimited international calls to the UK, Spain, etc... for €25 a month on their "Unlimited Plus" plan.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,651 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I tried Lyca last year and found it pure muck, dropped calls and poor data speeds.

    EU is 30Gb and they have a AUP on their unlimited but can't find it. If travel is important, go with PostMobile 15 plan which gives you 25Gb Vodafone data in EU.



  • Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Pekarirska


    I had an awful trouble with 48 roaming two years ago. Road tripping, entered France and data gone... until I updated the apn settings as advised in previous posts.

    I then drove from the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the country, continued into Germany until touching the North Sea, then turning south into Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, then back crossing Italy, France and back to Ireland. No roaming issues whatsoever.

    Got pulled over by Italian Carabinieri on a motorway because of my wife's flagrant use of mobile phone, roaming again. Got stuck behind that police car with Christmas lightshow turned on for 10 minutes until the motorway exit appeared. She of course continued talking on the phone all this time, sitting on the left side of the car where a driver is supposed to be in Europe. They continued filming us, and even brought over their laptop, probably to show us the evidence. Should have seen the officer's face when the window rolled down and there was no steering wheel :-) Italian law enforcement at it's best!

    I repeated the 48 roaming exercise in the Alps this winter yielding the same seamless outcome.

    48 roaming works as advertised in my experience. Multiple providers were used across borders without any issue. But then add a human factor and there will be trouble 😵‍💫, especially in Italy 😜



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Fantastic with 48 roaming and police diligence.Absolutely fantastico.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    That's a decent offer. Even the Go Unlimited would be grand for €20 a month. I'd be tempted. They use the 3 network and I'm on 3 with zero issues for data/connectivity, so I may change her over to try it out. Not sure on the pay for a year option, Go Unlimited for 12 months is €110 with a current discount and works out at just under €9.17 a month. That seems crazy good. Wonder how hard it would be to get back if it was crap! Fair tempting...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,651 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    Try it first. Like 48 or Tesco on 3 or postmobile on Vodafone, signal is the same but they process data separately so you'll find data speeds will differ a lot from three speeds. "No. of bars" stay the same. I found Lyca appalling for data speeds



  • Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Pekarirska


    There's also Viber Out. 2c/minute to call mobiles and landlines PAYG or the unlimited plan for €6 a month. Free trial also:

    https://account.viber.com/en/call-world



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Skype have a similar plan.Though it's not clear from Viber's info if you can use the plan outside of Ireland.I mean call from say Oz or Argentina back to Ireland and pay the same 2c.Probably not that kind of cheap.



  • Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Pekarirska




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  • Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Yes you can. Where you're calling from is irrelevant as it's over mobile data or wi-fi. I use Viber and Yolla regularly and find them pretty faultless.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    I call from Ireland to certain destinations and get charged a different rate when calling back to Ireland from the same places is what I meant.But still cheap.



  • Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 5,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quackster


    Yeah, rates can very a fair bit depending on destination. For instance, UK seems to be a lot more expensive to call than Ireland.



  • Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭crustybread


    tbf, It's not an ordeal if you are tech savvy and happy to have to amend the settings each time you fly. What p**d me off is they advertised these issues should now be corrected with the latest SIM, I ordered same and wife (Iphone) had same problems on arrival in Portugal in May. I wasn't with her and herself or her friends could not correct the issue. She had WIFI only for the trip. I switched her to GOMO soon after, Just back from Spain last week and no issues when roaming. No need to change any settings. Happy wife, Happy life :-) I'm happy to pay the extra to cut out the need to tinker with settings.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭Dymo


    From my experience with 48 and roaming, it's a real pain—specifically, when using an iPhone and Android phone in the UK and Spain. I know what to do now, but it's still bothersome every time I switch countries. I would like to encourage more people to switch to 48 due to its competitive pricing, but overall coverage in Ireland is quite poor. I often use intercity trains, and the coverage is terrible unless I'm near a town. Additionally, the roaming aspect while being in another country is also dreadful.



  • Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭emy


    New 48 here, ported from Three 5G. In terms of speed no difference. No problems so far. Regarding roaming, (I have one more sim card) yes I can confirm that did not work at all, I tried everything to have it going with no success. I ordered a replacement sim card, I will see when abroad if there is any change.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭pissed


    Just back from Bulgaria. Two phones on 48 and both sims replaced this year for the supposedly better roaming experience. Both phones connected immediately. Worked fine for both data and calls. I was roaming on 5G some of the time. Did not have to go into the 48 menu for the roaming profile. Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and Google Pixel 3A.

    On a previous trip to Bulgaria I could not get anything to work on my previous phone which was a Huawei.

    So, is it the new sim's? Is it the brand of phone?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    Neither,just pot luck



  • Registered Users Posts: 15 Stupendousman


    Is the current €12.99 deal for life like GoMo or can they increase it as and when they want?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,651 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    They tried and failed last year but going to 28 days so yes, for life. But expect no upgrades compared to dearer plans eg 5G



  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭Shane119


    Just to echo what most posters are saying, I’ve always found roaming with 48 a disaster. I’ve never been able to get it to work abroad. None of the fixes on their website work for me including upgrading to the new sim. I’m on the €7.99 a month plan. That’s the only reason I’m still with them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭spakman


    wrong thread



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Spn744


    are you using an iPhone? It works for me with Northern Ireland but the settings are a disaster to navigate. If it is an iPhone I can help you with how it’s done!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭amber2


    Would you mind posting for everyone please, have two iPhones in the house, heading off over coming weeks and roaming is a disaster. Have tried everything agents suggested and nothing works. Last year they told us buy a local sim. Thanks



  • Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭TheBigEvil


    I've been with 48 for a couple of years now on the 7.99 deal, and have been able to roam in the Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Spain (Lanzarote) without too much trouble.

    One thing I had to sort out early on was the "Access Point Names" (APN), once I sorted that everything worked.

    I have an android phone, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, and to get into it its under Settings -> Mobile Networks and there is an entry called Access Point Names. Click on it and it should list the APNs and one of them, image below. I've renamed the APN to "48 Internet", so the one on your phone might be called something different, but it should have the text 48months.liffeytelecom.com under the APN name, as per the screenshot below.


    You have two options, 1] Try and edit the entry you have (click on the APN in the list, and then the 3 dots in top right and select edit), or 2] create a new entry using the Add option in top right of screen, and then select that as your default once created. The create option might be the better thing to do, as it might be cleaner. Just remember to select it from the APN list, so its your default APN for mobile connections.

    When either editing or creating the APN details, set them as per the screen shot below, and make sure to save them (especially if editing, click the 3 dots in the top right to save)

    Once you have your APN set-up and selected as you default APN, the only thing left to do (and I can only say this if you are on the older SIM), is to make sure you change to the International Roaming Profile when abroad.

    So, to do that, do the following :

    1] Swipe up from the bottom of your phone to call up the App drawer.

    2] In the search bar type SIM and it should show an app called "48 Sim Menu"

    3] Click on that App

    4] From the next screen that appears click on "When Abroad"

    5] From the next screen that appears click on "Network Selection"

    6] From the next screen that appears click on "Manual"

    7] From the next screen that appears click on "International Roaming Profile"

    You should get a message on the screen that says "refreshing SIM data", or similar wording.

    That should be it, you should be roaming.

    When you come back home you just need to follow the steps 1-7 above again, and for step 7, you need to select "Local - Home Profile".

    Not ideal having to switch manually between the International and Home profiles, but doesn't bother me for the sake of 7.99 a month. Maybe if you have the newer SIM and have sorted the APN details above, it might work automatically.

    Hope the above helps someone, as I said, I've not had any issues roaming with 48. Ohh and above also works on wifes Samsung Galaxy S23.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Spn744


    What we do on our 2 iPhone 48.ie old sims. Go into settings>mobile service>sim applications> when abroad> network selection> manual

    then go into mobile data network> toggle off automatic and select the network (for the UK O2 is the partner network)

    if this doesn’t work toggle aeroplane mode on for 20 seconds and off.

    also make sure that data roaming is enabled.

    it can take a bit of trial and error in the settings but I go to Northern Ireland weekly and this works for me and my wife.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Citizenpain


    this is what we do too - takes an age to remember and its T&E - fine when you are travelling with someone who has a phone and can google but a pain when on your own with one phone unless you have instructions printed



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭amber2


    Thanks for posting @Spn744 will give it a try when we are away, hopefully we get sorted with those instructions.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 481 ✭✭Spn744




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,897 ✭✭✭beachhead


    48 were emailing some customers with required settings for roaming last year or possibly just to those who emailed complaints.For the past 6 months my phone(new sim)has been automatically picking up foreign networks without any need to check the settings.Countries in the last year-Northern Ireland(UK),Spain mainland and islands,Egypt,Cyprus,Albania,UAE,Sri Lanka,Thailand,Vietnam,Indonesia and Singapore.Prior to 6 mths ago it was hit and miss even with the new sim.



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