Sky Mobile, coming to Ireland

1. No issues so far with 2FA SMS. This is from the likes of Appple, Twitch, mywelfare, etc. Far, far more reliable than gomo so far in this respect when I first moved.
   1. My phone says that it's connected to the Sky IE WiFi network. I'm not too sure if it really means it's WiFi dailing but it wasn't beforehand.

Hope this helps.

Im 8 days since ordering and no sign of a SIM

Only 1 comment.There is sharp competition between 3 and Vodafone for pricing.Upwards for both

My Sky Mobile SIM arrived this morning but I'm strongly considering not activating it, as the 48.ie offer of unlimited 5G data for €12.99 a month will meet my requirements and I'm happy with the 48 signal hereabouts.

Am I right to assume that (a) Sky Mobile won't start to charge me until the SIM is activated; and that the 14 day cooling off period wouldn't start until after the SIM had been activated?

Thanks.

For those who are with Sky for a few days, what is your honest opinion on it to date? Bit nervous to make the switch with all the negative reviews

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@dos08 I ported in from VF and once the port completed (took about 20h), it's working just fine. 2FA works (mygovID, airlines, banks, etc.). Voice mail, roaming, etc. all working.
I have not tested Wifi Calling yet, will do so later this week. I ported in from VF, maybe that makes a difference. Could well be that those not receiving 2FA, etc. that their last provider is not letting go of their routing, etc. and its not a Sky problem as such, but they are required to sort it out. I would just get a complaints ref, then Sky have up to 10 working days to resolve. … my learnings from dealing with Three, VF and others, I am done wasting my time with first / second line support - I push for a complaints ref, and wait for the call back or go to comreg. after 10 working days.

Ordered my SIM on Friday and it came this morning in the post. Moved my number and it moved almost instantly. Speeds are varying on 5G. Does anyone know the APN settings for Ireland please?

Has anyone tested the Sky sim in a router? Are you getting throttled?

I just read a case of someone getting throttled to 12Mbps while the sim is in a router.

Just edit or create an APN, and in the APN (URL) field put in mobile.sky and leave the rest alone. Save out and you should have data pretty instantly.

With regards to 2FA, I'm not experiencing issues. I've had numerous over the last few days, from Microsoft to PTSB.

I made the mistake of putting my SIM into my phone before porting and as a result Google Messages kept enabling RCS for the temporary 089 number, even after the port completed. A buddy in the US verified that he received an RCS from me from the 089 number instead of my actual number. I tried everything I could think of. I reset the mobile network settings numerous times, cleared the Google Messages app data numerous times, and Google Play Services app data, yada, yada… I knew it wasn't a Sky issue because I could get RCS enabled on my old OnePlus 6T running a Project Elixir Android 14 custom ROM with my actual number. So in the end I just caved in and did a factory reset and restored a Google One backup of my apps, settings, etc. That did the trick and RCS is now working. So be careful, folks. Activate and port the SIM without putting it in until the port is complete. This could also be something of note for iPhone users having issues with iMessage?

Ordered mine (online) on the 11th….and it arrived today.

BTW, does anybody know how to set up a "Divert when unanswered"…and how to turn off voicemail ? I can't find anything on the Sky Website about either.

Mine arrived this morning having been ordered on Thursday. I'm going to hold activating for a few days just in case the phone gets borked.

Switched from Eir to Sky this afternoon. 5G speeds are much slower at home than I had with Eir, 4G is quicker even though I'm showing full 5G bars but it's a moot point as when I'm at home I use my broadband anyway.

However the ComReg map shows that I should have the same coverage quality from both providers so am I missing a setting?

My access point didn't get created automatically so I just done what everyone else had done, added mobile.sky as the APN and left everything else as is, MCC is 272 and MNC is 25.

No WiFi calling option available on the sim but I never really used that with Eir anyway but not the point.

What phone do you have?

Also speeds aren't only dependent on coverage, but also network capacity - total available bandwidth vs. used bandwidth by subscribers at the mast.

That's weird. My OnePlus 6T (albeit running a custom Android 14 ROM) shows the options, whereas my Pixel 7 does not.