Meteor mobile data 20GB for €10

groom · 11-09-2013 01:24PM #1

I needed a short term no contract broadband solution

I found the 1 month bill pay option here for €20.32 pm which stood out as being the best deal for my needs.

When I went to buy it in the shop it was half price (so €10.16) which will be the price for up to a year.

It's a micro-sim intended for a tablet but I've put it into an Android phone that is acting as a portable hot spot. I'm getting almost 4Mbit down which is the max Sky / Eircom could provide for the road I'm on Dublin. We watched 1 hour on Netflix via a Chromecast without it buffering while also browsing on 2 devices.

There's always potential here for the shop staff to have gotten it wrong and Meteor can often be pretty inconsistent with these sort of deals. I won't see a bill for a while to confirm that it's definitely the price.

iPhone. · 11-09-2013 01:30PM

Where did you get the crhomecast?

groom · 11-09-2013 01:37PM

shipped from the states

foggy_lad · 11-09-2013 01:45PM

groom wrote: »

I needed a short term no contract broadband solution

I found the 1 month bill pay option here for €20.32 pm which stood out as being the best deal for my needs.

When I went to buy it in the shop it was half price (so €10.16) which will be the price for up to a year.

It's a micro-sim intended for a tablet but I've put it into an Android phone that is acting as a portable hot spot. I'm getting almost 4Mbit down which is the max Sky / Eircom could provide for the road I'm on Dublin. We watched 1 hour on Netflix via a Chromecast without it buffering while also browsing on 2 devices.

There's always potential here for the shop staff to have gotten it wrong and Meteor can often be pretty inconsistent with these sort of deals. I won't see a bill for a while to confirm that it's definitely the price.

If you log into your account you should be able to see what plan you are on and what it costs

Access · 11-09-2013 02:15PM

Jesus... Thats a good price for mobile data... Even tesco only do 15gb.

I take it that only data... No calls or texts included? Would be perfect for people looking to break away from eircom line rental and land lines... For broadband at least.

Is their coverage still poor or are they piggybacking on another network now.?

Edit... Would 20gb be the biggest data plan out there from the mobile networks?

groom · 11-09-2013 02:20PM

Access wrote: »

Is their coverage still poor or are they piggybacking on another network now.?

I've always found Meteor's data to be fast, around Dublin at least.

It's only data. The sim is marketed for tablets. I tried ringing the number as it was in a phone but it didn't call so looks like voice and calls are barred.

Access · 11-09-2013 02:28PM

groom wrote: »

It's only data. The sim is marketed for tablets. I tried ringing the number as it was in a phone but it didn't call so looks like voice and calls are barred.

That would be fine for my needs so as im itching to get rid of the landline!

galait · 11-09-2013 04:14PM

Access wrote: »

That would be fine for my needs so as im itching to get rid of the landline!

I got the €10/20 Gig deal about 2 weeks ago and its great , You can get 50 gig for €25 ,

I also ported my Landline to Blueface VOIP 9.99/month for 300 mins and its very good quality. I am using my DECT Phone System with a VOIP ATA thats 6/7 yrs old.

IRCA · 11-09-2013 04:48PM

galait wrote: »

I got the €10/20 Gig deal about 2 weeks ago and its great , You can get 50 gig for €25 ,

I also ported my Landline to Blueface VOIP 9.99/month for 300 mins and its very good quality. I am using my DECT Phone System with a VOIP ATA thats 6/7 yrs old.

is this instor only - can't see anything online about these deals?

galait · 11-09-2013 05:05PM

IRCA wrote: »

is this instor only - can't see anything online about these deals?

10 Euro for 20 gig is in store (a4 photocopies on counter) , the 25 euro plan states it's only 30 gig but when users login to account it shows 50 gig as the allowance ,

messinkiapina · 11-09-2013 05:08PM

I got the €10 for 20GB deal a few weeks back in the Patrick Street store (Cork). It's a rolling 30 day contract too, so you can cancel at any time. Great deal in fairness.

11-09-2013 05:10PM

galait wrote: »

I got the €10/20 Gig deal about 2 weeks ago and its great , You can get 50 gig for €25 ,

I also ported my Landline to Blueface VOIP 9.99/month for 300 mins and its very good quality. I am using my DECT Phone System with a VOIP ATA thats 6/7 yrs old.

are you sure that you can get 50gb for 25 euro - can't see this on their site - which meteor store was this..?

http://www1.meteor.ie/mobilebroadband/billpay/

Pacifico · 11-09-2013 05:13PM

Got this deal over a year ago...gone back up to 20 now.

Wonder if i can cancel it and sign up again?!

galait · 11-09-2013 05:28PM

glasso wrote: »

are you sure that you can get 50gb for 25 euro - can't see this on their site - which meteor store was this..?

http://www1.meteor.ie/mobilebroadband/billpay/

the 25 euro plan states it's only 30 gig but when users login to account it shows 50 gig as the allowance ,

http://forums.meteor.ie/t5/Mobile-Broadband/30GB-or-50GB/td-p/93882

neonitrix · 11-09-2013 06:06PM

Pacifico wrote: »

Got this deal over a year ago...gone back up to 20 now.

Wonder if i can cancel it and sign up again?!

just ring customer service, I switched back upto 20 a month rang them and they switched it back down and credited me for a month as i was overcharged.

neo

scruff96 · 11-09-2013 06:11PM

Im getting unlimited data with 3 as part of a prepay plan for €20 a month. Just turn the phone into a hotspot and away you go

galait · 11-09-2013 06:32PM

scruff96 wrote: »

Im getting unlimited data with 3 as part of a prepay plan for €20 a month. Just turn the phone into a hotspot and away you go

I also use the 3 deal for my Iphone , Last weekend when I was close to the 20GB Limit on Meteor I popped in the 3 sim into my E3131/TPLink Router and worked like a charm all weekend with no limits , I will say the VOIP and D*Box were not as happy with 3 Network as they were with the Meteor Network (Both showing full signal) , Maybe because the nearest 3 tower is a mile further away than the meteor one which is 4.2 miles as the crow flies.

flutered · 11-09-2013 09:24PM

how much data is required for heavy browsing only.

messinkiapina · 11-09-2013 09:29PM

scruff96 wrote: »

Im getting unlimited data with 3 as part of a prepay plan for €20 a month. Just turn the phone into a hotspot and away you go

Would they have a problem with you using your phone plan as a broadband service (tethering), thought that was against their terms of service?

loopymum · 11-09-2013 09:37PM

neonitrix wrote: »

just ring customer service, I switched back upto 20 a month rang them and they switched it back down and credited me for a month as i was overcharged.

neo

Same here, I sent them an email complaining and they told me contact the cancellations team.
They credited the account and put me back on the 10euro plan.

kn · 11-09-2013 09:51PM

Access wrote: »

Edit... Would 20gb be the biggest data plan out there from the mobile networks?

3 has 60Gb for €35/month contract.

kn · 11-09-2013 09:53PM

flutered wrote: »

how much data is required for heavy browsing only.

15Gb would be loads for browsing only. Its when your using it for watching films/TV that you need big data packages.

jimmycrackcorm · 12-09-2013 01:25AM

Beware, I have two friends who have been landed with several hundred Euro bills with Meteor. Both on this tariff. One got caught because Meteor happily changed their tariff from 5GB to 20GB and handed them a free modem but neglected to say it would only kick in two weeks later instead of immediately.

jimmycrackcorm · 12-09-2013 01:26AM

kn wrote: »

15Gb would be loads for browsing only. Its when your using it for watching films/TV that you need big data packages.

The second got caught out thinking the same.

kn · 12-09-2013 10:16AM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

The second got caught out thinking the same.

? 15Gb is a lot of data just for browsing i.e. 500Mb a day on average. Its when you stream from youtube (circa 300Mb/hour at normal settings) download films (circa 1Gb on average from iTunes) or watch BBC iplayer or the RTE player (circa 400Mb/hour) that you run into big data usage.

paddym1 · 12-09-2013 10:44AM

Thanks OP. Great value for 20Gb. Signed up yesterday.

kn · 12-09-2013 10:55AM

By far the best deal (gone since August 28th for new customers) was the Tesco Mobile deal that gave you 15Gb free, including tethering, if you topped-up by €25+ in one top-up. The offer was 'for life' as long as you topped-up by €25 at least once before the offer ended. I am on triple credit with Tesco Mobile so I can actually stretch my by data allowance out to 17.5Gb and still retain the €25 top-up for calls/texts.

Tesco Mobile are introducing new mobile data packages in the next week I am led to believe.

paddyp · 12-09-2013 11:08AM

No meteor store near here can you get this in carhponewarehouse I wonder?

Access · 12-09-2013 11:34AM

kn wrote: »

By far the best deal (gone since August 28th for new customers) was the Tesco Mobile deal that gave you 15Gb free, including tethering, if you topped-up by €25+ in one top-up. The offer was 'for life' as long as you topped-up by €25 at least once before the offer ended. I am on triple credit with Tesco Mobile so I can actually stretch my by data allowance out to 17.5Gb and still retain the €25 top-up for calls/texts.

Tesco Mobile are introducing new mobile data packages in the next week I am led to believe.

I'm have that 15gb for €25 deal from tesco mobile at the moment too... and it's great to hear that they hopefully will be announcing mobile data packages shortly...

But a heads up to any future tesco mobile customers... tesco is on O2 so it has great coverage, but tesco limit speeds to 2mb download and there is no way around this no matter what your allowance with them is.

They would want to get rid of this restriction otherwise I like some others will just change to another network.

Edit... where would we see the info on any new data plans by tesco? any linky?

kn · 12-09-2013 12:09PM

Access wrote: »

I'm have that 15gb for €25 deal from tesco mobile at the moment too... and it's great to hear that they hopefully will be announcing mobile data packages shortly...

But a heads up to any future tesco mobile customers... tesco is on O2 so it has great coverage, but tesco limit speeds to 2mb download and there is no way around this no matter what your allowance with them is.

They would want to get rid of this restriction otherwise I like some others will just change to another network.

Edit... where would we see the info on any new data plans by tesco? any linky?

One of the mods on their forum let it slip that they would be announcing a 5Gb add-on in the next week or so. I'd imagine it will be priced around the tenner mark like the text add-on. I do not find the speed restriction any difficulty as its not an issue with normal browsing/streaming. Plus I understand from the TM mods that the speed limits are likely to be either increased or abandoned entirely in the near future.

I would be very slow to give up that 15Gb of free data with a €25 top-up if I were you. If you move your number, or even opt-in to the new Tesco Mobile offers then that 15Gb is permanently gone.

groom · 12-09-2013 01:08PM

kn wrote: »

By far the best deal (gone since August 28th for new customers) was the Tesco Mobile deal that gave you 15Gb free, including tethering, if you topped-up by €25+ in one top-up.

That's a different beast though as it's connected to your phone whereas I was looking for makeshift BB solution that would be available in my livingroom 24/7

Meteor mobile data 20GB for €10

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