Meteor mobile data 20GB for €10

jimmycrackcorm · 12-09-2013 02:16PM

kn wrote: »

? 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.

Multiply youtube use by the number of kids and other family members you have and you'll soon see a difference. After analysing my friends usage, I concluded that this is normal internet use. The ironic thing is that the total usage in listed in the bill was just under the 20Gb allowance but the face that they weren't aware that it wouldn't kick in until the new billing period meant they were charged.

It's bad form to hand over a new sim and broadband dongle and not say - btw you can't use this for two weeks when your package comes into effect.

AlanS181824 · 12-09-2013 05:36PM

What are the terms of this contract? Like is it direct debit or...?
Sorry can't seem to load the website from my phone.

galait · 12-09-2013 05:44PM

AlanS181824 wrote: »

What are the terms of this contract? Like is it direct debit or...?
Sorry can't seem to load the website from my phone.

It is a 30 day contract , I am using a Visa Credit card to pay via Direct Debit , They did a 1 euro charge to my card and refunded straight away , They used my Driving License and the 1 euro transaction to confirm identity

Heraldoffreeent · 12-09-2013 05:51PM

groom wrote: »

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

Its not connected to your phone. I have the Sim in a dongle and it gives me 17.5 Gb per top up because, putting it in a dongle means I'm not using any voice or texts, so all my phone credit is used up in the extra 2.4GB of data.

The dongle is a Huawei 355 I think, so that provides wifi in my living room for up to 5 devices, it sits on a USB plug.

The down side is the DL speed. which is at best under 3Mb(I know they say a cap of 2Mb, but speedtest often shows me as having 2,5-2.9), although it also shows half a Mb at times too. The Ping also varies, anything from 60ms. (which is grand) But it can vary wieldly up to 200ms-1000ms sometimes.

galait · 12-09-2013 06:00PM

Heraldoffreeent wrote: »

Its not connected to your phone. I have the Sim in a dongle and it gives me 17.5 Gb per top up because, putting it in a dongle means I'm not using any voice or texts, so all my phone credit is used up in the extra 2.4GB of data.

The dongle is a Huawei 355 I think, so that provides wifi in my living room for up to 5 devices, it sits on a USB plug.

The down side is the DL speed. which is at best under 3Mb(I know they say a cap of 2Mb, but speedtest often shows me as having 2,5-2.9), although it also shows half a Mb at times too. The Ping also varies, anything from 60ms. (which is grand) But it can vary wieldly up to 200ms-1000ms sometimes.

How is 17.5 gb for 25 euro better than 20 gb for 10 euro or am i missing something ?

Heraldoffreeent · 12-09-2013 06:02PM

galait wrote: »

How is 17.5 gb for 25 euro better than 20 gb for 10 euro or am i missing something ?

I didn't say it was, just clarifying that you didn't need to use it in a phone.

kn · 12-09-2013 11:19PM

galait wrote: »

How is 17.5 gb for 25 euro better than 20 gb for 10 euro or am i missing something ?

15Gb of that is free. But what he is doing is using the entire top-up double credit also for data i.e. €25 top-up is actually €50 of credit which at 2c/Mb is 2.5Gb giving a total of 17.5Gb. Although he could actually get that closer to 20Gb by buying 3x1Gb data add-ons at €6.99/each.

With regard as to how is a better offer from my perspective its the fact that I have a large amount of data that I can tether with plus a phone all in one - no contract etc. In fact I am on triple credit because I switched over a number when that promotion is on so for a €25 top-up I get 15Gb of data plus 5000 texts on top of €75 of credit to use as I choose. And in fact I have on occasion topped up by €25 and at the end of the 30 days found that I still had the full €25 left! Beat that anyone??

Popple3 · 17-09-2013 02:16PM

Nice. Recently out of contract on my 3 broadband, so unlocked my modem last night, will pick this up and cancel with 3. Thanks OP.

Btw, guy in store (Athlone, Golden Island) said this offer will be available until at least the end of the month.

nitros7 · 17-09-2013 02:21PM

Cheers OP
Signed up to this last year and the offer just ran out.
Rang up to cancel and got it for another 12 months!
Sweet... Better value than O2's current Student offer

paddyp · 17-09-2013 02:39PM

Popple3 wrote: »

Nice. Recently out of contract on my 3 broadband, so unlocked my modem last night, will pick this up and cancel with 3. Thanks OP.

Btw, guy in store (Athlone, Golden Island) said this offer will be available until at least the end of the month.

What kind of speeds are you getting in athlone?

galait · 17-09-2013 02:48PM

paddyp wrote: »

What kind of speeds are you getting in athlone?

I get 3 to 5 meg mostly and 2 to 3 peak hours , 4.2 Miles from Mast in Ganlys out the roscommon road , Also running voip from Blueface and perfect 99% of the time

groom · 17-09-2013 03:41PM

nitros7 wrote: »

Better value than O2's current Student offer

I wouldn't mind that Huawei dongle for €25 though. My 3 year old Desire isn't the most reliable wifi hotspot

Popple3 · 17-09-2013 06:03PM

paddyp wrote: »

What kind of speeds are you getting in athlone?

Just picked up my SIM. Here's my speed test (in town near KFC):

meathman0 · 17-09-2013 07:13PM

Popple3 wrote: »

Just picked up my SIM. Here's my speed test (in town near KFC):

Is the sim a normal size, would it fit into the 3 mifi dongle?Thanks

lost_at_sea · 17-09-2013 07:32PM

Can someone help me as I am not technical enough to set this up.

I understand we go into Meteor & buy the nano Sim. I am unsure what we put that nano sim into (we don't want to use our phones) What other pieces of equipment do we need to set up wifi in our home under this plan?

We currently have a ZyXEL NBG-417N Wireless N Router, so Can we reuse that in some way??

Popple3 · 17-09-2013 07:47PM

meathman0 wrote: »

Is the sim a normal size, would it fit into the 3 mifi dongle?Thanks

Normal size. Have in my 3 mifi right now no bother. Had to unlock it first though. Used https://www.dc-unlocker.com and it worked a charm. If you just ask for a normal sized SIM they'll make sure to give you one anyway.

loopymum · 17-09-2013 10:14PM

I picked up a refurbished dongle from meteor last year for a tenner and I had an old white vodafone router that you can stick the dongle into to broadcast it as the wireless network.
I had to unlock the router and the stick, was easy enough, funnily enough I have the router about 6 years now and a friend signed with vodafone recently and got sent out the same router.
It's Hauwei

meathman0 · 17-09-2013 10:33PM

Popple3 wrote: »

Normal size. Have in my 3 mifi right now no bother. Had to unlock it first though. Used https://www.dc-unlocker.com and it worked a charm. If you just ask for a normal sized SIM they'll make sure to give you one anyway.

Cheers, thanks for the info.

fran426ft · 17-09-2013 10:40PM

Since my girlfriends O2 student deal runs out next month I think we might consider this. Need to check what the Meteor coverage is like in our area first.

I'm getting 10Mb+ download on O2 when they are not choking it back for us going over our monthly limit

. The nice thing about the O2 student deal though is that we are only getting charged 50c per GB once we go over the limit so there is little chance of being stung with a crazy bill.:D

Heraldoffreeent · 17-09-2013 10:55PM

lost_at_sea wrote: »

Can someone help me as I am not technical enough to set this up.

I understand we go into Meteor & buy the nano Sim. I am unsure what we put that nano sim into (we don't want to use our phones) What other pieces of equipment do we need to set up wifi in our home under this plan?

We currently have a ZyXEL NBG-417N Wireless N Router, so Can we reuse that in some way??

I had a quick look at your router on line there, and it looks like a broad band router used for a fixed line installation. So, no, it wont work.
What you need to purchase is a MiFi type device, which can be got from Meteor, you also need a SIM, but you'll probably be better off buying a standad sim if you're using it in a MiFi.

What you need would be one of the two devices on the attached link with MIFI in their name:
http://www1.meteor.ie/mobilebroadband/billpay/

groom · 18-09-2013 10:49AM

loopymum wrote: »

I picked up a refurbished dongle from meteor last year for a tenner

Off the website or through a store?

Mark Tapley · 19-09-2013 01:43PM

Could you put the sim in an unlocked android phone and use the hotspot function?

Heraldoffreeent · 19-09-2013 02:01PM

Mark Tapley wrote: »

Could you put the sim in an unlocked android phone and use the hotspot function?

You could, and I think the OP or another poster alluded to doing that upthread. Depending on the phone though, tethering could slow down your connection somewhat.

groom · 19-09-2013 02:09PM

Mark Tapley wrote: »

Could you put the sim in an unlocked android phone and use the hotspot function?

Yes

mel123 · 19-09-2013 03:50PM

Is anyone using meteor outside of Dublin for Data?? What is reception like?

Alter-Ego · 19-09-2013 06:29PM

Depends on the area.

Call meteor and they'll be able to tell you what the coverage is like in the area, pretty much down to street level.

meathman0 · 20-09-2013 07:28PM

Popple3 wrote: »

Normal size. Have in my 3 mifi right now no bother. Had to unlock it first though. Used https://www.dc-unlocker.com and it worked a charm. If you just ask for a normal sized SIM they'll make sure to give you one anyway.

Hi popple3 , do I need anything else with dc unlocker , I've run the program but no luck, any ideas or help, thanks.

flutered · 22-09-2013 10:47PM

Heraldoffreeent wrote: »

You could, and I think the OP or another poster alluded to doing that upthread. Depending on the phone though, tethering could slow down your connection somewhat.

considering that i am paying digiweb 60 lids a month for selected fone calls, plus a 1.45 download and an 0.23 upload, that is still lightning fast and a no brainer.:D

Heraldoffreeent · 23-09-2013 12:37AM

flutered wrote: »

considering that i am paying digiweb 60 lids a month for selected fone calls, plus a 1.45 download and an 0.23 upload, that is still lightning fast and a no brainer.:D

Get youself a cheap unlocked WiFi hotspot with the SIM and you'd be flying.

mcw92 · 23-09-2013 09:45AM

Do meteor give free sims? In college and need a mobile bb. But three and o2 both have crap coverage.
Wondering could I get a meteor one to test out the coverage first.

Meteor mobile data 20GB for €10

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