Sorry, 3 haha 
I also find EE great, I have them on my work mobile. If youāre looking for best overall performance they are the ones to go for.
Used to be on o2 until they decided a nice loyalty discount of Ā£1 was acceptableā¦ despite being beaten by the competition.
Switched to Vodafone back in January, have to say, been pretty decent so far. Speeds have been good, excellent signal in Zakynthos and Amsterdam. Virtually the same package from o2 with the added bonus of NowTV entertainment for 12 months, all for the same price I was paying o2 before!
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I used to live in Manc city centre and was on Three at the time. Speeds and coverage in the centre were amazing - but everywhere else I went it was a bit hit and miss, and completely non-existent in more rural areas.
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So annoyingly I am stuck in a contract for another year. Unless I stump up Ā£300+ or EE decide to up their prices, Iām with them for the long haul!
Note to self: Never get a mobile contract again. There is no way out
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lol this is how it works if you donāt have speedy boarding anyway
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Yeah I didnāt sit here for a few seconds clicking on play wondering why nothing was happening 
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Iāve been with Three now since 2015 and havenāt had any issues! Iām on the Apple Upgrade Program too and have this coupled with a SIM only contract (monthly rolling).
Never had a need to get in touch with their customer services, the signal is great around where I live (Leeds) and I get a really good deal on my plan (Ā£18/month for unlimited everything). I was with EE for years, since my first phone at 13 (was Orange back then) and always found the signal to be hit and miss. Canāt really comment on how it is nowadays though! 
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Iām on Three. I switched from EE having been a customer since the Orange days! This was mainly because I couldnāt renew my contract as (at that time) they wouldnāt accept the Monzo sort code 
and Three was pretty cheap.
I donāt have major problems, but:
- Speeds around Waterloo are atrocious. Good luck loading anything!
- Signal can sometimes be a bit patchy but is generally okay
- Roaming charges in Canada are pretty awful and (unlike EE) if you turn on roaming data you get charged at Ā£6/Mb as opposed to just hitting a paywall and being asked to pay for a certain amount of data. You also have to turn on roaming data to buy their Ā£5/day data thingā¦
Itās a one year, SIM only contract. Iāll have a look at prices when I renew.
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Thanks Hugh!
How do you find the charges elsewhere in Europe? Is roaming in the EU free or does this cost more?
Itās legally mandated as free now 
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I renewed a Vodafone SIM only contract recently, 18GB for Ā£9.50. 50% off the usual price of Ā£19, just by asking retentions for it. Itās not a Red Entertainment plan though.
Worth asking for your PAC and waiting for retentions to contact you usually a few days later.
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I also use giffgaff and really like it. There are options that might have a bit cheaper deals. However, I also call often abroad and their
international call rates are very attractive. Now when Iām back in Poland I never switch to my Polish sim - it is cheaper to call a Polish number using giffgaff than my PAYG Polish sim.
Also I donāt want to have a contract 
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6Ā£/MB? Thatās robbery! 
Even satellite/BGAN traffic isnāt that expensive.
And I thought my 10p/MB was expensiveā¦ 
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They do now (EE) in case you go looking when your renewing.
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Yes they do as I am on EE and changed my account details online to Monzo and the DD went out successfully.
I know 
We spent a while getting this sorted!
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I canāt remember who offered it to me now 
he was leaving Three and had a couple of codes left for F&F, so I nabbed the last one! Might be worth asking around both forums, someone might work with them?
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This happened to me when I was in Korea, I left my data on by accident since my flight was from Germany and racked up a charge of Ā£57 or something in 10mins as all my messages and notifications came in. Props to Threeās customer service though- they offered to take Ā£20 off it and and add to my monthly limit too so my bill eventually worked out to Ā£30+ including the monthly charge.
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OK internetā¦ Do your thing!
Iām looking for a sim only deal for my son - As cheap as possible!
Initially went with PAYG, but the data charges for little things (imessage, location services, system services) means that it can end up being prohibitive.
Is there anything better than GifGaffs Ā£5 per month for 500MB and calls/texts (the calls/texts are almost irrelevant as he wonāt be using them that much)?
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