It’s cheaper to pay for two sims…
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Speaking of money laundering Lyca - got a cheap sim I have put in my windows laptop. It detects it fine but Windows thinks it is roaming?
Any suggestions? (Thinkpad z13, windows 11)
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Lyca does have that issue, as it does roam in the UK, it’s just how the device reads it and shouldn’t impact it.
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I’ve been running two physical sims in my phones for about a decade at this point.
Initially I did it to have better data coverage wherever I happened to be, but these days one sim is work, one is personal. Also still handy having two different networks but not quite as important for me it used to be.
It works very well for me, with the only slight annoyance being that my phone doesn’t do the app-enclave thing where you can install more than one copy of the same app, for apps that tie to a specific number.
For WhatsApp it’s easy as I can have WhatsApp Business as well as the regular version, but some apps are a right pain.
Given the recent(ish) RCS chat, thought I’d post this here.
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Didn’t someone say on this thread that it would never happen 
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Well, well, well…
I’m enjoying this.
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you’ve left your number in that screengrab
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How is three for you?
Smarty is always good pricing right now. Lyca probably won’t go AWOL but they are also a bit shoestring.
I would get a couple of networks to be honest. I run voda and EE (ee primary) right now but I have a o2 backup (not with o2, it’s travel based)
The roaming thing is less of an issue with eSIM, my travel eSIM is a case of buy X data and use it within 365 days and it works in the uk as well.
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Smarty has some pretty good deals on just now, they don’t support esim though.
32gb for £8, 60gb for £10 or 120gb for £12 I think.
You can grab unlimited online if you look around, for about £15pm.
Also seen on Quidco Three had unlimited £21pm, 12 months, with £54 cashback making it ~£16, but no free roaming or mms (if you use the latter).
Oh, and smarty don’t support shortcode sms ie replying to 5 digit codes for NHS or competitions, or even the bank.
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I was with three before and didn’t have many issues for be price. Smarty is good as it’s so flexible and well priced.
I would refer you to smarty for you and me to get a free £10 Amazon voucher but topcashback and Quidco have better bonus’s right now I think.
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You can receive them but not reply to them.
50gb for £8 is good!
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MMS is free to send and receive on Smarty.
Shortcodes for competitions, NHS, banks etc can be received but cannot be responded to, even if you have credit.
Lol at buying ringtones though, who’s doing that since 2005? 
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Yeah I miss read, I thought it was about MMS. Nice that Smarty include MMS given the majors dont I think.
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Voxi includes mms free too, not sure of any others.
Seems to be more MVNO that do it for free, EE charge 55p, three I think is 40p, voda 35p. These numbers are just at a glance so not 100% dug in but MMS is a mess, I always put a spend cap of £0 on contracts now and adjust if I need to.
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At least if Smarty isnt great for you its easy enough to move away. I was in Leeds a couple of weeks ago and EE was fine for me mostly besides the faraday cage towers in the town, Leeds was a bit of a mess for both EE and voda signal, if you had signal though EE was fine.
I need to get an eSim three based network then I would have the full set 
I currently dont pay anything for my voda (which is technically a voxi) after a hellish time with voxi and I told them to delete my billing details as I didnt know if I would continue and the sim just keeps working… no payments taken and no messages, not paid anything since July I think.
I would message their support, I had a similar thing as an existing customer, they applied the uswitch deal within mins, I was really impressed to be fair!
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I’ve had this issue in the past, if it’s an offer supported by smarty then they can swap, but if it’s third party then you’ve no chance.
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Thanks for the recommendations for the Scancom sims. Got a bit busy with moving and haven’t had a chance to get back to this, but now on the hunt for a good 5g mobile hotspot and thought here might be a good place for advice. Going to be on the EE
I’ve been testing in Bristol with the Nighthawk M6 Pro 5G WiFi 6E Mobile Router - MR6450 - NETGEAR, but it’s only temporary so need to buy another. The WiFi speeds are pretty insane (peaks of 500mbps), but the pricetags are pretty steap!
There seems to be a number of Netgear 5g bricks, with the Nighthawk M5 5G WiFi 6 Mobile Router - MR5200 | NETGEAR looking promising. Its rated for lower 5g speeds, but still seems quick enough (500mbps great, but not really necessary so 100-200 probably fine). Concern is with the modems, will I see significant dips running going to the 5200 as it looks like it has an older chip? Think along the lines of newer chips = able to use faster portions of the 5g network… though could be way off here!
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