3 had the best deals last summer. Iirc it was £15 for unlimited data. If you go to the continent the unlimited turned to “just” 12gb. Which is a fantastic Deal.
On about day 4 of our 28 day adventure the data stopped, this was a shock to me, but I called 3 and they was excellent, I was shocked as excellent serice isn’t usually a thing for comms companies. They said the issue was work in the area I was (southern spain) and I should be good in under a day, andthat he would personally get back to me in 24 to make sure.
An hour later the service was back up. The guy did call, but ‘true caller’ (the app) blocked it as spam twice, so I white flagged the number, but didn’t expect another all, but the day later he called to make sure all was well. This really meant alot to me. Especially given he must of known, I’d just got the sim to go abroad.
I always say, you only k ow a company, when you have an issue, and how the fix, or don’t, defines that company.
Though I’m not with 3 I’ll recommend them over EE, which is terrible, I was with T-mobile, which was great, before the amalgamation.
Half way thought this, I realised my 3 sim was phone, text and data, and tour just after data. So sorry.
But I would like to ask, can’t a normal sim be used in the sim slot. As I have an thinkpad x200t that has a slim slot, and it will happily accept a lot normal phone sim, and just use its data.
Ive never owned a tablet with a sim slot so am totally unaware of what will and won’t work.
However Bob, as you have a swift, why don’t you use its 4g data via the tablet in question when needed.
On the swift, If you go to- swipe down / settings (cog) /more/ tethering and mobile hotspot / turn on hotspot / then it will let you set up a wireless modem, that acts just like your router at home.
Your route to the hotspot mode, may be slightly differnt, but they are much of a muchness, and should be enough to navigate you.
Much cheaper than having a second data bill, the only time it makes sense is if your going to use the tablet alot outside the home. And it would have to be alot, to make it a worthy expense.
Just for the knowlage, I’d try sticking your sim In at some point to see if it works as a data only sim once iterated.
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