iD Mobile - Half Price for 6 Months is Back

Berty

http://www.idmobile.ie/great-billpay-offer

Half Price for Six Months is back on Bill Pay.

Example: 5000 Minute, 5000 Texts, 20GB Data is €14.50 per Month for Six Months on a 30 day Contract.

Sorry if posted already.

BrendanD

Is there a minimum contract term that you sign up for ?.
Ie can you leave on 30 days notice after the 6 months.

4real

do you have to buy a phone? or can you buy sim only plan?

BrendanD

you can get a sim only plan with them

DopeTech

BrendanD wrote: »

you can get a sim only plan with them

Does that work with the current offer though? Seems only to be phone plans.

Mimikyu

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Berty

Yes, I've moved to the €14.50 amount from Meteor to kind of see how the Network is. I'm paying €24 with Meteor as it is but the Network can be patchy.

Missus has Tesco so will be interesting to see how iD works on the Network.

swampy353

Was on id for about a week, network patchy and what topped it off was the customer support. Had an issue where the voicemail number hadn't been set, when I rang them to get the number, they didn't have a clue. Kept giving me the wrong number and were fairly arsey to boot. Managed to Google the number but doesn't inspire confidence

spongbob

I am on the I'd website

I choose the s6 on a 24 month contract (free handset)

I just want the basic 10euro pm price plan

Add that to the checkout basket and it comes up monthly handset price €24xx and 8€ monthly for my price plan.. Nearly 34 euro

It's supposed to be free, on a 24month contract as advertised on the site.

Am I doing something wrong or is the site rigged

theShire

swampy353 wrote: »

Was on id for about a week, network patchy and what topped it off was the customer support. Had an issue where the voicemail number hadn't been set, when I rang them to get the number, they didn't have a clue. Kept giving me the wrong number and were fairly arsey to boot. Managed to Google the number but doesn't inspire confidence

Any chance of a link/guide to setting-up the voicemail number?

madcabbage

spongbob wrote: »

I am on the I'd website

I choose the s6 on a 24 month contract (free handset)

I just want the basic 10euro pm price plan

Add that to the checkout basket and it comes up monthly handset price €24xx and 8€ monthly for my price plan.. Nearly 34 euro

It's supposed to be free, on a 24month contract as advertised on the site.

Am I doing something wrong or is the site rigged

You either go with a more expensive monthly plan and get the phone for free or a small price. Or you pay a chunk for the phone up front and get a cheap monthly plan. No such thing as getting a cheap plan and the latest phone in the range for free!

Also, be very wary of anything that says "from XX". Still though, not sure how they can advertise it like that.

MarkR

I had joined iD mobile at the initial stages. Left after the first month, as while the coverage was fine, seemed to be getting frequent outages where I was unable to be reached, and couldn't make calls. Happened 3 times in one week, always seemed to be around peak time (just after 5, everyone calling home to see what's for dinner? :-) )Anyone currently using them, has it improved?

cormie

My sister is using one of the friends/family sims since launch. She said the network didn't seem good and I think they sent her a replacement sim but it hasn't really improved. She's getting a really good price so I was hoping it wasn't the network but after reading the above posts, maybe it is

jennyhayes123

I am with ID, delighted with package but not so much with the network. I had been wondering is it because of my phone cause it is my father in laws phone so is a few years old. It doesn't even have 3G on it. The phone is unblocked so I'm in 2 minds as whether to wait till month is up and change to another network or buy a new phone and stay with id but then that is tying me to the network which I'm not sure I want to do but I thought a new phone might improve signal
Any suggestions?

crazygeryy

cormie wrote: »

My sister is using one of the friends/family sims since launch. She said the network didn't seem good and I think they sent her a replacement sim but it hasn't really improved. She's getting a really good price so I was hoping it wasn't the network but after reading the above posts, maybe it is

What network are they ?are they on the back of 3 network or what?

Curb Your Enthusiasm

crazygeryy wrote: »

What network are they ?are they on the back of 3 network or what?

A quick Google would tell you they run off 3.

cormie

jennyhayes123 wrote: »

I am with ID, delighted with package but not so much with the network. I had been wondering is it because of my phone cause it is my father in laws phone so is a few years old. It doesn't even have 3G on it. The phone is unblocked so I'm in 2 minds as whether to wait till month is up and change to another network or buy a new phone and stay with id but then that is tying me to the network which I'm not sure I want to do but I thought a new phone might improve signal
Any suggestions?

Just buy a phone you know is already unlocked, whether that's a second hand one or brand new, there's plenty to choose from that will work on any network.

crazygeryy

Techmaster wrote: »

A quick Google would tell you they run off 3.

Why Google when you can answer for me?

I'm joking your right.i thought of it after i asked the question.

mass_debater

I'm with them, the network is fine, works well, I've had no issues. My gripe is that they have no data top up when you use your data you get charged at a rate of €5 per 250MB so make sure you select enough.

A Law

Im with them as well. Normally get between 5 and 7 Mbps on 3g in Dublin. Haven't had any down time in ages, had a few at the start. Had a problem with the internet at the start and their technical support was very good!

slegs

jennyhayes123 wrote: »

I am with ID, delighted with package but not so much with the network. I had been wondering is it because of my phone cause it is my father in laws phone so is a few years old. It doesn't even have 3G on it. The phone is unblocked so I'm in 2 minds as whether to wait till month is up and change to another network or buy a new phone and stay with id but then that is tying me to the network which I'm not sure I want to do but I thought a new phone might improve signal
Any suggestions?

There should be no issue getting 3G or 4G for that matter. That sounds like your phone not the network. Call their customer care

mass_debater

slegs wrote: »

There should be no issue getting 3G or 4G for that matter. That sounds like your phone not the network. Call their customer care

The problem here is that 3 never had a 2G network other than what they inherited in buying O2. While they were rolling out some years ago they had a deal with Vodafone for 2G but now they have mostly 3G and 4G. Anyone stuck using a phone that does not work on 3G or 4G will suffer

mattmattmatt

Was just wondering if anyone could tell me when the plan will actually start if you order one of these? So my current bill is not up yet and wont be before this offer ends at the start of Feb so just wondering if I order the sim then will it start immediately or wait until I activate it?

Kavrocks

mass_debater wrote: »

Anyone stuck using a phone that does not work on 3G or 4G will suffer

Not true with 3. I've been using their 2G network primarily for over 2 years now and I've never had an issue calling or texting and nobody has ever had an issue getting in touch with me.

mass_debater

Kavrocks wrote: »

Not true with 3. I've been using their 2G network primarily for over 2 years now and I've never had an issue calling or texting and nobody has ever had an issue getting in touch with me.

What phone have you got? I said anyone with an old phone that does not support the 3g frequencies will struggle, yours obviously supports the 3g frequencies and uses them in 2g mode
http://m.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3?sCountry=IRELAND

thefinalstage

What size sim do they send out? Just ordered there and need a nano sim.

mass_debater

thefinalstage wrote: »

What size sim do they send out? Just ordered there and need a nano sim.

You select what size you need

thefinalstage

mass_debater wrote: »

You select what size you need

When? I went through the whole order process and wasn't asked once. Tried it again there and could not find the option to select.

madcabbage

If its multi-size I'm guessing its one of those cards that's perforated so you can break off what is not needed no?


Like this?

thefinalstage

madcabbage wrote: »

If its multi-size I'm guessing its one of those cards that's perforated so you can break off what is not needed no?


Like this?

It's probably something like that. I haven't ordered a new sim card in ages. Used to be that I had to always get them cut down.

slegs

thefinalstage wrote: »

What size sim do they send out? Just ordered there and need a nano sim.

You will get a tri-sim that will work in all phones. You just pop out the smallest size for nano

cson

Anyone know if the bill pay contract is rolling or a fixed 12 months?

themoney

Sim only is 30-days cancellation or something like that.
If you get a plan with a phone it looked to be a fixed contract.

cson

themoney wrote: »

Sim only is 30-days cancellation or something like that.
If you get a plan with a phone it looked to be a fixed contract.

So you could cancel a half price Sim-Only after 6 months in theory?

themoney

You can cancel the Sim only rolling contract whenever you want but it will take 30-days

RacoonQueen

I joined them probably a week before they did the half price offer. Boo.
Moved from Vodafone and have found it all fine. Coverage fine, no outages, internet fine, voice quality very, very good (better than what I had with VF) I get 10 times the data I had with VF and 2.5 times the minutes for half the price of VF. All working fine for me.
Don't forget that they are piggybacking off 3, who have had problems lately so there is some things which will be totally outside of their control, you always need to take this into account if you are going to sign up to an MVNO.

Berty

themoney wrote: »

You can cancel the Sim only rolling contract whenever you want but it will take 30-days

Or within 14 days OR if they aren't providing the offered service.

I'm live now 1 day and can't get a signal in my home. Seems I'm in a "patchy" area(been on the phone about it) so I'm invoking my 14 day cancellation and heading back to the €24 meteor plan. Ah well, tried to save money but it didn't work out.

I live semi rural so network shouldn't be perfect but sitting in a small house with "emergency calls only" isnt ideal.

And I shared the deal. F sake.

beecee

I've got as far as being asked for my bank details and haven't been asked if I want to keep my old number... I assume that's coming?!?

I had been planning to avail of Virgin's 4 months free, but if I can't face the thoughts of dealing with them. It's bad enough for tv!

mass_debater

beecee wrote: »

I've got as far as being asked for my bank details and haven't been asked if I want to keep my old number... I assume that's coming?!?

I had been planning to avail of Virgin's 4 months free, but if I can't face the thoughts of dealing with them. It's bad enough for tv!

You get that option when you're activating the Sim

thefinalstage

Been all over Dublin with this over the passed 2 days. No issues anywhere I have been. 4g is pretty good too. Same speeds mostly as with Three direct.

beecee

Sign up was pretty painless. As mentioned you switch your number by ringing up (between 8am and 8pm)... after the call it took about an hour to switch.

The only thing not mention was setting up the APN for data. So FYI:

Name: Internet
APN: internet
MMC: 272
MNC: 16
MMS port: 8799
APN type: default,mms

That worked for me anyway.

Steve_hooo

mattmattmatt wrote: »

Was just wondering if anyone could tell me when the plan will actually start if you order one of these? So my current bill is not up yet and wont be before this offer ends at the start of Feb so just wondering if I order the sim then will it start immediately or wait until I activate it?

Offers extended, it now ends 02/03/2016. http://www.idmobile.ie/great-billpay-offer-hp

cormie

My sister is still having trouble on this Network. Do the likes of Three/ID Mobile/Tesco/48 all have different coverage and coverage quality or should it be the exact same regardless of which 3 piggy backer you're with?

mass_debater

cormie wrote: »

My sister is still having trouble on this Network. Do the likes of Three/ID Mobile/Tesco/48 all have different coverage and coverage quality or should it be the exact same regardless of which 3 piggy backer you're with?

Only iD offer 3G and 4G, others just have 3G. Three themselves have a 2G roaming deal with Vodafone

DopeTech

cormie wrote: »

My sister is still having trouble on this Network. Do the likes of Three/ID Mobile/Tesco/48 all have different coverage and coverage quality or should it be the exact same regardless of which 3 piggy backer you're with?

Tesco and lyca piggyback on the ex-02 part of the network so is more reliable apparently.

The rest including iD are using the 3 network. I'm with iD since August, its basic but I haven't had any problems.

charlie_says

I've had problems roaming, it didn't work but it was a blessing to be honest.

Other than that much better coverage than Tesco mobile and 4g is great, it's my first time using it. Plenty fast.

Cracking deal IMO.

cormie

Thanks for the input folks

A Law

Back running until the 31/5/16

crazygeryy

Im already on this deal but its finished in one month.i was thinking of leaving but i would stay if i got another 6 month s half price.is it new customers only?

mass_debater

crazygeryy wrote: »

Im already on this deal but its finished in one month.i was thinking of leaving but i would stay if i got another 6 month s half price.is it new customers only?

You could always leave for 30 days and come back

dealhunter1985

I cancelled with this crowd.. The connection was absolutely useless .. Data connection dropping at random times . Sometimes even the cell reception would go for hours at a time . Back to meteor for me .