€15 - 20GB + Unlimited any network calls and texts + free roaming - Lycamobile

bk

bk wrote: »

Month 1: Top-up by €15 - Get 10GB data, Unlimited calls, extra €1.50 credit, keep the €16.50 of credit
Month 2: Use €15 of the €16.50 of credit from last month to buy the Ireland Plus Bundle, which gives you 30GB data, unlimited calls and texts.
Month 3: Repeat.

You basically pay just €15 every second month, which works out roughly €7.50 per month.

so you have to avoid using any of the main credit (not bonus credit) to still have the €15 intact.
Is bonus credit used before actual credit coming from cash top-up?

irishchris

sat matt wrote: »

I'm looking for a call oriented plan. The destination breakdown would be something like 50% Irish mobile, 25% Irish landline and the remainder split across UK and Holland

Might be best using the Europe plus for ten euro. 300 minutes to Ireland or any European numbers included and 3gb data

bk

sat matt wrote: »

Two last questions...

Say I was on the €15 topup deal and then bought the €10 Europe Plus bundle. Would my unlimited national calls and 10GB data allowance of the topup deal be superceded by the 300 minutes and 3GB data allowance of the bundle?

I think, but not 100% sure, that it gets added to what you get from topping up.

However note, Europe Plus is NOT for roaming in Europe. It is for people who want to call other people (family, friends) in Europe from Ireland. A lot of people seem to be making this mistake.

sat matt wrote: »

Are Lyca abiding by the EU roaming rules? Will the €15 topup deal work in the Netherlands for example?

They will have to, but nothing announced yet, it doesn't come into effect until mid June anyway. Non of the mobile companies have yet to announce what EU roaming will look like.

glasso wrote: »

so you have to avoid using any of the main credit (not bonus credit) to still have the €15 intact.
Is bonus credit used before actual credit coming from cash top-up?

Yes and from what I've seen, Yes, it first comes out of your bonus credit.

Might not suit everyone, but if you only send a few sms a month (whatsapp, etc. are separate) then it is pretty easy to do IME. However if you make a lot of 1850/1890 calls, etc. then it might not work out.

pjq

Another possibility is to top up by €15 using Auto Renewal, 6 months later, cancel €15 top-up and use credit to buy best monthly bundle at that time and set to Auto-Renew for 6 mths. You will get a message if credit runs low.
! but beware that the €15- top up rules may change, and eat into your credit!
PJQ

doxy

bk wrote: »

Month 1: Top-up by €15 - Get 10GB data, Unlimited calls, extra €1.50 credit, keep the €16.50 of credit
Month 2: Use €15 of the €16.50 of credit from last month to buy the Ireland Plus Bundle, which gives you 30GB data, unlimited calls and texts.
Month 3: Repeat.

You basically pay just €15 every second month, which works out roughly €7.50 per month.

What does unlimited calls include? Just to lycamobile numbers, or to other networks too? Same question for SMS messages.

NATLOR

doxy wrote: »

What does unlimited calls include? Just to lycamobile numbers, or to other networks too? Same question for SMS messages.

All networks for both

eeepaulo

Just looking at this for a family member,

The website now has the ireland plus for half price to new signups,

Is there any downside to that as opposed to credit top up + ireland plus 2 month trick?

bk

eeepaulo wrote: »

Just looking at this for a family member,

The website now has the ireland plus for half price to new signups,

Is there any downside to that as opposed to credit top up + ireland plus 2 month trick?

Half price only for the first month. So what you could do:

Month 1: Ireland Plus for €7.50
Month 2: topup by €15 to get that deal
Month 3: Buy Ireland Plus from the €15 credit from the last month.
Month 4: repeat months 2 and 3

Make sure to disable auto-renew.

eeepaulo

Thanks, thought that was too good to be true, think i'll just do it the €15 top up first.

She has 3 at the moment, waiting for the addons / credit to to run out.

Im thinkng i just order the payg sim from lyca now, wait until the time is nearly up then request the port.

Sound about right?

edit- i would also like to check the coverage around the place, live rural, can that be done without credit on the sim?

irishchris

eeepaulo wrote: »

edit- i would also like to check the coverage around the place, live rural, can that be done without credit on the sim?

Yep just pop the sim in a handset and test it for signal. Can be ported over then when you are ready if signal is ok. For me lycamobile is the only network which gives me full coverage around my house in a rural area. Others work in conservatory or rooms upstairs but none bar lycamobile around my entire home

eeepaulo

irishchris wrote: »

Yep just pop the sim in a handset and test it for signal. Can be ported over then when you are ready if signal is ok. For me lycamobile is the only network which gives me full coverage around my house in a rural area. Others work in conservatory or rooms upstairs but none bar lycamobile around my entire home

Thanks, have a dual sim phone so might take it on walkabout for a week and compare.

Holy Duck

bk wrote: »

Half price only for the first month. So what you could do:

Month 1: Ireland Plus for €7.50
Month 2: topup by €15 to get that deal
Month 3: Buy Ireland Plus from the €15 credit from the last month.
Month 4: repeat months 2 and 3

Make sure to disable auto-renew.

Are you sure its for first month only, cant see where it says that?

bk

Holy Duck wrote: »

Are you sure its for first month only, cant see where it says that?

You right, it doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. However that has always been the case, with similar deals from Lyca in the past. You can always try it out and let us know how it goes.

castle2012

Hi all , could anyone tell me what is the deal at the minute when roaming using data, I checked there site and it doesn't seem clear , thanks

rustledjimmies

Roaming plans here: http://lycamobile.ie/sysimages/mediamanager/Home_April_2015_IE2.pdf?_ga=1.38011946.886325145.1492087778

castle2012

rustledjimmies wrote: »

Roaming plans here: http://lycamobile.ie/sysimages/mediamanager/Home_April_2015_IE2.pdf?_ga=1.38011946.886325145.1492087778

Great thanks a mill

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

does data work properly for everyone? not speeds, just some websites don't respond ever. examples are spotify.com and speedtest.net

bk

georgiecasey wrote: »

does data work properly for everyone? not speeds, just some websites don't respond ever. examples are spotify.com and speedtest.net

Both work fine for me on Lyca, just tired.

rustledjimmies

bk wrote: »

Both work fine for me on Lyca, just tired.

Maybe it'll work better after a good night's rest.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

bk wrote: »

Both work fine for me on Lyca, just tired.

bizarre. neither work for me when SIM is in phone or router, with lyca DNS servers or Google DNS. i tried Saturday and last night. www.spotify.com to be precise. just times out.

biebiebie

Some info on the EU data roaming.

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/eu-roaming-is-changing

"The new roaming tariff changes apply to both PAYG (Pay As You Go) and prepaid bundles, which include roaming. [Some of our bundles will no longer include EU roaming]"

So potentially you won't be receiving the full data allowance?

jamesthepeach

biebiebie wrote: »

Some info on the EU data roaming.

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/eu-roaming-is-changing

"The new roaming tariff changes apply to both PAYG (Pay As You Go) and prepaid bundles, which include roaming. [Some of our bundles will no longer include EU roaming]"

So potentially you won't be receiving the full data allowance?

I thought that was illegal.

Anyone know what the best PAYG for data roaming in France is with lycamobile?

biebiebie

jamesthepeach wrote: »

I thought that was illegal.

Look at three. They're doing similar e.g. "non core service" or the like.

jamesthepeach

biebiebie wrote: »

Look at three. They're doing similar e.g. "non core service" or the like.

yeah it seems the big companies can just ignore the law and nothing happens.

bk

jamesthepeach wrote: »

yeah it seems the big companies can just ignore the law and nothing happens.

They are being investigated by both Comreg and the EU regulators, these things take time.

jamesthepeach

bk wrote: »

They are being investigated by both Comreg and the EU regulators, these things take time.

Don't see why it should.take time.
On the 15th read the law. Read the companies terms and conditions.
Done.

castle2012

Inquired about roaming data on lyca page on Facebook. I got a response from hector and he has said is they currently have no roaming data deals available. And I would be charged there standard rate . Have to say I'm a bit disappointed with them I expected more with them been international. Looks like many mobile networks are ignoring the Eu regulations

castle2012

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/lycamobile-launches-limited-period-sim-only-deal

There offering 4g now

physioman

castle2012 wrote: »

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/lycamobile-launches-limited-period-sim-only-deal

There offering 4g now

Who are they piggy backing off for the 4g? Now I might be interested in switching. Was with them previously when on 3g and their data speeds were terrible

Aquos76

physioman wrote: »

Who are they piggy backing off for the 4g? Now I might be interested in switching. Was with them previously when on 3g and their data speeds were terrible

I wonder is it just false advertising to be honest, my wife is with them months and she has never had 4G to the best of my knowledge anyway, nor did my two lads when they were with them, They both only left last week, I switched them to Virgin media for the €5 deal.

TheDriver

If it was 4G, there would be much bigger adverts. I wonder is it a mistake from their UK website???

wotzgoingon

I just received my sim card. I have no credit on the card. I thought when I paid the 7.50 that that would cover the 15 euro deal as they said it was half price.

Aquos76

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I just received my sim card. I have no credit on the card. I thought when I paid the 7.50 that that would cover the 15 euro deal as they said it was half price.

Why would you have credit thou if you are purchasing a particular plan, the plan is obviously already active on your account.

wotzgoingon

Aquos76 wrote: »

Why would you have credit thou if you are purchasing a particular plan, the plan is obviously already active on your account.

I have no credit on the card. Or even a plan active. It may be because they sent 7 sim cards out to the house for some strange reason.

castle2012

The 4 g seems to be with there 15 euro plan from what it says on line

nsa0bupkd3948x

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I have no credit on the card. Or even a plan active. It may be because they sent 7 sim cards out to the house for some strange reason.

Have you activated the bundle? You need to enter in the code. You can read more here.

physioman

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I have no credit on the card. Or even a plan active. It may be because they sent 7 sim cards out to the house for some strange reason.

What speeds are you getting on the 4g?

WayneEnterprise

castle2012 wrote: »

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/lycamobile-launches-limited-period-sim-only-deal

There offering 4g now

Has to be a typo - I just joined them yesterday and getting no 4G anywhere on the Ireland Plus €15 deal.

irishchris

Not a typo but maybe a deliberate ploy to get new customers. They had a similar article on their site last year stating 4g coming soon but never arrived. At bottom of that page now it states 4g too

WayneEnterprise

irishchris wrote: »

Not a typo but maybe a deliberate ploy to get new customers. They had a similar article on their site last year stating 4g coming soon but never arrived. At bottom of that page now it states 4g too

Hmm, I don't buy that. There is no lock in (contract), so if they outright lie to get customers under false pretences, users will just leave. It has to be a typo or reusing of marketing material from another region (e.g. UK)

jamesthepeach

I thought lycamobile let you roam for free.
I'm told that's a lie now too.

bk

jamesthepeach wrote: »

I thought lycamobile let you roam for free.
I'm told that's a lie now too.

Free call and text roaming in the EU, US and some other countries on certain plans only. Not a lie, I've used it in the UK and US.

jamesthepeach

bk wrote: »

Free call and text roaming in the EU, US and some other countries on certain plans only. Not a lie, I've used it in the UK and US.

It's more data roaming im concerned with.

physioman

WayneEnterprise wrote: »

Has to be a typo - I just joined them yesterday and getting no 4G anywhere on the Ireland Plus €15 deal.

What speeds are you getting?

GY A1

How's the issue mentioned before of texts not getting through.
Is this still a problem for users or sorted.

castle2012

irishchris wrote: »

Not a typo but maybe a deliberate ploy to get new customers. They had a similar article on their site last year stating 4g coming soon but never arrived. At bottom of that page now it states 4g too

If it's a deliberate ploy . It's very foolish. Anyone joining will just change back to a different network.

irishchris

castle2012 wrote: »

If it's a deliberate ploy . It's very foolish. Anyone joining will just change back to a different network.

Agrees and to be it feels deliberate. As there was an announcement page with 4g coming soon a year ago which never came to fruition but perhaps got them some new business. Would love to see it on horizon but don't feel confident

maurice1

jamesthepeach wrote: »

It's more data roaming im concerned with.

After June 15: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/content/frequently-asked-questions-roam-home

castle2012

Just looking at Lyca s roaming notice . Disgraceful they won't honour bundles while roaming , I think this topic should be moved to rip offs

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/roaming-within-the-european-union-is-changing

jamesthepeach

castle2012 wrote: »

Just looking at Lyca s roaming notice . Disgraceful they won't honour bundles while roaming , I think this topic should be moved to rip offs

https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/roaming-within-the-european-union-is-changing

I thought it was illegal not to though.