Last Chance to get 48.ie 10.99 euro offer - Ends 4 April - 100 GB + All Calls & Texts

AhhHere

Wasn't aware about add ons but I can confirm the community blog post works as a fix. Did it for my wife the week before last without issues

CollyFlower

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118893759#Comment_118893759

You can also swap 300 minutes for 3gb data.

feargantae

I ordered a sim back when the €7.99 offer was on but never switched as i realised my old €20 Three plan is good enough for me.

Now when i log into the account i see the option of buying the €7.99/€10.99 and now €12.99 memberships!

Might be useful info for someone here so they can "lock" in a price without actually switching yet.

PeterDuggan

Were you able to buy the €7.99 membership?

feargantae

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896299#Comment_118896299

Yep, I can continue to the very end, gets sent a contract summary too

I'll keep it just in case i wanna drop the old €20 keep-your-credit Three plan

PeterDuggan

Thanks. Why pay €20 when you could pay €7.99? I presume you know 48 use the Three masts.

feargantae

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118896847#Comment_118896847

I top up by €20 and keep the credit since I'm on the old plan. I can then use this credit to buy books/apps on Google Play so it feels like I'm getting the plan for free since I'd likely be buying this stuff anyway. Sometimes I get 5G too even though I'm not on a supported plan and have gotten speeds of up to 1,000Mb!

If 3 decided to boot me off this plan then id switch to 48 in a heartbeat

seanin4711

looking at this deal for a 4G LTE router,whats the penalty for going above the 100GB(unlimited data me hoop)!

thanks

John

Spn744

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118909496#Comment_118909496

The only penalty is that to continue using the internet you would need to top up for the monthly membership again. 48 is exclusively pre pay and not bill pay.

rh5555

I also have it since the 7.99E deal

• 4g speeds are absolutely fine. Should be exactly the same as three as they are using the same network so check out three coverage map if you are concerned. There are some spots in Galway where I get 250Mbit down / 50Mbit up now. I am guessing that's because three is increasing capacity for 5G so it also helps 4G
• Roaming is an absolute disaster. Go to the 48month forum to see how many people have major issues. You often need to change APN settings to get any broadband at all (calls + texts work outright). For roaming they also only give you 3G even if the EU country you are in has 4G which pretty much all do. Even worse in countries where 3G was discontinued to free up capacity for 5G you get only 2G speeds so about 10 Kbit/s. That is the case in Germany already and many EU countries are to follow. That's an absolute nightmare.

So if you don't need your phone in other EU countries 48month is perfectly fine. If you travel often within the EU please consider getting a SIM card for the trip from another provider.

There might be a bright spot however for the roaming part. EU has agreed to extend the 'roam like it's home' for another 10 years and this time they won't allow that you offer less speed in other EU countries compared to your own country. That means if you offer 4G here you MUST also offer 4G in the other EU countries unless it is not available there. That law should take effect middle of this year but if 48month will follow the new regulation or not who knows.

P.S. Just adding 48month forum link with all the roaming issues (sorted from newest) https://community.48.ie/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=roaming&sort_by=-topicPostDate&collapse_discussion=true

If you think about signing up now for 12.99 and you travel in the EU I think the GoMo 14.99 deal is much better. Never had any roaming issues (except 48month) and I used about 4-5 providers last few years.

agfasfos

I'm on the 7.99 plan with 48. Works fine at home & no problem with roaming in Northern Ireland. If I travel to Europe & put another sim in the phone how does this work ?, I'll have a different number ? & how will it work with WhatsApp & other things on the iPhone ?, I'm not tech savvy & can't get my head around it 🙄

gipi

How recently did you roam in NI, agfasfos? There have been a few reports here and on the 48 community forum about people not getting any service in NI recently. I was up there myself about 2 weeks ago, and neither myself nor the other half had any service. I was there before Christmas and had roaming service with no difficulties. Haven't changed phone, SIM or any settings.

agfasfos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118917131#Comment_118917131

I was there in February this year & several times last year, no problems whatsoever.

agfasfos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118917499#Comment_118917499

Things could have changed in recent weeks.

chases0102

Changed over in the last few days, from Virgin, just wondering do I need to contact them to say I've moved so I won't still be charged? Didn't receive any cancellation email or anything.

Jafin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118925948#Comment_118925948

The phone companies handle all that. As long as you are using your new sim but still have your old number then that means the move was successful. They should only look for payment if you have any outstanding charges with them. (Not sure what kind of plan you were on with Virgin)

pissed

Just back from a trip to the Algarve. Two phones on the €7.99 plan worked without issues. Automatically acquired the roaming settings when we landed at Faro airport. Speeds were not the best but perfectly ok for WhatsApp, Facebook etc.

McSween

Heading to south England on Thursday. I have an unlocked iPhone 11. If this doesnt work isnit easy to switch back to vodafone while over there? I think this phone has e-sim capability

PeterDuggan

If you want to try 48 use the link below and you’ll get a free month’s calls, texts, and data and two €10 Uber Eats vouchers for free.

Cheers.

https://refer.48.ie/QQGPxr

 

Quackster

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118944847#Comment_118944847

There's a specific thread for referrals and it's not here!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118899644#Comment_118899644

How long have you been with 3? I was on the same plan as you but they recently removed the 'keep the credit' part of it hence my interest in 48. I've been with 3 for ten years or more at this stage.

feargantae

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118946948#Comment_118946948

Jaysus.... Am... About 13 years id say! My plan is listed as 3Prepay, different from the new plan which is "3 Prepay 20". If they booted me off it I'd be fuming

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118946974#Comment_118946974

Yeah, I wasn't impressed! İt's been three or four months now, I don't use all the credit every month and noticed it wasn't increasing. That was the only thing keeping me with them.

Jafin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947060#Comment_118947060

Did they change you over without your knowledge or did you change yourself over? As far as I'm aware they shouldn't have been allowed to change you over without your consent as you would have been locked into that plan. I made the mistake of changing to that new plan after they introduced it, not realising it meant I wouldn't get to keep my credit. That was my own fault though for not reading about the plan properly. That's kind of the main reason I ended up switching to 48. If I was still on the old 3 plan where I kept my credit I would have stuck with that since I was able to use the credit to buy PC games (which isn't really of any benefit for anyone who doesn't game on a PC) and buy apps/microtransactions on the Play Store.

McSween

In UK now. No signal until I did those network sim adjustments. My wife’s has dropped and I had to redo it. We should have got a vodafone sim card before returning here. Crazy

agfasfos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118960079#Comment_118960079

If you put a non 48 SIM in the phone does that just access data, it would be a different number ?

McSween

We got both our phones working by adjusting the sim app on the phones. If we text each it says ‘maybe’ in front of the name but innthe text messages area our contact names are gone completely

mp3ireland2

Anybody using 48 SIM in a router? Mine was working grand the past 18 months but very slow this evening, and my phone right beside the router is at normal speeds. There were generic emails sent about misuse of Sims a couple of weeks ago, I'm wondering are they throttling Sims that don't move location? Maybe just a coincidence!

amber2

Three and 48 service is appalling for us here today and yesterday.

omicron

48 data seems to be gone to the dogs here the last week or so, especially this weekend. Don't have any three to compare it to.

john boye

Is international roaming on 48 still a shambles?

bromley52

Well I'm with Gomo and currently in Portugal. All is working perfectly. Worth it for the extra euros.

Hy Gieni

Spent a week in Torremolinos recently and 48 worked a treat. Absolutely no issues at all with it. Delighted.

Mervyn Skidmore

I'm in Thailand at the minute. I started up my phone and I'm connecting to a local provider with 4g data. How the hell is this happening when I can't connect when I'm in the North? I presume I can use away without penalty? No idea how it's working but it is.

JTMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119322452#Comment_119322452

You will pay high data roaming charges.

48 have part-fixed their 4G data roaming issues, with a full fix due in September 2022 ... https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/48-says-no-data-roaming-in-parts-of-europe-until-september-41814751.html

Mervyn Skidmore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323211#Comment_119323211

How would I pay high roaming charges when I'm on a pay as you go contract?

Darwin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119320743#Comment_119320743

Most of the time I get H+ in France and occasionally 3G despite being in a major city. Really hope they sort their roaming out.

dr.kenneth noisewater

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119325332#Comment_119325332

Have had the same issue in France twice in last couple of months. Had to manually update the APN each time to get it working and then just had H+. Had the same issue in Portugal earlier in the year and got 3G after the APN changes. If you travel regularly I wouldn't recommend changing over atm