48.ie - Was 7.99/month - 100 GB, all calls, all texts, 10 GB EU data - [Now 10.99]

Well, even with the activation charge, the €25.98 for the first month is still nearly a tenner lower than the €35 I've been throwing at Vodafone so I went ahead with the port today.

I'm with 3 and it's brilliant, 20 euro a month I get unlimited data and some 3 calls free, I prefer the data as I'm 25 so suits me better, my next door neighbour is with 48 and she's paying 8 a month for free calls and texts to any network and unlimited data she's with them about 4 years,

2 of my kids are on 48 but I'm taking them off (probably to GoMo) as they've both been unable to connect on recent school trips. It's beyond a joke that 48 (owned by major telco Three) are unable to sort this out.

Be interesting with the "new" so called roaming sims 48 are putting out lately when I do go roaming.My new roaming sim meant I had no service at all for 2 weeks when I installed it while based here.Be careful-do not change sims if close to a trip outside the Republic.48 webchat have not got a clue about the new sims.They try to suggest you are a new customer

Activated my new replacement sim a few days ago, worked straight away.

There was no activation fee and my saved data in my Safe carried forward too.

I activated my new SIM about 2 weeks before I went on holidays to Budapest. Worked perfectly for the first 24hrs then dropped the signal entirely and I had to use the 48 SIM app to switch to manual to get it back.

It worked fine in manual until the end of the trip and I switched back to automatic on the last day and it connected fine. So bit of a mixed bag.

I left it for over an hour when the signal dropped initially, tried toggling airplane mode and rebooting, but it wasn't coming back on its own.

Not very promising for my next trip off the island.

The e7.99 must have still been on offer at that time.Once you move to another provider now your e7.99 plan is gone.Your kid will be getting a different number as you are taking yours to GoMo,Eir etc I'd tried activating an old sim from 48(about a year ago) which I had from the 7.99 days-it was no go with webchat

Edit: sorted.

Comreg closed the case.

Asked what the closing comment was.

"Contacted 48. 48 stated that the issue has been resolved. Closing."

So i was up the North yesterday. Phones stopped working as soon as we crossed the border and came back when we crossed back.

Both Sims changed very recently .

Hadn't noticed any significant delay, but I haven't really tested it.

I haven't been to the north since switching sims but I'll see if it works in automatic mode next time I'm up. I used to have to toggle in the 48 SIM app every time.

Was up North this Thurs-2nd March.Phone did not log onto UK networks as 48 make out with new sims(see other earlier posts).Had to toggle as before and eventually got data but calls/texts worked before data.During toggle process I was getting data roaming warnings.Phone reset to the Republic without toggling after crossing the border.A pain

I think 48 are messing with peoples heads trying to get any that are on their "lifetime" cheap rates to leave.

I bet if you are on the full rate you have a much better chance of data working when abroad. If COMREG were bothered id say report it to them, but from experience they are as bad as the energy regulator or the RTB. In other words, totally useless.

Anyone know how do you order a new sim if you were previous registered but now deactivated (ported away a few years ago).

Order new sim say email already registered. Log in to old account, order new sim is disabled.

(update - support deleted old email) :)

Heading up North next week - do I have any hope of data working? I'm on the original 7.99 plan. Was last abroad 2yrs ago and it didn't work. Had hoped it might have improved, but doesn't sound like it from reading posts here...