Sky Mobile, coming to Ireland

Peculiar that they refer to their plans as "5G ready" rather than "5G". The small print in the T&Cs says 5G devices will work as 4G until a "software upgrade". This suggests that Sky don't have 5G working?

While I am not an Apple iPhone fan, it is strange that Sky don't have any Apple devices. Apple have very strict compliance requirements before they allow anyone use their brand. Perhaps Sky haven't got everything working to Apple's satisfaction yet?

12 months minimum contract is taking a risk for an unproven provider. Services like GoMo or PAYG SIMs allow users to try out a service for a month before committing.

I wonder if Sky mobile customers will suffer from the same IP zone blocking that is currently impacting Sky's broadband customers in Ireland, which is preventing them receiving RTE, Virgin, and smart-speaker streaming services that are geo-blocked from outside Ireland? (Sky customers are being treated as if they are in UK, and can currently receive some UK services that are normally geo-blocked from Ireland - but this probably won't last)

Unlimited at home calls texts AND DATA in UK and Europe. That's a fantastic deal imho for anyone who travels across Europe. Yes we have data roaming with others, but that's limited. This is a huge pro if you're a data hungry user.

Apparently this is a limited introductory offer.

I'm ordering!

It looks promising, even supporting VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling from the start. But I'll hold off for now. Like @babelfish1990 said, it's a risk opting into a 12 month contract with such a new provider.

I cannot find this info. Why they say €15 a month, what's a month? Is it like billed day on the 1st of each month? Every 28 days? No info here, but I'm guessing it's the former. There is a tariff link, but that just results in an error.

Where does it reference wifi calling? I saw them mentioning volte

Some people above complaining about 36 month contract but there is an option to change it to 24. Higher payments as a result but it's there.

Yes it's similar to Gomo, whereby payments are automatically deducted monthly. Doesn't bother me either way.

Still can't sign-up though. You'd have thought Sky would have had this well tested and actually working!!

What mobile prefix will Sky Mobile be using here in Ireland? Or will they just use 087 as they are on the Vodafone network?

they have eSIM too it looks like

I've given up for now, too frustrating. Will try later in the day.

If anyone successfully orders, then please post your success!!

If your having issues signing up online you can sign up over the phone too, or in a sky retail store if that helps anyone.

Just signed up over the phone and asked about tethering - they say it's allowed on the unlimited plan.

Did they give an option for esim? It says its available but haven't got to that part of the checkout yet.

Cheers! Was there a long wait on the phone before making contact? Also about how long was the signup then after being answered?

Ordered physical SIM over the phone. Took just over 18 minutes in total including the initial wait. Should have SIM within 2 business days.

Oh and prefix is 089

Some more info which might be useful. You can set up direct debit via IBAN, I was initially asked for this. I asked about credit card and that was fine also.

Can it be added to existing Sky TV DD?

let us know when your number ports and how sky preforms. :)

i had that issue aswell had to ring them

Your username makes you a perfect guinea pig. Make sure you run plenty of data tests. What network are you moving from?

The CPL increase is concerning me.

No international minutes like Eur or Vodafone.That is no minutes to the likes of the US,Oz,India,Brazil,anywhere when calling from Ireland

Check if you can access all content on RTE Player & Virgin Media Player? Sky broadband customers are currently being geo-blocked from these services, because Sky treats them as being in UK! Also curious to know if WiFi Calling works when roaming? (Currently Eir & GoMo are the only providers that allow WiFi calling when roaming - saves a fortune outside of EU)

I was thinking more the handset olans being open to the yearly in contact increases , after all Sky like to increase their tv plans yearly! And as others have said the 15e off is only a introductory offer! If they offered a discount to existing Sky customers I would seriously consider them as an option, one bill for tv and mobile would be appealing

Download and upload speeds from T&C's.

That's standard across all networks, it looks bad when you read it.