Sky Mobile, coming to Ireland

Not necessarily an issue with a partial or failed port. GoMo had the same issue when they launched. They claim it's an issue with the "national database". Not sure if this is true or not.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/gomo-customers-facing-issues-verification-texts-955828

I'm still waiting for my SIM card to arrive, my Vodafone PAYG plan expired today, postman came and nothing yet. If it doesn't arrive by tomorrow I will probably just stick with Vodafone.

When did you order?

It's a great offer and all but the fact you are locked into a 12 month contract on a network that still has issues is really throwing me off here. The network was meant to launch last year and was delayed, should have been delayed again in my opinion, it really feels like they didn't do any testing.

Let us know how you get on after a couple days, especially with the verification texts.

Can someone please confirm if 5G from Sky Mobile works on Pixel phones? For context, it does not e.g. on 48.

Unlimited data while roaming in the EU.

I'm wondering the same thing. Some folks here have said the MNC is the same as Vodafone's, 01, while others have said it's 25. If it's the latter, I wouldn't count on it working right now at least. 48 is in the same boat, as it uses an MNC of 11, like Tesco Mobile under Liffey Telecom, rather than a 3 MNC. The only MNCs on the Pixel phones' PLMNs are Vodafone's, Eir's (GoMo included as it uses Eir's MNC), and Three's. The other providers (MVMOs) are not in the PLMN for 5G at this time and I don't know if this a lack of effort on the operators' parts to request this or Google making it difficult. It's a dumb thing to implement on their phones anyway; why not just let 5G-capable operators work across the board like on most devices?

See my earlier post on the matter for more detail:
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122602713/#Comment_122602713

I ordered in a Sky store on Thursday evening and am still awaiting my SIM. There was nothing there this morning before I left for work, possibly before the mail was delivered, so I will check again when I get home later.

Spell check wasn’t used either by the looks of it. Unlimted

Yes got two emails. One confirmation of my order and second email confirming dispatch. The email confirming dispatch was sent at the same time as first one. I suspect the sim was never dispatched.

I'm on the 3 prepay hero plan €15 every 28 days. Unlimited data in Ireland, 10,000 minutes calls, 3000 texts, 14gb roaming data.

I was thinking of switching to Sky for better coverage because it's on the Vodafone network. I'm just not sure about the 12 month contract. We have our broadband and tv with Sky and their customer service leaves a lot to be desired. Pity they don't have a deal for existing broadband/tv customers. I assume there will be a time limit on the €15 introductory offer too?

Regarding speeds, I used Vodafone 4g in a router for about a year until fibre was available as the DSL "service" we were getting was atrocious. The 4g speeds were all over the place - at 7am I was able to get up to 80 down, but usually around 30ish during the day which was grand as I needed it for work. Evenings it could drop as low as 2. This was the backend of lockdowns so the local pubs weren't that busy and it was rare that it became a serious issue, but it's all related to how many people are on a given cell at the time.

Yup, seems to be gone again… clearly their technical backend is great and has no issues whatsoever! :D

I suspect the same issue with mine, if they can't even deliver a SIM card then bloody hell this launch is terrible.