Mobile phone networks......

ID mobile are cheap but no idea on if they're any good in rural areas. Always worked wherever I've been though.

 

Been with 3 for ten or so years. Not had a problem with them at all and pricing extremely reasonable

 

I,m with sky can,t beat em

 

Forgot if you have sky you can watch all there sport without using data like I said good do all in all.

 

Yes, everyone says Sky and Tesco are great..........if u can get an O2 signal.

 

I’ve been with 3 for 16 years never had a issue with them in that time at all

 

Been with Virgin years allegedly best network coverage ! It’s not can’t get signal at in-laws in High Green that’s 5G too, customer service appalling

 

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-telecoms-and-internet/advice-for-consumers/advice/ofcom-checker

 

I was with EE for years also. Took tge opportunity to get unlimited mobile internet with Vodafone for less than i was paying. Absolute shambles, went from perfect internet to **** all coverage even when it says i have signal

 

ID piggyback 3 as well, not O2, so he might get coverage.

 

Vodafone are not too bad, not had too many issues personal contract wise. If you dont mind buying a phone outright, check out VOXI which is owned by Vodafone. They do super cheap sim only deals. Technically its a pay and go type thing but all managed online and can pay monthly via paypal etc. I pay a tenner a month via paypal and get 12GB data and unlimited texts etc. All Social media apps dont use up your data either (Facebook, Twitter etc.) so I technically have pretty much unlimited data for a tenner as I mainly use social media apps.

 

Been with Three 14 years or so. Faultless, live chat on the app too is useful.

 

Only asking cos I may have misunderstood but if you live in a rural area when using a mobile surely you can use WiFi calling via your home network? Obviously though if you spend a lot of time in the immediate vicinity and make /
receive lots of calls then cellular signal strength is important.

 

Virgin are in the process of changing carrier from EE to Vodafone. We found this out when we lost all signal on the two VM phones in the house, as Vodafone don't cover our area particularly well. They're expected to change again in a few years to O2, as they're now in partnership. We switched to Plusnet, who use the EE network.

 

Surprised no-one has mentioned Smarty who were named "best new network" a couple of years ago, they use (and are owned by) 3.
ID Mobile also use 3 and are pretty good too, customer service is not the best though.
There's also Lebara who use Vodafone but I couldn't get a good signal with them, signal may be better in your area.

 

I'm with EE and have been since I got my first brick. I initially went with EE due to the coverage across north yorkshire and that still applies. Visitors tend to struggle for reception if they aren't on EE/BT

That said, my emergency phone is on a giff gaff SIM only and that works fine too. I could be wrong but I think giff gaff piggy backs off EE/BT too