4G PAYG on EE
 

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Starting on October 30th.:thumbup:

• Engadget: EE launching 4G PAYG handsets starting at £130 for the Alcatel One Touch Idol S
• Press release from EE

ALCATEL Y800 MOBILE WIFI from £70.00 including 2 GB for 30 days (or 6 GB for 90 days). Data only still available but not SIM only I guess.

You can also pick up pre-paid 4G data SIM cards in eBay and Amazon for between £20 and £30.

These are valid for three months and/or 6GB of data.

They seem to be the result of dealers box breaking modems/USB stick packs up.

They work well - have bought.used a couple myself.

+Steve :)

Will EE data sims be enabled to do voice traffic? Or is it better to wait until October 30th and see if new sims appear on Ebay?

Thanks for this hint. :beer:

Free EE PAYG SIM cards can now be ordered for delivery to a UK address from:

http://shop.ee.co.uk/free-sim/

If anyone needs a UK address, I might be able to help if you can reciprocate the favour (depending on your country).

I'd need one, but I haven't anything to give you in exchange... :( (well, I've a spare TIM standard sim, but it would be a pain activating it without you being physically here)

I think this time will be harder to get one :D (there's still the 'physical shop' option :p)

When I received my EE PAYG nano-SIMs, I tried to use one of them, but it said "Inactive SIM" on one phone and just a generic "No Service" message on my iPhone. I spoke to EE who said they were experiencing widespread problems with activation of the new PAYG SIM cards, and they would fix it within a day or two. I have just received an e-mail from EE, full of marketing-style HTML and images suggesting it is sent to large numbers of customers, saying:

We have been made aware of a problem when you tried to use your nano SIM card, which may have meant you were unable to top up and use it. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience this has caused you. The issue was due to a system error which has now been resolved. We will have your SIM up and working within 1-2 days and a £5 credit will be applied to say thank you for your patience. We hope you will enjoy your new EE SIM.

It's not clear whether the free credit will apply only to the one nano-SIM that I tried to use or whether it will also apply to the three other SIM cards that I ordered.

Thanks for no response to my message...

Sorry about that. I am often missing notifications to subscribed threads, and now it seems of PMs as well. I had already reported this problem in this thread but the issue persists. I have now replied to your PM.

NFH, do you know the expiry policy of prepaid EE sims?

Yes, according to EE's PAYG price guide, at least once every 180 days you need to do one of the following:

• Making a chargeable outbound call
• Sending a text message
• Topping up your account
• Making a payment for an Add-On
• Registering your details

I still have one spare nano-SIM (which possibly has £5 free credit on it) and two spare combin-SIMs (which probably don't have any free credit on them).

Thank you for your reply NFH. ;)

Another question: what types of voucher can I use to top up an EE sim? I mean, if I got a T-Mobile voucher, could I use that to top-up an EE PAYG sim?

Alternatively... could I use a Neteller prepaid card to top-up a UK number? Otherwise I'll buy one or two spare vouchers next time (really soon) I get in the UK :D

I don't think that Orange and T-Mobile vouchers are interchangeable (they come in different denominations), so I'm guessing that EE is different too. EE PAYG is still so new that their staff often don't know the answers to such questions anyway.

...and on their website, vouchers aren't mentioned as a top up method, nor cash machines (I don't even know if foreign cards are allowed to top up at ATMs...). So I guess I'll be able to only top up by swipe card. What a strange carrier is EE :D

So I've discovered that you can top-up EE prepaid sims with eVouchers. Just text 150 "VO" plus your voucher code, e.g. VO0123456789123456 ;)

It's curious that the voucher I was given at WHSmith was for "EE Mobile Broadband" (PAYG obviously) and not generic "Pay As You Go", but apparently it doesn't matter. :)

EE seems disjointed in what you can and cannot do with their vouchers. I use PAYG EE 6GB SIM cards but have learned to use them and throw them :)