PACing from 30 day contract and I am thinking of going to Virgin from EE anyone done it?

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I'm with EE at the moment on a rolling 30 day contract and thinking of going to VM on a similar but for a lot less.

anyone any issues?
is the service good?
 
I use Virgin on my iPhone - when I first went to them I got a 'special ' deal as I have TV and broadband from them.

I've now switched to a SIM only with them - originally it was cheaper for me - now anyone can get it .

For £8 month I have unlimited texts , inclusive 1000 mins calls [ to mobiles OR landlines ] Unlimited Virgin mobile minutes and 500MB of data. Not used any data yet

Never had any problem with them - apart from the fact they left me with no mobile for a week as the kept sending me the wrong SIM and disconnected my old Nokia [ and SIM] before I had my new one.
 
There doing unlimited calls/text and 4gb data for £15 I am currently paying £24 from EE
 
Mr Bump said:
There doing unlimited calls/text and 4gb data for £15 I am currently paying £24 from EE
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I was with T-Mobile ( same thing) and the tariff crept up and up, from £26 - £36
Unlimited everything.
I went into the EE shop and got sim only texts and calls but only 2Gb data, seems I was only using 1.5 max a month anyway,
that costs £15 / month, don't know about VM though, as that was the best deal I could get on the net, and they honoured the price in store.
 
When i spoke to EE today in all fairness they offered me a good deal but it was on a 12 month contract, was unlim text/calls and 4gb for £16 but i wanted the option of wandering elsewhere so opted for a 30 day rolling contract, i might take up one of the virgin sims on there 30 day rolling and see what the service is.
 
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but i wanted the option of wandering elsewhere so opted for a 30 day rolling contract,
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And of course they don't like that do they? the price goes up accordingly to discourage it ;)
 
Virgin uses the same network as EE so has the same coverage but doesn't do 4G if that's important. I have a sim only deal from them - £16 for unlimited everything, it seems you can't get this deal any more... Virgin European data passes are about the best value too, if you do a lot of Euro travelling.

Coverage beats the pants of my O2 work phone which is almost as rubbish as Vodafone...
 
Nawty said:
Virgin uses the same network as EE so has the same coverage
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I travel a lot of the country and so far signal has been good where ever I have been, except in a deep quarry in darkest Kent :D
Nawty said:
but doesn't do 4G if that's important
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I forgot to mention that bit my EE contract is on 4G
 
My phone is a NOTE 2 so is only 3G anyway and I am quite happy with that :-)
 
been with Virgin for years until 3 months ago when I switched to GiffGaff, sole reason being 4G which is not existence on Virgin, GG comparable pricing is better too.

apart from that I have no problem with Virgin, you will get a better deal if you have TV and/or BBand with them.
 
strumstrum said:
been with Virgin for years until 3 months ago when I switched to GiffGaff,

apart from that I have no problem with Virgin, you will get a better deal if you have TV and/or BBand with them.
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That seems to have changed recently http://store.virginmedia.com/virgin-media-mobile/sim-only/pay-monthly-sim.html

Click on the " No I don't button "

Well we don't mind - you can now get the same prices on our top tariffs as our TV and Broadband customers
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weird thing is if you have unlimited calls then that's kind of surplus?
 
Would have thought so

According to the App on my iPhone I get 1000 mins inclusive , unlimited Virgin Mobile minutes , 500Mb Mobile web and unlimited texts - for my £8/month

The Site shows I get 1250 mins.

I've still got 776 min left on calls this month [ renews on 28 August ] and I do now use the mobile more than my rather crappy landline as the Mobile streams to my hearing aids.
 
do virgin do Data SIMS for mifi?

I also have an EE MIFI and that's £20/month for 15gb
 
Dunno about that - you'd need to ask them
 
strumstrum said:
been with Virgin for years until 3 months ago when I switched to GiffGaff, sole reason being 4G which is not existence on Virgin, GG comparable pricing is better too.

apart from that I have no problem with Virgin, you will get a better deal if you have TV and/or BBand with them.
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I was on GiffGaff and the wife now is but I just find that the O2 network is total pants and in busy places (Waterloo station, for example) it never works.

Certainly I get far far far more coverage on Virgin/EE than she does on O2 although I don't know if 4G changes that?
 
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