GUMPY Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Scancom Three Unlimited 5G Data SIM - Preloaded Every Month from now until 8th December 2025 - Perfect For Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones - Business Grade Data, dual band https://amzn.eu/d/2Vqio1R If you can put up with the "restricted coverage" of 3 and a fair usage limit of 850gb/pcm then it works out at £7pcm. As my Smarty free months have run out I will be getting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheplod Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 I can see the offer but thats a large upfront cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted August 21, 2023 Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 Do you get a contract with Three until Dec 2025? Or a promise that Scancom will pay Three until that date? With the latter, if Scancom fail in 6 months time, it will have cost almost £35 per month. (Not saying provider is a scam, just trying to understand the deal). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2023 As I read it it's a deal provided by Scancom. I have had one of their EE sims and it's been faultless. Scancom have existed since 1993 way longer than lots of the other resellers of mobile air time yet no one questions them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 26, 2023 Report Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) On 21/08/2023 at 08:14, GUMPY said: Scancom Three Unlimited 5G Data SIM - Preloaded Every Month from now until 8th December 2025 - Perfect For Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones - Business Grade Data, dual band https://amzn.eu/d/2Vqio1R If you can put up with the "restricted coverage" of 3 and a fair usage limit of 850gb/pcm then it works out at £7pcm. As my Smarty free months have run out I will be getting one. Have you got it yet, I make it £11 a month Edited August 26, 2023 by ditchcrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) It is now, when I posted that and bought mine it was on offer £199 Replaced my 3 contract at home £16.65 now down to just over £7 until 2025. Still got enough credit for a couple of Smarty months to go plus my 30days notice period from 3 so that will keep the caravan connected fir a while. Edited August 26, 2023 by GUMPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 Just checked my Caravan/Boat internet use its about 65gb a month, whilst browsing I found this deal Three 80GB Data SIM - 5G Business-Grade Data Renewed Monthly until 8th July 2025 - Perfect for Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones https://amzn.eu/d/b4eIjQl Works out at £3.13 a month. This is an offer and can go back to list price at any time. If I do run over 80gb i have some credit with Smarty left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, GUMPY said: Just checked my Caravan/Boat internet use its about 65gb a month, whilst browsing I found this deal Three 80GB Data SIM - 5G Business-Grade Data Renewed Monthly until 8th July 2025 - Perfect for Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones https://amzn.eu/d/b4eIjQl Works out at £3.13 a month. This is an offer and can go back to list price at any time. If I do run over 80gb i have some credit with Smarty left. The next deal up isn't bad if you use a bit more, I have just bought the one you posted as I come in about 40 a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted August 29, 2023 Report Share Posted August 29, 2023 Not an absolute bargain, it's about their usual price per month (£250 until 8/6/2025=£12pcm), but still a good deal for unlimited data on EE if you do a lot of work/video/streaming: https://www.amazon.co.uk/EE-Unlimited-Data-Sim-Preloaded/dp/B09W1NYQFS?ref_=ast_sto_dp I checked our use at home and it's about 250GB per month, but that's with broadcast/recorded over-the-air TV -- with streaming only on the boat it could be higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 30, 2023 Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 23 hours ago, GUMPY said: Just checked my Caravan/Boat internet use its about 65gb a month, whilst browsing I found this deal Three 80GB Data SIM - 5G Business-Grade Data Renewed Monthly until 8th July 2025 - Perfect for Wifi Routers, Tablets & Phones https://amzn.eu/d/b4eIjQl Works out at £3.13 a month. This is an offer and can go back to list price at any time. If I do run over 80gb i have some credit with Smarty left. Mine has just arrived and I can always reactivate Smarty if need be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 53 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Mine has just arrived and I can always reactivate Smarty if need be As has my new one I still have £40 bonus credit with Smarty that I will hang on to. Can't use it as Router is in the van 11 miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 18 hours ago, GUMPY said: As has my new one I still have £40 bonus credit with Smarty that I will hang on to. Can't use it as Router is in the van 11 miles away Just tried mine at home and it works, comes in a genuine sealed Three package Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Just tried mine at home and it works, comes in a genuine sealed Three package Yes, however if you need any support it's registered by Scancom as a business account so you need to contact them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 31, 2023 Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 50 minutes ago, GUMPY said: Yes, however if you need any support it's registered by Scancom as a business account so you need to contact them Yes I have the card in the bag with the dongle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) I see that the unlimited Scancom Three prepaid data SIM card on Amazon valid until the beginning of December 2025 has now gone up to £250 . That's not such a great deal as previously. I'm just wondering if 500GB/month would be enough for me as that's still £99. I work from home on a laptop and I'm often in Teams meetings. Apart from that I might occasionally stream a film or watch catch up on the iPlayer. Do I need unlimited data? Also do these Scancom cards let you see how much data you've used/got left at any particular time? Edited March 8 by blackrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 5 minutes ago, blackrose said: I see that the unlimited Scancom Three prepaid data SIM card on Amazon valid until the beginning of December 2025 has now gone up to £250 . That's not such a great deal as previously. I'm just wondering if 500GB/month would be enough for me as that's still £99. I work from home on a laptop and I'm often in Teams meetings. Apart from that I might occasionally stream a film or watch catch up on the iPlayer. Do I need unlimited data? Also do these Scancom cards let you see how much data you've used at any particular time? Don't forget that the "unlimited" Scancom SIM has a 600GB "Fair Use Policy" anyway... I got the 500GB one, which is considerably more data than I use from home with multiple PCs and WFH and phones and TV streaming. How much data do you use? AFAIK there's no way to see how much data you've used, at least not easily (right now the 1pmobile SIM is still in the router). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, IanD said: How much data do you use? Thanks Ian. To be honest I've no idea. I'll go onto the smarty app and see if I can find out, but it seems like it would be less than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 500GB one seems a far better deal. Work out about £3.50pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 3 hours ago, IanD said: How much data do you use? I've just checked and for my previous 3 months I've only been using between 38GB - 78GB/month! So there's no point me getting an unlimited deal. 6 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said: 500GB one seems a far better deal. Work out about £3.50pm Yes I'll get a 500GB SIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 (edited) 33 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said: 500GB one seems a far better deal. Work out about £3.50pm Unless I'm missing a Scancom special offer, £99 for 17 months (until 8/8/2025) is £5.80pcm... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-500GB-Data-SIM-Preloaded/dp/B0BDSH3V49 (always cheaper via Amazon since this includes VAT, prices direct from Scancom are + postage + VAT) (also available is 80Gb is £70/16mths = £4.40/pcm, saving doesn't seem worth it) All these are on Three, EE is *much* more expensive... Edited March 8 by IanD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 22 minutes ago, IanD said: Unless I'm missing a Scancom special offer, £99 for 17 months (until 8/8/2025) is £5.80pcm... Yes maybe Dora thought the 500GB SIM also expired in Nov 2025 like the unlimited one, when in fact it expires in Aug. But anyway it's still a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 11 minutes ago, blackrose said: Yes maybe Dora thought the 500GB SIM also expired in Nov 2025 like the unlimited one, when in fact it expires in Aug. But anyway it's still a good deal. Yes it is, so long as you're happy with Three -- which many are, but UK-wide coverage (especially rural areas) is not as good as EE. I'm going to try using it as my main SIM and see what coverage and data rates are like compared to EE, which I have on my phone -- and also on the 1pmobile SIM as backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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