Volvo Community Forum. The Forums of the Volvo Owners Club

Forum Rules Volvo Owners Club About VOC Volvo Gallery Links Volvo History Volvo Press
Go Back   Volvo Owners Club Forum > "Technical Topics" > S60 & V60 '18> / XC60 '17> / S90 & V90 '16> / XC90 '15> General
Register Members Cars Help Calendar Extra Stuff

Notices

S60 & V60 '18> / XC60 '17> / S90 & V90 '16> / XC90 '15> General Forum for the SPA-platform 60- and 90-series models

Information
  • VOC Members: There is no login facility using your VOC membership number or the details from page 3 of the club magazine. You need to register in the normal way
  • AOL Customers: Make sure you check the 'Remember me' check box otherwise the AOL system may log you out during the session. This is a known issue with AOL.
  • AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net users. Forum owners such as us are finding that AOL, Yahoo and Plus.net are blocking a lot of email generated from forums. This may mean your registration activation and other emails will not get to you, or they may appear in your spam mailbox

Thread Informations

Data Sim Card PAYG UK - Recommendations - April/May 2022

Views : 3602

Replies : 30

Users Viewing This Thread :  

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 11:53   #1
Thundercat
New Member
 

Last Online: Oct 10th, 2022 12:03
Join Date: May 2020
Location: London
Default Data Sim Card PAYG UK - Recommendations - April/May 2022

Hi All,

Just wanted to reach out to the community to ask if there if anyone is aware of any current 'deals' on data sim cards.

My existing Three data SIM card has expired or my data allowance has been used up and I am looking to replace it. I was using this Three Mobile Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband 24 GB data SIM, which I purchase off Amazon UK, after a recommendation from older Threat on the same subject.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M3VJ2...047C244YT4N0JK

Interested to see what other Volvo owners are using as alternatives data sim providers, or are they sticking to the existing Vodafone SIM and subscribing to the data plans after the initial plan is over.

Thanks again in advance.
Thundercat is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 14:47   #2
Chudy85
Volvo family member
 
Chudy85's Avatar
 

Last Online: Yesterday 15:02
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Peterborough
Default

I am using 3G at this moment but if you interested to buy it at this moment is too expensive. Normally you can buy for £34.

You can check Vodafone https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08F2Q9C...ing=UTF8&psc=1
__________________
MY20 V90 Inscription Plus D4, Mussel Blue, Tinted Windows, Towbar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chudy85 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 16:31   #3
Boatie
Master Member
 

Last Online: Yesterday 17:47
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Watford
Default

I'm using a Three pre paid sim. They offer 12 month ones with varying data.
__________________
V90 R Design 2019my
Boatie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 17:03   #4
Ian0803
Member
 

Last Online: Yesterday 19:35
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Canterbury
Default

If it's not a silly question, only a few months into owning a Volvo, how much data is needed monthly or annually to be able to only run things like live traffic and audio using a streaming service?
Vodaphone want £100 a year for 100GB
Ian0803 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 17:22   #5
Lexman8
Premier Member
 
Lexman8's Avatar
 

Last Online: Yesterday 19:28
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Yorkshire
Default

Live traffic, etc, uses a relatively trivial amount of data.

Spotify on its High Quality setting will use ~75MB per hour so listening for an hour every day for a year (365 days) would use ~27 GB. On Normal setting it'd use ~16GB per year. Video streaming via the Wi-Fi hotspot would use considerably more.

I just tether my phone and use its data plan.
__________________
MY17 XC90 D5 Powerpulse Momentum: SENSUS, Osmium Grey, Blond, Walnut, Xenium, BLIS + CTA & RCM, Winter Plus, Fuel-fired Heater, Heated Rear Seats, Power Extensions, Tinted Windows
Coming soon: XC60 Ultimate Recharge MY24 or 25 or...
Lexman8 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 17:32   #6
Chudy85
Volvo family member
 
Chudy85's Avatar
 

Last Online: Yesterday 15:02
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Peterborough
Default

I am using car internet for live traffic, maps update and tethering this internet to passengers. I dont use Spotify and in last year i used just over 7 GB.
__________________
MY20 V90 Inscription Plus D4, Mussel Blue, Tinted Windows, Towbar
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chudy85 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old Apr 28th, 2022, 20:41   #7
Murph7355
Senior Member
 

Last Online: Yesterday 23:20
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Wethersfield
Default

3 sim here too.
Murph7355 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
data sim


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:39.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.