Any experience of Smarty unlimited data?

david25 · 17 Aug 2020 at 14:54

Hello, has anyone used Smarty before?

They offer £20 for unlimited data, in my area 4G is faster compared to BT FTTC! I would be interested to know if it really is unlimited and can you sustain 10Mb over long periods

https://smarty.co.uk/plans/unlimited

Thanks

chroniclard · 17 Aug 2020 at 15:46

You can get vodafone unlimited 5g sims for about £14.50 a month after cashback, doesnt seem worth it.

sandys · 17 Aug 2020 at 15:54

you can change smarty plan any time you want, vodafone locks you in, you also get cashback with smarty, and amusingly each time you change plan as I have discovered have upped and reduced my daughters plan a couple of times

david25 · 30 Aug 2020 at 09:22

Quick update, I decided to get a pre-pay sim and check my coverage before signing up properly. Unfortunately, I only get coverage upstairs and even then it was only 3Mb down / 0.5Mb up.

No Smarty for me.

Clarkey · 1 Sep 2020 at 06:23

Smarty doesn't have 4G super voice 800mhz band access on the 3 network. For me it meant I had no signal after moving from 3. Left after a couple of days. Always a reason these things are cheap...

benparker · 1 Sep 2020 at 09:58

david25 said:
Quick update, I decided to get a pre-pay sim and check my coverage before signing up properly. Unfortunately, I only get coverage upstairs and even then it was only 3Mb down / 0.5Mb up.

No Smarty for me.

For home use?

sandys · 1 Sep 2020 at 10:34

Clarkey said:
Smarty doesn't have 4G super voice 800mhz band access on the 3 network. For me it meant I had no signal after moving from 3. Left after a couple of days. Always a reason these things are cheap...

Must have changed because I doubt you'd get anything indoors with three/Smarty without it, I have noticed no drop off since I made the switch.

What it doesn't have is wifi calling or I should say wifi calling on my Samsung galaxy as we have had our mast out for 8 days this month due to an upgrade for 5G and all the winds from stormy weather delaying the build meant I had no signal aaaargh, somehow my daughters Mi 9 had wifi calling and no issue, despite SMARTY not having rolled out the feature, me not so much.

Still now it is back online my 4G speeds are a nice DL/UL of ~80/~25Mb ping still in the 40ms range though.

marms · 1 Sep 2020 at 10:38

Clarkey said:
Smarty doesn't have 4G super voice 800mhz band access on the 3 network. For me it meant I had no signal after moving from 3. Left after a couple of days. Always a reason these things are cheap...

I use 800mhz on smarty but only for data.

david25 · 1 Sep 2020 at 11:34

benparker said:
For home use?

Yes, was testing to see if it was faster than FTTC, the poster above is getting 80/25Mb!

Clarkey · 1 Sep 2020 at 20:04

sandys said:
Must have changed because I doubt you'd get anything indoors with three/Smarty without it, I have noticed no drop off since I made the switch.

What it doesn't have is wifi calling or I should say wifi calling on my Samsung galaxy as we have had our mast out for 8 days this month due to an upgrade for 5G and all the winds from stormy weather delaying the build meant I had no signal aaaargh, somehow my daughters Mi 9 had wifi calling and no issue, despite SMARTY not having rolled out the feature, me not so much.

Still now it is back online my 4G speeds are a nice DL/UL of ~80/~25Mb ping still in the 40ms range though.

This was less than 2 weeks ago so it's current info. I was on three previously and had reasonable 4G, on smarty in the same place I had no signal whatsoever. Ditched it and went to o2, best decision I made much better coverage, much better data throughput.

benparker · 2 Sep 2020 at 00:13

david25 said:
Yes, was testing to see if it was faster than FTTC, the poster above is getting 80/25Mb!

Unused to get 18mbps until I learned that you have to try different locations in your house. Now I average around 45-50, highest was about 67mbps.

sandys · 2 Sep 2020 at 00:27

It's a bit all over the place but did a few around the place

JeditOjanen · 3 Sep 2020 at 13:07

I got spammed by them, so they will never get my custom and I will encourage you to decide likewise.