Three Mobile Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband 12 GB data SIM

I bought this to use when on holiday around the UK. Fast delivery from the seller, very simple to set up, I just put it into my TP Link router and away it went. The two years start from the date it is first connected to the 3 network. Setting up an account with 3 so that I could check the data useage was a bit more complicated. You have to use the internet connection of the sim card itself to set it up, once I worked that out it was simple. Just one other thing as with most sims you MUST use it at least once every 180 days or it will expire early. As I intend to have it running as a background backup to my home BB that should not be a problem. As for the 24 months life? well time will tell if thats true. At the price it would be good for ioT stuff as well if you dont want to be tied into a contract. Watch this space for updates later ;-). UPDATE 1: Its been running for over 12 months now and still working well, my expiry is August 2025. As I said above I leave it on and connected 24/7 at home to prevent the sim "expiring". So far very pleased, I will buy another in 2025 as long as its still available and the price is not too high. 5*. UPDATE 2: 19-3-2025, Its now the middle of March 2025 and the sim is still working fine and surprisingly I still have 9GB left, very highly reccomended. UPDATE 3: August 2025 the sim went the full 24gb data amount and I ran it out just a month before the two years were up. Brilliant!

Note: the new 24GB version is probably the best value right now, 2x more data for about the same cost - and lasts 2 years!!! Is there anything cheaper (just over 1 quid per month)! If you are regularly on-the-road and you need to use Internet on your laptop - rather than depend on various WiFi points, having your own LTE link is preferable. While most Cloud/FON/hotels/cafes/etc. connections do work - they are generally open/un-ecrypted and sometimes a hassle. For 2 quid (or so) a month - it is a joy to just connect directly and - 'boom' - you are on the Internet! Of course, nothing stops you to use a WiFi point instead, but if you need it - it is there. I used it first in a MiFi (EE-branded unlocked Osprey) then laptop with LTE connection in towns every time. I also used abroad (Europe) roaming at no cost with decent performance - naturally 3G+ only (not LTE). But I don't think any other UK providers provide free LTE roaming abroad. Still it saves you buying a local data SIM which may be problematic sometimes even in towns. It is particularly nice if your laptop/tablet/etc. has WWAN already installed (or WWAN option possible) - just insert the SIM and there you go. No registration required - great - and you can keep track of data left on 'My 3 Home -> Data Allowance'. It seems to update in almost real-time. If you only use it sparingly, it lasts 12 months, but if you really need to use it all in 1 month (e.g. moving house) then you can. Not particularly cheap - but still cheaper than a contract and any silly data deals are usually short-period (e.g. 100GB EE, etc.) so not really a fair comparison.

I bought this data sim to use with my LTE version of Surface Pro 2017. Since I wasn't willing to take on another monthly contract just for my Surface I looked for options without a monthly fee. This was the best option that I found and I believe that it's the best one out there at the moment in the UK. 24GB is plenty of data and will last months when used for normal internet browsing and emails if you avoid videos and large file downloads. So far after a month of almost daily use I still have almost 23GB left. I also like the fact that the data can be used over a period of 2 years, which is plenty of time. The only downside (and the reason for 4 stars instead of 5) is that once you run out of data, the top ups are a bit pricey and any unused top-up data expires after 30 days. I would really like for top-up data to last for 2 years, just like the data that's initially preloaded on the card. I think that once I run out of the 24GB of initial data I will just buy a new card, since that works out cheaper than having to top-up the existing one, which is a bit of a shame. In regards to connection quality, I'm getting excellent coverage and speeds in Glasgow. Speeds above 30mbps are nothing unusual and I've measured 60mbps on some occasions. Overall, if you're looking for a data card for your secondary mobile device (i.e. ipad or laptop) and you don't want to pay any monthly fees then this is the best option out there.

I use this 24gb Data SIM in my ZTE Travel Router and it works great. I activated the SIM once I had created my "My3" account (as detailed in the instructions) and popped it into router - all worked immediately with no hassle. I have used a GiffGaff (O2) SIM previously and that was trickier in that you had to set up the APN etc. That's not necessary with this '3' SIM. This one is also more economical as the data lasts for up to 24 months whereas I was topping up my GiffGaff account every 30 days. I seem to get a good signal in most locations I travel to and transfer rates are excellent. I hope to be able to try the SIM out abroad in the summer (if we can travel). Once the data allowance is used up, I will simply buy another SIM (as top ups are more expensive). In the meantime, I am very pleased.

Bought this from Amazon in Dec 16. Had already purchased a 12gb version direct from 3 a month before. Was travelling on a cruise via USA and wanted data on our travels. The earlier purchased card not only lasted (and gave 3G/4G coverage) that trip, including to 7 different islands where it worked flawlessly but then still had enough data left for us to use Google Maps and other social media quite extensively up and down the East Coast USA the next trip. Intermittently I have used it here in the UK too. Eventually that gave up last week. Remembered I had this and popped it into te MIFI (Huawei 5573). Initially it didn't register and I had to redo my password for the device on its admin web page. I have now rebooted and gone into MY3 and found that I have 24GB of daa to use by 2020. Where else can you buy a sim card that has such a long shelp life AND give you two years to use up the data? seriously whats not to like? By the way no issues with double data use or throttling. Well done 3.

This is my 4th one of these and am more than capable of installing in my car with no previous problems before with inserting in slot toggle mobile data off and on searches and connects THIS ONE all I get is reading sim even after two hours I even set the APN to three.co.uk but still it says reading mobile my car is set up for 4g I put my old card back in toggled mobile date off and then on connects within 15 seconds I will be returning this for a full refund

I bought a couple of these to use on two vacations we have coming up (I live in the USA) in the UK and other European countries. Good deal since the 12G should be plenty for the duration of those two trips, and it doesn't expire within the usual 30 days so the initial allowance will cover the whole summer for me. I activated one of the SIMs here in the USA to check it worked, and registered on the web site (which is horrible, fwiw). I get roaming service on AT&T's network with HSPA+ here. I did need to manually configure the APN on my Surface3 tablet. I'm not sure if that was because the tablet previously was on the native AT&T network and became confused as a result. Other devices seem to read the APN off the SIM ok. In any event after configuring the APN manually it worked fine. One small wrinkle is that the Three app for Windows shows up as "not available" in the Windows App Store (presumably due to geographic region locking). Update: I used these SIMs in a couple of devices In France for a week and they worked nicely roaming mostly on Bouygues but also Orange once in a while. No LTE service of course but that was expected. Service via HSPA+ was certainly adequate.

This is a data only sim, which has a limited maximum capacity of 24GB. If you don't consume more than 1GB of data a month (on average) then it'll be good to use for 24 months from the first time you use it. When I initially searched this card offered the most reasonable cost per GB. No contract and no need for any reoccurring payments or top ups. So once installed you can basically forget about it and trust that the Three network will remain active. So this sim becomes useless after using up all 24GB allowance or after 24 months of initial usage. For those who consume 24GB much faster than that, this might not be the best data sim. Having said that, for those who consume even less data, look at the "free" PAYG sim cards directly from the mobile network, they might bundle very limited data (maybe 100mb) for "free" each month that might satisfy your particular requirements. I gave 3 stars because I've experienced the Three network fail and force me to reset the system I setup using this sim. Otherwise it was the most suitable option for me.

Comme carte sim pour les endroits sans Wi-Fi

I went to UK, Norway and Iceland recently. the card worked very well in all those three countries. The difficulty came when I tried to activate it following instructions that came with the package. Fortunately, their tech support came to help quickly.

I loved that you can buy it, hold on to it for a while, stick it in when in the vicinity of UK ip space and it just works while in UK. Have to come back here to Germany it still just works with the UK number associated with SIM. If this sim works while I travel thru Europe to other places it might be the most valuable overlooked option available. So nice not needing customer service, take tons of selfies or give a scammed wet dream job all your info just to have a backup sim when you travel primarily for directions and built in apps. No clue if the service is the best everywhere though so I may have gotten ahead of myself because of ease of setup and quality data I'm using to write this very review! Recommend over locamobel or Vodafone so far.

・Android(ASUS) / iPhoneにて使用 ・わしは1か月のヨーロッパ旅行で以下の国やエリアに行ったが、設定も楽で、速さもストレスなく問題なく使用できました。もちろん多少電波が弱いところはあるけど、フィンランドの田舎で山奥の家の中や、国境の何もないところや山間部くらいで、概ねつながっている状態でした。 ・対応エリアはサイトが見づらいのはさておき、記載の通りで、対応外の国(ベラルーシ、ボスニア・ヘルツェゴビナ、セルビア)に入国したときは、SMS通知は来るもののネットはつながりはしません。 ・むちゃくちゃ安くはないんでしょうが、わしのように多めの複数カ国を回るならおすすめ！ - デンマーク(コペンハーゲン) - ノルウェー(オスロ、フロム) - スウェーデン(マルメ、ストックホルム) - フィンランド(トゥルク、ウーシカウプンキ、ピュハマー、ヘルシンキ) - エストニア(タリン) - ラトビア(リガ) - リトアニア(シャウレイ、トラカイ、ヴィリニュス) - ポーランド(クラクフ、オシフィエンチム) - チェコ(キヨフ、プラハ) - スロバキア(ブラチスラバ) - ハンガリー(ブダペスト) - フランス(パリ) - ルクセンブルク(ルクセンブルク) - ベルギー(ブリュッセル) - オランダ(ドルトレヒト、アムステルダム) - ドイツ(ケルン、ベルリン) *( )内は主に滞在したエリア

The sim card doesn't work. I needed tech support to activate it and now, it shows 0$ credit so it's useless on my trip. I've had numerous exchange with the vender. Waiting on a fix