EE Extending Free Six-Month Apple Music Subscription Offer, Won't Count Against Data Caps

[jlwarlow]

I believe Vodafone now support VV and WiFi Calling too. Not for corporate contracts though.

I'll check them out next time my contract is up. Thanks!

 

[0023828]

EE are such price gougers. Awful network which over charge for every service they offer, O2 employ similar tactics. Shop around for your mobile network coverage, people, you'll soon realise you're being massively ripped off. They'll also raise your monthly cost every year, and claim you agreed to it, whilst calling it inflation and that 'every network does it' but the truth is they don't. I haven't paid a penny more than I agreed to in about 3 or 4 years. When I was with EE, they hiked the price of my deal every year.

Then they give out special deals for new customers and give existing customers nothing for continuously paying their inflated prices. This is what happens when networks merge and are allowed to gain too much market share, thank God we have many new players such as GiffGaff and iD Mobile.

But all that is well besides the fact that mobile networks is general haven't changed or evolved for about 15 years and they're still padding deals out with thousands of minutes and texts - which nobody uses anymore - and give you very, very little data for your money, the part of the deal that ever gets used or is useful. Only a couple of networks are trying to re-think this model. The future of network deals needs to be very few minutes and texts and lots of data. The fact that any network believes any regular user needs 1000+ inclusive messages is insane. The majority of users are using iMessage or WhatsApp, which is only costing them data - the thing you never get enough of!

I’ve been with EE since the Orange days and I’ve had nothing but fantastic service. On numerous occasions I’ve come close to my data cap and I’ve called, simply been nice to them, stated my situation that I was away for a weekend etc and on both occasions I was give 5gb to tide me over for a few days. They’ve also really looked after me with my plan too, I’m now on a max plan with 30gb and roaming, and it’s half the price advertised on their website.

Their call centres are all UK based too which makes having an actual conversation much easier.
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The former option.

iTunes.apple.com/carrier

 

[BlueCreek]

I'm currently on a family plan, how would this work with that? Would I have to remove myself out of it first? Making it more expensive for the rest of my family..

 

[WestonHarvey1]

This is why network neutrality is met by a shoulder shrug from everyone but nerds. You can scream about doomsday until you are blue in the face, but people hear about services that don't count against their data and say "awesome!"

 

[hobsgrg]

No, Vodafone do not support Visual Voicemail. They do support WiFi Calling though.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204040

Unfortunately Vodafone don't support WiFi calling fully, as it only works for calls and not SMS. If you look carefully at Vodafone advertising they only mention calls, and conveniently fail to mention it doesn't work with SMS at all! With EE it has full support so works with both.

 

[576316]

I’ve been with EE since the Orange days and I’ve had nothing but fantastic service.

Well of course. They don’t want you to realise they’re just ripping you off, cause then you might switch. They’ve got to make you feel like you’re getting something.

 

[0023828]

Well of course. They don’t want you to realise they’re just ripping you off, cause then you might switch. They’ve got to make you feel like you’re getting something.

I’m on a Sim only and I’m happy to shop about. However the only other network that has similar amounts of data is 3 but their coverage where I stay is about 80% of EE’s and it’s times I need data most that 3 fails.

 

[scouser75]

Has anyone signed up to this yet? I received a text saying they'd be in touch on the 19th but have not heard anything further.