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Okay Stepheng1968, if SMARTY say you got 4G and 5G, but you don't - perhaps it's time to switch to another service provider.
You definitely won’t get 2G, as THREE, the parent company of Smarty, was the first 3G network in the UK, hence the name, and has never ever had a 2G network. You can’t get what’s never existed on THREE.
It looks like you need to move networks. Try Voxi, which is an MVNO on Vodafone. Or GiffGaff, an MVNO on O2.
If you decide to try Voxi, send me a private message and I can give you my referral code, which gets us both a gift voucher of our choosing.
JJP2RidesAgain So nice that Voxi changed their original policy of only selling to the under-30's!🤡🤡 Not as if it was a discriminatory act!!!
If I Recall Correctly, originally you had to be 24 or younger 🤨
Phones with a Voxi SIM in do not even say “Voxi” as the network, it’s always “Vodafone”
Voxi is basically a rebranded Vodafone PAYG service, with monthly payments with no long term contract.
JJP2RidesAgain They very graciously opened up to the over 30's in April 2019.
Equally graciously, I declined to join them on a point of principle.
I use them on a point of principle too :
With me here in the UK, and Linda in the USA until I move over within the next twelve months, if ever I ring Linda when in the car etc, it’s only 1p per minute for a transatlantic call to mobiles and landlines, the two can’t be differentiated anyway, as mobile numbers have the same pool of area codes as landlines.
Only network I know that beats 1p per minute for a transatlantic call is “Tello”, my American MVNO, which offers free calls to 60 countries, including the UK and various Hispanic countries.
Their plans are cheap too - I pay $6 a month for 100 minutes, unlimited text and 1 GB data when in the UK, and change the plan as required when in the USA. This allowance rolls over each month too.
With minutes (if you have a plan that does not have unlimited minutes), and data rollover, this 4 year old network offers some great deals. If they ever came to the UK, they could shake up the market, if they offered the same packages they do in the USA.
