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Issues with calls and low data-speeds since joining SMARTY

Hi allSince joining SMARTY a couple of weeks ago, I'm facing constant-issues with being unable to send or receive phone calls, and very low data-speeds (literally 1-2 Mbps up or down) at home, and around my local-area.Just wondering if anything can b...

Data Usage Unusually High

We bought a 15GB plan 4 days ago to evaluate the suitability and coverge at our home. On the first day ( a Sunday evening) it registered 2.24GB. Monday 266MB on my mobile. Tuesday 1.81 GB solely on my wife's ( she was out at work during the day). Wed...

Temp plan upgrade while tethering phone

Hi, I am moving home soon. It may take a couple of weeks to get Broadband installed, meanwhile I will have to use my Android phone as a Router. I currently have a 16GB plan and I realise I will use a lot more data when tethered, so I need to upgrade ...

Use account balance to buy data add-on

I have an account balance of around £7 and am trying to buy a £5 data add-on, but I don't get the option of using my balance to pay for this. Is there a way to do this?

Protecting against SIM swap fraud

There are numerous instances these days of SIM Swap fraud.  In addition to setting a PIN code to unlock the SIM card, what else can we do to prevent scammers from persuading SMARTY that a SIM has been lost or damaged and handing over a new SIM to the...

EU Roaming stopped

So, I was in Italy for a week last week and I got around 6 days of usage of my Smarty SIM without issue. Without notice, no texts or emails, being sent to me, the data went off and wouldn't reconnect. I tried all the recommended solutions on here but...

Not very impressed with SMARTY support so-far

Have to say I'm not very-impressed with SMARTY support so-far.Since I joined SMARTY a couple of weeks ago, I've been having issues with very-low data-speeds in my local area, and constant issues in sending and receiving phone-calls (to other mobiles ...

SIM Card activated but no data

Hi. I've just signed up for the smarty unlimited data/calls/text 1 month plan. I've received an email and text saying it's activated and  my phone says I'm on the smarty network and I have a full signal  but I have no mobile data to access the intern...

I got this number a couple of weeks ago and paid £6 rlto subscribe but data not working

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Black Friday is once again upon us! And at SMARTY, we believe in making life simpler, especially during the hustle and bustle of sale season. That's why we're excited to share with the SMARTY community our Black Friday SIM Only deals that are no-non...

What is the best 4G Router for SMARTY

So my parents live in an area with no 5G and they don't want to keep using VM or keep increasing the price every year. They also want to keep unlimited data and have unlimited calls so I assume they can use an unlocked Huawei B311 router but how old ...

Allocation of data used

A long time ago I was given a 2Gb data add by Smarty as a 'sorry' for a mess-up. I generally don't use much data via mobile as I am often in places with wifi; the data add on hardly went down and equally I rarely used much data from my monthly plans....

URGENT Top up not activate

Hi. I bought a 15GB top up on 30 October but this has not activated. Im almost out of data. I cannot see anything on my Dashboard to activate the 15Gb but can see a message that 15Gb is available. My plan shows only 300Mb out of my original 5Gb plan'...

1Mbps data speed

My current data speed is 1Mbps. Is anyone facing the same issue in London? I am basically paying for nothing. I have checked the data speed in my house using other networks and I get 80 Mbps minimum. Is there any solution to this or should I move to ...

Connection drops out overnight

We recently switched to a Smarty SIM in our dongle which we currently use for home internet (long story as to why). The connection seems pretty good during the day and evening for working, streaming etc, but in the morning we find that the internet c...