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DavidLe_3449918
SMARTY Maverick
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Re: 60gig SIM card and TP link Mifi
What you’re experiencing is an over subscriber number of users accessing the three network in the area. It’s annoying but the network coverage checkers just reflect services available ie 4g/5g and ‘potential’ speeds. However, all mobile operators have their masts, and these a subject to contention ie data rates and speed are shared between all active mobile users in the area the antenna covers. So, in your case, during the day many more mobile users are active and the data rates squeezed even to the point where your devices are not connecting even with a strong signal. Early mornings and evenings, that’s when users are often at home on their WiFi and not using their cellular date, hence less active users and those that are receive a greater proportion of data. Ever wondered why at a concert e.g Hyde Park mobile connectivity freezes despite having full bars- it’s simply the volume of users. Unfortunately it’s impossible to check how many subscribers are accessing the masts in each area and for each network- if that data was available then it would indicate if you’re likely to experience degraded speeds- but of course mobile users are….erm…mobile so its rather tricky. i frequently see people blaming the suppliers or network providers as they’re not providing the speed expected by the coverage checks, but unfortunately its down to the volume of users. Broadband providers can provide accurate speed expectations because their network is fixed, as are the number of connections available….its impossible to provide this by mobile operators.766Views1like0CommentsRe: porting using 1 PAC covering multiple mobile numbers
As a final overview for group sims and porting: if you have multiple sim numbers under a group plan the existing supplier MUST and can provide a pac code for each sim number if requested as this allows each number to port onto whichever new supplier the user of the number chooses. Yes, the could provide a single pac code for all but that’s only if the account owner wants to transfer all sims to the same supplier. In my case, with five sims, one of the users in their home location gets very low network coverage by Three, so instead they will be signing up to an alternative provider- hence why group plans must provide a pac code per number to allow the consumer the ability to choose the best supplier for each sim in the location it resides.1.1KViews1like0CommentsRe: porting using 1 PAC covering multiple mobile numbers
Solved! I had 5 SIMs with Sky on a family plan and am now moving them to Smarty. Sky CAN provide a pac code for each individual sim but on the phone you need to explicitly request this to the rep and it takes ages because they have to provide a validation SMS for each number. However, if you go on into the Sky app, and go into the ‘manage my SIM’ section by selecting each number then scroll to the bottom and select ‘switching to and from Sky’. In this section you can can select to get your pac code code for that specific SIM and number. Hope this helps!1.1KViews1like0Comments