Best MVNO

[aturnick54]

I'm currently with iD Mobile. Unlimited calls/texts and 80GB data for £10 per month.

Main reason I chose iD is because they have a generous roaming allowance of 30GB. I also like that unused data rolls over into the next month, which now effectively gives me 160GB data per month to use.

The only downside is that they use the Three network. It works fine locally around home, however I've noticed venturing into rural areas or inside buildings can cause the signal to drop which is very annoying.

I have looked at moving to an EE based MVNO such as 1p Mobile or Spusu, however just can't find anything with similar perks to iD.

Does anybody have any recommendations?

[davek_964]

Quite a few of us use Lebara (Vodafone)

They also have free roaming - which is also 30GB for plans that are > 30GB data. Similar costs - my rate is discounted for the first 6 months but after that is £7.90 for 50GB and I think 100GB was something £11 a month (money supermarket seems to have good deals).

You can't roll data over though.

[alangla]

If it has to be EE then I’ve found Lyca works pretty well and is reasonably priced. I’ve only used it for data when I was staying in an area where EE was about the only usable operator, I’ve not used it as a voice SIM. They also, helpfully, let you keep dormant sims active for £5 a year without the requirement to make calls etc.

My main voice sim is Lebara and I’ve absolutely no complaints, works well, decent roaming allowance, all the usual things you’d expect from a main network like VoLTE and WiFi calling and no price rises ever. The only changes I’ve had in 4 years with them have been two free uplifts in my monthly data allowance.

[shtu]

Something to consider is using a Vodafone MVNO also gets you access to the Three network as well.

Talkmobile definitely do this, I'm unsure on the others. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/12/talk...

[Harpoon]

OP, I'm a IDMobile customer as well and like the roaming allowance / data rollover. However, rural coverage can be poor (though our village isn't great for any network I've had phones on).

I know about the VF/3 merger but hadn't considered what shtu posted, so had a quick search and found this:

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-support/vodafo...

IDMobile said:

When will I see the benefits?
Upgrades are rolling out now. Around 600 sites have already been upgraded, with 9,000 more planned by June 2026. Many customers will notice improvements during 2025 and 2026.

WIP but might be worth waiting a few more months to see if the merger helps:

[Stiggolas]

davek_964 said:

Quite a few of us use Lebara (Vodafone)

They also have free roaming - which is also 30GB for plans that are > 30GB data. Similar costs - my rate is discounted for the first 6 months but after that is £7.90 for 50GB and I think 100GB was something £11 a month (money supermarket seems to have good deals).

You can't roll data over though.

I've just changed over to Lebara on the 50GB tariff for £7.95 per month (first couple of months at £3.18). My old number ported across about an hour ago so still very new. The decider was the free roaming. Was with Sky but they wanted to up my bill to £23 a month. No thanks...