Lyca o2 mobile join BTw EE mobile

https://newsroom.bt.com/lyca-mobile-partners-with-bt...

I wondered why one of my phones was showing EE | LycaMobile.

Any idea if they do mobile broadband?

In reply to a post by hk11:

Any idea if they do mobile broadband?

The mobile virtual operators (MVNOs) don't generally as they have to pay the host network for their usage.

Many fixed line broadband users use 1000 GB (1 TB) a month with one person in the home, using any sort of video streaming (iPlayer, Netflix etc). The mobile networks tend to think 500 GB is a lot.

Check terms carefully.

You may be better looking at Starlink.

Edited by jchamier (Fri 14-Jul-23 17:08:49)

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by hk11:

Any idea if they do mobile broadband?

You may be better looking at Starlink.

Looking at the other thread, would probably be better ordering a higher FTTP product, this would either give better speed, or trigger a visit to fix fault.

The OP wants to move away from FTTP.

I wonder why, there is no other more reliable service available.

In reply to a post by Realalemadrid:

I wonder why, there is no other more reliable service available.

Long thread in the other forum about the problems the ISPs have caused.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

The OP wants to move away from FTTP.

True, but there appears to be a problem which Vodafone are not interested in fixing as speed is above minimum guaranteed, as you know there should be no problem with ordering a package with faster speed from another ISP (or vodafone) this will set a higher minimum speed, then the service will either exceed this speed or OR will have to investigate.

There is an interesting paragraph of the BT press release:

“The deal will see Lyca’s entire customer base move across to EE in what is set to be record time, with BT Wholesale team showing industry-leading capabilities in ensuring a smooth transition of an MVNO between networks.

Usually when providers say an "entire customer base will be moved to" themselves, they mean the original provider will basically cease to exist. (As in when providers went bust).

However at the end it looks much more likely Lyca will continue under its current name, as an independent MVNO using the EE network. The customers themselves not being moved to EE. As in John Lewis and Plusnet in their initial partnership.

Which leads me to agree with you that mobile broadband from Lyca is unlikely, at least in the short to medium term.

When I was with a MVNO which changed networks it required a SIM change, but one post seems to suggest that it swapped networks without a SIM change, unless I've read that wrong.