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Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:17:13 GMT

Hi there.

I'm looking to enable my IoT device with mobile data which would consume minimum data and requires no text and no calls. Ideally 100MB prepaid or so for a reasonable price. Or to pay per MB with no data plan with automatic top up. Does EE offer anything like this for non-business customers? Couldn't find anything reasonably priced for my needs and this was the lowest I could get:

£10 EE PAYG 4G Multi SIM with 8GB data, unlimited text messages, 500 minutes
Drop minutes and texts to 0, reduce 8Gb to 100MB should be worth something like £1-2 per month, but there are no plans or packages like this. Are there better option at EE?
Would prefer EE due to the mobile network coverage in the area.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:09:45 GMT

The cheapest EE PAYG is £10 pm & contract would be at least as much.

O2 does a PAYG for £5 pm with 500 MB data & 20 MMS. Called the All Rounder Bolt-On.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

Peter_W — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:37:22 GMT

Hey there @AntonD.

Welcome to the EE Community 😊

If you're not in need of calls and texts with this connection, we do have a few pay as you go Data Only SIMs that you can look at too.

These come with either 30 or 90 day options, and you can find more details here:

Best Data Only SIM Plans | Preloaded Data SIMs | EE Shop

Peter

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:03:12 GMT

Hi @Peter_W , thanks for your reply.

Indeed I saw these Data only SIMs and in fact I even ordered one which is

200MB

30 days

£1

However, upon receiving couldn't activate it and even calling the support I was told that I cannot get this option, it's simply not available, "sorry". So contradictory and frustrating information. That's how I ended up in this forum as a last resort having a SIM at hand and with no suitable plans or packs to apply to it. If you know of a way to apply this 30 day 200MB option, I'd be grateful as that's exactly what I'm looking for.

Best, Anton.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:11:00 GMT

Are you in UK?

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:14:27 GMT

I am, yes.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

Peter_W — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 07:53:58 GMT

Thanks for explaining those extra detail here @AntonD.

I've reached out to double check these options at our end.

How were things left with you when you spoke with our team, and did they offer any alternatives?

Peter

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:16:03 GMT

Hi @Peter_W ,

Well, as mentioned above, I was told these data only sim plans were not available and only solution they were offering was some MBs as extra data for 1-2 days for several £s, which clearly was not suitable as a permanent plan for my IoT device. The other option was the £10 plan for 30 days having all txts and minutes included, which is a waste of resource for the purpose. No other options were provided.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

Peter_W — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:27:27 GMT

Cheers @AntonD, did you pay up front for this SIM and the credit it still active on it, or are you yet to top-up yet?

Peter

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:37:23 GMT

That’s the weird part of it. When purchasing I chose the £1 200MB 30d plan online which obviously costs £1 and was paid during the checkout. Upon receiving the sim and trying to activate, I discovered 0 in my account and the operator to my question “given I cannot activate the option purchased, where did the £1 go” answered “you paid £1 for the sim”, which is of course ridiculous since buying and new sim with a plan, you always get the sim for free and just paying the plan price, but given it’s just £1 I didn’t want to argue more as discussing tariffs options was my priority during that call.
Later I topped up the account with £5 thinking that I may not be seeing all options while the account was 0, but that unfortunately didn’t help to reveal more alternatives.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

Peter_W — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:48:49 GMT

Thanks for confirming all of that for me, @AntonD.

I've fed this back now to see if we can get confirmation, as there's a chance that this may be an old web page.

If I get an update I'll let you know!

Peter

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 09:03:45 GMT

Are you able to put SIM in a phone & text AL to 150? If so, what does it reply?

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:43:30 GMT

Hi @XRaySpeX ,

Took me a while, but back here with what you’d requested:

Your current balance as of today 20:39 is £4.80. Your last top up was £5.00 on 21/06/2025 at 01:38. For more info on your plans, add-ons or free boosts, go to the EE app or ee.co.uk

For info on our other Text Services, reply HELP or go to ee.co.uk/textservices

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:51:18 GMT

Did this SIM originally cost you £1 from EE & you subsequently topped up another £5?

With the SIM still in phone, Visit http://add-on.ee.co.uk/status when not connected to WiFi to see your data & credit status. What does it say, obscuring your mobile no.?

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:22:25 GMT

I did order the sim with, as I thought, the £1 plan and paid during the checkout.
later I topped up £5 to see what I can buy like addon packages etc.

the status page says:

you account: 07376*****
your data 0MB left \ 0MB

you don’t have any data

(get data)

current credit

£4.80

(top up)

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:19:53 GMT

What does it offer you when you press (get data)?

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

AntonD — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:29:35 GMT

multiple options from 1GB/24H £3 and up to unlimited/30days £50.
per day doesn’t work for me, but looking at cheapest 30d is 6GB £15. Nothing fancy, unfortunately.

Re: Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

XRaySpeX — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:19:08 GMT

It appears that somehow you haven't bought a prepaid £1 data SIM but a standard PAYG phone SIM.

What does texting HELP to 150 list?