topic Re: EE video data pass not working. in Archived Posts

EE video data pass not working.

Pyriel — Wed, 19 May 2021 10:53:31 GMT

I have the Video pass as part of my contract, yet over the last few weeks since getting the contract Youtube has used 30odd gigabites of my actual data allowance, while my video pass section on My EE says it's only used 23mb instead.

Is there an easy way to fix this? As the video pass is totally useless otherwise.

Re: EE video data pass not working.

James_B — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:07:08 GMT

Hi @Pyriel,

Welcome to the EE Community. 🙂

Our Customer Care Team will be happy to look in to this issue if you get in touch.

Thanks

James

Re: EE video data pass not working.

mikeliuk — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:35:07 GMT

I'm interested in the outcome of this as one of the reasons I moved from Three is because their Go Binge functionality supports Netflix but not Youtube. Currently I have the Amazon benefit applied but in the future I may swap to the Video pass.

Is your SIM card in a phone or in a router? Do you access Youtube using the Youtube app, in a browser, or on a TV? If you access services such as iPlayer, do you find the Video pass data usage increases? 🤓

Edit: obviously contacting EE directly is the way to resolve but the information above may be useful to others who hit the same problem.

Re: EE video data pass not working.

Pyriel — Wed, 19 May 2021 18:02:13 GMT

@mikeliuk

My Sim is in my phone, specifically a Galaxy A52. Unfortunately I don't actually use any other apps that the data pass works on (don't have accounts either so I can't download them to check) so I have no idea if it works elsewhere.

I use youtube through the Google Play app.

Re: EE video data pass not working.

mikeliuk — Wed, 19 May 2021 18:33:43 GMT

YouTube via Google Play sounds like the ideal conditions for it to work so I think it's worth asking if EE will credit 30 GB back as it seems that's the entirety of the reason you added the Pass and you relied on EE performing their contract when you used that data.

It would be interesting to check if the Video Pass needle moves if you hotspot/tether a computer or TV for a few seconds of YouTube streaming.

Something's probably broken that EE needs to fix but sometimes you might be lucky. Wouldn't move the needle too much before negotiating compensation for non-performance of contract but if hotspot/tethering also doesn't work, that's more ammunition. 🤓

I'm assuming you're not using a VPN or anything which might cause the traffic not to be recognized. 😃

Re: EE video data pass not working.

Leanne_T — Thu, 20 May 2021 06:47:24 GMT

Morning @Pyriel

Thanks for coming back to the community.

Let us know how you get on after speaking to our Customer Care team 🙂

Thanks.

Leanne.

Re: EE video data pass not working.

Pyriel — Mon, 24 May 2021 06:15:43 GMT

So an update a few days later.

I was told my video pass would be disabled and re-instated and to wait 24hrs and text VIDEO DATA PASS to 150.

This produced no effect, and the reply message from 150 was a list of default option which I assume means it didn't recognise my message.

I was also offered 5gb of data to help account for the lost data. That has not come through either.

Re: EE video data pass not working.

James_B — Mon, 24 May 2021 06:56:00 GMT

Hi @Pyriel,

Please get in touch with Customer Care to let them know you are still experiencing issues.

They'll be happy to help.

James