Mobile operator EE (BT) has today soft launched a new ‘Stay Connected‘ feature for Pay Monthly customers, which means that 4Gand 5G plans with a capped data allowance (mobile broadband) will be able to continue using the internet “at no extra cost” even when their monthly allowance runs out. Obviously, there’s a catch.
The operator said that the aim of their “Stay Connected” service, which is set to become available from 7th July 2021 (tomorrow) across new ‘Smart’ and ‘Essential’ Pay Monthly handset plans and SIM-Only plans, is for EE to become the “only network in the UK to ensure customers across all of its new tiers of Pay Monthly plans are always connected at no extra cost if their monthly high-speed data allowance runs out.”
The feature works by automatically switching on once a customer has used their monthly data allowance, but the catch is that it will drop your mobile broadband speeds to just 0.5Mbps (or 2Mbps if you’re an NHS Worker. EE states that this is “fast enough for customers to send and receive data messages, check their emails on the go, and get where they need to with access to maps,
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