Looking for an IoT SIM plan \ data package

[AntonD]

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. 

[XRaySpeX]

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.

[Peter_W]

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

[AntonD]

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. 

[XRaySpeX]

Are you in UK?

[AntonD]

I am, yes. 

[Peter_W]

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

[AntonD]

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. 

[Peter_W]

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

[AntonD]

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.