From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.
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Ottavio Caruso

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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:10:31 +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.

Giffgaff do a monthly rolling plan (not contract):
Unlimited for -u35 a month
300GB for -u20 a month
150GB for -u15 a month

You can switch plans whenever you like - no contract, cancel at any time.

Or with an 18 month contract, it's -u25, -u15, and -u12 respectively, agains switching plans whenever you like.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2026-02-17 15:10, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=uk+pay+monthly+mobile+contract+with+unlimited+downloads

"Top UK providers for pay-monthly unlimited data contracts include
Three, SMARTY, Vodafone, O2, Tesco Mobile, and Giffgaff, often featuring
5G, no speed caps, and, in some cases, flexible 30-day rolling
contracts. Prices start around -u9--u12/month for SIM-only, with options
for 12 or 24-month terms." [Examples follow]

For myself, I'm with idMobile paying -u15pm for unlimited everything via
a SIM in my router (landlines are pretty much useless around here).
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-17 15:10, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=uk+pay+monthly+mobile+contract+with+unlimited+downloads

"Top UK providers for pay-monthly unlimited data contracts include
Three, SMARTY, Vodafone, O2, Tesco Mobile, and Giffgaff, often featuring
5G, no speed caps, and, in some cases, flexible 30-day rolling
contracts. Prices start around -u9--u12/month for SIM-only, with options
for 12 or 24-month terms." [Examples follow]

For myself, I'm with idMobile paying -u15pm for unlimited everything via
a SIM in my router (landlines are pretty much useless around here).

Yep, idMobile come out cheapest here:

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/sim-only/unlimited-data-sim-only/?sortBy=TotalContractCost

while this has an exclusive deal for -u10pm for 3 months with Lebara (then -u25pm but you're free to cancel anytime): https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/compare/sim_only_deals/

Theo
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 17/02/2026 15:10, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.

Have a look at these . I use them with no issues but they are an nvmo on
the 3mobile network indoor signal is not brilliant but VoWifi works well

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/sim-only-deals
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Wed 18/02/2026 09:49, grinch wrote:

On 17/02/2026 15:10, Ottavio Caruso wrote:

I need an unlimited, but not necessarily fast, mobile broadband sim
card. I download a lot of videos (mainly news and German "Krimi",
Tatort, etc), I don't stream them. I download them with yt-dlp and I
watch them later.

I reckon it's about 5Gb a day, so 150Gb a month. Thanks.

Have a look at these . I use them with no issues but they are an nvmo on
the 3mobile network indoor signal is not brilliant but VoWifi works well

https://www.idmobile.co.uk/sim-only-deals

Two points:
3 is now merged with Vodafone and the indications are that when fully
merged both SPs will be able to use each other's sites;
It is MVNO - Mobile Virtual Network Operator.
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