2024-05-12

Data packages

Our old SIP2SIM was "pay as you go", and the new one has monthly capped data packages.

To be honest, people have asked for this for a long time, but as ONSIM are selling us data packages, it makes sense to do the same, at least for now. Monthly 2GB, 4GB, 10GB, 20GB, 40GB. It is also more sanely priced than before.

But, of course, it is not simple.

So, for a start, adding data to a non data SIM, mid month, is a pro-rata data for rest of month at a pro-rata price. So far so good.

But what of increase of data package mid month. My thought on this (and it depends on ONSIM), is we update to new monthly, pro-rata if data started mid month, to new package, and the same for price. Mostly it will be an increase for whole month to new monthly rate and the difference in monthly price.

But what of decrease? Well, I guess, maybe, the same logic could apply, but only if you have used less than you would now have for the month. My thought it no, lowering the package is setting a new lower level for next month. This is far simpler, and no billing implication and no change to this month.

Of course if you then increase again, we have to allow for the fact that this month you are on a higher package than you will be next month, and only consider it an increase relative to that.

This is never simple, is it.

Hopefully we have something soon, sorry for the delay, waiting on ONSIM to do the necessary APIs for us.

9 comments:

  1. Very much appreciate all your work on this

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  2. Any news on data packages? Got a couple of eSIMs and service is working great 👍 thanks for the hard work

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  3. This 100GB data allowance is game changing, means I can now get rid of other contracts and solely use A&A for calls and data. It was sad to see the old SIP2SIM close but the progress in what’s now offered is a world apart - eSIM, data, 4/5G VoLTE etc well done all to getting this sorted

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    1. I am still waiting on exact pricing, sorry. But yes, will be massive!

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    2. I see the promised 2GB, 4GB etc data packages are no more. I got the SIM on the basis that these would be available soon. Since they won't be, I'll need to cancel and go directly with OnSIM.

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    3. It is rather complicated, and may be on offer at some point in the future, but just ask sales and they can cease your SIM.

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  4. Good to see the 100GB option, just to check it’s £35 for data and the voice part? So £25 extra pm for the data? Seems like a great deal especially with 5G

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  5. Things are never simple when you over-complicate them :=)

    Do what the low cost MVNOs do - they already answered this question. Make a data bundle last for 30 days from the day it is added. Have the option to auto-renew the bundle on expiry and the ability to turn the auto-renew on or off when the bundle is running. You can have more than one bundle going at the same time although usually the customer would want to set a new bundle (probably bigger) and not renew the older smaller bundle.

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