Scancom Three Unlimited 5G Data SIM – Preloaded Every Month

Don’t usually use reviews but Use this with Three SIM card with TP-Link AC1200 4G+ Cat6 1000gb per month limit, cheaper alternative than paying a monthly bill worked out 270 for 20 months with the router, and even quicker than the mainstream internet providers. Amazing sim and amazing router Cat6 is recommended as the speeds will be much better. I also live in country side and is superb speed.

Bought alongside a cheap portable router for our caravan.
Works out miles cheaper than the install alone on our static and we can use it through winter if we want to go away.
We only need it for the roku and the signal is stable enough for us

Only received today this sim card and Im amazed.
Full 5G connection with amazing Internet connection speed.
Speed is between 110-190mb/s and the upload is between 70-110mb/s.
I use ZTE MC7010 5G router. Absolutely perfect choice this sim card.
My Internet is now sorted for the the next 2year with a small amount of money. Bargain this offer. It’s cost me not even 7/month…. lol
Thank you.

Great price for choice but weak signal. Unlimited data but data is slows with 1st time. But better improvement with clear information on data used per month and better price. If company has policy to 5% for 2nd, 10% forthird time in 3 monhs or 6months. Definitely come back for more

I have used mobile broadband for years, and while it is generally a little less reliable than landline broadband, it is generally faster overall, at least for downloads. I wouldn’t recommend for gamers who play online, even with the lower latency of 5G, as it still won’t be as good as landline, but for everything else, it is great. You can buy 4G routers cheaply for this SIM card, and even 5G routers are becoming affordable now. Just don’t cheap out on a slow CAT 4 router, as your speeds will be slow. CAT6 or 7 and above will give you carrier aggregation, which means your download speeds will be significantly faster.

I noticed that some people said their internet was slow. Make sure you have a 4G router that is at LEAST CAT 6. You can get them for between 50 and 70 on eBay. Preferably go for CAT 11/12 upwards, which generally costs the 100 mark, although sometimes they can be had for 50 if you are willing to buy second hand. They are far faster than routers less than CAT 6. Avoid any router that is CAT 4 at all costs, as they will be slow in this day and age, and not fast enough for 4K ultra HD streaming. About the fastest 4G router you can get is the Huawei B818 which is CAT 19, but given the price these go for (150 to 180), you are entering the price zone where you could get a 5G router for the same money, which is worth doing if you know the coverage of 5G is available where you are. I am using a ZTE MF286D, which is a CAT 12 4G router that can be bought cheaply off eBay (around 60), but mine is from my previous Three data contract. I am averaging 125mbps and about 20mbps upload speeds with it in the evening time.

Also, check the coverage of what you can expect with Three network before you buy. A cheap option would be to buy a Smarty SIM card and buy one of the cheaper data packages for one month, as it uses Three network, and you can figure out if this Scancom deal is fast enough for you with a good signal. Also check out CellMapper website to see where the cell base stations are in relation to your home.

Remember that if you want to turn off the content block which filters out 18+ websites, you need to contact Scancom via [email protected] with the number of your SIM card and/or the code off the Scancom envelope it was in when you received it, and ask them to turn it off. It will take about 24 hours for them to do it. They run the business account for the bulk Three business SIM cards, so you can’t just contact Three to remove the adult content lock. Scancom need to be the ones who remove it. They removed mine 24 hours after I emailed their support email address.

Also, remember these business plans have a fair use policy of 1,000GB a month. If you exceed that speed in a given month, the connection will be slowed down by traffic management until the next month when it refreshes with a new 1,000GB allowance. I paid 199.99 for my deal, which works out at 8.30 per month for the 24 months I’ve paid for, which is insanely cheap. You wouldn’t get any landline broadband plan for anywhere near as cheap as that, especially once you add line rental.

The only negative thing, which is nobody’s fault, is the price went down to 149.99 a few days after I bought it, which works out at just 6.25 which is an insanely good deal. My Dad was happy though, as he just bought one at that price to replace his Three 24 month contract for mobile broadband which ends in a few weeks.

The only downside of mobile broadband packages like this one I can see, is for those who are very heavy users. While it is described as unlimited in the listing, and it technically is, the speed will be slowed/capped via traffic management until it refreshes the following month with a fresh 1,000GB of data. For 90% of people, 1,000GB per month is plenty, and equal to about 300 hours of nonstop streaming YouTube/Netflix in 1080p full HD, or 100 hours of 4K ultra HD streaming. Remember there are 168 hours in a week so work your usage out from that.

If you streamed YouTube/Netflix for 6 hours a day in 1080p full HD, you’d use 540GB per month. If you streamed the same length of time each day but at 4K ultra HD, you’d use 1,800GB per month so you’d go over that 1,000GB cap, but who watches 6 hours streaming EVERY day, especially at 4K resolutions? Not many.

Just remember that mobile broadband is a little less reliable overall compared to landline broadband, and more prone to bad weather, but don’t let that put you off. It is far more reliable nowadays than when I first started using mobile broadband 18 years ago. It is very rare that the connection doesn’t work. You can also take this connection with you if you holiday anywhere in the UK, such as a caravan and so on.