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Expert presenters bring products to life, in real time. Feel free to ask questions in the chat and get involved. Visit Three Live. Discover our big network. According to Ookla, our 5G's the fastest around.

More about our network. No speed limits. No data caps. Just endless streaming, browsing, and sharing in the UK. Go Unlimited. We call, we chat. We found the audio quality and speed to connect totally satisfactory. We didn't notice a difference between this and a normal call, which is how it should be.

This improves indoor coverage for calls on Three, as their 4G signal is better at getting through buildings than their 3G is and calls and gives HD sound quality too.

Rank: 1st. Better than: O2, Vodafone. Some mobile networks now include free access to a network of WiFi hotspots in handy public locations to help you save your mobile data allowance and get you internet connection where mobile signal can't reach.

Every Three pay monthly or pay as you go customer gets free WiFi on the London Underground with unlimited WiFi stations across the capital's transport network a service you otherwise pay for. Some of which are really slick and automatically detect your phone and log you on when you're in range.

This isn't really a huge weakness for Three. There's loads of free WiFi about nowadays anyway. And data allowances are getting so big, people don't have to guard their usage so much. Rank: Joint 4th.

Same as or better than: EE, Sky and all others. You can use anything up to your entire data allowance for tethering on Three. We did quite a simple test. Turned on personal hotspot on our phone with the Three test SIM card in it and try and connect a laptop. Like all tethering over a mobile network, there's a bit more lag than what you'd get over a home wired broadband connection. But for occasional use when you're stuck somewhere out-and-about without WiFi, it's perfectly passable.

We do think coverage could be a problem for tethering on the road or on train journeys though. The only limit is when you take your Three SIM abroad. In the EU you can only tether if you're on an unlimited data plan. Anywhere else or on other plans you can't tether abroad at all - without buying a Data Passport for a fixed daily cost. Useful link: Read all tethering conditions in Three's guide.

For years, Three made up for some shortfalls in how extensive their network coverage was by adding loads of extras into your plan. Their plans are a lot more low-frills. Especially, when you take one of their hidden plans in the dropdown here:. Useful links: Compare SIM only plans. If you're looking to get your entire family or a group of friends signed up with the same network, Three are an option but they're not the most convenient one read our family plan guide here.

There are discounts available to thank you for your loyalty and having multiple deals with Three. See existing customer offers here. But there's none of the convenience you'd want. Each deal is on a separate account. You can't just log in and manage them all at once.

You're billed separately for each. And there's no clever data sharing or similar. Useful link: Our guide to the best family plans. Rank: 5th. Better than: Tesco, Sky. One of the benefits removed for new Three customers is their Go Roam inclusive scheme. Useful links: Other roaming costs on Three. Rank: Last. Similar to: EE and Vodafone. Maximum length: Any.

Privacy notice: We send you a single one-time email containing only this deal and a link to buy it. We don't store email addresses nor pass them onto any third party. Read full privacy policy. No thanks No and don't ask again! Thanks, we'll send that out now. Please check your inbox for our email. Compare phone deals. There's nothing particularly innvovative about Three's phone contracts.

They're on regular month deals, with no financing or early upgrade systems like you get on some networks. You get all the same pay monthly benefits you'd get in the benefits section of our review. Have a look at our hidden Three offers page here as they often provide us with GB plans at way better prices than even smaller ones. You've got a choice with Three, whether to sign up directly for a phone contract with them at Three.

These types of retailers provide you the phone and put you on a Three plan for your minutes, texts and data. They buy a lot more phones themselves than Three, so can get better prices on handsets, which they pass onto you. Our phone comparison tool on the link below compares these types of providers and joining Three directly, so give it a go. Useful link: Compare phone contracts. Get a free SIM. Three are no longer our favourite choice for pay as you go.

They used to have the excellent tariff, which cost 3p per minute, 2p per text and 1p per MB. For the very occasional user, it was ideal. Like a lot of networks, Three have switched to selling monthly bundles instead of literally paying as you go. But you can still do it the old-fashioned way by ordering a free SIM, topping up and then paying at these rates:. Price-wise, it's alright. Although if you want the very cheapest, have a look at 1pMobile's tariff below:.

See add-on prices. They're called Add-ons, and they're essentially a fixed cost bundle of minutes, texts and data that you can use over the course of 30 days. It's a lot like pay monthly but you won't need to pass a credit check to join. Buying a monthly Add-on also lets you use those minutes, texts and data abroad in these 71 countries around the world with Three's famous Go Roam benefit.

Compared to straight-up pay monthly 1-month SIM only contracts , these do work out a tad more expensive. Useful link: How Add-ons work Latest prices.

See all options. On data only SIMs , there's an impressive range of contract lengths 1, 12 and 24 months with data allowances between 1GB and GB per month, which stack up very competitively vs other data-only SIMs.