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Assistance Needed With 5G Tariff

anrgy_man
4: Newbie

Hi

This is probably more one for the community mods but you guessed it. It's another poor poor showing from Vodafone Customer Service.

 

Late 2020, I got a new 5G handset. Rang Customer Service and they put me on to a 5G plan without hesitation. Recently however, I noticed I'm not picking up 5G in places where I used to and soI started keeping an eye on it more closely. I realised that I'm not picking up a 5G signal at all anywhere I go.

 

At the end of Jan/start of Feb 2021, I renewed by SIMO deal. I put 2 and 2 together and came to the conclusion that he must have removed 5G from my tariff when I recontracted but I wasn't told that this would be removed.

 

So I rang a last week and spoke to two different people. The jist of it was that they can't do anything and someone will call me within a week to resolve it. 8 days went passed. No callback.

 

I've spoken to the complaints team today and was put on hold for 25 minutes before the chap came back, took me off hold and appeared to disconnect the call. He didn't call me back either.

 

Rang a second time. Spoke to someone else on the complaints team who appeared very apologetic and essentially said to me that the tariff that I've been placed on is not 5G compatible, would have to be changed and he will discuss the options with the migrations team and come back to me. He's put me on hold for 45 minutes, cold transferred me to someone else who I've had to explain the issue to again and go through security again only to be told that I need to pay more than double my current monthly charge if I want to move to a 5G compatible tariff which is not something I'm willing to do.

 

She suggested I come here in the hope that one of the community mods can assist me in a better way than complaints team have via the phone.

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Well, I can confirm that this has now resolved the issue for me.

So, in conclusion, despite what Vodafone upgrades/retentions were telling me, not all tariffs are 5G compatible.

Thanks to everyone who waded in to help on this one.

chistery
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

Good to hear it's sorted 😀

 

WelshPaul
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

Why would you want 5G on an unlimited lite plan if they cap the speed at 2Mbps?

 

5G only provides data, voice and SMS still goes through 4G/3G/2G. Unless you want the faster speeds 5G brings you're better off disabling 5G on your phone as it drains the battery faster. 

chistery
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

Isn't it just better that Vodafone have 5G on all their current plans and we don't have questions over if a plan includes 5G? 5G is included at no extra cost, so why would you want them to not include it even if the speed is limited? We might soon see standalone 5G too.

WelshPaul
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

@chistery wrote:

Isn't it just better that Vodafone have 5G on all their current plans and we don't have questions over if a plan includes 5G?


Yes it would. Personally I don't think Vodafone customers should have any speed caps on their plans.

 


@chistery wrote:

5G is included at no extra cost, so why would you want them to not include it even if the speed is limited? 


  1. Because it doesn't benefit me if I have a speed cap in place.
  2. It reduces the standby time on my handset as currently 5G utilises more battery as it has to connect to both 4G and 5G simultaneously (for the reasons I mentioned in my post above).

So there are no pro's, just con's in this instance.

 


@chistery wrote:

We might soon see standalone 5G too.


Of course we will and when that time comes, 5G will be the norm for everyone. 

hrym
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion


Yes it would. Personally I don't think Vodafone customers should have any speed caps on their plans.

There are three unlimited options.   The Max one has no speed limit, the others are limited to 10mbps and 2mbps, the slower ones being cheaper - it's mainly a price-based option.   None of the capped plans is speed-limited.   There is certainly no point in opting for the throttled ones if you want to use 5G, but there may be people who use a lot of data on 4G (although I'd think you'd struggle a bit at 2mbps).

donnyguy
16: Advanced member
16: Advanced member

When you look at your plan details in 'My Account', does it say 5G as one of the line items?

If so, that'll confirm if your plan should have 5G on it.