iD mobile review
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Are you aware of what iD Mobile does? In how many countries is it operating? What is its Network Coverage and Speed? Are you fascinated by how your mobile phone works? What is different between 2G, 3G, and other generations? If you are curious about all these parameters, then do read this fantastic and knowledgeable article. This article particularly focuses on iD Mobile review, a British Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), using the 3 Network.

Introduction

iD Mobile Limited is a British company founded on 12th May 2015 and headquartered in the beautiful city of London, United Kingdom. iD Mobile is a subsidiary of Dixons Carphone, a British telecommunications, and electrical retailer and services company. Dixons Carphone is also listed on the London Stock Exchange and part of the FTSE 250 Index.
iD Mobile uses 3’s Networks. Until 2018, iD Mobile has provided its Service in Ireland by using the 3’s Networks only.
iD Mobile significantly provides the cheapest services for the internet in the United Kingdom. Moreover, the plans provided by them are far better than the other competitors. Several companies offer the internet in the United Kingdom like Vodafone, Virgin Media, Giganet, etc. Still, the iD Mobile is offering best-in-class services and is a good choice one can afford.

Coverage Areas and Strength

The 5G Network is available in around 194 locations across the U.K. Moreover, there is 99% coverage (by population) of 3G and 4G. The towns and cities with complete range are as follows:

Bolton, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford, Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, Derby, Dundee, Edinburg, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Luton, London, Manchester, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Preston, York, Watford, Swindon, Stoke on Trent, Southend on Sea, Sheffield, Preston, Milton Keynes, Huddersfield, Exeter, etc. This complete list is a small part of a very big list; also, it keeps on growing on and on.

Consider the below table for Speed comparison:

 

Network 4G Download/Upload Speed 4G Latency (ms)
EE 36.4/9.1 Mbps 37.3 ms
iD Mobile 22.2/8 Mbps 46.3 ms
O2 18.2/6.2 Mbps 37.4 ms
Vodafone 22.4/8.5 Mbps 39.4 ms

 

The iD Mobile uses Three Network, which provides the third-fastest network Speed. Also, iD Mobile offers similar speeds as the Three Network.

For the 5G Network, iD Mobile has an average speed of around 159 Mbps, and this data is specifically according to the tests based on Three Network. Moreover, the 5G Latency is approximately 18 ms, entirely based on the 2020 Root Metrics Data Report.

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The Network frequencies are as follows:

 

Frequency (in MegaHertz) Frequency Band Network
700 n29 5G
800 Band20 4G
1400 Band32 4G
1800 Band3 4G
2100 Band1 3G
3400 n78 5G
3600-4000 n77 5G

 

Improvements in Network Coverage:

iD Mobile is extensively dependent on Three Network for improvements, which means that if Three Network improves its capability and network coverage, it will increase coverage of iD Mobile also. Currently, the main focus is on how to improve the 5G Network coverage area.

Traffic Management:

ID Mobile does not publish the traffic policy, but they place traffic management measures from time to time. Unfortunately, no information is available about whether they will cut down the tariff prices or not.

Working of the Communication Systems

You must be wondering how does a cell phone works. Is it? How are the Generations classified? You will get all answers under this heading.
When anyone speaks, the microphone of the device collects the voice. The microphone converts the voice into digital signals, which are indeed a combination of zeroes and ones with I.C. and MEMS Sensor. Now, that digital signal transfers to the phone’s antenna and transmits in form of an Electromagnetic Wave. The EM Waves transmit ‘Zeroes’ and ‘Ones’ by changing the wave identities and characteristics such as phase, frequency, and amplitude or combining all of these.

As for example, taking the frequency particularly, the high frequency is represented by Ones, and Zeroes represent the lower frequency. So if this Electromagnetic wave will get transmitted to the phone you are calling, you will be able to make that particular call; otherwise, not. But the main problem associated with Electromagnetic Waves is they are not capable of travelling very long path. They can easily lose their power due to the various objects like the buildings in between, trees, physical objects like a wall, electrical types of equipment, and various environmental factors. Even if these issues are not there, Electromagnetic Waves will not go till the end due to Earth’s shape. Earth is oval. Long Signal Towers has established a long back, which uses Cellular Technology.

Cellular Technology

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And in this type of Technology, a specific area generally divide in to hexagonal cells, and each cell has its frequency slot and Tower. These cells towers are internally connected by long wires in the air or are laid underground, i.e., optical fibre cables. Optical Fiber Cables either get laid underground or under the ocean to provide international or national connectivity.

The nearest Tower picks up the E.M. waves produced by the phone in that particular cell, and they are then converted into high-frequency pulses. These pulses are taken to the base transceiver box that is located at the bottom of the Tower, for further analog and signal processing. Later, the voice signal dispels to the landing or the destination tower when the processing part completes. On gathering the pulses, the landing tower radiates the pulses out in form of E.M. Waves, and the antenna in the destination mobile phone receives those Waves and, by the time, converts it into voice in the speaker. Here, the reverse process is being followed.

How does the Tower in your Area get to know where you have to make the call?

For this issue, the cell tower takes help from the Mobile Switching Centre. The MSC is a midpoint of a collection of the Cell Towers. When you buy a SIM Card, all the information is to subscribe to a specified MSC. It will be the home MSC. The native MCS stores information such as the Service Plans, Current Location, etc. If anyone moves out of the MSC area, he now gets into a foreign MSC. The foreign MSC communicated with the home MSC. In brief, the home MSC every time has the information that what is your current location. Now, if the receiver is present in the home MSC, simply the E.M. transmission takes place, but if the user is in a foreign MSC, then the E.M. signals again transmit to the foreign MSC, and the phone receives them.

iD Mobile review covering its services

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All the data plans in iD Mobile come with data rollover (Except the Unlimited Plan), so if the data is not finished in the entire month, then data is transferred to the next month. It is a very good feature so that the user never gets out of data. Moreover, spending caps will ensure that the limited data is used, which will help the parents avoid huge bill amounts at the month-end.

Wi-Fi Calling is a plus feature which means sending texts and receiving calls over Wi-Fi despite using a Mobile Network. It allows connectivity even when there is less or no signal. iD Mobile supports Wi-Fi calling only on some selected phones. Same with the case of VoLTE. It is 4G Calling. It is the same as Wi-Fi calling but works over 4G technology.

iD Mobile also provides some facilities for travellers. For example, Free-Roaming Abroad is supported by iD Mobile across more than fifty countries so that one can roam without any roaming deductions freely. This is most probably for European countries. Free-Roaming is there for countries such as Belgium, Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Norway, Netherlands, and many more.

iD mobile review: Customer Experience

There are not many studies and report analyses on iD Mobile, but from one of the studies, it is clear, and it possesses a score of 3.8 on a scale of 5, which is considered a very good score. This score is particularly based on around 10000 ratings given by iD Mobile customers.

Wrapping Up iD Mobile Review

Overall, the iD mobile review let you know that iD Mobile is a good network that provides high-quality 4G and 5G networks in connection with the Three Network across the U.K. However, iD Mobile is one of the well established and fastest-growing internet providers in the U.K. Its strengths are various customer-oriented facilities like the RollOver Data Plan, Wi-Fi Calling, VoLTE feature, Pay as you Go Service, and iD mobile also provides these advantages at a low price as compared to others.

In addition, it provides good roaming facilities across European countries, and if you are a traveller, you must surely take advantage of iD Mobile facilities. The overall customer satisfaction rate is probably high, and the customers are highly satisfied with the service iD Mobile provides. Moreover, iD Mobile reviews are positive, and they are continuously working on the negative ones and hope they get correct as soon as possible. So what are you waiting for, go and buy a connection of iD Mobile as early and enjoy the benefits according to your choice!