Spusu Review

Table of Contents Plans Value for money Extras and benefits Network Which network does Spusu use? Coverage Speeds Frequencies Customer Service Conclusion Alternatives

Plans

With Spusu you’re limited to SIM Only plans – though there are a small number of phones you can buy outright alongside a plan. But there are no phones on contract and no Pay As You Go options.

Spusu Plans

	Mobile phones	SIM Only
Plans Available	X	✔
Max Data Allowance	X	Unlimited
Contract Length	X	30 days

Spusu doesn’t give you a lot of choice, with just a handful of 30-day SIM Only plans available.

These plans all include 5G, plus unlimited UK minutes and texts, and unlike most networks you additionally get 500 minutes that you can use to call EU countries.

Plus, you can pick whether you want an eSIM or a physical SIM card, and the network has promised to freeze prices until 2026, so even though there’s no contract, your price won’t rise before then unless you change your plan.

Value for money

SIM Only Deals

	5 GB data Unlimited mins Unlimited texts 1 Month Contract	£1.00 a month View Deal
	1 GB data Unlimited mins Unlimited texts 1 Month Contract	£2.90 a month View Deal
	40 GB data Unlimited mins Unlimited texts 1 Month Contract	£10.90 a month View Deal
	50 GB data Unlimited mins Unlimited texts 1 Month Contract	£12.90 a month View Deal
	20 GB data Unlimited mins Unlimited texts 1 Month Contract	£15.90 a month View Deal
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Spusu offers middling value for money, with its SIM Only plans mostly undercutting VOXI for example but being priced higher than Smarty. It’s also cheaper than EE though, despite offering the same coverage.

Plus, Spusu won’t raise prices for existing customers before 2026, so as long as you stick with the same plan, you can be confident that your monthly charge won’t increase for quite a while.

Extras and benefits

You can see the key features that are and aren’t available on Spusu in the chart below, while under that there’s more information on each.

Spusu Perks and Policies

5G	✔
Free Roaming	✔ (in EU)
Tethering	✔
Wi-Fi Calling	✔
VoLTE	✔
Data Rollover	✖
Spending Caps	✔
Unlimited Data	✔
Family Plans	✖
Credit Check	✖

5G

With Spusu you get 5G as standard, so as long as you have a 5G phone and 5G coverage you’ll also get 5G speeds.

Roaming Destinations

Spusu lets all customers roam across the EU at no extra cost. There’s a fair usage limit that varies from plan to plan, but at the time of writing the highest fair usage limit is 25GB per month.

Tethering

Spusu allows you to tether, meaning you can share your phone’s internet connection with other devices. There are no limits when doing this, other than your standard data allowance.

Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calling lets you make calls and text over Wi-Fi, so it’s ideal when there’s no signal, and it works seamlessly. This is available on Spusu as standard.

VoLTE

VoLTE (which stands for Voice over LTE and is also known as 4G Calling) lets you call and text using a 4G network. Without this, you’d only be able to call and text over 2G and 3G. While this is a fairly common feature now, it’s not offered by all networks, but Spusu does offer VoLTE and it comes with all plans.

Data rollover

Data rollover is a feature of some networks that lets you keep unused date for a second month (or sometimes beyond), so you have more chances to use it. However, this isn’t offered by Spusu.

Spending caps

Spusu offers spending caps with all of its plans, letting you set cost limits for calls, SMS, and data, so you’ll never have any unexpected bills.

Unlimited data

Spusu sell an unlimited data plan, and there don’t appear to be any significant fair usage limits. That said, the network does note in its terms and conditions that “All our plans are for personal and non-commercial use. The SIM cards should not be used as long- term alternative to home broadband.”

Family plans

Spusu doesn’t offer any family plans, so you don’t get perks or discounts for adding additional SIMs to your account.

Credit checks

There are no credit checks on Spusu, so it’s an ideal network if you have a poor credit rating.

Unique perks

Spusu’s main perk aside from the things listed above is that its plans all come with 500 monthly international minutes, which you can use to call the EU.

Spusu also offers eSIMs, so if you’d rather use this modern technology than a conventional SIM card, you can (assuming your phone supports eSIMs).

Network

Which network does Spusu use?

Spusu is an EE MVNO, meaning that it has exactly the same coverage as EE.

Coverage

Spusu’s 5G coverage is impressive and rapidly growing, while its 4G is available almost everywhere in the UK, as you can see in the chart below.

Spusu Coverage

Network Type	Coverage by population
5G	Now available in over 1,000 locations
4G	>99%
3G	98% (switching off in 2024)
2G	99%

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Network speeds

Opensignal – Mobile Network Experience, September 2023, and April 2020

Network	Download/upload speeds	4G latency (ms)
Spusu (EE)	40.0/9.3Mbps	36.0ms
Three	34.5/6.3Mbps	48.3ms
Vodafone	27.9/8.0Mbps	39.0ms
O2	20.9/5.0Mbps	38.1ms

Spusu itself hasn’t been studied much, but EE’s speeds have been, and they’re likely to be similar.

On that front then, in an Opensignal report from September 2023 it was found that EE had an average download speed of 40.0Mbps, and an average upload speed of 9.3Mbps. These results were reached using a mix of 5G, 4G and 3G connections designed to mimic real world use.

This report didn’t include latency, but in an earlier April 2020 report EE’s average latency (the amount of time the network takes to respond to a request) was found to be 36.0ms. These results are all better than Three, Vodafone or O2.

For 5G, the same September 2023 Opensignal report found that EE had an average 5G download speed of 99.5Mbps, while a RootMetrics report from the second half of 2023 found that its median 5G download speed was 174.1Mbps. The latter is the best median on test, but the former is slower than Three’s average.

EE’s – and therefore also Spusu’s – median 5G latency meanwhile is 30ms according to a Speedtest report from the second half of 2023.

Traffic management

Spusu doesn’t seem to have a traffic management policy of its own beyond saying that there are no speed restrictions, but it will probably be similar to EE’s policy since it uses EE’s infrastructure. That network for reference reserves the right to manage traffic in order to protect the network for the use of all customers.

Network Frequencies

Spusu Network Frequencies

Frequency	Frequency Band	Network
700Mhz	N29	5G
800MHz	Band 20	4G
1800MHz	Band 3	2G & 4G
2100MHz	Band 1	3G & 4G
2600MHz	Band 7	4G
3400MHz	N78	5G
3600MHz	N77	5G

EE – and by extension Spusu – should have access to all the network frequencies in the chart above.

That means there’s the 700MHz, 3400MHz, and 3600MHz bands for use with 5G, while the 800MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz bands are used for 4G.

What’s the difference? Well, lower frequency bands can send mobile signals over longer distances, but they aren’t as adept at getting through walls and other obstacles.

For more information, check out our 4G and 5G frequencies guide.

Customer Service

While there isn’t much data on Spusu’s customer service, it currently has a 3.2 out of 5 on Trustpilot, so users likely have a middling view of customer service.

Conclusion

Spusu stands out through offering international minutes as standard, making it a great choice if you call abroad a lot.

It also has strong coverage and speeds, a price freeze until 2026, and other useful extras like eSIM support, 4G Calling, and Wi-Fi Calling.

Free roaming is a nice perk too, as is an unlimited data plan, but this isn’t one of the very cheapest networks, and you’re limited to SIM Only plans.

Alternatives

EE itself is one clear alternative, since it offers the same coverage as Spusu. It also has loads more extras, such as plans that come with subscriptions to entertainment services or other perks. However it’s also more expensive.

1pMobile is another option that uses EE’s coverage, and this stands out primarily if you want super-cheap Pay As You Go rates.

Then there’s Lyca Mobile, which is even more internationally focused than Spusu (while also offering EE’s coverage), and Lebara, which also has an international focus but has different coverage.