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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / February 2008Best PAYG (or cheap SIM only contract) with unlimited data package.
Can anyone suggest a good cheap contract deal (or PAYG) that includes a decent (pref. unlimited) data package. At the moment, I'm paying Virgin Media £10/month for a 300 minutes and 300 texts. Which is great, but I want to make more use of data services, and VM data charges just take the pi**, I phoned them today, and they say there are not current plans to introduce any sort of data plan in the immediate future so I think I'm going to have to look elsewhere. I'll plan to be mainly using the data for email, google maps and possibly the occasional download of software/games etc, so don't need a massive monthy allowance, though I guess Google Maps is fairly data intensive(...?) I would prefer a fixed price for specific amount of minutes/texts deal, like I have now, rather than paying for what I use, but if the total monthly bill is roughly the same, not THAT bothered. Don't usually use all the minutes/texts the Virgin give me, a deal with 150 of each would probably be plenty... 3 seems to have the best/cheapest deals, but my (new)phone is not 3G, and don't think I'll get a decent replacement phone without either paying or choosing a higher tariff than I need. So in a nutshell, your suggestions please, for the best (non-3G) SIM only deal giving me approx 150 minutes and 150 texts per month for about 10 quid, with the option of a decent(ie reasonably priced) data package. TIA,  SignatureRegards, Chris. (Remove Elvis's shoes to email me) On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote > Can anyone suggest a good cheap contract deal (or PAYG) that > includes a decent (pref. unlimited) data package. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > not 3G, and don't think I'll get a decent replacement phone > without either paying or choosing a higher tariff than I need. Depends on what you call "decent"; I'm on the lowest 3 tier (I think -- £15 for 300 mins-or-texts), and that included a Nokia N73 that seems really quite OK. SignatureCheers, Harvey > On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > -- £15 for 300 mins-or-texts), and that included a Nokia N73 that > seems really quite OK. Does that include any data though? SignatureRegards, Chris. (Remove Elvis's shoes to email me) On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote > In message Xns9A4AA26C8F4Cwhhvans@news.albasani.net, > HVS <usenet@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> Proclaimed from the tallest > tower: >> On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote >>> 3 seems to have the best/cheapest deals, but my (new)phone is >>> not 3G, and don't think I'll get a decent replacement phone [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Does that include any data though? No, it doesn't. There's a range of add-ons -- £2.50/month for 10MB, or £5/month for "all" you want (with fair use, conditions and terms apply, yada-yada, etc); I've just started with them, though, and am waiting for a month or so to get a handle on what I'm using before I decide which add-on to add-on. SignatureCheers, Harvey > On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote >> In message Xns9A4AA26C8F4Cwhhvans@news.albasani.net, [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > month or so to get a handle on what I'm using before I decide which > add-on to add-on. Thanks for the info, that sounds just about what I need, but it's with '3' and the phone I just bought (W610i) is not a 3G phone. I suppose I could sell the SE and get a new phone on '3', but I don't really NEED another new phone... I like my new SE, it does everything I want, and is very compact and light... Anyone know any similarly decent deals on any of the other networks? SignatureRegards, Chris. (Remove Elvis's shoes to email me) > On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote >> In message Xns9A4AA26C8F4Cwhhvans@news.albasani.net, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > "all" you want (with fair use, conditions and terms apply, yada-yada, > etc); I hope that was a typo and you mean 10GB. On 20 Feb 2008, Andy wrote >> On 20 Feb 2008, ChrisM wrote >>> In message Xns9A4AA26C8F4Cwhhvans@news.albasani.net, [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > I hope that was a typo and you mean 10GB. On a mobile *phone* network? For £2.50? Not, as Eliza Doolittle said, bloody likely! > On 20 Feb 2008, Andy wrote > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Not, as Eliza Doolittle said, bloody likely! What good is 10MB? that's about 2 webpages and a email a day. For the same price on Three's PAYG I get one weeks surfing and 500MB of data, the £5 option is one month and 2GB of data. > > On 20 Feb 2008, Andy wrote > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Note that you can still use a 3 pay as you sim card in a non-3g phone. You wont get fast 3g internet but voice/texts and gprs will work fine > Note that you can still use a 3 pay as you sim card in a non-3g phone. > You wont get fast 3g internet but voice/texts and gprs will work fine That depends on the phone. 3's sim cards don't work in my unlocked SPV C600. The phone doesn't even recognise that there's a SIM card in there. |
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