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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / May 2008recommendation for very low cost PAYG - emergency only
Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use just for people to call in, so basically looking for some sort of PAYG deal where I don't need to spend a certain amount of money on topups per month etc. Anyone have any pointers? Prefarably with a low cost handset, but i'm sure I can find one elsewhere if that's asking too much! Thanks >Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be >gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Thanks Most providers only ask that you make one outgoing call every 3 months or so to keep the number 'alive'. That being so, and as the cost of making calls is not an issue for you, just pick the one with the best coverage where you need it. I have a caravan on a remote farm in Devon, only Vodafone reaches it but my work O2 phone is OK as soon as I leave the valley. I had an ancient Nokia 6210, so I put a Voda payg sim in and about £20 top up. I make one short call on every visit, so my credit goes down by about £0.30 a month and I then have an incoming phone and a few quid to use if I ever really need to (i.e its raining too hard to walk up the hill to get an O2 signal). I doubt I am Vodafones best customer, though they do make a profit from anyone who calls me as they charge the originating network. If you have BT at home, put your new mobile number on your 'friends and family' list so at least you get a bit of a discount. Lots of people do cheap PAYG phones - Voda website has them from £18.  SignatureRichard C >Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be >gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use just >for people to call in, so basically looking for some sort of PAYG deal where >I don't need to spend a certain amount of money on topups per month etc. >Anyone have any pointers? Prefarably with a low cost handset, but i'm sure I >can find one elsewhere if that's asking too much! <http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/viewProduct.do?productId=78D2BC85-57E4-4812-8968- C4741BB42B60> or http://tinyurl.com/25s28a http://preview.tinyurl.com/25s28a Signature(\__/) M. (='.'=) Owing to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and (")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking most articles posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by everyone you will need use a different method of posting. See http://improve-usenet.org > Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be > gotten hold of by family. Well to start with what network is your company phone on, so we can discount that network? > I want to get a second phone that I can use just for people to call in, so > basically looking for some sort of PAYG deal where I don't need to spend a > certain amount of money on topups per month etc. > Anyone have any pointers? Prefarably with a low cost handset, but i'm sure > I can find one elsewhere if that's asking too much! > Thanks Steve Terry > Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be > gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use just [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks Virgin. 1 call every 6 months, lowest cost of all PAYG. >> Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be >> gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> Thanks > Virgin. 1 call every 6 months, lowest cost of all PAYG. Thanks for all the pointers - I went for a cheapy Virgin one in the end - the signal where I live is fine and the wife is now happy.. :) (I'm on Vodafone with work btw - should have mentioned that in the original post!) : > Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't : > be gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : > Thanks : Virgin. 1 call every 6 months, lowest cost of all PAYG. They sting you for cross network calls though so only cheapest if all your friends are on it as well. Overriding advantage is free voicemail retrieval, so IMHO Tesco is the best value for occasional use if you don't expect many incoming calls. Ivor > They sting you for cross network calls though so only cheapest if all your > friends are on it as well. Overriding advantage is free voicemail > retrieval, so IMHO Tesco is the best value for occasional use if you don't > expect many incoming calls. There's a new Virgin tariff (which of course existing customers aren't put on by default, and doesn't apply if you pay by DD) where x-net calls are 15p/min. I haven't studied it enough to work out what the catch is. Theo >> They sting you for cross network calls though so only cheapest if all >> your [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 15p/min. I haven't studied it enough to work out what the catch is. > Theo 3 PAYG default is flat 12p per min, and you can add "Stretch" bolt ons Steve Terry > Where I am, my company phone has a very bad signal so often I can't be > gotten hold of by family. I want to get a second phone that I can use just [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I can find one elsewhere if that's asking too much! > Thanks Woolworths have Nokia 1208 on Orange PAYT for £19.99 with 10quid of credit included. or Carphonewarehouse Nokia 2310 http://shop.carphonewarehouse.com/pay-as-you-go/nokia/2310-red/ 18.95 on virgin Good chance it'll be unlocked GSM stock and you'll be able to put any 2G sim in it Steve Terry |
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