What's the best sim only deal for circa £15-20?
Discussion
Giffgaff.
If you want a referral token it's easy and you and I both get £5.
http://giffgaff.com/goodybags
If you want a referral token it's easy and you and I both get £5.
http://giffgaff.com/goodybags
Forget giffgaff if you want to tether, it's prohibited on any SIM plan worth a damn data wise.
I switched to Three from giffgaff recently, currently on the All In One plan at £20 a month. Unlimited data with tethering, and as an added bonus I can use my inclusive texts, minutes and data abroad. Have been in the States for the past two weeks and it's been a godsend with trying to find points of interest etc on the move.
I switched to Three from giffgaff recently, currently on the All In One plan at £20 a month. Unlimited data with tethering, and as an added bonus I can use my inclusive texts, minutes and data abroad. Have been in the States for the past two weeks and it's been a godsend with trying to find points of interest etc on the move.
I'm looking at changing to 3. I've been with Orange for about 18 years and went as far as getting a PAC code from Orange whereupon they offered me a very good deal (1000 mins, unlimited texts, 1.25GB a month on a 30 day rolling contract for £13). However, I have just discovered that apart from the first month, they have charged between £25 and £40 quid every month and I am unable to log into my account online. Either there's been a cock up and they will refund me the money in which case I may stay with them, or they will quote some small print that I wasn't told at the time, in which case I am gone!
My brother has just signed up with 3 after more than 15 years with Orange as they couldn't get near 3's deal. Don't forget, all 3 contracts offer 4G where available as included, but Orange don't (unless you end up on an EE contract and get it specifically).
Their deals look pretty good, especially if you are prepared to go for a 12 month contract:
http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM?site=d
My wife is with GiffGaff and their coverage is appalling - can't believe this used to be Cellnet with the best UK coverage!
My brother has just signed up with 3 after more than 15 years with Orange as they couldn't get near 3's deal. Don't forget, all 3 contracts offer 4G where available as included, but Orange don't (unless you end up on an EE contract and get it specifically).
Their deals look pretty good, especially if you are prepared to go for a 12 month contract:
http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM?site=d
My wife is with GiffGaff and their coverage is appalling - can't believe this used to be Cellnet with the best UK coverage!
NiceCupOfTea said:
I'm looking at changing to 3. I've been with Orange for about 18 years and went as far as getting a PAC code from Orange whereupon they offered me a very good deal (1000 mins, unlimited texts, 1.25GB a month on a 30 day rolling contract for £13). However, I have just discovered that apart from the first month, they have charged between £25 and £40 quid every month and I am unable to log into my account online. Either there's been a cock up and they will refund me the money in which case I may stay with them, or they will quote some small print that I wasn't told at the time, in which case I am gone!
My brother has just signed up with 3 after more than 15 years with Orange as they couldn't get near 3's deal. Don't forget, all 3 contracts offer 4G where available as included, but Orange don't (unless you end up on an EE contract and get it specifically).
Their deals look pretty good, especially if you are prepared to go for a 12 month contract:
http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM?site=d
My wife is with GiffGaff and their coverage is appalling - can't believe this used to be Cellnet with the best UK coverage!
Write a letter of complaint to EE/Orange/TMobile at their UK complaints centre. You get a reply from a human in about 10 days and they continue the correspondence until it runs its course.My brother has just signed up with 3 after more than 15 years with Orange as they couldn't get near 3's deal. Don't forget, all 3 contracts offer 4G where available as included, but Orange don't (unless you end up on an EE contract and get it specifically).
Their deals look pretty good, especially if you are prepared to go for a 12 month contract:
http://www.three.co.uk/Store/SIM?site=d
My wife is with GiffGaff and their coverage is appalling - can't believe this used to be Cellnet with the best UK coverage!
A physical letter and no less, every other method of communication with the hateful blackhole of money that is EE is pointless.
As for Giffgaff, I'm delighted, yes it's O2's towers, but if you can't get a good O2 signal then don't think Gifgaff is for you. I've had about £40 back to me from Giffgaff as Payback. BACK TO ME., and I've dropped down (at their suggestion) to a £7.50 tariff. And I referred myself a SIM for my dongle and picked up another 2x£5 for that.
EE can get f****d. The days of the old "big four" networks and their idea of tariffs are gone it's all about the Virtual Networks now. The user is God.
Mr Classic said:
Giffgaff allows tethering if you don't have an unlimited internet allowance (ie 250MB/500MB/1GB plan)
Like I said, no SIM plans worth a damn data wise 
I don't consider 1GB over 30 days remotely viable in this day and age, particularly if you start tethering on it. Watch a few YouTube videos and you'll be over that in no time.
Worst of all, Giffgaff don't allow you to top up a goodybag in any way once you've gone over one of the thresholds. I had one month where I ran out of minutes and could no longer make calls. Terrible.
Durzel said:
Like I said, no SIM plans worth a damn data wise
I don't consider 1GB over 30 days remotely viable in this day and age, particularly if you start tethering on it. Watch a few YouTube videos and you'll be over that in no time.
Worst of all, Giffgaff don't allow you to top up a goodybag in any way once you've gone over one of the thresholds. I had one month where I ran out of minutes and could no longer make calls. Terrible.
Why didn't you load some credit on the account or set it to auto load some credit, even just a few pounds? If you used your allotted amount why should they let you make calls for free?I don't consider 1GB over 30 days remotely viable in this day and age, particularly if you start tethering on it. Watch a few YouTube videos and you'll be over that in no time.
Worst of all, Giffgaff don't allow you to top up a goodybag in any way once you've gone over one of the thresholds. I had one month where I ran out of minutes and could no longer make calls. Terrible.
The data allowance is obviously a problem and I agree with you that they are not the network of choice for a high volume smartphone user wanting a cheap tariff. Perhaps if you want to use Gbs on your smartphone you should expect to pay much more.
I don't have a smart phone and have no need for lots of mobile data, but we're all different eh?
Best wishes
The_Doc said:
Why didn't you load some credit on the account or set it to auto load some credit, even just a few pounds? If you used your allotted amount why should they let you make calls for free?
The data allowance is obviously a problem and I agree with you that they are not the network of choice for a high volume smartphone user wanting a cheap tariff. Perhaps if you want to use Gbs on your smartphone you should expect to pay much more.
I don't have a smart phone and have no need for lots of mobile data, but we're all different eh?
Best wishes
If you're on a goodybag you can't add more credit, at least not as far as I'm aware. You can't even buy a new goodybag early. The data allowance is obviously a problem and I agree with you that they are not the network of choice for a high volume smartphone user wanting a cheap tariff. Perhaps if you want to use Gbs on your smartphone you should expect to pay much more.
I don't have a smart phone and have no need for lots of mobile data, but we're all different eh?
Best wishes
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