sim only pay monthly recommendations
26-05-2015, 22:21
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sim only pay monthly recommendations
My contract is up in a couple of months and I'm gonna keep my phone (Note 3) but looking for a sim only contract, rolling month, with around 500 mins, 500 texts and unlimited data for no more than £20pm.
Found carphone warehouse ID, unlimited on all 3 but it's on 3 and signal in my part of the world is pretty bad on 3.
Any other recommendation's.
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26-05-2015, 22:40
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
If you can get good O2 coverage then you might consider GiffGaff.
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For only £12 get 500 UK minutes, unlimited UK texts and 3 GB Internet for one month. Plus, you will still benefit from our free giffgaff to giffgaff calls and texts on top of that.
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https://www.giffgaff.com/goodybags-3g
For £20 you would get ...
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2,000 UK minutes, unlimited UK texts and unlimited Internet for one month. Plus, you will still benefit from our free giffgaff to giffgaff calls and texts on top of that.
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https://www.giffgaff.com/goodybags/2...mited-internet
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26-05-2015, 22:53
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Forgot about giff gaff, I'm on O2 at the moment but signal isn't stellar where I live. But with O2 you get tugo which allows calls through interweb which mitigates the poor signal.
I'll add to my with list calling and text over WiFi via an app.
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27-05-2015, 01:52
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
Except they'll have the same 3G coverage as 3.
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27-05-2015, 09:09
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Except they'll have the same 3G coverage as 3.
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EE will have different coverage to Three
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27-05-2015, 10:28
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
How may GB do you really need, bt do a 20GB 4G option, the people operator does a 31GB option
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27-05-2015, 18:29
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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EE will have different coverage to Three
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Their 3G coverage is becoming more and more similar by the day.
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How may GB do you really need, bt do a 20GB 4G option, the people operator does a 31GB option
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Most people pay for more than three times what they actually need.
I'm a "heavy user" and rarely use more than 0.5GB. The average "unlimited" customer uses around 2-3GB.
Lyca has an unlimited data plan (possibly 4G as well) for around £15, and runs on the "other" network (O2/Cornerstone).
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27-05-2015, 18:54
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Their 3G coverage is becoming more and more similar by the day.
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Most people pay for more than three times what they actually need.
I'm a "heavy user" and rarely use more than 0.5GB. The average "unlimited" customer uses around 2-3GB.
Lyca has an unlimited data plan (possibly 4G as well) for around £15, and runs on the "other" network (O2/Cornerstone).
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Not in my experiance. We have 3 and EE phones in the family: 3 is generally faster when you have a signal (in and around major routes plus metro areas) but you get more chance of 3G from EE out of town.
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27-05-2015, 20:10
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
Your experience doesn't override the fact they use the same network.
Your experience also doesn't override the fact that OFCOM's tests show 3 to be the slowest network in the UK.
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27-05-2015, 20:24
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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How may GB do you really need, bt do a 20GB 4G option, the people operator does a 31GB option
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TBH I don't know  I want to start listening to internet radio during the day at work 8+ hours a day plus streaming video's at lunchtime.
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27-05-2015, 20:45
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Your experience doesn't override the fact they use the same network
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Proof please that 3 and EE use the same network
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Your experience also doesn't override the fact that OFCOM's tests show 3 to be the slowest network in the UK.
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This matches my experience, from: http://www.rootmetrics.com/uk/blog/s...ormance-report
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27-05-2015, 23:45
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Sharing mast sites does not equate to the same experience: different frequencies, backhaul networks, network management, etc.
Putting a pin in the map and checking the 3 and EE coverage from their own websites. Very, very different. Why so is these are the same network?
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27-05-2015, 23:54
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Re: sim only pay monthly recommendations
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Sharing mast sites does not equate to the same experience: different frequencies, backhaul networks, network management, etc.
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I never said the same experience. I said they use the same network.
But for the record they use the same frequency bands, the same backhaul networks, and the same network management. Which would be quite clear if you read the links I posted earlier.
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Putting a pin in the map and checking the 3 and EE coverage from their own websites. Very, very different. Why so is these are the same network?
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Because they calculate coverage differently and because you are looking at completely different types of map to what we're talking about. OFCOM are the only party that has coverage maps for all the networks computed using the criteria, and they calculate the two networks have practically identical 3G coverage. Again, read the link I posted earlier if you want to see coverage maps you can actually make direct comparisons with.
Quit trying to move the goalposts and wiggle out of this.
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