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Post by hectorspector on Jan 5, 2012 14:54:54 GMT
My contract's up next month, and I'm probably getting on of these sims instead of a new contract. Contemplating getting a tablet pc too.
Their cheapest phone sim is £10 a month, and gives unlimited internet. They also do data only sims (marketed for tablets), the closest match gives 3GB data for £12.50.
Now, what is the point in these data only sims? If you're getting free internet on a phone sim, the data only sims seem utterly redundant. They push them as sims for tablets, but I don't see any reason why a phone sim wouldn't work in a tablet or dongle, giving a much better deal.
Am I wrong here? Can anyone enlighten me.
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Post by spacemonkey on Jan 5, 2012 15:44:49 GMT
some companies/parents would prefer data only
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Post by passthestripe on Jan 6, 2012 9:02:37 GMT
So basically they are o2 without the customer support?
They even suggest cutting down the sim cards to fit iphone microsims, class.
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Post by simonphoenix on Jan 6, 2012 11:39:18 GMT
What is the difference in 'unlimited data' between the data/phone sims?
It may only be 500MB for the phone sim even though it is technically marked as 'unlimited'...?
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Post by passthestripe on Jan 6, 2012 12:02:43 GMT
Who the fuck uses 500MB of data a month?
Even if you were using it for email every day and on spankwire every night you would never go near that.
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Post by jameshay on Jan 6, 2012 13:03:55 GMT
Who the fuck uses 500MB of data a month? Even if you were using it for email every day and on spankwire every night you would never go near that. hardly anyone although nearly everyone thinks they will. |
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Post by hectorspector on Jan 6, 2012 13:18:52 GMT
I've checked and I use well over a gig a month. I can be streaming and browsing for a combined 10 hours a day at work though.
The phone sims do say "truly unlimited'. It's why I was asking in the first place. I suppose I'm just not looking at it from another perspective, and it's mainly data I want for my phone, because I use it heavily for media at work. I barely ever text or call, hence the reason I'm thinking about just getting a tablet instead, and keeping the old phone.
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Post by eggy on Jan 6, 2012 13:25:46 GMT
giffgaff are pretty good.
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Post by ferociousgeorge on Jan 6, 2012 18:50:24 GMT
has anyone switched their number to giff gaff? any issues?
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Post by boardinbob on Jan 6, 2012 18:57:26 GMT
Who the fuck uses 500MB of data a month? Even if you were using it for email every day and on spankwire every night you would never go near that. I came within a cunt hair of my 1gb limit last month. Generally I'm around 750meg a month. Heavy spotify user. |
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Post by ferociousgeorge on Jan 6, 2012 19:01:46 GMT
how do you check your usage?
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Post by jameshay on Jan 6, 2012 19:09:50 GMT
who are you with?
it should tell you on your bill
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Post by northernsoul45 on Jan 6, 2012 19:53:36 GMT
I usually go over my 1gig allowance on my phone each month...soundcloud & YouTube clips.
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Post by kidneybeans on Mar 16, 2012 15:52:45 GMT
Anyone else having bother today? No calls, texts or internet for me. Supposedly the whole network is down :/
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