Mobile Phone - SIM Only

[melted welly]

Currently with EE but need to swap phones and wonder what other providers are like?

EE coverage is OK around the farm generally but hopeless in my office. Whilst the office is upstairs in is an old farmhouse with foot thick stone walls built around 1830.

I believe Virgin uses the EE network.

Looking at the O2 coverage map it looks slightly better than EE.

Who are the best to deal with, anyone else to consider?

giffgaff 6GB for £10 a month, runs on O2, no contract, kept same number when changed from 02 who needed £13 a month for less data. Not that I use a lot of data or necessarily understand what it is.

 

[henry]

I had a yarn with BT yesterday about simm only deals.
To temp two of us from EE they offer us, 1g data, unlimited calls and texts, both simms for £14/ month total. One simm has to be on annual contract, other on rolling monthly. I know EE is part of BT but you still have to have your existing number ported over which could take a couple of days for some reason........

Be aware that I don't think Wifi Calling works on BT - it certainly didn't a year or so ago. We would be lost without Wifi Calling which works well on EE.

 

[del_boy]

We have a bt sim card in a router and wifi calling definitely works for us. I believe bt and ee run on the same network.

 

[henry]

I know EE and BT use the same network but there were definitely issues with WiFi calling on BT but may have changed now. EE WiFi calling will work anywhere you have wifi - doesn’t need to be on your home router or anything like that.

 

[Steevo]

2- @Steevo Vodafone will discount prices, but only if you go through the play acting routine of threatening to move. The call centre staff will play along and know the script, but you have to do this to be 'elevated' to the retentions team who are authorised to offer up to 25% discount to business account renewals.
For example, when I renewed the work contracts last November the 'Red' 20Gb data package with unlimited calls and texts should have cost £16.66 exc vat for each phone (£20.00 inc). The discount brought them down to £12.49 plus vat (£15.00 inclusive) which is a bit nearer to @Farma Parma's Three 30GB deal (no Three signal here).

Thanks. Yes, I'm aware and have been doing so for a while. Called them up recently and the best deal I could get was £11/month for a unltd, unltd, 1gb plan.....plus 3gb of extra data added on each month as a bonus.

Makes @spitfire's deal look very impressive.

 

[jaycee]

You can sometimes get good combined deals from your broadband provider, you need to check. F'rinstance I got unlimited minutes and texts with 3gig data for six quid/mth (obvs sim only) when I went on my providers website for a poke around one day ! Only a rolling monthly contract as well.

 

[GarMan]

Worth getting some free sims from various providers to try out the range across the farm before deciding on one. Its not always the price but a reliable coverage that matters, in my opinion.

 

[farmerm]

I would be cautions about the link above....

 

[Av Gorritt]

I'm with Giff Gaff with unlimited calls and texts for £6.00 / month . I was on an £8.00 tariff but they called me to say that with the use I give it a £6.00 would be OK . But that has virtually no data , so I can send an SMS but not an MMS ( Or so I'm told ) So I can send any number of simple text messages but not one with a photo attached . It seems to work that way anyway . But you can't expect a lot for £6.00

 

[harrow]

There are only 4 networks, O2, 3, EE, and Vodafone all the others run on these four networks

 

[harrow]

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[spitfire]

Thanks. Yes, I'm aware and have been doing so for a while. Called them up recently and the best deal I could get was £11/month for a unltd, unltd, 1gb plan.....plus 3gb of extra data added on each month as a bonus.

Makes @spitfire's deal look very impressive.

They offered me the same deal for
£7 month when I said I was leaving been with them for 24 years but phone signal just kept getting worse,gone to ee for £9 month

 

[Steevo]

They offered me the same deal for
£7 month when I said I was leaving been with them for 24 years but phone signal just kept getting worse,gone to ee for £9 month

Impressive stuff! What’s your new contract allowance with EE for that?

 

[spitfire]

Impressive stuff! What’s your new contract allowance with EE for that?

sim only unlimited texts and calls 250mb data plus 5gb because we have landline with them does what I need signal is a lot better

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

Asda are now on Vodafone network

 

[neilo]

Virgin are signed up with Vodafone network now too (used to be carried on EE) and calls have got far more haphazard here recently. Virgin have just merged with O2, so will be moving over again in due course.

I will be seeing what’s available from EE & Plusnet next week, as the EE mast is about 800m away with a direct line of site.

 

[Breakthru]

Get another cheap phone, second hand even put various sim cards in and see what your signal is like locally. Lucky in this area as O2 put 4G aerials up 3-4 years ago on A1 697 and 68. I pay £20/month unlimited data, calls and texts. Being a new contract limited usage abroad but that doesn't bother me as when on holiday only look at it once a day. I use my phone as my router BT here useless. Currently watching F1 and viewing TFF.

 

[JeepJeep]

EE 3GB data unlimited calls plus 5gb from having the landline with them 8.34inc the VAT last bill.

EE always up for deal... I managed the same as above with BT Sport for £10 but cancelled it when they stopped you throwing it to the TV.

 

[neilo]

EE 3GB data unlimited calls plus 5gb from having the landline with them 8.34inc the VAT last bill.

EE always up for deal... I managed the same as above with BT Sport for £10 but cancelled it when they stopped you throwing it to the TV.

Can I ask who you got that deal with? I’ve tried EE direct, as well as a couple of reseller agents, and the best they could offer was £10 + VAT.

Plusnet (using EE network) are £6 inc VAT for a similar package (apart from no 5G or WiFi calling, neither of which are much use here).

 

[JeepJeep]

Can I ask who you got that deal with? I’ve tried EE direct, as well as a couple of reseller agents, and the best they could offer was £10 + VAT.

Plusnet (using EE network) are £6 inc VAT for a similar package (apart from no 5G or WiFi calling, neither of which are much use here).

EE Direct. Took a couple of attempts. They were at £10 odd and wouldn't budge then they did my missus a deal on Sim-only so I rang back and they beat it slightly.

I've been with them years as in the end they'll always get to where the other deals are.

It helps as we don't need much data as we are on EE Landlines so get the Free 5Gb.