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Cheapest PAYG tariff for mobile calls
Feb 27^th, 2014 at 5:22pm

Hi BJ,

Is Tesco Lite the cheapest payg tariff (ie 8p any network calls)?

I'm looking for the cheapst payg tariff for my mother. She makes the occasional call but it can be xnet but mostly to Orange I think.

The tariff she is on now is upto 100mins for topping up by £10 with o2. She even gets the £10 to spend as she likes which is mostly just for calls after 100mins has been used. This o2 tariff is no longer available anymore.

Thanks

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Reply #1 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 5:59pm

bbb_uk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 5:22pm:

The tariff she is on now is upto 100mins for topping up by £10 with o2. She even gets the £10 to spend as she likes which is mostly just for calls after 100mins has been used. This o2 tariff is no longer available anymore.

Three's pay as you go is 3ppm to landlines and mobiles, 2p texts and data at 1p/MB. Discussion thread here.

White Mobile do 3ppm to landlines and 6ppm to mobiles. It uses the EE network and requires an outgoing call every 60 days, although by the sound of it that won't be an issue. Discussion thread here.

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Reply #2 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 6:42pm

Hi.bbb.uk

Quite a few to choose from !

Apart from the ones David has mentioned Asda operating on EE offer a £5 bundle which includes 100 minutes plus other allowances.So it works out at roughly 5p a minute.
https://mobile.asda.com/ follow on rate 8p a minute.

Virgin offer 120 mobile minutes ,and unlimited 01/02/03 calls for £10 a month and you get to keep the £10 to use,and unlimited calls to Virgin Mobiles if your a VM Customer.
http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/genericContent.do?contentId=payasyougo.tariff.how... follow on rate not clear.

http://www.togglemobile.co.uk/tariffs/en discussed in this thread http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1369215834/2#2 charge 3p a minute.Requires big top up.

Then last but not least this unique deal on www.ovivo.com On Voda Network. Pay a one-off £20 for an Ovivo Sim (runs over Vodafone's network), then EVERY month you get 250 minutes, 300 texts and 500MB data.

Plus in addition to that you get a one-off £15 credit towards charges above your allowance, and until Thu 20 Mar you'll also get a 'free' standard Cineworld ticket.

Catch is you have to watch ads for a short while.

See this thread here : http://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1344308883/0

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bbb_uk Global Moderator Offline Posts: 2,041	Re: Tesco Lite Tariff 8p call 4p text changes. Reply #3 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:26pm Thanks Dave/BJ. I'm liking three's 321 tariff. Which network do three fall back on if you can't get a 3g signal (ie for 2g) as 3g around mum's can be really bad despite network coverage indicator saying good lol.
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Reply #4 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:37pm

bbb_uk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:26pm:

Which network do three fall back on if you can't get a 3g signal (ie for 2g) as 3g around mum's can be really bad despite network coverage indicator saying good lol.

I believe it is EE. However, I'm not sure on what the situation is with roaming in respect of whether preference "must" be given to the 3 network.

One other point, if a 4G handset were to be used then 3's 4G coverage might be better if the local base station uses the 800MHz spectrum (as against 2,100MHz for the 3G service, which doesn't carry particularly well). I say "might" because clearly the building of 4G networks will take time.

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bbb_uk Global Moderator Offline Posts: 2,041	Re: Tesco Lite Tariff 8p call 4p text changes. Reply #5 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:53pm Thanks. I can switch the phone to just GSM to ensure 2g is used. 4G networks can only handle data, phones switch to 3g for calls. I have just ordered a free sim for her and I can try it for coverage before I arrange for number to be ported. Thanks again
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Dave Global Moderator Offline Posts: 9,902 Yorkshire Gender:	Re: Tesco Lite Tariff 8p call 4p text changes. Reply #6 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 8:03pm bbb_uk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:53pm: 4G networks can only handle data, phones switch to 3g for calls. Thanks bbb_uk, I didn't realise that. Do you know if this is by design or by application?
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Reply #7 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 8:15pm

Dave wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 8:03pm:

bbb_uk wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 7:53pm:

4G networks can only handle data, phones switch to 3g for calls.

Thanks bbb_uk, I didn't realise that. Do you know if this is by design or by application?

By design. When I read about it there wasn't any network worldwide that supported actual 4g calls. It's something they are looking into.

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bigjohn Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,316 Gender:	Re: Cheapest PAYG tariff for mobile calls Reply #8 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 8:27pm EE and 3 share each others networks and more sharing is proposed. See: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240213694/EE-and-Three-sign-passive-network-... ~Edited by bbb_uk: Changed title to match new title due to splitting thread off
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Reply #9 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 11:18pm

giffgaff's £7.50 goodybag offers 200 minutes, "unlimited" texts and 250MB of data.

Mobile by Sainsbury's offers a £10 bundle which has 300 minutes, "unlimited" texts and 500MB of data.

Co-operative Mobile (The Phone Co-op) is to launch its pay as you go soon and we await information as to rates and bundles.

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Reply #10 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 3:58am

An advantage of 3 payg is that unlike most other payg suppliers who dont offer call divert on payg ,you can divert your payg mobile to a landline,( 3p a minute).Handy if your somewhere you cant get service.

A disadvantage is that if people call you from a landline it can work out expensive from some landlines.EG Calls from Virgin Media Landline to 3 mobile are particularly high nearly 16p connection and 31p+ a minute Shocked

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Reply #11 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 4:06am

Giffgaffs Hokey Cokey £5 bolt on http://giffgaff.com/goodybags/hokey-cokey-extra-minutes-free-for-each-call could prove useful to some if you get a lot of inbound calls.As you get 60 UK Minutes, 300 UK texts, 20 MB and a free extra minute for every minute you get called (as long as the call is not from another giffgaff number).
Plus, you will still benefit from free giffgaff to giffgaff calls and texts.Calls to Voicemail and divert calls are included in inclusive minutes.
Plus Plus calls to freephone numbers are free handy if you want to use the likes of http://www.18185.co.uk/mobilerates.php

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Reply #12 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 2:50pm

bigjohn wrote on Feb 28^th, 2014 at 3:58am:

An advantage of 3 payg is that unlike most other payg suppliers who dont offer call divert on payg ,you can divert your payg mobile to a landline,( 3p a minute).Handy if your somewhere you cant get service.

A disadvantage is that if people call you from a landline it can work out expensive from some landlines.EG Calls from Virgin Media Landline to 3 mobile are particularly high nearly 16p connection and 31p+ a minute Shocked

Unless it is a number which is ported from one of the other operators.

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bigjohn Supreme Member Offline Posts: 2,316 Gender:	Re: Cheapest PAYG tariff for mobile calls Reply #13 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 7:07pm Another cheap payg provider not been mentioned so far is http://www.simplecallmobile.com/ runs over EE. Calls 3p a minute to 01/02/03 ,4p a minute to UK Mobiles ,and 5p a text.
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bbb_uk Global Moderator Offline Posts: 2,041	Re: Cheapest PAYG tariff for mobile calls Reply #14 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 8:59pm Thanks again Dave/BJ. I have to admit I didn't realise there were so many MVNO apart from the bigger MVNO. The tariffs with bundled mins, etc I think would be a waste as they may not be used within a month.
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