best deal for £10 a month

topher · 27 Mar 2011 at 09:56

so far found giffgiff (no contract)
250mins (back to 150mins end of march)/ unlimited texts / unlimited data

three (12month contract)
100mins / 3000 texts / 1GB data

do three still have the best 3g coverage?

Super Tigers · 27 Mar 2011 at 11:28

I have been using Giffgaff for 6 weeks now and I am quite impressed, I am not interested in talk time just data speed and no download limits. The O2 network seems to be being improved with further investment in 3G infrastructure, I think they are investing in upgrading the 900mhz 2G network to higher bandwidth 3G speeds.

I was in Manchester last weekend around the Media City / Salford Quays development and I was getting 4000kbs+ speeds on my Lg GT540 with Giffgaff sim, but they have spent significiant amounts on the fibre network in that area.

My wife has a 3 dongle that she has used occasionally for the past year, usually she gets decent connection speeds of 1000kbs+.

Might be worth getting a couple of payg sims and testing them out before committing to anything long term.

johnerz · 27 Mar 2011 at 14:52

tesco £10 500 minutes 5000 texts 30 day rolling no phone its all over the weekend papers

I think 3 have an agreement with TMobile and share their 3G cells- not 100% sure as I can't remember where I read it

topher · 27 Mar 2011 at 15:04

and data on the tesco offer?

just checked the tesco website.. no data on that tarif.

St0rmer66 · 27 Mar 2011 at 15:12

Yes, my mum just got the same one. 250mins, 5000texts, 500mb data.

SimonCHere · 28 Mar 2011 at 09:00

topher said:
so far found giffgiff (no contract)
250mins (back to 150mins end of march)/ unlimited texts / unlimited data

three (12month contract)
100mins / 3000 texts / 1GB data

do three still have the best 3g coverage?

And the Giffgaff 250 minutes isn't going to drop, they changed the goodybag permanently.

Myshra · 28 Mar 2011 at 15:38

topher said:
do three still have the best 3g coverage?

This is specific to you, I'd really suggest you try a few PAYG sims at work / home / play.

jbs · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:51

topher said:
three (12month contract)
100mins / 3000 texts / 1GB data

If you sign up for the 12month contract you get 300mins not 100 as stated above.

You get 100 mins if you do the £10 monthly contract instead of 12 months.

lamboman · 29 Mar 2011 at 17:11

Provided you have a phone already, your best bet is really going to be Giffgaff, you aren't going to find a better deal anywhere else.

topher · 29 Mar 2011 at 17:41

Myshra said:
This is specific to you, I'd really suggest you try a few PAYG sims at work / home / play.

well at work I did a few speed tests and got between 2k & 25k downloads
2 other guys at work get between 1.6mb & 2.5mb! 1 of them is on orange, the other is on 3..

o2 at home indoors is usless, cannot get a 3g signal (even though according to the o2 coverage checker I should have a excellent signal) outside I get 512k.