Giffgaff 4G or 3 4G?

lmfy2k

lmfy2k

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So im coming to the end of my t-Mobile im only contract which was 600 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data for about £12

t-mobile reception is next to zero in my house and they wont give me a Signal Box (ive offered to pay!) so time to move on and im looking at 4G

thinking 3 Ultimate Internet SIM 600 12 months for £15.90 or the cheaper option of giffgaff as they are offering 4G soon

http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Blog/4G-Launch-Update/ba-p/12120896?utm_source=giffgaff&utm_medium=



both say 4g is in my area :)

what you reckon?
 
Considering 3 is offering a lot more for around the same price, I would be tempted to go with them.

I'm a bit disappointed with the data caps for giffgaff on the other hand, they offer the best coverage for me in my area but 2gb sounds... tiny...
 
just called EE to get PAC and they offered me unlimited everything on 4G with 1.5gb data for £13 per month sim only 12 months contract

he said he would guarantee i would get good signal in the otherwise i have 14 days to cancel

but looking above, saying about 8gb :O

i dont think i ever go above 500gb per month on 3G! (wifi at home and work)
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I hardly ever use anything over 100mb per month on average.

wifi at home and everyone elses home i go to as well as work
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4G uses a lot more data then 3G. 8gb is nothing really. You can go through a lot more. But ideally you want the extra data allowance, you never know ;)

Someone like me never connects to wifi. I don't see the point. I have all you can eat data with Three. So why should i connect to wifi when i am paying for a service that is pretty much unlimited.


Yes i know the haters are gonna come in here and try to bash the way through saying im a noob and blah blah blah.
 
shame i missed the one plan when it was £15 sim only :(

now its £20 per month which i guess is still good value for money for unlimited 4G

btw i cancelled my upgrade i did earlier today, think i accepted the offer without researching. Im just waiting for them to revert be back on my previous tariff then will call again to ask for PAC and maybe move to 3
 
Sho said:
4G uses a lot more data then 3G. 8gb is nothing really. You can go through a lot more. But ideally you want the extra data allowance, you never know ;)

Someone like me never connects to wifi. I don't see the point. I have all you can eat data with Three. So why should i connect to wifi when i am paying for a service that is pretty much unlimited.


Yes i know the haters are gonna come in here and try to bash the way through saying im a noob and blah blah blah.
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4G doesn't use more data than 3G. You can use data at a faster rate which may end up in you using more data as you wait less for things to load, etc. If you use 100mb a month, you are not going to suddenly use 2gb when you get 4G, unless you change your usage profile significantly.

Why connect to wifi? Generally the latency is a lot lower and thus browsing feels a lot faster. My wifi at home/uni is significantly quicker than 3g, so why not use the fastest connection avaialable? Odd logic.
 
Hxc said:
4G doesn't use more data than 3G. You can use data at a faster rate which may end up in you using more data as you wait less for things to load, etc. If you use 100mb a month, you are not going to suddenly use 2gb when you get 4G, unless you change your usage profile significantly.

Why connect to wifi? Generally the latency is a lot lower and thus browsing feels a lot faster. My wifi at home/uni is significantly quicker than 3g, so why not use the fastest connection avaialable? Odd logic.
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Well when my 3g was slow I tended to not use my phone as much, once the speeds improved my usage went from 500mb -> 10gb. Having the confidence to fire up a video and know it will just work without buffering is great. I watch Netflix on train rides now and get amazing HD quality and it never stops. Also downloading stuff when I'm out and about and so on.

Before if I wanted to download a game for example I would wait till I got home but now I just fire it up right away, I can easily pull 1gb down in a few mins so why not.

Off course this is subjective but I feel if you have faster data you will want too use it more.
 
Sho said:
4G uses a lot more data then 3G. 8gb is nothing really. You can go through a lot more. But ideally you want the extra data allowance, you never know ;)

Someone like me never connects to wifi. I don't see the point. I have all you can eat data with Three. So why should i connect to wifi when i am paying for a service that is pretty much unlimited.


Yes i know the haters are gonna come in here and try to bash the way through saying im a noob and blah blah blah.
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Doesn't using data eat your battery up quicker than using wifi?

Isn't wifi faster?

I could see 100 reasons to pick wifi over data tbh even on an unlimited package.

Signal issues for one, inside a building you may not get a data connection, and if you have your wifi turned off then your stuffed.
 
lmfy2k said:
just called EE to get PAC and they offered me unlimited everything on 4G with 1.5gb data for £13 per month sim only 12 months contract

he said he would guarantee i would get good signal in the otherwise i have 14 days to cancel

but looking above, saying about 8gb :O

i dont think i ever go above 500gb per month on 3G! (wifi at home and work)
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1.5GB is not "unlimited everything"!
 
mrk said:
1.5GB is not "unlimited everything"!
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hehe, sorry my wording, was lazy to type the exact mins

anyway ive cancelled the upgrade i did yesterday

think im gonna go down 3 route and put the wife on ovivo, win win for me :D
 
Hxc said:
4G doesn't use more data than 3G. You can use data at a faster rate which may end up in you using more data as you wait less for things to load, etc. If you use 100mb a month, you are not going to suddenly use 2gb when you get 4G, unless you change your usage profile significantly.

Why connect to wifi? Generally the latency is a lot lower and thus browsing feels a lot faster. My wifi at home/uni is significantly quicker than 3g, so why not use the fastest connection avaialable? Odd logic.
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Yea i know what you mean.

Yes wifi is a lot faster. browsing, connection and so on. I just prefer to use 3G/4G all the time. 4G is pretty much 35mb for me which is faster then my virgin media broadband at mo (30Mb)

Psycho Sonny said:
Doesn't using data eat your battery up quicker than using wifi?

Isn't wifi faster?

I could see 100 reasons to pick wifi over data tbh even on an unlimited package.

Signal issues for one, inside a building you may not get a data connection, and if you have your wifi turned off then your stuffed.
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At home when using 4G, No. as my 4G is faster then Wfi. But that will change when i get upgraded to 50mb in a months time. Well hopefully.

As for battery, don't really care if it drains my battery. I let my phone die before i charge it up. So it doesn't really concerns me.
 
I am currently on the £10 GoodyBag and I have a Nexus 5 so theres nothing stopping me putting my name down for the 4G trial and swapping SIMs as it's going to cost me nothing extra.

I assume if I slap a 4G simcard in the Nexus 5 I will still get 3G/2G in non-4G areas and my signal won't be effected?
 
Terrier_Jimlad said:
I assume if I slap a 4G simcard in the Nexus 5 I will still get 3G/2G in non-4G areas and my signal won't be effected?
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I would hope so.

I have just done the same and have the same phone.

I am however thinking in the future of buying a double sim phone and just buying 2 ovivo sims.

Monthly cost = £0
Similar deal to giffgaff in number of minutes, texts and data (just missing free calls to same network)

£40 up front cost = 4 months of giffgaff

so after 4 months i would break even, i just need them to make a decent double sim phone which is readily available in the UK and cheap.
 
Terrier_Jimlad said:
I am currently on the £10 GoodyBag and I have a Nexus 5 so theres nothing stopping me putting my name down for the 4G trial and swapping SIMs as it's going to cost me nothing extra.

I assume if I slap a 4G simcard in the Nexus 5 I will still get 3G/2G in non-4G areas and my signal won't be effected?
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I was reading through the giffgaff community, but basically it goes like this...

If you have a 3G SIM, it can connect to the 4G network. However, it will find and connect to a 3G network first before finding and connecting to the 4G network, and then 2G with the lowest priority.

A 4G SIM will find and connect to the 4G one first before attempting 3G/2G, so you'll be on the 4G network faster. It won't affect your actual 4G performance on the other hand.
 
Three 4g is closer to me then o2 4g by a long way 17 miles vs over 100 miles.
i pay on payg £15 per 30 days for 300 minutes(use about 150 per month) 3000 texts(use about 2 to 4 per month) and unlimited 4G data.

three's coverage map still has not been updated to show 4g in Cambridge even tho its in cartin areas like the north east of Cambridge.

On Three 4G the avaage speeds i get at 6pm the biggest part of peak time is 27Mbps.

and three can get twice as much compactity per area vs o2.
 
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