Best SIM only deal for Nexus 4?

Bobmunkhouse

Bobmunkhouse

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Hi all

Been looking at SIM only deals online such as Gifgaf, Tesco Three and all the other networks and cant decide the best Sim only deals.....

I need about 600mins and a minimum of 2GB of data......would also like to have option for tethering aswell.......cheaper the better....and in London so all networks are ok...

Im currently with Vodafone but data limits on sim only are poor....

Any good deals?
 
Giffgaff is decent, but sometimes the net can be slow. I'm tempted to give Three a try, see how they go.
 
Three sim only is the best in my opinion, go through quidco and you can get a large lump of the cost back pushing the monthly cost right down.

I was on Giffgaff for a few years however despite the deal being great in theory they are hampered by how poor the o2 network is in my area.

It's possible to get a contract for ~£6 a month and ring them up to bolt unlimited internet onto the contract for only an extra £3 or so. Great deal.
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
I was looking at Three as like the idea of "All you can Eat data" but just thinking is it to good to be true......also they dont allow Tethering...
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Extra £5 a month for tethering. Best deal by far if you use a lot of data. If you're only using 2Gb and high minutes. Threes plans aren't so good. They're designed for heavy data users.

Virgin has some great deals.

Giffgaff being o2 isn't the best for signal and now they've put the prices up, I don't realy see the point over say threes plans.
 
Bobmunkhouse said:
Not sure I guess it see's a diffrent MAC address and blocks data....not ever had a plan that blocks tethering....
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The MAC address would never make it past your phone onto the phone network. I've never looked into it but I'd guess they use deep packet inspection (DPI) or flag heavy users and hassle them possibly after running their IP address connection logs through filters looking for things unique to non phone platforms.

With DPI if your Web browser identifies itself as IE or traffic is going to windows update they could conclude the traffic doesn't originate from the android/ios/whatever phone connected to their network.

With say an android phone & android tablet it would be more subtle if they are both running the same software. They could filter based on screen resolutions the browser publishes.

Or they may use some completely different technique :)
 
antonusklesk said:
I've gone for Three as I don't need many minutes:

200 mins
5000 texts
500mb data
£6.90 p/m

When it arrives I'll be adding unlimited data for another £3, so £9.90 in all.
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I hope you went through quidco for this as you get a cool £41 cashback on this making the monthly instalments work out at about £3.50 over the 12 months! :)
 
m4rk84 said:
I hope you went through quidco for this as you get a cool £41 cashback on this making the monthly instalments work out at about £3.50 over the 12 months! :)
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I did! Well, topcashback anyway, first time I've used it though so I've no idea how long it takes to appear and then I'll know if it actually worked or not.

Hmmmm this is interesting can you do that with all there plans, just add internet for £3?
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It appears to only be available on the 'Essential Internet' plans
http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Get_better_value_with_an_Add_on
 
kona786 said:
what actually happens when you turn on wifi-hotspot - does it not work?
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I have used it on my Iphone with my laptop without the tethering package and it worked fine. My guess is if you just use it occasionally they don't really care however if you were hammering it they would most likely block it.

The couple of times i have used it i haven't had a problem, no messages off them and it still works fine :)
 
The would probably only need to read the user agent string of the browser you were using to determine whether or not you were tethering... if something could obfuscate that, then you'd be good to go.... but of course that would still be against the T&C's.
 
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