giffgaff sim

FNGsam · 27 Dec 2011 at 19:00

Hello everyone, just got myself a new phone and was wondering whether the giffgaff £10 a month sim is the best deal around at the moment?

I have been having a look around and so far it seems it is. I will be mostly using the phone for everyday browsing (unlimited data is useful for this!), calling every now and then and mostly messaging.

Also apps etc, but they will just add to data use which again the unlimited data helps with

ng93 · 27 Dec 2011 at 19:17

It's the cheapest way to get a decent amount of data.

FNGsam · 27 Dec 2011 at 19:40

awesome, thanks for the reasuring words

londonbairn · 28 Dec 2011 at 11:42

Do they have a FUP?

ng93 · 28 Dec 2011 at 14:29

Fair use policy? IIRC it's genuinely unlimited.

demonix · 28 Dec 2011 at 15:40

ng93 said:
Fair use policy? IIRC it's genuinely unlimited.

Unless you use something like 20GB or so of data in a few days which is where you'll get barred from data and MMS services.

FNGsam · 28 Dec 2011 at 15:42

demonix said:
Unless you use something like 20GB or so of data in a few days which is where you'll get barred from data and MMS services.

Well i doubt I will get anywhere near doing that, but just for safety sake, how long do you get blocked for out of curiosity. Or where can I find out?

helsinki98 · 28 Dec 2011 at 16:05

I don't think the deal is available any more but I managed to keep my t-mobile deal of £7.50 p/m 600 mins 600 texts and unlimited internet, was meant to run out yesterday but managed to keep it.

FNGsam · 28 Dec 2011 at 16:17

helsinki98 said:
I don't think the deal is available any more but I managed to keep my t-mobile deal of £7.50 p/m 600 mins 600 texts and unlimited internet, was meant to run out yesterday but managed to keep it.

wow that is an awesome deal!

londonbairn · 28 Dec 2011 at 16:28

Nah doubt I will use anything near that, I have a Mifi which has 5gb a month which I use prob 3gb or so. I'd prob use 1gb on a giffgaff sim.

Just wanted to check as "unlimited" these days could be 500mb

Masterdog · 28 Dec 2011 at 22:17

If you want a SIM ask on here as we get £5 free credit and so do you if we get giffgaff to send you one

mjones1 · 29 Dec 2011 at 03:05

Masterdog said:
If you want a SIM ask on here as we get £5 free credit and so do you if we get giffgaff to send you one

Against forum rules IIRC.

Mozzila · 29 Dec 2011 at 03:22

I use GiffGaff and it's great, i'm using the £5 Tarrif that gives free payback minutes.

The best part is that i diddn't need to unlock my phone because it runs on the o2 network.

Disadvantage is you have to top up online.

I would go for the £10 GoodieBag for the mobile internet though.

FNGsam · 29 Dec 2011 at 06:16

Mozzila said:
I use GiffGaff and it's great, i'm using the £5 Tarrif that gives free payback minutes.

The best part is that i diddn't need to unlock my phone because it runs on the o2 network.

Disadvantage is you have to top up online.

I would go for the £10 GoodieBag for the mobile internet though.

yeah, I am planning on going for the £10 goodiebag

demonix · 29 Dec 2011 at 14:42

FNGsam said:
Well i doubt I will get anywhere near doing that, but just for safety sake, how long do you get blocked for out of curiosity. Or where can I find out?

It's permanent so if you break the T's & C's in regards to internet usage (either tethering or disrupting the service for other users) then those services that use the internet are gone for good.

Psycho Sonny · 29 Dec 2011 at 23:12

someone break this down for me, they are too contradicting:

£10 goodybag rates

Calls, texts, call forwarding and video calls to giffgaff ---------------------Free
Calls to other UK mobiles, landlines and call forwarding (per minute)---10p after the inclusive minutes in goodybag
Texts to other UK mobiles and landlines------------------------------------truly unlimited
Voice mail (per call)-----------------------------------------------------------8p after the inclusive minutes in goodybag
Mobile Internet----------------------------------------------------------------truly unlimited
Free phone numbers (starting 080 & 0500)-------------------------------Free

then it goes on to say

UK tariffs

Calls, texts, call forwarding and video calls to giffgaff--------------------Free
Calls to other UK mobiles, landlines (starting 01, 02, 03)---------------10p per minute
Texts to other UK mobiles and landlines----------------------------------6p per text
Voice mail--------------------------------------------------------------------8p per call
Mobile Internet (up to 20MB)----------------------------------------------20p per day
Picture messages (MMS) to giffgaff and other mobiles (max 300KB)-16p per MMS
Video calls to other mobiles ----------------------------------------------- 50p per minute
Call forwarding to other mobiles and landlines-------------------------- 10p per minute
Free phone numbers (starting 0800, 0808 & 0500)-------------------- Free

This bit's important...

Free to giffgaff:
You need to top-up at least every 3 months to receive free giffgaff to giffgaff calls, if you don't other UK rates will apply as above. The free giffgaff to giffgaff calls last for 60 minutes per call, so you need to hang up and re-dial if you want to keep talking.

Mobile Internet:
Mobile Internet is charged at 20p a day (up to 20MB). You will be charged at 20p/MB until you use 1MB/day. If you use between 1MB and 20MB you will only be charged 20p/day. If you go over 20MB you'll be charged extra at 20p/MB.

Free numbers:
We also believe that a free number should be just that, so all 0800 and similar numbers really are free.

Call charges:
Unless otherwise stated, call prices include VAT, are quoted by the minute, and are charged in one second increments after the first minute.

so is it free internet or 20p per day or what? tests to other numbers is it free or 6p per text?

the 2 rates are different in the two lists

Koom · 30 Dec 2011 at 08:27

helsinki98 said:
I don't think the deal is available any more but I managed to keep my t-mobile deal of £7.50 p/m 600 mins 600 texts and unlimited internet, was meant to run out yesterday but managed to keep it.

I have something similar from Tesco. They use O2 so the signal is good. For £10 a month sim only, I get unlimited data, calls and texts. Plus triplde points and when I joined I got £30 of clubcard points as a bonus.

SimonCHere · 30 Dec 2011 at 10:58

Psycho Sonny said:
someone break this down for me, they are too contradicting:

£10 goodybag rates

UK tariffs

so is it free internet or 20p per day or what? tests to other numbers is it free or 6p per text?

the 2 rates are different in the two lists

That's because you are looking at 2 different things.

If you pay £10 each month to buy a goodybag you get the top one. so free internet, inclusive mins of calls, inclusive texts.
If you don't pay £10 a month to buy the goodybag you get the PAYG rates of 20p per day of internet (up to 20 meg, above that it's 20p PER Megabyte!) calls costing 10p and texts of 6p.

Remember, topping up credit and buying a goodybag are not the same thing on Giffgaff.

demonix · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:17

Psycho Sonny said:
someone break this down for me, they are too contradicting:

£10 goodybag rates

Calls, texts, call forwarding and video calls to giffgaff ---------------------Free
Calls to other UK mobiles, landlines and call forwarding (per minute)---10p after the inclusive minutes in goodybag
Texts to other UK mobiles and landlines------------------------------------truly unlimited
Voice mail (per call)-----------------------------------------------------------8p after the inclusive minutes in goodybag
Mobile Internet----------------------------------------------------------------truly unlimited
Free phone numbers (starting 080 & 0500)-------------------------------Free

then it goes on to say

UK tariffs

Calls, texts, call forwarding and video calls to giffgaff--------------------Free
Calls to other UK mobiles, landlines (starting 01, 02, 03)---------------10p per minute
Texts to other UK mobiles and landlines----------------------------------6p per text
Voice mail--------------------------------------------------------------------8p per call
Mobile Internet (up to 20MB)----------------------------------------------20p per day
Picture messages (MMS) to giffgaff and other mobiles (max 300KB)-16p per MMS
Video calls to other mobiles ----------------------------------------------- 50p per minute
Call forwarding to other mobiles and landlines-------------------------- 10p per minute
Free phone numbers (starting 0800, 0808 & 0500)-------------------- Free

This bit's important...

Free to giffgaff:
You need to top-up at least every 3 months to receive free giffgaff to giffgaff calls, if you don't other UK rates will apply as above. The free giffgaff to giffgaff calls last for 60 minutes per call, so you need to hang up and re-dial if you want to keep talking.

Mobile Internet:
Mobile Internet is charged at 20p a day (up to 20MB). You will be charged at 20p/MB until you use 1MB/day. If you use between 1MB and 20MB you will only be charged 20p/day. If you go over 20MB you'll be charged extra at 20p/MB.

Free numbers:
We also believe that a free number should be just that, so all 0800 and similar numbers really are free.

Call charges:
Unless otherwise stated, call prices include VAT, are quoted by the minute, and are charged in one second increments after the first minute.

so is it free internet or 20p per day or what? tests to other numbers is it free or 6p per text?

the 2 rates are different in the two lists

Their not contradicting themselves as the second list contains their standard charges if you don't have a goodybag active and the first list is the charges when using a £10 or higher goodybag so if you don't have a goodybag then internet is 20p for the first 20MB and 20p for each MB after that until midnight when the counter is reset.

FNGsam · 30 Dec 2011 at 15:20

So does this mean I have to buy credit for a giffgaff sim and then a goodybag on top? Or can I just get the goody bag?

I'm confused now