Switching from O2 to 3, worth doing?

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I'm currently on a rolling monthly Simplicity iPhone contract with O2 that gives me more minutes and text I can use in a month and unlimited data for £20/month. I got it before they put a cap on the data plans and it's always stayed as unlimited. I don't use much data anyway but it's nice to know I've got unlimited if I need it.

I have a 3 MiFi which costs me £7.50/month for 1Gb which I use with the iPad. I say 'use', I've sold the iPad and will get an iPad 2 when it's released.

My original plan was to get a 3G iPad2 and put the SIM from the MiFi in it and use that for data.

However, my O2 coverage is absolutely terrible at home and I've been less than impressed by their 3G speeds elsewhere. The MiFi on the 3 network works like a dream though and I had good connectivity with the iPad wherever I used it.

So I'm seriously thinking about moving to 3. I plugged my MiFi SIM into a phone and it seems that I have five bar 3G all over the house. w00t.

If I do that, I can pay £20/month and get more minutes and texts that I'll ever use, the ability to hotspot/tether the iPhone and 1Gb data. This is a rolling monthly contract, or I can pay £25/month and get even more minutes and texts and unlimited data. This is a 12 month contract though.

Either way, I could dump the MiFi contract and not have to buy a 3G iPad.

So, I'll be paying less than I am now, I'll have tethering and hotspot included for the cost and will save £100 by not buying the 3G iPad (although I will still have the faff of enabling the hotspot each time I want to use the iPad when I'm out of wireless range).

The only reason I can think of for NOT doing this is that I'll lose the visual voicemail on the iPhone. I don't get a lot of voicemails anyway so it doesn't really matter. It's always been a 'nice to have' but I don't think it's a deal clincher.

Am I missing something? Is there any reason to stay with O2?
 
Visual Voicemail is more than a gimmick, if I got lots of VMSs then it would be invaluable but I don't so I'm not too bothered about it.

I've just seen this on the 3 website:

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The SIM Only 300 - 1 Month at £15 looks as though it'd be ideal, does anyone know if that includes Tethering/Hotspots on the iPhone?
 
I'll ask the cute doris in the 3 shop in Brentwood today about the tethering.

I was under the impression that O2 were nerfing all the unlimited tariffs but I had no notification and the O2 app still lists my data as unlimited. I've not even used 2Gb since the iPhone 4 launch anyway so it's not a big issue for me.
 
I signed up for the Sim Only 300 1 Month jobbie at £15/month and cancelled my MiFi SIM. Sorted.
 
No penalty at all, it was a rolling one month contract on the MiFi. In fact they cancelled it on the spot and by the time I got back to the office it had already gone off.
 
Personal Hotspot is included and the cost is inclusive. I've been using it today.
 
Yes, tethering and voicemail are included on the sim only package I have, absolutely no question about it. I've had it a few months now and it's great. I've been near the bandwidth limit a couple of times but I don't get close to the 300 minutes or the 3000 texts.
 
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