this must have been asked a hundred times. Sorr.. Sim advice please?

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Firstly let me apologise for asking what must have been asked many times before. Second, It's all new(ish) to me. My understanding of sim offers and pricings may be a little wanting. I've always used a works mobile previous to this.

I used my works mobile for the occasional personal phone call and text as well as work stuff. The firm I work for is absolutely fine with that... and still are. Personal use is minimal anyway. I also use it to download audio books from my synology nas. Possibly 5 or 6 audiobooks a week. Sometimes 10. So presumably a bit heavy on the data useage. Now the firm I work for I.T. dept have blocked access to my nas. File sharing concerns is what the automated message I get says. Ok, no worries. I understand they have to do this.
I am certain they are blocking it for the file transfer aspect rather than the actual data useage.

So now I'm going to join the real world, buy my own phone for personal use and pay for my own data use. I'm scared ;)

I don't want to pay a fixed monthly sum of umpteen unbelievable pounds a month. I'd like to get a sim only deal along the lines of... I pay almost diddly squat monthly and if I don't use my allowance it rolls over and I accumulate rollover adfinitum..

Or I pay a fixed sum and get forever to use that data allowance, phone calls and texts.

I thought I saw a thread recently on overclockers which mentioned something along those lines.

Can anyone advise, please?
 
Thank you for the replies.

I did me some googling and found "ID Mobile pay monthly sim." 1 month contract 30Gb data, unlimited texts and minutes (Does minutes mean calls?) for £8 a month.

Does that look like a good deal?

I've not bought a phone yet but probably go for a second hand Unlocked Motorola G9 or G10. These tend to be available for under a hundred quid.
Would this sim and this phone work together?

Sorry for the noob questions but, well, I am a noob :).
 
Can't you just download them on your PC/laptop/tablet at home?
Yes. I sometimes do but I like the novelty of having a server at home and downloading stuff as and when I want to. Besides, It's high time I got my own personal phone. I've been relying on using work supplied phones for many years.

Ought to mention to responders here, I ended up ordering a Motorola G31 A grade from CEX for £105 and an ID Mobile sim. £8 for 30Gb.
I think I did ok?
 
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