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Which PAYG network?
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| Sprite 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
| This is for my mum :)
We got her an Orange phone last year, SET610 which suits her nicely, but...
no signal on Orange downstairs in our house. It's rather problematic!
(Especially when she has a broken leg).
Have now found somewhere who will unlock the phone locally, but which
network do we go for? I'm thinking Virgin Mobile or Vodafone (as this is
now my network), but not sure...
Requirements:
Credit mustn't have a "use by" date - she uses £10 in maybe six months.
Decent signal in house (Virgin, Voda, T Mobile, O2)
Good texting rates as this is what it is primarily used for (but can rule
out O2s free text offers as they won't be much use in this situation)
Any advice? :)
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Sue
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| sPoNiX 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
| On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:54:46 -0000, "Sprite"
<sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>This is for my mum :)
I have heard good things about "Tesco Value" PAYG. I don't know
whether it fits your specific requirements.
sponix
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| Sprite 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
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"sPoNiX" <wibble@email.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:54:46 -0000, "Sprite"
> <sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> I have heard good things about "Tesco Value" PAYG. I don't know
> whether it fits your specific requirements.
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> sponix
I'll investigate :) She'll probably disagree on principle though, being a
Sainsbury's employee... ;)
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Sue
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| Jonathan Pearson 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
| Sprite wrote:
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> I'll investigate :) She'll probably disagree on principle though,
> being a Sainsbury's employee... ;)
Nevertheless, a Tesco Value SIM is good 'value', 15ppm to any mobile network
/ land line at all times of day - It uses O2's network which in general
works better indoors (as with voda), than Orange / 1-2-1, although clearly
this depends on where abouts you are w.r.t. the transmitter
Jon
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| jim.gm4dhj 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
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"Sprite" <sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3smbf0Fp0eboU1@
individual.net...
> This is for my mum :)
>
> We got her an Orange phone last year, SET610 which suits her nicely,
> but... no signal on Orange downstairs in our house. It's rather
> problematic! (Especially when she has a broken leg).
1800mhz only system...rubbish! ....
>
> Have now found somewhere who will unlock the phone locally, but which
> network do we go for? I'm thinking Virgin Mobile or Vodafone (as this is
> now my network), but not sure...
>
> Requirements:
>
> Credit mustn't have a "use by" date - she uses £10 in maybe six months.
> Decent signal in house (Virgin, Voda, T Mobile, O2)
> Good texting rates as this is what it is primarily used for (but can rule
> out O2s free text offers as they won't be much use in this situation)
>
> Any advice? :)
>
> --
> Sue
>
tesco value sim........(02) 900/1800mhz system KWALITY
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| Sprite 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
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"Jonathan Pearson" <j. pearson@REMOVEtelco4
u.net> wrote in message
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> Sprite wrote:
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> Nevertheless, a Tesco Value SIM is good 'value', 15ppm to any mobile
> network / land line at all times of day - It uses O2's network which in
> general works better indoors (as with voda), than Orange / 1-2-1, although
> clearly this depends on where abouts you are w.r.t. the transmitter
>
> Jon
Thanks everyone for the idea, hadn't thought of it myself. Tesco seems to
be the general consensus - can they be picked up in store? (Tesco megastore
in the same town as the phone unlocking place ;))
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Sue
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| Jonathan Pearson 2005-10-31, 5:48 pm |
| Sprite wrote:
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> Thanks everyone for the idea, hadn't thought of it myself. Tesco
> seems to be the general consensus - can they be picked up in store?
> (Tesco megastore in the same town as the phone unlocking place ;))
No you have to order them online:-
http://www.tescomobile.com/valuesim.aspx
Jon
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| Peter McLelland 2005-10-31, 5:49 pm |
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"Sprite" <sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:3smbf0Fp0eboU1@
individual.net...
> This is for my mum :)
>
> We got her an Orange phone last year, SET610 which suits her nicely,
but...
> no signal on Orange downstairs in our house. It's rather problematic!
> (Especially when she has a broken leg).
>
> Have now found somewhere who will unlock the phone locally, but which
> network do we go for? I'm thinking Virgin Mobile or Vodafone (as this is
> now my network), but not sure...
>
> Requirements:
>
> Credit mustn't have a "use by" date - she uses £10 in maybe six months.
> Decent signal in house (Virgin, Voda, T Mobile, O2)
> Good texting rates as this is what it is primarily used for (but can rule
> out O2s free text offers as they won't be much use in this situation)
>
Have a look at Tesco Value SIM, Tesco is on O2 so you should have cover OK.
Buy online and you get a card and £10 credit for about £7.50
Peter
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| Jonathan Pearson 2005-10-31, 5:49 pm |
| Peter McLelland wrote:
> Have a look at Tesco Value SIM, Tesco is on O2 so you should have
> cover OK. Buy online and you get a card and £10 credit for about
> £7.50
That offer has now finished!
Jon
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| Sprite 2005-10-31, 5:49 pm |
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"Jonathan Pearson" <j. pearson@REMOVEtelco4
u.net> wrote in message
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> Peter McLelland wrote:
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> That offer has now finished!
> Jon
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Doesn't matter, still looks about the ticket so I've ordered one :) Can add
credit later. Do you get any on the sim at all or not?
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Sue
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| mykbab 2005-10-31, 5:49 pm |
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"Sprite" <sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Jonathan Pearson" <j. pearson@REMOVEtelco4
u.net> wrote in message
> news:3smrfdFotpicU1@
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> Doesn't matter, still looks about the ticket so I've ordered one :) Can
add
> credit later. Do you get any on the sim at all or not?
>
> --
> Sue
>Not on the Value SIM . myk
>
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| hairydog@despammed.com 2005-10-31, 5:49 pm |
| On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:54:46 -0000, "Sprite"
<sue.kitchen@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Have now found somewhere who will unlock the phone locally, but which
>network do we go for?
Do a manual network search, and see which order the networks are
listed.
The home network will be first (if visible) and the rest are listed in
signal strength order.
If necessary, borrow a different sim to do the search.
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Iain
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