wotayottie
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bought the mifi modem, now the sim. Any recommendations - cheapest price and longest life.
cheap PAYG data sims?
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pvb
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One of the cheapest is a 1-month 1GB 3 PAYG sim card, for £10.49 from 3 direct, if bought via TopCashBack there's £13.17 cashback, meaning that you actually make a couple of quid profit.
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Houleaux
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Amazon do the 3 Mobile 3 Gb / 3 months SIM for £11.09 with free delivery.
pvb
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There are loads of these on eBay at £9.99 inc delivery. But if you buy direct from 3 with TopCashBack the net cost is just over £7. But why would you if the 1 month sims are effectively less than free?
stuhaynes
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I'm with giffgaff and it is definitely the cheapest. Unless it's changed, some of their 'goodybags' have unlimited free data as well as loads of talk minutes and hundreds of texts.
It's saving me a fortune
pvb
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How can it be the cheapest when the 3 offer I mentioned is effectively free?
Houleaux
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I've had a quick look, but I couldn't find any on ebay at the price you quote. Most seemed to be around the Amazon price, but we're only talking pennies here anyway...
TopCashBack sounds interesting but surely there must be a catch?! Is there a downside that you know of? Can you only buy one, for example? Do you get bombarded with emails?
pvb
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No catch, all that happens is that you receive most of the commission which the selling website would normally pay to a referring website. Some of the cashback amounts are seriously worth having - especially on rip-off purchases like breakdown cover and car insurance. I've had over £300 cashback from TopCashBack.
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sam_uk
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Giff Gaff
If you do go with Giff Gaff then it is worth ordering one through an affiliate link like this one:
http://t.co/0ZQcE2fs
You then get £5 free credit when you top up. The affiliate also get's £5 credit or cash
If you do go with Giff Gaff then it is worth ordering one through an affiliate link like this one:
http://t.co/0ZQcE2fs
You then get £5 free credit when you top up. The affiliate also get's £5 credit or cash
Dab
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We are in the process of moving to giffgaff for all our familly phones, its great value for low users like us, but one of the questions the OP asked was how long the credit lasts. Stemar posted how much the data packages costs, but these all come as a monthly package, so its use it or lose it within the month.
With their bog standard pay as you go top up you get up to 20MB data a day for 20p, although it jumps to 20p a MB after that. You also get all your calls for 10p a minute, texts are 6p, 0800 calls are free and all calls to another gifffgaff sim are free.
With their bog standard pay as you go top up you get up to 20MB data a day for 20p, although it jumps to 20p a MB after that. You also get all your calls for 10p a minute, texts are 6p, 0800 calls are free and all calls to another gifffgaff sim are free.
capsco
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Plus if anyone calls you from another network for say 10 minutes you get another 10 minutes added to your credit, I think this may only apply to the goodybags though good value.
Dockhead
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TMobile PAYG gives 6 months unlimited data for 20 pounds. Fair use is, I believe, 500 negs per month. Best deal I've found.
Three is cheap for the first three months, then not. It's 15 quid a month I believe.
Three is cheap for the first three months, then not. It's 15 quid a month I believe.
pvb
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The OP was asking about a sim for his mifi - he can just keep swapping sim cards for new ones.
nathanlee
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... unless you actually want to use some data. 3gb is pathetic. I use that in a day.
Three have an unlimited data package that works out way cheaper than the above.
maxi77
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I had a quick look and there was nothing on three that beats giffgaff on £12 a month unlimited data and no contract just pay up each month. You can swap between plans at will
nathanlee
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Yeah, apologies. I totally didn't comprehend the PAYG bit before commenting.
maxi77
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No problems just a happy user, for my use their normal charges work out the best, but my home broadband is a landline
Richard10002
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No tethering on their "unlimited" packages - which are not as unlimited as they may seem.
Apparently more than 1Gb in any hour, and more than 3Gb in any day, is seen as excessive..... And most "forum users" suggest keeping below 750Mb per day - which would limit you to 24Gb per month.
BTW you can't tether an iPhone on Giffgaff, even on their tetherable £10 per month 1Gb Goodybag.
Great if you don't want to tether, and don't use large amounts of data.
Houleaux
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Thanks. I'll give it a go.
