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Who has the cheapest SIM and Calls no Contract! |
jrmgolem
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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I have checked the search engine and can find no reference to the Telecom Plus SIM.
My orange contract has run out, and I have changed to the Telecom Plus SIM only deal at £8 per month, no contract, .08p per minute at any time to any network!
I know that it is run off the T-Mobile backbone, and there is a very good blackberry deal as well. Go to:
HTTP://www.telecomenergyplus.com
Then click 'SIGN UP' and you can then choose mobiles, then the comparison button for the SIM only package. I would say that there is no mobile that would interest us! |
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Andlil
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On 2005-12-15 15:28:55, jrmgolem wrote:
I would say that there is no mobile that would interest us!
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And I would say that this post has nothing to do in this part of Esato, keep country-specific questions in the regional threads...
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jrmgolem
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My appologies, can this be moved to the correct thread? |
Greggy
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So what country is this for?
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jrmgolem
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Sorry!
I think I am in enough trouble for this post! 
But its for UK users.
Cheers
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Si_V80
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£15 p/month, 3000 free evening and weekend texts and 600 free evening mins
No contract, Orange Pay a Go
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jenbones
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It'sgood, but would have to be all time calls
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Si_V80
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sorry was 3000 free texts
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jenbones
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Yeah, standard ones, gotta use in a montg, ripoff!
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jrmgolem
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The reason I have changed is that all the promo's for free text's and calls are usually being paid for in the contract price. They are even looking for a 18 month contract these days, I would not sign up for that!
With the Telecom Plus SIM only deal you can try it for a couple of months and then chuck it if you didnt like it! They say that you will spend no more than you would have done on a contract tarrif, and get more call time.
I worked it out and I am better off on Telecom Plus SIM only having been with Orange for 5 years, they couldnt match it even to keep me. |
R34GTR
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I don't think it is the best but its fair lol.
Orange - Sony Ericsson W800i - 12 months
£40 per month for 6 months - 300 Xnet mins plus 3000 weekend calls
£20 per month for 6 months - 200 Xnet mins plus 2000 weekend calls
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Greggy
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It seems to me u get a better deal with orange on payngo than contract. For instance u can add daily weekly or monthly bolt ons and calls to any network work out at 6 to 8 per min ie. Pound a day for 15mins calls. Or 5 quid a week for 60mins and of course quid a day for unlimitd browsing and downloadsThis message was posted from a Nokia
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jrmgolem
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I still do not understand why anyone would pay £40 per month for a contract anymore.
I think Greggy has a good point with the bolt-ons but even then, I dont see why anyone would pay for what is understood to be free, but isn't! You are paying for the minutes in the £10 or £20 you pay for the bolt on, and you still have to top up your phone to keep the deals.
I pay £8 for my monthly fee, if I make 200 minutes of calls at 8p that equals £16, add that to my £8 equals £24. Previously with Orange I would spend on average £26, this was the lowest tarrif, which included 100 free minutes. I have used orange for 5 years, with two lines on the contract, would they really want to loose a long standing customer? I dont think so! They could not match the tarrif from Telecom Plus.
Over a year with orange I would have spent £240 plus the extra £6 that I was spending over the 100 free minutes at 15p per minute which is £72, so now I will get £96 per year for my monthly payment at £8, plus the extra I was spending will give me an extra 35mins of call time at 8ppm. Can you see where I am coming from with this? |
Greggy
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Lol yes mate i see that your saving money compared to the unbelievably bad contract u were on. I still dnt like the idea of paying 8 quid b4 u start even paying for your calls. heres another suggestion buy an o2 online sim top up 10 quid month and get 100 any network any minutes and u can still use your 10 quid up. u can also buy a 50 min bolt on for 8 quid so thats 150 min any network any time u have for 8 quid. it woud cost u 20 quid!
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jrmgolem
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I take your point on the £8 per month, but even then, there are a lot of people here would be happy to pay £40 - £60 per month and they think they get something for nothing.
While doing the calculations for this I worked out that I have saved £90 on my home phone, £288 in line rental on my mobiles, £58 on my Electricity, £66 on my Gas, £60 on my Broadband, all this equals £562 in the year. I know its a bit off topic, but I am very happy with this, plus I get £50 back each year as well, so that offsets my mobile line rental of £8.
The original topic was for the lowest SIM Calls on PAYG, I think that there is nothing to touch it, although its a mixture of monthly line rental and PAYG, It is the best value!
Thanks for this debate though...LOL |
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Posted: 2005-12-15 15:28
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