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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    you gotta be stood under an 02 mast to do that though, surely?

    I've got a vodaphone phone and an EE phone, and you couldn't stream a blummin email to read in most situations
    Given that the propogstion is basically horizontal, plus or minus a given angle, I'd have thought standing under a mast would be one of the worst places to be.

    Sorry, Zak, I know what you mean. I'll get me coat.

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    sitting on EE4G, don't ever want to be without it

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    I wish I had gone the giffgaff route, Vodafone can cost a bloody fortune! 250mb data for a fiver, say what!

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    Quote Originally Posted by jimbouk View Post
    Unless you've made paying calls on it since then you may find out your balance is £0...

    I haven't used a PAYG phone since I was a teenager, then it was all about the top-up card (and paying my cash pocket money). These days you can do it in shops with the top-up card, using a cash machine, online, etc. There must be one way that's convenient for you?
    I do make a call every few months. I got £1 credit with the phone (which cost £5). I added £10 to it, and I'm 99% sure I've done it once, and have about 50p credit left .... after about 6 years.

    And no, I don't use it much ... for outgoing calls.

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    Anyone on ovivo (Vodafone network)

    You buy a SIM for 15 quid and you get 150 any network minutes,150 texts and 500 MB of data a month free and you still have 15 quid you originally paid for if you go over. Oh and you get unlimited ovivo to ovivo calls and texts.

    I am on giffgaff now and just very slowly running it down before I well switch.

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kumagoro View Post
    Anyone on ovivo (Vodafone network)

    You buy a SIM for 15 quid and you get 150 any network minutes,150 texts and 500 MB of data a month free and you still have 15 quid you originally paid for if you go over. Oh and you get unlimited ovivo to ovivo calls and texts.

    I am on giffgaff now and just very slowly running it down before I well switch.
    you get that without topping up?

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    Yes, you pay 15 quid and you don't ever have to pay more if you stay under you free usage. I do wonder how do they stay in business but they have been going for at least a year or two now. I feel I might as well switch and even if it lasts only a few months I would have lost nothing. The only worry is transferring your number and losing it if they go under.
    might even be 250 texts now. Which it is as I have just checked.

    http://ovivomobile.com/

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    Ovivo -buy a £15 SIM and then get free calls, texts and data every month forever.

    http://ovivomobile.com/

    Surprisingly I haven't seen much talk about ovivo (Vodafone network) on hexus so here is the deal.

    You buy a 15 quid SIM and then you get 150 any network calls, 250 any network texts and 500MB of data free EVERY month. Plus unlimited ovivo to ovivo calls and texts. Only if you go over the free allowance well you credit go down, and yes you get the 15 you paid for the SIM as credit.

    It seems to good to be true to me but it has been going for like a year or two now. I am not on ovivo yet so I can't say what's its like.

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    Re: Ovivo -buy a £15 SIM and then get free calls, texts and data every month forever

    In my experience, Ovivo has abysmal data speeds. The signal for calls isn't great either. I know Giffgaff got a bit of stick for that last year, but I find my ovivo SIM only really useful in the city.

    Being a virtual provider on Voda (or anyone else) doesn't mean you get the same call quality / data rates by the way. It simply means it piggy-backs on their frequency's and uses Vodafones infrastructure.

    That to one side though, it's paid for by advertising.

    When you sign-up for our service, you give OVIVO permission to use your data for marketing purposes.
    If this is acceptable to you depends on your POV. But for the cost of GiffGaff, I've no plans to have it as nothing more than a backup sim for data when away.
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    Re: Ovivo -buy a £15 SIM and then get free calls, texts and data every month forever

    Assuming you can use the £15 with PSN to do a mobile topup I had been considering one of these to use as a data sim for my Vita.
    I'd heard that performance wasn't amazing but considering the price it's a good deal.

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    Re: Ovivo -buy a £15 SIM and then get free calls, texts and data every month forever

    Hmmm might pick one up for a backup SIM if that credit never expires. Can sit in the bottom of my bag with all my other bits and bobs for a 'oh s**t' if I forget to topup my giffgaff goodybag

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    Re: Ovivo -buy a £15 SIM and then get free calls, texts and data every month forever

    I found this SIM only deal on USwitch yesterday; unlimited calls, unlimited texts, & unlimited data for £15 a month It is with Virgin though...

    http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/yourdeal/?_cid=78329026

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

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    Cash machine suits me for Virgin PAYG at the mo (though probably will change in Sept when the free data package expires)

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    Re: Pay & Go - how do people survive!?

    I'm on O2 PAYG, and have been for years. I don't want a fixed contract. I don't need a fixed contract.

    I top up £10 over the phone (very easy and has never failed) - that gives me 500MB data and 300 texts for a month (I don't make many mobile calls. When it expires, I run down the credit balance which lasts almost another month; then I top up and start again. It works out at around £5 or £6 per month.

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