Best 'pay as you go' phone deals anyone?

[GROWLER]

The market is absolutely flooded with retailers claiming to have the 'best deal' EVER.

Let's cut the bull shit ey. Who can recommend what by personal experience is the best.
It's going to be used in the main for 'receiving calls only' for my new business.

Aslong as it doesn't involve network provider 3, who I'm with on my current phone....total utter shite coverage, and going in September thankfully...then that'll be fine.
Thanks in anticipation.

[Snoopy]

Mine is with Orange ~ crap signal in some parts of North Wales but brilliant in the Home Counties
Mrs S is with T Mobile ~ good signal from our house and most of N Wales ~ bit iffy in parts of East Anglia
Miss S is with Virgin (a parental hint you might surmise) ~ gets a good signal most places.
None work from inside B&Q or Sainsburys. Mine will work in Asda but not in Morrisons.
Pricewise they are all much of a muchness.

[Grumpmeister]

Do you talk or text more Growler. the O2 payg set up gives you 300 texts a month on top of the credit for a ten pound top up. I've got one in my XDA, makes sending messages quick and easy.

[Uncle Mort]

Having a fair amount of experience from running the company's mobile phones I would recommend Vodafone for airtime as they have by far the best coverage. You're less likely to miss a call.

As you will be using it for incoming their Pay As You Talk plan would be fine.

I've just bought this phone from Argos for my lad.

Samsung C300

Excellent basic phone.

[Misunderstood]

I don't know if it is still available or not but...  I had a credit account with Orange and after the expiry of the obligatorily year they offered me a "We will match the best you can find" deal.

I selected the Virgin tariff as it was a 'No rent' deal and as I keep the phone for mainly incoming calls and the ubiquitous emergency call with the result of having constant availability of the phone for about a pound or two a month.

I have been on it ever since.

It is no use to people that like to keep up with all the new phones obviously.   

[GROWLER]

Do you talk or text more Growler. the O2 payg set up gives you 300 texts a month on top of the credit for a ten pound top up. I've got one in my XDA, makes sending messages quick and easy.

TEXTING? CATERGORICALLY NO!

Just be for incoming calls, only I appreciate that some providers like to see you dialling out occassionaly or they cut you off.

[Darwins Selection]

Mrs S is with T Mobile ~ good signal from our house and most of N Wales ~ bit iffy in parts of East Anglia
Miss S is with Virgin (a parental hint you might surmise) ~ gets a good signal most places.

Aren't T-mobile and Virgin the same network, just a branding game?

[Snoopy]

Mrs S is with T Mobile ~ good signal from our house and most of N Wales ~ bit iffy in parts of East Anglia
Miss S is with Virgin (a parental hint you might surmise) ~ gets a good signal most places.

Aren't T-mobile and Virgin the same network, just a branding game?

  I just pays for 'em all. Don't ask me how they work. 

[Grumpmeister]

Dont thnk so, surely the monopolies commission would step in if they were trading styles of the same company. They may use the same network technology (PCN in memory serves) but they will be seperate groups.

[Pastis]

T-mobile used to be One 2 One; perhaps that's the confusion. I have a PAYG with Virgin and an account with T-mobile; they're definitely separate.

[Snoopy]

I suspect that there is truth in all this in as much as the providers do share common services ~ just like BT have to share their lines with other providers. Virgin/Sainsbury/Tesco all use the same basic services that they negotiate a fee for. they then sell on to us punters. The more "subscribers" they bring to a service the cheaper per minute rate they can negotiate and the more profit they make.

[Barman]

I use this lot.

I get a fantastic signal everywhere and the calls are as cheap as chips plus there are no fixed contracts and I can transfer my SIM to any other ?phone I choose.

Recommended Growler. 

[Berek]

I use Orange, just stick ?5 on it every 3 months, no free texts and not ONE phone call or pestering me in 7 years, if you are just using it to recieve calls ( which is basically what I do ), then go the same route as me.

[Snoopy]

I use this lot.

I get a fantastic signal everywhere and the calls are as cheap as chips plus there are no fixed contracts and I can transfer my SIM to any other ?phone I choose.

Recommended Growler. 

'sall Greek to me ~ hang on I just noticed a little round Union Flag in the corner. Clicked on it and it's all in English ~ I think 

[GROWLER]

Having a fair amount of experience from running the company's mobile phones I would recommend Vodafone for airtime as they have by far the best coverage. You're less likely to miss a call.

As you will be using it for incoming their Pay As You Talk plan would be fine.

I've just bought this phone from Argos for my lad.

Samsung C300

Excellent basic phone.

Is that a pay as you go plan from Argos, or is that just for the phone?