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2009-11-08 , 11:46
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Originally Posted by pspbricker View Post
Reading the data plans available in the UK makes me want to cry. I'm in France. Yes, that would make most people cry, but using the frankly strange dataplans over here makes me depressed. SFR's Pay and go has an offer; €69 for a dongle with 3Hrs usage (yes, you are charged by the minute - not megabyte). When you buy it, you have 14 days to post your proof of purchase, along with a copy of your passport, and your proof of residence back to SFR, or else they close your line.
It costs €39 (About £34?) for 15 hours (Fifteen hours) to recharge.
If you want to spring for a full 1 year subscription, you pay €49 per month, and you're limited to 2GB usage per month. You are NOT allowed to put the sim in your phone, NOT allowed to use a router, NOT allowed to use Skype, NOT allowed to use Xbox live nor Playstation online. etc etc.
Other companies such as Orange also charge per minute for pay and go, at a worse deal.
God, I miss the UK....
An Android/N900 phone would be v v expensive in France (constant data connection)
 
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Oh yes, nearly forgot. SFR also offer a 24 hour pass for €8. Which is surely better than €39 for 15 hours right? Wrong. Not in France. The 24hr pass expires at midnight on the day you buy it! So if you buy it at 10 AM you get 14hrs usage before it expires - buy it at 8pm and you get 4 hours usage! So why do they call it a 24 hour pass?
 
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Originally Posted by JBax View Post
T Mobile sim only, 1 month contracts over £20 have free 1GB/mo internet included.
That's actually the best value-for-money offer in the UK market, imho. However, you still need to fork out over 400 quid for N900...
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2009-11-08 , 16:52
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Originally Posted by chrisp7 View Post
Contract

Tmobile - £7.50 pm 1Gb
£12.50 pm - 3Gb

Vodafone - £7.50 pm - 500mb
£15 pm - 3Gb

O2 - £7.34 - 500Mb

Orange - £7.34 - 500Mb
£9.79 -1Gb
New customers - (£4.89 per month for 500MB of anytime mobile internet access)

3 - Not sure?

Tmobile really seems the best (discounting 3 as I cant find separate internet info)
What voice/text contract does one have to be on to get these deals?

With 3, AKAICT, the cheapest overall is a £10pm SIM for 100 any network an unlimited 3-3 minutes and unlimited texts, with the Internet Max add on at £5pm for 1GB.

This, of course, assumes the SIM will work in the N900; hoefully the bug relating to 3 SIMs is near fixing...

EDIT: Looking at T-Mo's SIM only deals is looks like their cheapest is also a tenner a month with 150 x-net minutes and 300 texts. If you're happy with a gig a month's data, 3's cheaper, particularly if you're an inveterate texter or have loads of friends on 3. Of course, if you use GSM voice a lot, your mileage may vary. And we still need the 3 bug fixed...
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2009-11-08 , 17:34
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Sticking with 3, I've just noticed a SIM-only broadband-only deal, £15pm for up to 5GB. Page 6 (looking at Acrobat's page numbering) or 11 (looking at the bottom corner of the page) of this document.
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2009-11-08 , 19:06
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Originally Posted by evad View Post
That's actually the best value-for-money offer in the UK market, imho. However, you still need to fork out over 400 quid for N900...
True but then you have the flexibility to upgrade when you want (ie before 2 years) and get a great price back for it on ebay
 
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Originally Posted by JBax View Post
True but then you have the flexibility to upgrade when you want (ie before 2 years) and get a great price back for it on ebay :D
Exactly. Actually, I am on Solo20 myself right now and if I wasn't low on budget I'd go for SIM-free N900 and keep current tariff! But well, that's life...
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2009-11-08 , 19:32
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Indeed its such great value for money!

600 Any Network Mins, Unlimited Texts, 1GB/mo Data (No overcharging) = £20! http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobil...20/allowances/
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2009-11-08 , 19:37
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True but then you have the flexibility to upgrade when you want (ie before 2 years) and get a great price back for it on ebay
Isn't the free phone upgrades option only available on the 12/18/24 month contracts, and not the 30-day ones?

I'm probably just mixing up "upgrade" with "buying a new sim-free phone", and ebaying my current one.
 
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2009-11-08 , 19:39
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Originally Posted by ae0n View Post
Isn't the free phone upgrades option only available on the 12/18/24 month contracts, and not the 30-day ones?

I'm probably just mixing up "upgrade" with "buying a new sim-free phone", and ebaying my current one.
Yeah thats my point ae0n. See my post above about the T Mobile deal makes sim free a very attractive option.
 

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