Does anyone know whats the best pay as you go deal?

I got a second phone and decided to go pay as you go style as i will be mainly receiving calls and making the odd call

however i would like to do texting on it and wanted the cheapest texting charges for pay as you go

whats the best deal.. does anybody know?

Virgin ?

If you do it direct debit, they send you a comprehensive statement each month.
No contract, no rental, you only pay for what you use.
Plus can use abroad and 10% credit for monthly spend over £30.

1st 5 mins per day @ 15p/min, after that it's 5p/min.
Calls to other mobile networks @ 35p/min
10p texts (3p to other virgin mobiles).

Use abroad is flat rate and quite reasonable in my experience...
( compared to other networks at least ).

Works for me .... www.virginmobile.co.uk

yeah they do seem good.. but i looked into it further and I pay 9p a text with vodaphone

picky about 1p!

LOL

if u get an orange pay as u go sim and credit it wit £50 voucher/swipe card ur txt message cost goes half price to bout 6p per txt. i credited £50 bout 2 yrs ago and still half priced tx messages now coz as long as balance doesnt go to 0pence u keep the half price deals

calling is cheap aswell not sure exact cost though
use my phone a lot dnt go nowhere without it so half price is good

also check that 3 network (the ones wit the video confrencing mobiles) phone is bout £200 but if u buy that u can put it on a certain package where u dnt pay line rental and if u dnt use it u dnt get a bill through. its like a normal contract but u pay for wot u use

cant remember exactly but calls were cheap wen enquired at the link txts were bout 10p though video conferencing calls were 50p per minute

mitch

Virgin is a great deal, but lousey network.

Orange has the best network but lousey deal.

Answer... The Virgin deal on the Orange network as orange have a price match tarriff that mimic's the Virgin deal, also you benefit from the fact that more people have Orange and you should make less cross-network calls.

For receiving lots of incoming calls O2 is best as the landline rates to O2 are cheapest.

Justin.

[quote name='justin.cockett' date='Jul 9 2003, 08:17 PM']Virgin is a great deal, but lousey network.
Orange has the best network but lousey deal.

Answer... The Virgin deal on the Orange network as orange have a price match tarriff that mimic's the Virgin deal, also you benefit from the fact that more people have Orange and you should make less cross-network calls.[/quote]
Complete opposite where i live ... Orange has dire coverage.
Vodafone + T-Mobile (+ virgin) are streaks ahead of the others here.
Even '3' has better coverage than Orange
My work phone is Orange - Good, no chance they'll get hold of me

Just shows it's yet another factor to look at when choosing - coverage.
Those 'estimated maps' the networks use aren't any use to man or beast though.

Hassle hassle

Another thought ...

If you really wanna know the best mobile deals,
you should be asking a bunch of 10-12 yr olds.
They'll be way ahead of any of us knowing what's what

[quote]you should be asking a bunch of 10-12 yr olds.[/quote]

ohh sorry.. my mistake tony

[quote name='TonyGoose' date='Jul 9 2003, 09:46 PM']Another thought ...

If you really wanna know the best mobile deals,
you should be asking a bunch of 10-12 yr olds.
They'll be way ahead of any of us knowing what's what  [/quote]

Dam you could have asked sportie daughter yesterday, but today she is 13

But I'm still young at heart!

I happen to see this link for Pay as You Go Deals today, so might be worth a look


[url="http://shopping.msn.co.uk/b2b/msn/category.jsp?catId=100052113&partnerId=8903578"]MSN PAYG Page[/url]

easy mate o2 online 200 free texts a month can't say better than that

I am on virgin pay as you go using vouchers and find it very good .. I used to have vodaphone and orange but rate virgins service as the better of them all




jac

Virgin actually uses the T-Mobile network. I am on T-Mobile and found them to be as good as any.

[quote name='TonyGoose' date='Jul 9 2003, 10:44 PM']Those 'estimated maps' the networks use aren't any use to man or beast though.

Hassle hassle [/quote]
why would a beast wanna use them coverage maps??????

[quote name='jac114' date='Jul 9 2003, 11:02 PM']rate virgins service as the better of them all




jac[/quote]
the comment i thought of posting will not be appropriate so resisting to post it.......................

My second phone is an O2 pay as you go - I find it excellent and I get 300 free texts a month providing I top up by £10 a month

Coverage is superb