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UK - what 3G network is best value?

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incapete said:
The tmobile booster page doesn't mention this deal anywhere?!

It's clearly stated in the link I provided (click the PAYG tab) :)

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Harters said:
It's clearly stated in the link I provided (click the PAYG tab) :)

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Foes this really work and if so how much data allowance do you get per month ? Do you still need to top up the PAYG mobile each month with some credit ?

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iPad 2 is cool said:
Foes this really work and if so how much data allowance do you get per month ? Do you still need to top up the PAYG mobile each month with some credit ?

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Yes it works.

Unlimited (FUP 1GB)

Top up sim with £20 then follow instructions in my earlier post.

Once booster is added the £20 disappears and no further to up is required. Repeat the process in 6 months.

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Harters said:
Yes it works.

Unlimited (FUP 1GB)

Top up sim with £20 then follow instructions in my earlier post.

Once booster is added the £20 disappears and no further to up is required. Repeat the process in 6 months.

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I am gonna look into this over the weekend. Thanks.

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Went into my local T-Mobile store today to go about getting me a microsim.

Apparently they don't give out "free" sim's anymore, you have to buy one pre loaded with £10 credit and they give you a choice of 3 data plans:

250MB per day for £2 per day
500MB per week for £7 per week
1GB per month for £15 per month

and he also said the boosters aren't compatible with these sims or plans, any idea if he was telling the truth?

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Avionyx said:
Went into my local T-Mobile store today to go about getting me a microsim.

Apparently they don't give out "free" sim's anymore, you have to buy one pre loaded with £10 credit and they give you a choice of 3 data plans:

250MB per day for £2 per day
500MB per week for £7 per week
1GB per month for £15 per month

and he also said the boosters aren't compatible with these sims or plans, any idea if he was telling the truth?

Alex

I ordered my free sim online, topped up £20 online, put it in an old phone and added the 6MONTHWEB booster. Once I had the confirmation text I cut it down to micro sim size and put it in my iPad.

It's been working perfectly ever since March 11th :)

Guys in the stores don't know about a lot of the boosters. The 6MONTHWEB is for a phone, but it works great in the iPad too.

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Cheers for the heads up! I've ordered my sim and will top it up when it gets here!

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Avionyx said:
Went into my local T-Mobile store today to go about getting me a microsim.

Apparently they don't give out "free" sim's anymore, you have to buy one pre loaded with £10 credit and they give you a choice of 3 data plans:

250MB per day for £2 per day
500MB per week for £7 per week
1GB per month for £15 per month

and he also said the boosters aren't compatible with these sims or plans, any idea if he was telling the truth?

Alex

I ordered my free sim online, topped up £20 online, put it in an old phone and added the 6MONTHWEB booster. Once I had the confirmation text I cut it down to micro sim size and put it in my iPad.

It's been working perfectly ever since March 11th :)

Guys in the stores don't know about a lot of the boosters. The 6MONTHWEB is for a phone, but it works great in the iPad too.

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I got mine last Tuesday. Bought a micro SIMM in the t-mobile shop and topped it up to £20. They gave me a SIMM full size adapter so I could activate it in my phone. Now working fine in my iPad and using Download Meter to monitor my usage
 

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02 has the best data plan in my opinion as it's very flexible n you can swap at anytime between data plans
 

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TonyR said:
I got mine last Tuesday. Bought a micro SIMM in the t-mobile shop and topped it up to £20. They gave me a SIMM full size adapter so I could activate it in my phone. Now working fine in my iPad and using Download Meter to monitor my usage

Glad it's worked out ok for you too :)

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plymouthred said:
As promised just to update you regarding the micro sim (normal sim cut to size) which I had off eBay.

It works a treat and 99.9% of the time get an extremely strong signal in the Plymouth area (UK) :)

I bought on of these too. It's been great and I'm really impressed with the speeds. Far better than a 3G signal on my O2 iPhone. I may consider going over to 3 when the IPhone 5 arrives.
 

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Bought my iPad through 3 (subsidised price and the £25/ month for 15Gb) and I have to say where I've been I've had no issues with coverage. I was camping in North Berwick recently and got GPRS coverage only on my O2 iPhone but 3 was very good. I couldn't seem to get iplayer to stream but that might have been iplayer rather than 3 as I've has issues like this very occasionally on my PC.

3 have teamed up with t-mobile for mobile broadband and there is seamless roaming between the two networks, they have invested a wad of money in building this network and hopefully now that Orange and t-mobile are part of Everything Everywhere, then they might bring Orange into the equation as well. 3 mobiles drop to Orange for 2G and calls when not in 3 range range but not the broadband as far as as I know.

My colleague has a 3 mi-fi for his wi-fi only iPad and he was impressed that I can get 3Mb/s in the office compared to his 1 MB/s Sky broadband.
 

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