[Misc] Sim only phone contracts

[BN41Albion]

Currently with EE - contract ends soon. Sim only contracts are around £20 plus with EE even for 24month and 5gb, but looking on compare websites it seems I could go to say O2 and get a 12month contract with 25gb data for £8. What's the catch, or are EE just stupidly expensive!?

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Any other giffaff users find the data service has gone totally tits up in recent weeks? Both my wife and use it and the service had been basically unusable for the past 6 weeks or so

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I switched to Smarty in May 5gb unlimited calls & texts with EU roaming
£6 a month rolling contract

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I've got 3 in total. A '3' UK one which I really should stop but it's good for the US. Not sure it's 150 quid a year good for the US though. My day-to-day Vodafone German one which is 9.99 euros a month and my new Vodafone Black which is 99 a month, unilimited, and only used if my home internet goes down.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Any other giffaff users find the data service has gone totally tits up in recent weeks? Both my wife and use it and the service had been basically unusable for the past 6 weeks or so

Don't know where you're based but it's been fine for me both here in BN3 and in France.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

As long as your Three reception is good since they use that Smarty is a no brainer. My sim only plan is a 30 day rolling contract for 60gb of data for £10 a month. The usual rate is 30gb but they are always doing double data offers. I've had zero issues and their app is simple to use. The only issue some people might not like is that their only support is via Live Chat.

I left EE for Smarty. As others have said, being a 30 day rolling contract makes it a no brainer as you can try it and see how you get on at the places you're likely to need a signal.

Re the Live Chat ... I've used it a couple of times and actually been quite impressed. Pretty quick and have sorted the issue I had. Better than calling in my opinion when you sometimes have to press 1 then 2 then 3 etc and listen to crap music before speaking with someone.

I've also got a cheap (£5/m) data only SIM for my iPad. Once you've got a second SIM you get another 10% off both deals

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Don't know where you're based but it's been fine for me both here in BN3 and in France.

In central Hove, where it's been shite, and now down in Cornwall for a few days and it's been shite here in St Ives and shite all the way down. Was also shite while I was in Greece a month or so a go. Generally been shite everywhere. If I put my Greek SIM Card in I get 5G pretty much everywhere so seems very much a giff gaff being shite problem.

 

[Lord Charles]

I've decided to move mine and a lot of the comparison sites recommend Lebara. Very cheap deals, unlimited texts and minutes, free EU roaming and rolling contract