On 12/12/2011 12:43, Dave N wrote:
Hugh - Was Invisible wrote, on 12/12/2011 09:17:
[...]
Hospital has reception problems with t-mobile and orange but 02 and
Vodafone based networks are OK

TIA for any replies.

I would recommend a Tesco PAYG mobile SIM card. It is one of the
cheapest services around. It uses the O2 network which, AIUI, is in the

They used to have a low user "lite" package that is still on their web
site if you hunt for it. They try not to sell it to you though. Their
current offering is one of these bonus cridit things where you get extra
credit each time you top up bringing the effective price per min down to
12p if you top up at least £10/month. Their lite package was 12p flat
rate regardless of top up!

In the end I found Ikea's Family Mobile was a better deal. 8p/min flat
rate, a 4p text. You can have multiple phones on one account, and
specify auto top ups, and also control the credit handed out to other
phones on your account. What is even better, when I phoned them, a uk
based call centre, with a chap who was helpful, knew what he was doing,
and got what I wanted right first time!


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Cheers,

John.

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