Ikea Family Mobile PAYG 9p/min calls and 6p texts

allthatmularky

tobed wrote: »

Hello everybody!

I am looking for somebody to refer me to Family Mobile so we can both get 10 pounds.

Just send me a private mail with your Family Mobile number please!

Thanks a lot,
tobed

Only the referrer gets £10..... so unless someone is willing to split the £10 with you....

The cheapest option on a phone appears to be the Nokia 2310 on T mobile from CPW for £4.95 plus £10 top up.

If you use Quidco you'll get a fiver back on this deal.
If you go instore - they'll usually knock a tenner off for your old handset.

DesG

consumermonkey wrote: »

3 use O2 when out of 3G coverage.

Three used to use O2 as their 2g carrier, but it changed ages ago to Orange (much to my anger as I can't get an Orange signal in my house.

Cheers, Des.

System

Asda Mobile seem a better deal.

• When you buy your initial £10 topup with a sim pack - you get the sim card & £12 credit instore in total (£1 preloaded on the sim & £11 credit for £10 topups until end of August)
• The call charges will be 8p & texts 4p from 1st September.
• They run on Vodafone - which has much superior coverage to T-Mobile.
• They have roaming without having to give credit/debit card details.
• You can perform some basic functions for free like *#1345# for balance, *#147# for 1471 type function.

d123

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Asda Mobile seem a better deal.

• The call charges will be 8p & texts 4p from 1st September.

Is that definite, have you a link to any further info on the change?

billsavings

d123 wrote: »

Is that definite, have you a link to any further info on the change?

http://www.asda-press.co.uk/pressrelease/241

Steve_xx

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Asda Mobile seem a better deal.

• They run on Vodafone - which has much superior coverage to T-Mobile.

I doubt that there is much to choose between the two, coverage wise. You'll always get some areas that are better served by one than the other.

• They have roaming without having to give credit/debit card details.

Most pay as you go tariffs will operate overseas, until your credit runs out of course.

• You can perform some basic functions for free like *#147# for 1471 type function.

All mobiles store 'caller ID' details.

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System

Steve_xx wrote: »

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Vodafone has much better coverage than T-Mobile.
I've the found major gaps in T-Mobile's coverage, in urban & rural areas. It seems to concur with what I have read on here.

To roam with Ikea mobile, you need to register a debit card on their "AutoTopup" service. Otherwise, the menu option to enable roaming on their online service does not appear.

*#147# works even if the phone has been switched off, out of coverage (and is free even when roaming). So it is superior to the phones internal memory, and not the same thing.

IKEA charge you 6p for getting your balance on your handset, ASDA provide it free via *#1345#

:A

Steve_xx

Heng_Leng wrote: »

Vodafone has much better coverage than T-Mobile.
I've the found major gaps in T-Mobile's coverage, in urban & rural areas.

You'll always get personal preferences coming to the fore with different networks. In reality, there's nowt much between them nowadays.

To roam with Ikea mobile, you need to register a debit card on their "AutoTopup" service. Otherwise, the menu option to enable roaming on their online service does not appear.

Yes I accept that this is a valid point with IKEA. I don't think all service providers require this though.

*#147# works even if the phone has been switched off, out of coverage (and is free even when roaming). So it is superior to the phones internal memory, and not the same thing.
IKEA charge you 6p for getting your balance on your handset, ASDA provide is free via *#1345#

I take your points on this one.

:A

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billsavings

The only way you can top up on Ikea is by debit card.

MrMan08

Wow, nice to see Asda have come along and beat Ikea!

Not sure who remembers easyMobile... But easyMobile came along and 'Fresh' from the carphonewarehouse cut their prices, so did easyMobile.... then Fresh again. Fresh kept under cutting easyMobile.

easyMobile eventually went under... and ended up handing all of their customers over to Fresh!

I guess Ikea's mobile service may disappear just like easyMobile's did...

For now though, for low users, Asda is looking very good! .. From 1st Sept.