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help please, with new package

Saint_Chris
Saint_Chris Posts: 3,876 Forumite
Hi

I'm currently on the virgin sim only £10 a month for 300 mins and 300 texts

but i have terrible network coverage, it is shocking. so i'm thinking of moving and treating myself, and geting a phone with the internet on.

my friend has this phone
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/phones/pay-monthly/sony-ericsson/c905/overview/

it says that you get this
Flext 30 (18 months)
    <LI class=bestdeal-list>
FREE phone <LI class=bestdeal-list>FREE mobile internet (worth £5 / month) <LI class=bestdeal-list>£140 worth of calls and texts each month <LI class=bestdeal-list>That's 700 mins or 1400 texts or any mix you use
[*]All for just £30/ month
Right again i'm a bit non technical, so does that mean

that i can use the internet anywhere, in the street etc, and when it says any mix you use, can i get so many mins and so many texts, and do i need to ring them up and get them to sort this out. And i know i can get £73 back through quidco with this deal



Or one better, does anyone know of a deal like this but a bit cheaper,

thanks

Comments

  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    i can use the internet anywhere, in the street etc, and when it says any mix you use, can i get so many mins and so many texts

    As it's a mobile phone you can use it in the street!

    The free internet use is subject to a fair use policy (1Gb a month).

    No need to arrange your mins/texts with them, the idea is you can use any combination you like (1 min call = 2 texts in value).

    Slightly more expensive, but you get much more allowance if you pay an extra £1.50/month for flext 35 (1000 mins or 2000 texts).
  • Saint_Chris
    Saint_Chris Posts: 3,876 Forumite
    thanks for that,

    so it is a good deal, i can't seem to find one better anywhere else, but i'm still looking
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    There may be no improvement in the reception - doesn't virgin use t-mob?
  • Saint_Chris
    Saint_Chris Posts: 3,876 Forumite
    There may be no improvement in the reception - doesn't virgin use t-mob?

    must be having a dumb day, i just remembered that

    i'm having a nightmare with this virgin sim

    only got 1 bar on the phone now, and getting error when sending texts

    i went through the buying process and it did say that, i could return the phone within 7 days if signal was bad, as i'd done a signal check which came up as very good.
  • pearsoneys
    pearsoneys Posts: 1,440 Forumite
    hello. could you tell me when you got the sim 300 and 300 as they told me it ran out on 31/12 and i relly wanted one for thubby. ta. the £10 one i mean!
  • grimlea
    grimlea Posts: 204 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Saint Chris, have u tried sim in a different phone? just in case its the phone rather than the sim

    if it is network - avoid t-mobile as u will have the same problems

    pearoneys - yeah that deal ended - here are the new ones
    http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/bundles/virginmobileoffer.html
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