cheapest PAYG internet on mobila

stevenmather

Hi people

Ive just bought a nokia 5800 touchscreen mobile, mainly for internet and email while away from my desk.

I'm currently on o2 PAYG unlimited (top up £15pm and get free calls and texts to o2 numbers) - 15 quid last me about 2 months.

o2 have unlimited internet bolt on for £7.50 a month... i was just wondering whether any of you guys know of a cheaper payg tariff for internet use.

i see virgin do free internet if you top up £20 a month, but thats a bit high for me.

thanks

steven

ultrak3wl

I was recently in same position, was on O2 PAYG then got new phone that needs data. The 7.50 bolt-on thing seems fine but I had a real struggle getting it to work. I had 8.50 credit then bought the bolt-on. However it takes O2 48 hours to get the bolt-on working and by that time my credit had dropped below 7.50 so the bolt-on kind of got stuck. O2 were simultaneously telling me I did and didn't have the bolt-on. Anyway just avoid anything like that put some credit on first.

Also - if you use the official O2 phone settings then web pages on phone browser will work but not anything else on the phone that needs the internet. See how people fix that here http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-390017.html

Your 7.50 bolt-on is only supposed to be for web page browsing though and O2's terms and conditions reel off a long list of all the other things you're not allowed to do with your internet connection. I've been using the built in GPS though (which requires a data connection and is on their banned list) and nothing has happened so far about it.