Are Data Only Plans Ever Likely To Come About?

slugger09

I have 200 min I am left with about 180+ every month, I rarely use voice also 200 texts, I use about hmm 20 a month at the most, it seems a waste, data is what i'm after

MyUserNamesTaken

slugger09 wrote: »

I have 200 min I am left with about 180+ every month, I rarely use voice also 200 texts, I use about hmm 20 a month at the most, it seems a waste, data is what i'm after

Read this:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/ipad-mifi-data-2gb-month-for-5-00-1/730355

parallax_20

There are already loads of data plans about. They are mostly marketed under Mobile Broadband tariffs, but you can make calls from the same sim if used in a mobile. Alternatively most PAYG sims will have an internet bolt-on that you can just add.

I have a T-Mobile PAYG sim and can add a £5 internet bolt-on that gives me 1GB for 30 days, or pay £20 for 6 months of internet, which is about £3.33 a month, bargain! Depends on how much you use.

DarkConvict

I think PAYG with a addon for data is the way to go. The £5 addon is probably best, but it depends on how much data you want. If you are under 500MB then vodafone/02/orange/3 are good, above that then t-mobile has a higher allowence. But if you are really using alot of data, i.e. probably a business handheld device like a PSION with Win Mobile 6.0, then the data plans maybe better.

DUTR

I have a 3 sim zero , £5 month 1gb of data only.

Oscar_The_Grouch

Three have some really good data plans.


If you have a phone with wifi, the best thing to do would be to purchase a mifi dongle from Three and use that for your data; you keep your telephone number for calls and when your contract is up switch to a PAYG plan, but can use the mifi on any wifi enabled device (clicky). This means you can take your iPod Touch and use that for the internet, connect your laptop or netbook to it, have your phone permanently paired with it and browse/download as much as you like.

DUTR

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

Three have some really good data plans.


If you have a phone with wifi, the best thing to do would be to purchase a mifi dongle from Three and use that for your data; you keep your telephone number for calls and when your contract is up switch to a PAYG plan, but can use the mifi on any wifi enabled device (clicky). This means you can take your iPod Touch and use that for the internet, connect your laptop or netbook to it, have your phone permanently paired with it and browse/download as much as you like.

Well subject to FUP, the dongle takes 2g/3g and presents it as a wifi signal. Ideal like you say for PDAs, handsets that don't allow streaming other than over wifi (eg Se Satio) :beer:

boliston

parallax_20 wrote: »

There are already loads of data plans about. They are mostly marketed under Mobile Broadband tariffs, but you can make calls from the same sim if used in a mobile.

I've tried putting data sims (from a dongle) in my phone and what I have found is that data & text works fine but there is no voice functionality. I got a recorded voice saying "calls from this number are not allowed".