T-Mobile 'Boosters'- Any other similar offers by other networks?

Top_Banana_2

T-Mobile sell 'Boosters' for 6 months internet on your smartphone for £20. In my limited knowledge, this seems quite good.

But, do any of the other big providers offer anything similar or better?

Thanks!:beer:

OneADay

All the big ones have monthly bolt ons of some sort - internet bolton with O2 is £6 a month I think - similar sort of pricing with all the other main networks.

T-mobile are unique I think in offering flexible boosters where you can chop and change every 30 days - from unlimited internet to unlimited text for example. On that baiss - t-mobile are better than other networks - just the flexible nature of boosters.
Though the booster you are suggesting might be fixed for 6 months internet.

Stuart_W

T-mobile's boosters are available on PAYG and pay-monthly, but AFAIK the 6-month Internet Booster is on PAYG only, not contract.

Orange PAYG also has extras, which are similar idea , but not an identical offering. The £5/month data one is only 250MB, less than most.

VirginMobile offer 300 texts and 1GB of web access if you top up £15 a month.
Orange offer web access on Dolphin if you top up £10 a month (only 100MB).
O2's Text and Web SIM offers 300 texts and 500MB web with a £10 top up
Vodafone's Freebee SIM also offers 300 texts and 500MB web with a £10 top up.

If it is mainly data you want, T-mobile's £40 a year is much better than £10 every month (£120 a year).

Top_Banana_2

Yep, it is the internet access I'm after on PAYG.

I just spoke to the 'Live Text' helper on the T-Mobile website who tells me that it is a web-only offer.

Stuart_W

The 6 months free with a new smartphone is a web-only offer.

6 months web access for £20 is available with ANY PAYG T-mobile SIM.

Just text 6MONTHWEB to 441, you'll be charged £20 from your credit and 6 months web access begins.

dulcificum

Yes, loads and loads of them do. I found a site that lists them all well:

Vodafone offers Freedom packs: they are available in £10, £15, £20 and £30 amounts. For example, the £10 pack gives you just 100 minutes and 300 texts (normally costing £51) but the £30 pack provides you with 500 minutes, 3000 texts and 500MB of web access (usually worth over £400).

Orange also offers bundles of minutes for a cut price – for example the 100 minute bundle lasts a month and costs only £5 which makes calls just 5p/minute. Or they let you buy 250MB of data for £5 which is only 2p/MB and lasts a month.

One of the best things about the Tesco tariffs is that they offer some great bundles. For example, you can get unlimited data for only £2/week which is about £8 a month. However, bear in mind this has a fair use limit. You can also get 5000 SMS for only £5 which makes them just 1p each – perfect for heavy texters.

Not only that, but there are great deals on offer with ASDA Mobile Bundles. You can buy 500 texts for only £12 which puts them at just 2.4p each. Or, the Talkaholic Bundle gives you 500 minutes for just £20 which works out as a bargain 4p/minute.

Looks like the Asda ones are probably the best.

dulcificum

Just read you wanted mainly internet ones - how much data do you need?

Top_Banana_2

I don't know what you mean by 'data'! I'm a novice at tech speak!

I'm not looking to d/l large files or hour after hour of browsing a day.

I just want to be connected to the net as and when I need it- such as checking bus times, FaceBook updating, etc.

dulcificum

You're asking about buying data boosters. If you don't need much, why bother buying a booster at all?

OneADay

Top_Banana wrote: »

I don't know what you mean by 'data'! I'm a novice at tech speak!

I'm not looking to d/l large files or hour after hour of browsing a day.

I just want to be connected to the net as and when I need it- such as checking bus times, FaceBook updating, etc.

£20 over 6 months is pretty good deal - 500MB per month is the fair usage policy I think - so it should suit your needs (facebook/email and rest - just not too much youtubing etc).