Best low usage package - more texts than calls

sasparillo

Helping someone try & cut costs if possible.

She has just gone from T-mobile payg to Familymobile. She sends on average two or three texts a day, sometimes rising to a maximum of about 10 texts a day.

She makes calls occasionally but not very many.

Considering whether payg or a low price contract is better.

Looking @ Vectone £5 a month. Also wondering how much 100 mb of Internet covers, although it's not essential for her. The £1 package is too little in terms of texts. She usually gets @ most 3 or 4 personal emails a day & a few advertising emails. Also trying to weigh up iCard beside it all.

Any other suggestions? Thanks!

grumbler

giffgaff:
£5=60m+300t
or
£5=unlimited texts. Calls are 10p/min

diamonds

Or £5 buys unlimited text with Orange Extras, 100 mins is £5 too or £1 for 25 mins per day on the day she needs them

Stuart_W

diamonds wrote: »

Or £5 buys unlimited text with Orange Extras, 100 mins is £5 too

I think you'll find both of these bundles are increasing to £7.50 from 31st May.

http://orangeworld.co.uk/r/newterms5/

OP suggests an average of 60-90 and at very most 300 texts per month.

Grumbler's suggestion of giffgaff Hokey Cokey goody bag probably wins this one (60 mins and 300 texts for £5) amongst PAYG options. If you are prepared to go with a monthly billed account, Vectone PayMonthly £5 will be best.

I'd say stick on familymobile for a few months at 8p/call and 4p/text and see what the monthly cost actually works out as. Only bother switching if it is averaging more that a fiver each month. If it doesn't, there may be marginal savings with a switch to icardmobile, but bearly worth it as the cheaper call rate will be wiped out by the 1p higher text rate, and we're starting to just be looking at a few pennies a month.

sasparillo

Stuart_W wrote: »

I think you'll find both of these bundles are increasing to £7.50 from 31st May.

http://orangeworld.co.uk/r/newterms5/

OP suggests an average of 60-90 and at very most 300 texts per month.

Grumbler's suggestion of giffgaff Hokey Cokey goody bag probably wins this one (60 mins and 300 texts for £5) amongst PAYG options. If you are prepared to go with a monthly billed account, Vectone PayMonthly £5 will be best.

I'd say stick on familymobile for a few months at 8p/call and 4p/text and see what the monthly cost actually works out as. Only bother switching if it is averaging more that a fiver each month. If it doesn't, there may be marginal savings with a switch to icardmobile, but bearly worth it as the cheaper call rate will be wiped out by the 1p higher text rate, and we're starting to just be looking at a few pennies a month.

Thanks Stuart. This was what I was trying to work out: Is it better to stay on payg or go on a low price contact? And if there were any contracts cheaper than £5 a month apart from Vectone's £1 a month which doesn't have enough texts on it.