Ovivo New Network. 200 minutes 200 Texts Free indefinitely.

spondon30

The credit stays at £5, unless you make out of allowance calls. It does not disappear at the end of each month.

cruz99

All paid for by advertising according to the blurb

waterstar

ukdutypaid wrote: »

Hang on. Let me get this straight.
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one doesn't have to top up, every month that would indicate the credit just stays there. In perpetuity, or until used up.

Argggg! brain, splurge.....

Have I got that right?

Or, more likely, until the ad sponsored MVNO business model fails.

scottishperson2

waterstar wrote: »

Or, more likely, until the ad sponsored MVNO business model fails.

Every company fails at some stage, even apple will go down eventually. No-one knows how long this will last, but at the moment it does what it says on the tin, and I'm making use of my free calls and internet access.

w50nky

Is this sim ok to use in an unlocked huawei E585 MIFI?

afc80

i have the sim in a g300.

it really is this good.

free, free, free.

pol098

"oviviomobile url quoted"

Seems what I need to get some more use out of my collection of old phones

"Only works on smartfones. "

Oh. that rules some of them out.

"support Apple, Android and Windows Phone 7 devices."

Hmm, lets see. Various unlocked Nokia Symbian versions on Communicator 9500, 9300, 9210, 9000, and simpler phones. No. Various other proprietary ones. No. Windows Mobile 6.1. No.

Not very promising for this purpose.

Herongull

I've studied the terms and conditions. All seems completely reasonable if you don't mind the occasional targeted advert when browsing. I've sent off for a sim.

Things to note:

1/ You pay £5 at the point at which order the sim (but that will give you £5 credit for any chargeable calls (eg calls outside your free allowance) you use.

2/ You don't need to ever pay them anything more if you say within your limits.

3/They may suspend the service if you don't use it for a period of 60 days, but as long as you make a call, text or use data (chargeable or free) it won't be suspended.

4/If you do get suspended as per above, the service can be terminated if it remains inactive for a further 120 days without topping up or you only use the free calls.

5/All paid for credits must be used within 360 days otherwise they expire.

So as long as you use the (free) service at least once every 2 months, you don't need to pay them anything ever again (as long as you stay within the monthly free limits (200 minutes, 200 texts, 512MB).

You can use the £5 credit when you go on holiday - the calls, texts, and data abroad do use (paid for) credit, but the roaming charges are generally the same or cheaper than other networks.

If you move your existing number to Ovivo you get another £5 credit (eg for use when roaming) and you get more credit by recommending friends.

If you haven't got a smartphone, you can get a nice one for less than £50 eg T-mobile Vivacity http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/t-mobile-vivacity-white-black-now-49-99-10-top-up-10-quidco-1273591

Or if you are lucky you may get a T-mobile Rapport in Asda for £19 - depends on the store.

The Rapport costs £5 to unlock. The Vivacity can be unlocked for free.

Or get a used smartphone on ebay

GooliesOfFire

All sorts of advertising repel me so I won't be going that route.. I'm happy with giffgaff to be honest (£10/month, no contract, 250mins, unlimited texts, unlimited data).

dominiquereynolds

w50nky wrote: »

Is this sim ok to use in an unlocked huawei E585 MIFI?

Hi Yes. Its what I have done.

You just need to put the APN setting in. Easy to do and its waht I have done.

At my work desk I do not get a good 3 signal so have the mifi switched on to get my texts -I use whasapp and all my fmaily use that for texting.
Looking forward to taking laptop on holiday and not being worried about teathering the iphone to use the web on it.