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Idiot's Guide to Data Roaming with Tesco

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  • NFH
    NFH Posts: 4,413 Forumite
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    albionrovers wrote: »
    Toggle offer 3 kinds of SIM - Normal/Marco/Nano. I am guessing the an Iphone 4S that uses a micro-sim would be "Marco" - process of elimination? Anyone know? Thanks.
    Toggle doesn't offer nano-SIMs. If you order one, they send you a 2FF mini-SIM which they have hand-cut to a 4FF nano-SIM in only 2 of its 3 dimensions. A nano-SIM is 0.67mm thick so a genuine one cannot be cut by hand from a 0.76mm-thick SIM card. Although a manually cut 0.76mm-thick SIM can be forced into an iPhone 5, this has the potential to invalidate the iPhone's warranty. There have been reports of them getting stuck inside. I don't think they offer genuine 3FF micro-SIMs either.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    albionrovers wrote: »
    Toggle offer 3 kinds of SIM - Normal/Marco/Nano. I am guessing the an Iphone 4S that uses a micro-sim would be "Marco" - process of elimination? Anyone know? Thanks.

    Toggle may be more expensive overall, if she will be likely using the SIM for data. In addition, the iPhone will need to be unlocked.

    Perhaps run a check on the amount of data that she may use on a daily basis before making a decision.
  • chanz4
    chanz4 Posts: 11,057 Forumite
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    why not just get a tesco pre-pay sim
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • grumbler
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    How a pre-pay sim is better than a caped contract?
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    chanz4 wrote: »
    why not just get a tesco pre-pay sim

    69p per MB, that's why.
  • NFH
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    Why not just use a French Lycamobile SIM card, which costs €0.09/MB?
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    NFH wrote: »
    Why not just use a French Lycamobile SIM card, which costs €0.09/MB?

    You'll still need to unlock the iPhone. 9c per MB is much the same as charged by O2 for 25MB and with Lyca you are stuck with one network. No signal and she's stuck. With O2, you'll probabaly have a choice.

    When it comes to their children, people shouldn't always look at the cheapest option.

    Not a bad option price-wise though.
  • chanz4
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    grumbler wrote: »
    How a pre-pay sim is better than a caped contract?



    easy way around the roaming issue, and sim 100% will work
    Don't put your trust into an Experian score - it is not a number any bank will ever use & it is generally a waste of money to purchase it. They are also selling you insurance you dont need.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    chanz4 wrote: »
    easy way around the roaming issue, and sim 100% will work

    What Roaming issue? There isn't one, as there is a cap anyway.

    After 58MB of data usage, no more Internet and a £40 of credit gone. Not quite money saving.
  • albionrovers
    albionrovers Posts: 2,028 Forumite
    Thanks again guys.
    Plenty of options here although the "switch the d*mn thing off" is still the best one. :)
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