best pay as you go for data

bigfreddiel

i don't want a contract, just a pay as you go for internet access, ie data, with the tethering

at the moment a giffgaff 3Gb gigabag aoption at £12-50 looks good

http://giffgaff.com/goodybags/3gb-mobile-broadband

or can i do better

fj

Herongull

Depends on how much you actually need.

Ovivo Gazelle gives you 0.75G for free each month (Data Freedom) or 1.5G for £5.

Frozen_up_north

You might look at using a dongle, which avoids the hassle of searching for a package that includes tethering.

It is sometimes cheaper to buy a new pre-loaded SIM card from an eBay trader than to top up an existing one. In addition, the pre-loaded cards for 3 dongles typically last 3 months, as opposed to getting 30 days on a top up. I am not sure about cards for other networks.

I used a PAYG mobile and a separate PAYG dongle until a few months ago, then bit the bullet and took out a 30 day contract SIM with 3 on their "One Plan". The 30 day contract SIM is £18 per month, less than I was paying for the PAYG SIMs and with a huge increase in call, text and data allowance (and includes unlimited data use and tethering).

bigfreddiel

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

You might look at using a dongle, which avoids the hassle of searching for a package that includes tethering.

It is sometimes cheaper to buy a new pre-loaded SIM card from an eBay trader than to top up an existing one. In addition, the pre-loaded cards for 3 dongles typically last 3 months, as opposed to getting 30 days on a top up. I am not sure about cards for other networks.

I used a PAYG mobile and a separate PAYG dongle until a few months ago, then bit the bullet and took out a 30 day contract SIM with 3 on their "One Plan". The 30 day contract SIM is £18 per month, less than I was paying for the PAYG SIMs and with a huge increase in call, text and data allowance (and includes unlimited data use and tethering).

thanks for all that, and yes i had considered a dongle, but a phone with tethering would be more useful to me

Yes i know about buying off ebay which can be quite cost effective

and yes i had looked at 3's one plan montkly contract at £18/month - seemed quite good to me.

now this may be wrong but i'm thinking i could dith my landline and broadband and use this one plan for calls and internet - only me and the wife when at home on the internet so it may work out cheaper.

anyone got further comments?

cheers

fj