Data Only SIMM

pauljoanss

I intend to install a cheap smartphone in my car and use with an App which should continually give me an audible warning if I go above the speed limit. Was not planning to install SIMM since GPS wors without.
Unfortunately the app supplier tells me (after I had made the puchase) I need a continual Internet connection for the app to work as intended. This means I need to purchase and install a SIMM with will give me Internet connection, but how do I do this cheaply. All plans/PAYG include minutes and texts in addition to data. This means I am paying for stuff I do not intend to use.
Is it possible to have a data only SIMM.

20aday

Yes, it's entirely possible to have a "Data Only" SIM. Examples include EE, Vodafone (amongst others.) Seeing as your device is 'unlocked' you could order free SIMs to see which network offers the best cellular performance when you are travelling?

grumbler

pauljoanss wrote: »

...All plans/PAYG include minutes and texts in addition to data. This means I am paying for stuff I do not intend to use.

How come your pay for calls and texts on PAYG if you don't use them?
'Three' 3-2-1 is a pure PAYG with 1p/Mb. So is Delight Mobile that use EE signal if you prefer.

And it's Subscriber Identification/identity Module, not SIMM.

SIMM was a type of PC memory decades ago.

pauljoanss

Just had quick look at EE and could only see a data only 4G plan for £20 a month for 15GB (£240 a year, not acceptable) or a "data pack" PAYG £10 for 30 days giving 1GB plus 50 mins and texts (paying for mins I do not want).
I would like PAYG for data only.

pauljoanss

grumbler wrote: »

How come your pay for calls and texts on PAYG if you don't use them?
'Three' 3-2-1 is a pure PAYG with 1p/Mb. So is Delight Mobile that use EE signal if you prefer.

And it's Subscriber Identification/identity Module, not SIMM.

SIMM was a type of PC memory decades ago.

Apologies for SIM/SIMM error, just very confused over this stuff, I took a PAYG SIM out of my old phone, put in new smart phone, 3G signal showing but no Internet connection!!
Anyway thanks for the 'Three' advice, looks as if that is the way forward although a bit disappointed that they preload the card with 10Gb which is time limited to 30 days. Assume further topups are not time limited.

NiftyDigits

Pick up a T-Mobile SIM, top it up with £20, then send a txt msg containing 6MONTHWEB to number 441. Six months of Internet, coverage permitting.

grumbler

pauljoanss wrote: »

Anyway thanks for the 'Three' advice, looks as if that is the way forward although a bit disappointed that they preload the card with 10Gb which is time limited to 30 days. Assume further topups are not time limited.

They don't preload anything. Topup the sim with £10 and it will last forever until you use 1Gb in total. Then topup again. Minimum topup is £5. Just don't leave the sim unused for more than 6 months.

pauljoanss

grumbler wrote: »

They don't preload anything. Topup the sim with £10 and it will last forever until you use 1Gb in total. Then topup again. Minimum topup is £5. Just don't leave the sim unused for more than 6 months.

This was the page I was looking at
http://store.three.co.uk/view/searchSimOnly;jsessionid=15F7391B4E016408C9E6CA3AEC6AD583?tariff=3003

grumbler

You don't need 'broadband' for a smartphone.
What you need is
three.co.uk - Pay as you go - 3-2-1

Or

http://www.delightmobile.co.uk/pay-as-you-go/rates/uk-rates.aspx

pauljoanss

Ok looks good, these websites are !!!!!!s to navigate around.
What is the difference between 'broadband' on a smartphone and an "Internet connection" and "3G", I am always trying to make sense of this stuff.

grumbler

'Broadband' is for PC dongles.
Mobile internet can be 3g and 4g nowadays. You can do fine with 3g.