New pay as you go plan from 3 UK

mzqa395

http://three.co.uk/personal/price_plans_/pay_as_you_go_/what_it_costs.ompFlat12. One low rate.

Flat12 rates

Calls to any UK mobile or landline* anytime
12p a minute

Texts to any UK mobile
12p each

Voicemail in the UK
Free

UK Video calls
50p a minute

Skype to Skype
Free calls and messages

*UK calls made from the UK to standard UK landlines & mobiles – it does not include calls made to premium rate, NTS, special call numbers and does not include any international calls or calls made whilst roaming (except in relation to the 3 Like Home Offer for PAYG customers).Calls made initially rounded to the first minute and billed per second thereafter. For a promotional period (until 1st November 2007) calls are billed per second from start.
Stretch your credit further.

On Flat 12 you can stretch your top up to get calls and texts from 3p.
Flat12 rates

Choose from… Get Plus Cost per min or text How Much ?
Stretch21 700 mins or texts 300 free
3-to-3 mins 3p £21
Stretch18 500 mins or texts 300 free
3-to-3 mins 3.6p £18
Stretch15 300 mins or texts 300 free
3-to-3 mins 5p £15
Stretch12 100 mins or texts 300 free
3-to-3 mins 12p £12 All Stretch bundles are valid for 30 days.
The per minute text rate is based on using your full allowance.

WePay.

WePay is only available to customers who joined 3 before 17th October 2007.
See if you could be better off on Flat12
WePay rates

3-to-3 calls
10p per minute

Texts to any UK mobile
10p per message

Voice calls to any UK landline
15p per minute

Voice calls to other UK mobiles
30p per minute

UK Video calls
50p per minute

WePay rewards.

We pay you for the calls and texts you receive. We'll credit you 5p for every full minute that someone calls you and 2p for every text you get.
How WePay works.

• You start earning as soon as you top up.
• We tot up the total over the next 30 days (credit is capped to the value of the Top-up or £20, whichever is lower) and automatically add it to your account.
• To claim your reward credit, just top up again within the next 30 days. You then have 30 days more to spend your rewards.

Add even more value.

Add ons.

Choose from… Includes Cost
Add International Saver Unlimited calls to 23 countries £15
Add Text 200 200 texts £10 (5p per text) Add Text 80 80 texts £5 (6.25p per text) Add Text 40 40 texts £3 (7.5p per text)
Add Internet Daily 1 day 50p Add Internet Weekly 1 week £2.50 Add Internet Monthly 1 month £5
Add TV 8 TV channels £2 All Add-ons last for 30 days, except where stated.
Low international rates

Calling abroad from the UK

Save with Add International Saver. Chat to your mates in upto 23 countries for as long as you like for just £15 per month.
Fair use policy applies
Find out more
Roaming

Using your 3 mobile abroad can cost as little as 20p per minute, with 3 Like Home.
Find out more
Pay as you go terms and conditions

richardjames73

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=577771

csj_2

Do Three sims work in old style mobiles e.g. Nokia 1100, Nokia 2600 or do they only work in modern 3G mobiles.

richardjames73

Three sims will work in any 2G or 3G phone, providing the Phone is not locked to another network. And before anyone says that Three will cut you off if you are not using a 3G phone, no they will not!!! Not on PAYG anyway.

mroller

richardjames73 wrote: »

Three sims will work in any 2G or 3G phone, providing the Phone is not locked to another network. And before anyone says that Three will cut you off if you are not using a 3G phone, no they will not!!! Not on PAYG anyway.

When I was on three contract, my SIM didn't work on normal phones.

It might be different on PAYG indeed.

redux

It's true from when they switched the 2g roaming agreement to Orange, so applies to new payg SIMs from January, but I haven't checked since whether this has now extended to older ones; perhaps not.

csj_2

Thanks for the replies. I've just ordered a 3 sim card on eBay for 99p - the seller suggested that it would work on all phones. I'll install it when it arrives (my phones are already unlocked) and will post the result here in due course. My reason for wanting a 3 sim is not for making phone calls but so that I can check the signal strength - I am interested in installing 3's new broadband internet to use at different locations in the country and thought that checking the phone signal strength first might give some indication of how well the broadband signal would work.

richardjames73

Wont the broadband work over the 3G network though, not the 2G, so trying a sim in an old phone for this purpose will be irrelevant?? Not 100% sure on this, but if you are relying on the 2G signal for the broadband connection this will be painfully slow anyway?

Jazzyjeff_2

richardjames73 wrote: »

Wont the broadband work over the 3G network though, not the 2G, so trying a sim in an old phone for this purpose will be irrelevant?? Not 100% sure on this, but if you are relying on the 2G signal for the broadband connection this will be painfully slow anyway?

Agreed! :rotfl:

csj_2

My assumption that measuring signal strength on a 2G mobile would relate to the internet signal is probably invalid. However, no phone at all is required for 3's new mobile internet - just a modem/dongle that connects directly to the PC and I just thought that a phone would give at least some measure of 3's signal strength in the areas of interest (even though phone calls themselves are of no direct relevance).

balt

The 3 modem works on 3.5g so you would need a phone that is HSDPA compatable but I think the PAYG Sim is 3g only!