PAYG alternative(s) to EE?

Telegraph_Sam

Tks.  Will add Lebara to the list!

Telegraph_Sam

I was fiddling about with the network settings options of my Doro / Asda / EE mobile and seem to have discovered that by selecting "GSM" instead of "Auto" (the default) or "3G" the EE signal has improved. If I use this mobile for simple phone calls and texts mainly, is there a downside for this?

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Telegraph_Sam said:

I was fiddling about with the network settings options of my Doro / Asda / EE mobile and seem to have discovered that by selecting "GSM" instead of "Auto" (the default) or "3G" the EE signal has improved. If I use this mobile for simple phone calls and texts mainly, is there a downside for this?

With GSM/2G - you'll have slow EDGE data but the phone will work for poorer quality (non-HD) calls plus texts.
That said 2G/3G coverage is probably better on O2/Vodafone as they have 900MHz for both. 
EE/Asda is 1800MHz for 2G and 2100MHz for 3G

Telegraph_Sam

I was over optimistic. The results of EE "GSM" are erratic indoors - sometimes the signal is normal, other times SOS calls only.  I cannot rely on this. Short of finding some other settings configuration it looks like a case of switching sims and networks. From what you say the lower the MHz number the better, contrary to what one as a non-tec would assume?