3 PAYG rate increase

alanjones60

I had 10p remaining. Got £1.94p left now. And texts are still 2p. Not made any calls yet.

Joe9090

alanjones60 said:

I had 10p remaining. Got £1.94p left now. And texts are still 2p. Not made any calls yet.

I have tried to follow this thread because I need the cheapest payg sim where the balance does not expire.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong but it seems the best two options are the 3 Data Reward Sim with 200mb data free every month or the O2 classic via ebay.
I have had 2x 3 Data Reward Sims but have been unable to get the 200mb data......it seems you have to jump through hoops to get them to register the free 200mb data because it is very easy to register them at 321 new rates without the 200mb. I would order another one if someone could guide me through the correct way to get  to get what alanjones60 appears to have achieved?

tinker411

Joe9090 said:

alanjones60 said:

I had 10p remaining. Got £1.94p left now. And texts are still 2p. Not made any calls yet.

I have tried to follow this thread because I need the cheapest payg sim where the balance does not expire.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong but it seems the best two options are the 3 Data Reward Sim with 200mb data free every month or the O2 classic via ebay.
I have had 2x 3 Data Reward Sims but have been unable to get the 200mb data......it seems you have to jump through hoops to get them to register the free 200mb data because it is very easy to register them at 321 new rates without the 200mb. I would order another one if someone could guide me through the correct way to get  to get what alanjones60 appears to have achieved?

With regards to the Data Reward sim - the setup instructions are all in the sim pack (go to three.co.uk/freedata and fill in the form onscreen).

If it persists in stating "SIM not eligible" while following said instructions, go into your data settings and change the APN (from three.co.uk to 3internet) then follow the instructions again.

I set up a new Data Reward sim for a friend quite recently (for the rates) did the above and it worked like a charm, 200mb data added on.

leadhead

Joe9090 said:

I have tried to follow this thread because I need the cheapest payg sim where the balance does not expire.Can someone correct me if I am wrong but it seems the best two options are the 3 Data Reward Sim with 200mb data free every month or the O2 classic via ebay.

I chose the o2 sim for my OH's barely used phone....shortly after my OH sent her first text, she got an extra £5 worth of credit, a week after that they gave her a free 100 miutes to be used within 14 days, then gave her 10% of her first top-up back as credit......So far, its all hunky dory.

Joe9090

tinker411 said:

Joe9090 said:

alanjones60 said:

I had 10p remaining. Got £1.94p left now. And texts are still 2p. Not made any calls yet.

I have tried to follow this thread because I need the cheapest payg sim where the balance does not expire.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong but it seems the best two options are the 3 Data Reward Sim with 200mb data free every month or the O2 classic via ebay.
I have had 2x 3 Data Reward Sims but have been unable to get the 200mb data......it seems you have to jump through hoops to get them to register the free 200mb data because it is very easy to register them at 321 new rates without the 200mb. I would order another one if someone could guide me through the correct way to get  to get what alanjones60 appears to have achieved?

With regards to the Data Reward sim - the setup instructions are all in the sim pack (go to three.co.uk/freedata and fill in the form onscreen).

If it persists in stating "SIM not eligible" while following said instructions, go into your data settings and change the APN (from three.co.uk to 3internet) then follow the instructions again.

I set up a new Data Reward sim for a friend quite recently (for the rates) did the above and it worked like a charm, 200mb data added on.

I have ordered another one but I am sure I tried that and it did not work.

 I also tried this on the other one and that did not work
'- Get the sim, put it in your device. It should automatically set up all APNs etc on your device, Switch off wifi. Switch on Three mobile data. The literature that comes with the sim says to go to "three.co.uk/freedata". DON'T. You will get the message "Sorry, your current SIM isn't eligible" if you do that.

- Instead, go to devicereg.three.hostedservice.net/ - this should give you the registration form you need. Complete it. A link will be sent to your email to confirm registration. Click on it. You're done. 200MB a month free.'

tinker411

Joe9090 said:

tinker411 said:

Joe9090 said:

alanjones60 said:

I had 10p remaining. Got £1.94p left now. And texts are still 2p. Not made any calls yet.

I have tried to follow this thread because I need the cheapest payg sim where the balance does not expire.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong but it seems the best two options are the 3 Data Reward Sim with 200mb data free every month or the O2 classic via ebay.
I have had 2x 3 Data Reward Sims but have been unable to get the 200mb data......it seems you have to jump through hoops to get them to register the free 200mb data because it is very easy to register them at 321 new rates without the 200mb. I would order another one if someone could guide me through the correct way to get  to get what alanjones60 appears to have achieved?

With regards to the Data Reward sim - the setup instructions are all in the sim pack (go to three.co.uk/freedata and fill in the form onscreen).

If it persists in stating "SIM not eligible" while following said instructions, go into your data settings and change the APN (from three.co.uk to 3internet) then follow the instructions again.

I set up a new Data Reward sim for a friend quite recently (for the rates) did the above and it worked like a charm, 200mb data added on.

I have ordered another one but I am sure I tried that and it did not work.

 I also tried this on the other one and that did not work
'- Get the sim, put it in your device. It should automatically set up all APNs etc on your device, Switch off wifi. Switch on Three mobile data. The literature that comes with the sim says to go to "three.co.uk/freedata". DON'T. You will get the message "Sorry, your current SIM isn't eligible" if you do that.

- Instead, go to devicereg.three.hostedservice.net/ - this should give you the registration form you need. Complete it. A link will be sent to your email to confirm registration. Click on it. You're done. 200MB a month free.'

Just to clarify, change the APN and save the updated settings (sometimes it's the obvious bits that gets missed).

Anyway, yes, using the latter link usually works (the free data one usually doesn't, at least for me) regardless of APN, think I've mentioned it in another thread on here before myself, but when I set the latest one up it didn't work. Only changing (and saving) the APN did, and it worked over the freedata link too, don't know if they've updated something their end.

I'd suggest, while waiting for the new sim, giving it another go with the sim you already have, changing and saving the APN then going to the link (either one) and filling in the form, see what happens, as changing the APN 100% worked for me.

Joe9090

tinker411 said:

Just to clarify, change the APN and save the updated settings (sometimes it's the obvious bits that gets missed).

Anyway, yes, using the latter link usually works (the free data one usually doesn't, at least for me) regardless of APN, think I've mentioned it in another thread on here before myself, but when I set the latest one up it didn't work. Only changing (and saving) the APN did, and it worked over the freedata link too, don't know if they've updated something their end.

I'd suggest, while waiting for the new sim, giving it another go with the sim you already have, changing and saving the APN then going to the link (either one) and filling in the form, see what happens, as changing the APN 100% worked for me.

Great advice many thanks. I will let you know how I get on.

GiraffePC

Apologies if this has been posted before:
Asda's PAYG SIM is 4  4  4 - not as good as O2's 3  2  1 but better than Three. Needs one chargeable use every 180 days (NOT  6 months) - details in FAQs.
https://mobile.asda.com/pay-as-you-go