Three's - 1,2,3p

RebekahR

Hi Everyone!

I'm currently one threes 1,2,3p pricing plan. Or was ...! They have put prices up now. I don't use the phone very much so looking for something cheap and similar. Ideally covering data and calls mostly but I call rarely from it.

What has everyone moved to?

Thanks in advance!

Carrot007

I still use this for my back up mobile.

I am unaware on anything else with a better deal for low use. They all seem to either have expiary dates or minimum day charges if you use something (as in this cost 1p but the minumum day charge is £2 so £2 is is but feel free to use more that you do not want to for nothing).

But if anyones knows better!

getmore4less

For our low use  we are not moving yet.

Might get another data reward Sim the 200MB a month and 2 of them in my phone might be enough.

I did look at sky mobile £42(3 year total) for unlimited calls and text  with 100MB  pm  but even that might be more expensive.

Bought 2 O2 classics 10p each as back up option they still do 123 but not activated yet.

Qew

RebekahR said:

Hi Everyone!

I'm currently one threes 1,2,3p pricing plan. Or was ...! They have put prices up now. I don't use the phone very much so looking for something cheap and similar. Ideally covering data and calls mostly but I call rarely from it.

What has everyone moved to?

Thanks in advance!

My wife bought from eBay an O2 Classic PAYG SIM, which is 321 equivalent. The one she bought activated fine, and she's now paying what she did when on Three's 321. The only real difference is that minimum top-up is £10 rather than Three's £5.

RebekahR

Qew said:

RebekahR said:

Hi Everyone!

I'm currently one threes 1,2,3p pricing plan. Or was ...! They have put prices up now. I don't use the phone very much so looking for something cheap and similar. Ideally covering data and calls mostly but I call rarely from it.

What has everyone moved to?

Thanks in advance!

My wife bought from eBay an O2 Classic PAYG SIM, which is 321 equivalent. The one she bought activated fine, and she's now paying what she did when on Three's 321. The only real difference is that minimum top-up is £10 rather than Three's £5.

Oooh this is brilliant! I always top with £10 any way!

RebekahR

Qew said:

RebekahR said:

Hi Everyone!

I'm currently one threes 1,2,3p pricing plan. Or was ...! They have put prices up now. I don't use the phone very much so looking for something cheap and similar. Ideally covering data and calls mostly but I call rarely from it.

What has everyone moved to?

Thanks in advance!

My wife bought from eBay an O2 Classic PAYG SIM, which is 321 equivalent. The one she bought activated fine, and she's now paying what she did when on Three's 321. The only real difference is that minimum top-up is £10 rather than Three's £5.

Would I be able to carry my phone number over to it? Or would that not count as not an existing number?

Qew

RebekahR said:

Qew said:

RebekahR said:

Hi Everyone!

I'm currently one threes 1,2,3p pricing plan. Or was ...! They have put prices up now. I don't use the phone very much so looking for something cheap and similar. Ideally covering data and calls mostly but I call rarely from it.

What has everyone moved to?

Thanks in advance!

My wife bought from eBay an O2 Classic PAYG SIM, which is 321 equivalent. The one she bought activated fine, and she's now paying what she did when on Three's 321. The only real difference is that minimum top-up is £10 rather than Three's £5.

Would I be able to carry my phone number over to it? Or would that not count as not an existing number?

My wife ported her number by texting PAC and her DoB (ddmmyy) to 65075, where she got a code in return. Then using the O2 online form to port numbers to them, she gave the given code and other details (like the temporary O2 number you get with the SIM that's sent to you, the number you want to keep, etc). About a day later, her old Three PAYG number was now her O2 Classic PAYG number. It worked fine.

If you search for "uswitch porting your mobile phone number" in Google or some other search engine, the first link will likely be a page giving you further details about the process. I can't post a link, as I'm too new to do so.

I'd also advise the text route, as it means that you don't have to speak to them, which you might not be willing to do. The text is automatically responded to.

matelodave

I've ported my number between suppliers for the past 20 years without problems. Just make sure you follow the correct process. However it does appear to be a problem if you take out a new phone-contract with your existing supplier, as the new phone will have a different number and they seem to have a problem transferring your old number over (there are ways around this). But swapping between suppliers is easy

There you go - https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/guides/porting-your-mobile-phone-number/

Doshwaster

I've been looking at options for my backup mobile but I'm sticking with Three for now. Even at 10p per minute then it's still quite cheap when my average monthly call usage is zero.

pbartlett

you just calculate how many minutes and texts you use per year and see if moving from three saves you enough money to compensate for the inevitable hassle. 

HoofeHearted

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6231444/3-payg-rate-increase/p1