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Cheapest option for light users

JuliusCaesar
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I'm a light user who only rarely makes phone calls or sends texts, but does require bursts of data from time to time. I have been using a combination of services to keep my monthly cost to around £1.50 per month, with an average of 1 GB of data per month.
Here's how it works:
(1) I use a dual SIM phone
(2) I use a 24GB 24 month PAYG Three SIM for data. This gives an average of 1GB per month, but is ideal for people who mainly use wifi and need bursts of data at certain times.The current cost of these SIMS on Amazon is £35, but they occasionally go down to £32 (you can set up an alert on CamelCamelCamel).
(3) I use an ASDA Mobile SIM for calls and texts, but only use it for texts (which cost 4p). SIM needs to be used once every 180 days to keep the number alive.
(4) I use the Vyke app for calls. These cost 1p to landlines and 3p to mobiles, so this is cheaper than ASDA. (texts cost 4.2p, so ASDA is marginally cheaper)
I'd be interested to hear if anyone has come up with a cheaper system offering a similar combination of calls and data for light users.
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150 minutes, 150 text and 1GB data for £2.99 with monthly rolling contract on Vectone0
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A Lebara offer that ended yesterday (but keeps cropping up) was £1.99 per month for 5 months for 5GB data, unlimited minutes and texts, 100 International minutes to specific countries and EU roaming.
30 day contract for new customers but people seem to renew ok.
It's currently back up to £5.90 per month but they always have some sort of deal going.
They use the Vodafone network.0 -
See this thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6364685/rwg-any-good about an outfit called RWG and their two free offers. For low users that seems to be a real alternative and in your case you could combine this with the Three data SIM.
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Actually there is an even cheaper option that I didn't mention, although it isn't suitable for me.This would be to combine a 24GB 24 month Three data SIM for data with a £5 SIM from RWG for calls https://www.rwgmobile.wales/webshop/pay-monthly-sims/free-50-mins-50-sms-plus-250mb-data/ which offers 50 minutes and texts per months and never needs topping up if you don't exceed this. This would be enough for me, but they don't appear to offer wifi calling, and I have a very poor mobile signal inside my house, so need this feature. Asda do offer wifi calling.
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It's not the very cheapest but we use 1pmobile which works out at £2.50 a month. It has a topup requirement of £10 every 4 months so not the best option for those whose usage is always low, but it's great for low normal usage but intermittant high usage as you can buy a data pack with built up credit for the months of high usage, eg £6 for 4GB. It supports wifi calling and you just need the one SIM, and includes EU roaming.Given that so many people seem to be on stupidly expensive contracts, eg £30+ a month, pointing them at a simple option that is massively cheaper is probably better than a complicated option which might save an additional £1 a month...
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Latest offer from Lebara that I've found.
Lebara 1GB 5G data, 250 UK Min/ Unlimited text, 99p per month for 3 months, cancel anytime (£3.99 after) @ Lebara
You can cancel and just switch to another contract towards the end of the 3 months.
Lebara now have wifi calling as well.2 -
Super deal.
But as it’s on the Vodafone network there’s a coverage problem where I live. It’s also a problem with the ASDA deals. ' Network Coverage' checkers suggests I’m better served by EE, failing that o2 or 3.
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