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First SIM for a kid going to senior school?
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How much do you expect/want them to use the phone?
My daughter has an rwg sim with £5 credit just for emergencies and doesn't use mobile data, just wifi at home.0 -
Use the MSE comparison tool or the uswitch one. Lebara have introductory offers too some as cheap as 99p for the first 6 months/FTB - April 20200
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At senior school they will need some data to access school portal etc. So I'd recommend something like lebara. You can buy a £5 sim from Amazon/Argos etc. It will give calls texts and 5 Gb data. The following three months will be £2.50 and then back to £50
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I agree they are likely to need data. My son has just finished his A-levels, but when he was at senior school the WiFi never worked, so they had to use their data. Lebara is excellent in my experience.1
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Looks like lebara then. Cheers folks.0
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Looks like you've decided but they will want some data to use at school during lessons, a rolling monthly or payg with data boosts is a good idea in case they need more data and that way you're not tied in on a contract. Also with someone you can set a spending cap with as you don't want any extra charges.0
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Peppa537 said:Looks like you've decided but they will want some data to use at school during lessons, a rolling monthly or payg with data boosts is a good idea in case they need more data and that way you're not tied in on a contract. Also with someone you can set a spending cap with as you don't want any extra charges.0
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redboy1 said:Peppa537 said:Looks like you've decided but they will want some data to use at school during lessons, a rolling monthly or payg with data boosts is a good idea in case they need more data and that way you're not tied in on a contract. Also with someone you can set a spending cap with as you don't want any extra charges.0
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redboy1 said:Peppa537 said:Looks like you've decided but they will want some data to use at school during lessons, a rolling monthly or payg with data boosts is a good idea in case they need more data and that way you're not tied in on a contract. Also with someone you can set a spending cap with as you don't want any extra charges.0
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