Need a lot of X-Network Minutes

Paul_Varjak

I am on the phone for several hours each weekday doing surveys. I can use an unlimited landline package to call UK landlines but need a mobile phone tariff with around 1500+ min x-network per month to call mobiles. No texts required.

Any ideas?

Stuart_W

Excluding cashback offers etc, 02 Simplicity SIM card only for £60/month offers 1,800 minutes.

Orange Panther SIM only is £35 a month for 1,200 minutes and unlimited minutes to orange mobiles too.

Three contracts with a free phone offer 1,100 minutes for £27/month.

Generally, the SIM-only deals tend to include more minutes but the per-minute cost when inclusive minutes are exhausted may soon add to the cost (as it's often around 20p/min).

Paul_Varjak

The sim-only offers are good as I won't be tied into any lengthy contract. I am certainly worried about going over the allocated 'free' minutes. Is it is easy to keep track of usage on the various networks?

diamonds

Primus penny mobile ?

Paul_Varjak

Primus Penny Mobile sounds interesting until you realise that the MNIMUM cost for any call is 20p! Mosts of the calls I make to mobiles are only answered by voice mail so this is likely to prove very expensive!

Paul_Varjak

I just got a deal with Orange - £32.50p/month for 24 month contract with 1400 x-network minutes/month and unlimited minutes to Orange mobiles (at any time) with FREE Nokia 6500 (slide) Handset.

Assuming I use the free allowance (and no more) that works out at 2.32p/min! Im sure some of the mobiles I call with be Orange mobiles so that that will probably bring the effective cost to under 2p/min plus a free handset!

Calls to mobiles from a landline using Martin's recommended 18185.com are 6p/min plus a 5p connection charge and are charged per minute meaning that even a one-second call costs 11p. Calls from Orange contract mobiles are billed per second.

Of course, getting a mobile to call other mobiles is only cost-effective if you make many minutes of calls each month!