what is 'genie' in sim card language

lovelyjubbly

I have been looking at the 02 sim cards on ebay and found some that were like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-Brand-new-02-Online-payg-SIM-cards_W0QQitemZ6426587175QQcategoryZ29779QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

normal o2 sim cards and some like this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-O2-SIM-CARD-300-FREE-TEXTS-100-FREE-MINS-02-GENIE_W0QQitemZ6425474188QQcategoryZ29779QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that have the word genie in the title, what does it mean and do i get something more for my money??????

I am sure there is someone on here that is bright enough to explain to me in simple terms,

also what is a gold number?????



thanks

jo_b_2

The 'genie' SIM cards are just another way of describing the free online SIM cards from 02 which offer the 300 free texts every month.

You can get 4 free HERE probably only available today, although these giveaways happen once a month.

I think 02 used to call these Genie cards although they don't anymore.

Golden numbers are really memorable numbers (e.g: where the same number is repeated a lot or has funny combinations repeated within the number like 07696969 or 07999999 etc etc.)

Helix

When o2 was called BTCellnet there was another network called genie which used BTCellnet. When the network became o2 the seperate network became part of it. I think they are called genie sim cards now becuase they offer a similar tarrif to what the orginal genie did.

lovelyjubbly

thanks jo-b and Helix,
it was simplier than I thought, so genie does not really mean anything, great I can go ahead and bid now on the ones with out genie in the knowledge that I won't be missing out, and the golden numbers are just easy to remember numbers! well I will remember all these tips I get from this board!

Andyblizz

lovelyjubbly wrote:

thanks jo-b and Helix,
it was simplier than I thought, so genie does not really mean anything, great I can go ahead and bid now on the ones with out genie in the knowledge that I won't be missing out, and the golden numbers are just easy to remember numbers! well I will remember all these tips I get from this board!

Dont bother bidding on it.

Get upto 6 free ones from the link in jo-b post.

or click on this link

http://freesim.o2.co.uk/messages.php

lovelyjubbly

thanks for the help andyblizz, I could try for a free one but I could do with 5 sims with consecutive numbers for the family, and I dont want to wait incase I dont get sent any, i am too impatient,
thanks anyway, at £1 a go they are cheap anyway

heathen

lovelyjubbly wrote:

thanks jo-b and Helix,
it was simplier than I thought, so genie does not really mean anything, great I can go ahead and bid now on the ones with out genie in the knowledge that I won't be missing out, and the golden numbers are just easy to remember numbers! well I will remember all these tips I get from this board!

genie does mean something,as mentioned the genie cards are the ones with 300 free texts a month as long as u top up with a tenner a month.

ideal for the kids:D