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[tigers_gonads]

Can you stick these sim cards in any phone ?
I'm after a second phone number and the free 0800 bit would come in very handy 

The phone in question used to be on the vodaphone network.

Only if the phone is unlocked or on the o2 network

Thanks 

[Taxi_Driver]

Nige - Think about a gigabag for use now and switch it to a £10 goodybag when your current contract expires 

As TB says you only need to buy a gigabag when your going to use data 

[TheBoy]

Can you stick these sim cards in any phone ?
I'm after a second phone number and the free 0800 bit would come in very handy 

The phone in question used to be on the vodaphone network.

Only if the phone is unlocked or on the o2 network

Except some Tesco handset, that are double locked...

[tigers_gonads]

Said phone came from The Carphone Warehouse.
I was told that there phones are sim free 
Any truth in that ?

[Taxi_Driver]

Said phone came from The Carphone Warehouse.
I was told that there phones are sim free 
Any truth in that ?

If its branded as vodoo and a payg, its probably locked.....easy way to find out tho......and if it is, if you do a google it will cost a couple of squid to get unlocked 

[tigers_gonads]

Said phone came from The Carphone Warehouse.
I was told that there phones are sim free 
Any truth in that ?

If its branded as vodoo and a payg, its probably locked.....easy way to find out tho......and if it is, if you do a google it will cost a couple of squid to get unlocked 

It was my lads old contract phone not pay as you go.
The phone is not marked in anyway.

I'll dig it out, give it a charge and stick my O2 sym card in there and see what happens.

Thanks

[Entwood]

Am I right in thinking that GiffGaff is an offshoot of O2 then ?? or uses their distribution system/masts ??

If so the 3G coverage is basically .. abysmal ...

http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

2G might be good ... but as I want a data connection ....... 

[Taxi_Driver]

Am I right in thinking that GiffGaff is an offshoot of O2 then ?? or uses their distribution system/masts ??

If so the 3G coverage is basically .. abysmal ...

http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

2G might be good ... but as I want a data connection ....... 

Here you go Nige....

http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Learn-giffgaff-Top-Tips/Definitive-Who-owns-Giffgaff-from-Companies-House-records/td-p/2770063

3G is no worse than other mobile operators......imo

2G is still data just not as quick as 3G 

Going away in your tin tent, your going to be lucky to get 3G unless your next to large town/city, whoever your provider is......

[Entwood]

Am I right in thinking that GiffGaff is an offshoot of O2 then ?? or uses their distribution system/masts ??

If so the 3G coverage is basically .. abysmal ...

http://www.o2.co.uk/coveragechecker

2G might be good ... but as I want a data connection ....... 

Here you go Nige....

http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Learn-giffgaff-Top-Tips/Definitive-Who-owns-Giffgaff-from-Companies-House-records/td-p/2770063

3G is no worse than other mobile operators......imo

2G is still data just not as quick as 3G 

Going away in your tin tent, your going to be lucky to get 3G unless your next to large town/city, whoever your provider is......

Good point ....   well made ... 

mmmm decisions decisions ...

[TheBoy]

Entwood - when I go away, be it tents, mobile homes, cottages etc, we tend to stay in th countryside. I have no desire to stay in large towns/cities.

I tend to take a GG sim, and my works Voda sim, for use in the dongle/mifi. Invariably, it seems we end up using the GG sim (bit of a bugger - I have to pay for that ) due to coverage.  O2 doesn't have great 3g coverage, but then nowhere does in the sorts of places I stay in. O2 does, invariably, have 2G coverage, which is usually usable for browsing and email, but hopeless for anything else, such as streaming.

Also with O2 for data, it helps if you have a 900Mhz 3G device, as O2 have a god amount of 900Mhz 3G. Earlier in the year, when at Haven with the foogies, I nipped down Tesco and bought a newer O2 dongle (E173 - my old one was E170) to handle 900Mhz 3G, which was available in the area. My home town, Brackley, is 900Mhz 3G as well.


I tend not to use the dongles any more, I tend to use the MiFi unit (MiFi is a phone sized device that acts as a wireless access point, but using cellular to provide the internet).

[TheBoy]

Entwood - do you have a dongle or MiFi or similar unit?

I'd suggest you "suck it and see", at worse you'll be £10 worse off.

If you use somebody's referral link, you will get an extra £5 credit on the first time (only) you top up, which you have to do to activate the SIM.  The referrer will also get £5 worth of points.

If you don't have a dongle, I can happily lend you one of mine for a few weeks, as I tend to use the MiFi now.

[martin42]

TB has the data side of gg gone down today? had phone signal but nothing on the data side off it??

[TheBoy]

TB has the data side of gg gone down today? had phone signal but nothing on the data side off it??

Not here, was working well when I was in Daventry.

[martin42]

ok,was in mk all morning and had nothing,just checked phone and got it back on here in kettering

[Taxi_Driver]

I posted this from my phone, so its ok here