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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #15 on: 21 August 2015, 13:22:03 »

I've dug out me old Nokia and it still works ... 3310 still holds charge
 :) Only thing is there are no tariffs on gif for Just calls
and texts , every tariff includes Data ? Is that internet access ?
As i don't need that  :-\
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #16 on: 21 August 2015, 14:03:18 »

Used GG for the last 6 months. Really wanted to like it but I was frequently struggling to make calls, even when the phone was showing full signal strength. Initially thought it was my phone at fault.

Internet was a real pain as it would often not work. Google Maps would never work despite four bars of signal, so navigation often stopped and would not display the maps for many minutes.

Absolutely awful. Moved to a mainstream provider and have had seamless calls and internet for the last month or so. To be honest moving to a different provider has made me realise how crap GG was.

This thread is interesting, because when I moved to GG, the overall feedback was positive.
For me, GG went down the Gary Glitter just over a year ago. Went from a pretty good, if somewhat quirky, provider into a amateur, unreliable, useless provider.  The problem is, if you sing their praises on their forum, they give you money, which skews a lot of people's perception...  ...and even users become almost blind to the problem.

About a year ago, I moved my primary phone to EE (after trying PAYG on all networks bar Voda (no signal here), which has been shockingly brilliant.  Granted, I now pay a tenner a month for 1.1Gb data, 200mins and unlimited txt, whereas with NiffNaff I paid £7.50 for 250Mb data (pointless having more, as it never worked anyway), 200min, unlimited text.

Slowly, I've moved all my others, along with Mrs TB, to EE, except the telematics in the MV6. That needs to stay O2 or Voda based, and NiffNaff is the cheapest O2 based provider I can find.

I rarely ever have trouble with calls - the occasion one going to VM when I know I've had a signal, but I had that on O2 as well. It was just data, which was utterly hopeless.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #17 on: 21 August 2015, 14:05:16 »

I've dug out me old Nokia and it still works ... 3310 still holds charge
 :) Only thing is there are no tariffs on gif for Just calls
and texts , every tariff includes Data ? Is that internet access ?
As i don't need that  :-\
Correct. How many mins do you need?
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #18 on: 21 August 2015, 14:18:30 »

I've dug out me old Nokia and it still works ... 3310 still holds charge
 :) Only thing is there are no tariffs on gif for Just calls
and texts , every tariff includes Data ? Is that internet access ?
As i don't need that  :-\
Correct. How many mins do you need?

1-200 mins with unlimited text  :)
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #19 on: 21 August 2015, 14:29:57 »

I've dug out me old Nokia and it still works ... 3310 still holds charge
 :) Only thing is there are no tariffs on gif for Just calls
and texts , every tariff includes Data ? Is that internet access ?
As i don't need that  :-\
Correct. How many mins do you need?

1-200 mins with unlimited text  :)
So £7.50 is probably the niffnaff one you need :(
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #20 on: 21 August 2015, 14:30:23 »

Yes there seems to be a mixed response , not interested in internet so just calls and texts . I will give it a go for a month .

Wonder how Mr Gonads got on with gg  :-\
And sim cards at 99p :D
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #21 on: 21 August 2015, 14:38:30 »

I've dug out me old Nokia and it still works ... 3310 still holds charge
 :) Only thing is there are no tariffs on gif for Just calls
and texts , every tariff includes Data ? Is that internet access ?
As i don't need that  :-\
Correct. How many mins do you need?

1-200 mins with unlimited text  :)
So £7.50 is probably the niffnaff one you need :(

Yeah thats for this but i dont want data and will be paying for not using data  :(

250 UK minutes
Unlimited UK texts
500 MB UK Data
Free to giffgaff numbers

Any other sim only deals that are just for us oldies with calls and text phones  :-\
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #22 on: 21 August 2015, 15:08:11 »

What underlying network do you want/prefer. That's the first choice.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #23 on: 21 August 2015, 15:45:52 »

What underlying network do you want/prefer. That's the first choice.
The network you choose depends on where you live, surely? 3 recently came top in a survey about coverage, but it's hit and miss around here.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #24 on: 21 August 2015, 15:48:01 »

If you just want low mins and high texts your probably better off going on a 30 day rolling monthly Sim Only with one of the Networks
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #25 on: 21 August 2015, 17:47:47 »

Used GG for the last 6 months. Really wanted to like it but I was frequently struggling to make calls, even when the phone was showing full signal strength. Initially thought it was my phone at fault.

Internet was a real pain as it would often not work. Google Maps would never work despite four bars of signal, so navigation often stopped and would not display the maps for many minutes.

Absolutely awful. Moved to a mainstream provider and have had seamless calls and internet for the last month or so. To be honest moving to a different provider has made me realise how crap GG was.

This thread is interesting, because when I moved to GG, the overall feedback was positive.
For me, GG went down the Gary Glitter just over a year ago. Went from a pretty good, if somewhat quirky, provider into a amateur, unreliable, useless provider.  The problem is, if you sing their praises on their forum, they give you money, which skews a lot of people's perception...  ...and even users become almost blind to the problem.

About a year ago, I moved my primary phone to EE (after trying PAYG on all networks bar Voda (no signal here), which has been shockingly brilliant.  Granted, I now pay a tenner a month for 1.1Gb data, 200mins and unlimited txt, whereas with NiffNaff I paid £7.50 for 250Mb data (pointless having more, as it never worked anyway), 200min, unlimited text.

Slowly, I've moved all my others, along with Mrs TB, to EE, except the telematics in the MV6. That needs to stay O2 or Voda based, and NiffNaff is the cheapest O2 based provider I can find.

I rarely ever have trouble with calls - the occasion one going to VM when I know I've had a signal, but I had that on O2 as well. It was just data, which was utterly hopeless.

Interesting, because I did just that. Switched to EE, unlimited mins and txts with 10GB of 4G data for 8ppm. I had this nagging feeling something was wrong with GG. Unfortunately where we live in Surrey has always had awful reception and I put it down to that rather than GG. It was the lack of maps working that drove me around the bend and forced me to switch. Once ported, I couldnt believe the difference. And 4G coverage seems very good so far. Even working deep within the depths of my workplace. So far EE has been great for me.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #26 on: 21 August 2015, 18:21:40 »

My contract phone has always been with virgin , the reception has always been great . They do a sim only rolling 30 day contract for :

250MB

250 min

Unlimited texts .... all for £5

Again your paying for the MB that wont be used  :(

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« Reply #27 on: 21 August 2015, 18:52:06 »

My contract phone has always been with virgin , the reception has always been great . They do a sim only rolling 30 day contract for :

250MB

250 min

Unlimited texts .... all for £5

Again your paying for the MB that wont be used  :(

To be fair though, most deals nowadays have some data thrown in with them. Say you went for a PAYG sim from Three. They have the cheapest calling rates around 3ppm. So £5 gets you 167 mins. So the plan above is better even if you dont use the data allowance. I think you would be hard pushed to find a sim deal that costs less than £5 pm.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #28 on: 21 August 2015, 19:42:34 »

If you want the phone for occasional calls and texts then GiffGaff allows you to top up as and when required with no time limits, which is what I use it for where I work from home, so I only occasionally need it when I'm out, mainly for receiving calls.

Where I recently upgraded to a Crapple 5s I might look at monthly data at some point, but Wifi use is currently sufficient.
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Re: gifgaf question
« Reply #29 on: 21 August 2015, 19:45:21 »

If you want the phone for occasional calls and texts then GiffGaff allows you to top up as and when required with no time limits, which is what I use it for where I work from home, so I only occasionally need it when I'm out, mainly for receiving calls.
Nope, they cut you off and take your credit if you don't use it for 6 months...
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