The end of PAYG
 

I've just had a text from Virgin to say that my SIM will no longer work from 11th January 2022 as they will no longer offer PAYG.

I use the phone very rarely, so a contract would be a waste of money. :(

Re: The end of PAYG
 

Move to giffgaff. Or negotiate your package. They might throw in a sim for next to nothing. I got an 18 month 5GB unlimited calls and text for free last haggle. Hoping next haggle in August will let me change from VM to O2 and a volt package on the cheap

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Recommend ASDA mobile if you want PAYG. Cheaper than chips .....
(It uses Vodafone network so you should get the same coverage as VM)

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Our daughter pointed me to 1p Mobile PAYG

https://www.1pmobile.com/index.taf?g...hoCTAUQAvD_BwE

But as usual there is a catch, £10 every 120 days to keep the SIM active.

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As Mr K says Asda maybe a good option according to this.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/mo...-go-sim-cards/

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Yes, ASDA looks like the way to go, I'll ask around and see what local coverage is like with Vodaphone.

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Personally l switched to Tesco (O2) from Vodafone as it's rubbish in the part of Whitchurch I live :erm: but it's pay monthly .

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After sorting out my daughter's rolling contract, I asked about the PAYG credit refund. All I had to do was give them a card number, and it was refunded immediately.

"I see you have a credit of £8.45, and that you last topped-up in September 2019".

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My husband has Vodaphone and if he phones me for a minute it cost a £1, So I am bringing him back to Three,

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4p a text, 4p a minute, 4p per Mb with ASDA. All I have to do is sent one text every 6 months to keep it going.

After swapping to the ASDA SIM I now get all bars for signal, a rarity with VM.

I checked signal levels when I was around Itshim's area, and it was solid all over the place.

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Good to hear . Happy with Tesco but change is good , so who knows what it will be next year 2023 :D

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Unfortunately, Bars mean nothing as there is no standard. 4 bars on one operator could be 1 bar on another.

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This goes for phone models too. My current phone has 7 bars, my previous had 5. I've seen them with 3 and 4. Some user interfaces make it look like one triangle and difficult to make out how many notches/bars.

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You dont need a standard number as such.

All that matters is how many you have compared to the max.

So 4 bars out of 4 is good, as is 6 out of 6, or 7 out of 7.

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Yeah. I should've said that. :erm::( All proportional.