What I am looking for is a one off payment, no contract involved, PAYG card for an IPad. Who does the best deals and which service provider gives the best coverage?
i too have a 3 sim in my ipad. simply payg, i rarely use 3G, normally on wifi so its handy to be able to use it as/when needed. its 50p for a days data (120mb I think?) which for very occasional use is ideal. in 3 months ive spent less than 2 quid on it!
I bought one of these which I think is good value at £10.99 for a 3 sim card for 3 months mobile broadband. It is not a micro sim and therefore has to be cut down to fit an iPad. Amazon sells a little gadget for the purpose.
After the initial three month you have to pay £10.49 a month on three which is expensive imo compared to £20 for 6 month on T-Mobile which is only £3.33 a month.
Before comitting to and providers, use their websites to check coverage, remember that data coverage differs from phone coverage.
I have an Orange card in my iPad - I opted for the 5p per mb. When I took it out last year, It came with £10 free credit - I only use the mobile option once a month, so I stil have over £7 credit remaining!
Originally Posted by Gormond: “After the initial three month you have to pay £10.49 a month on three which is expensive imo compared to £20 for 6 month on T-Mobile which is only £3.33 a month.”
Nothing stopping you buying another 3GB/90day sim for £11-ish on eBay.
Originally Posted by catinabasket: “I bought one of these which I think is good value at £10.99 for a 3 sim card for 3 months mobile broadband. It is not a micro sim and therefore has to be cut down to fit an iPad. Amazon sells a little gadget for the purpose.”
Another vote for 3 here. I pay £7.50 per month for 1gb. I use to have a dongle until I switched to this plan when I got the iPad 1 last year never looked back. Some people might disagree but there customer care and support is top notch as well when I first got my dongle they sorted it out no problem when I struggled at first setting it up ( something to do both windows Vista). I am on a rolling month by month contract with the 30 days to cancel.
Last edited by simonmoore : 09-07-2011 at 17:30
Originally Posted by Lordy Lordy: “I think I'll take a punt on the Ebay deal, sounds ok.”
Got one and I'm very happy with the 'mobile' aspect of my IPad. I still use my broadband connection around the house but find the 3 3G brilliant for out and about.
On a 30 day rolling contract on t-mobile I pay £10.26 for unlimited Internet usage and 0.5gb downloads (normal Internet usage does not come off the download allowance).