On 25 June, 00:23, "Steve Terry" <gFOUR...@tesco.net> wrote:
> "Jon" <s...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
>
> news:MPG.24acb7b6b6767b099896ce@news.motzarella.or g...
>
> > In article <bXv0m.47384$zl1.8...@newsfe22.ams2>, spamtrap99
> > @blueyonder.co.uk says...
> >> Got a three contract a month or so ago. Happy with deal.
> >> Away for a few days so treated myself to a payg broadband on 3. Toppedup
> >> 15
> >> quid and works well.
>
> >> These may be simple questions but
>
> >> If I put my Contract sim in my dongle, what happens next ?
>
> >> If I put my payg dongle sim in a phone, what happens next ?
>
> >> I have texted my phone from my BB connection and it worked fine, and from
> >> phone to bb worked too.
>
> >> I have called my bb sim from my phone and get "number cant accept call"
> >> message. Is this permanantly a BB sim, or can it become a voice sim ?
>
> >> Ta in advance for those with the time
>
> > SIMs for Dongles are no different from SIMs that go in phones. Most
> > dongle packages have voice calls barred by the network.
> > Regards
> > Jon
>
> The 3 PAYG sim in my dongle is different from a normal 3 PAYG sim
> in that it hides the internet bolt on menu, ditched it for a normal 3 PAYG
> sim
> and top it up moving the sim to a 3 phone to use the phones menus
>
> Steve Terry

My 3 dongle SIM won't let me add the £5/month internet add on and
instead insists on me buying the £10 one so I too have got a free
voice SIM to use in it.
My dongle SIM also didn't allow roaming onto Orange's 2G network so it
was on 3's 3G or nothing. The voice SIM happily uses Orange too.