"Theo Markettos" <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news
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> JR <itsa@secret.com> wrote:
>> Apart from the iPhone are there any other PAYG deals with always-on 3g?
>>
>> My daughter wants a phone for her birthday and will mainly use it for
>> texting/MSM/FaceBook & some Spotify (I realise there aren't that many
>> mobile clients for this).
>
> Three PAYG's Internet addons (not Mobile Broadband, that's for laptops) at a
> fiver a month. You do have to buy one each month, but they send you a text
> to say your current addon is expiring. I think you get 2GB to use within
> that month, so it's not unlimited.
>
> If you have a data bundle, consider using a Java app for sending texts (Vyke
> is one, no experience though) as they're more like 1p/2p than Three Flat12's
> 12p each. Or there are some text bundles on Three. Calls at 12p/min are
> the best, but could be worse.
No need to pay extra. 3pay (three's PAYG tariff) gets you free texts and internet (150mb) when you top up.