On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:38:16 -0000, "Graham." <me@privacy.net> wrote:

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>"Lars Homestead" <lars.homestead@sky.com> wrote in message news:hjpd9f$t5u$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Hi,
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>> I recently bought a Tesco SIM card. It works OK but there are a couple of things.
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>> 1) There are some numbers stored in the sim already, all start with > such as ">Home phone 8000680818". I have tried deleting
>> these and they seem to go but when I switch the phone off and back on they return! any way round this?
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>> 2) How do I turn off the balance alert text ?
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>> Thanks.
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>As Supermarket PAYG SIMs go I think Asda is best value, assuming your handset is unlocked to Vodafone.

In theory I'd agree. However I just bought a Tesco fone for about £16
Nokia 1280 and bought £20 top up. This they trebled to £60 (bonus must
be used in a month) AND I can list five special numbers and get 50%
discount on them so texts work out about 3p.