Advice for the elderly

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can offer some advice.

My elderly father (87) and aunt(82) currently have cashback deals,
co-ordinated by me.

With cashbacks proving harder and harder to find - and with the net
monthly cost of cashbacks rising from free to around £7.50 per month, I
think that they should go for pay as you go phones on the basis that
they send no texts and probably make only a couple of calls a months on
their phones.

Whilst cashbacks were net free (albeit with a risk that the cashback
would not pay out) I was happy to recommend them to the family - but now
there must be a better way.

My question is which would be the best PAYG route to take bearing in
mind their very limited usage. They both currently have O2 phones which
I presume are unlocked - though I am not sure a I have not tested other
SIMs in them.

Thanks for any advice

"Me" <Me@me.com> wrote in message
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>
> My question is which would be the best PAYG route to take bearing in
> mind their very limited usage. They both currently have O2 phones
> which
> I presume are unlocked - though I am not sure a I have not tested
> other
> SIMs in them.
>
> Thanks for any advice

Asda PAYG, calls 8p per minute, text 4p per minute, sims available
either online or in store for 50p, which includes £1 credit, Asda is on
the Vodafone network, so wide coverage.

On 17/9/08 10:55, Me wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone can offer some advice.
>
> My elderly father (87) and aunt(82) currently have cashback deals,
> co-ordinated by me.
>
> With cashbacks proving harder and harder to find - and with the net
> monthly cost of cashbacks rising from free to around £7.50 per month, I
> think that they should go for pay as you go phones on the basis that
> they send no texts and probably make only a couple of calls a months on
> their phones.
>
> Whilst cashbacks were net free (albeit with a risk that the cashback
> would not pay out) I was happy to recommend them to the family - but now
> there must be a better way.
>
> My question is which would be the best PAYG route to take bearing in
> mind their very limited usage. They both currently have O2 phones which
> I presume are unlocked - though I am not sure a I have not tested other
> SIMs in them.
>
> Thanks for any advice

Go for the t-mobile solo deals or a long running PAYG sim. I assume they
don't want to change phones every year so all they need is a limited
amount of credit ? Stick 10 quid or so onto a Tesco sim every 3 months.