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Pay as you go cellular in the UK

Morgan Ellis

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Is anyone aware of any pay as you go cellular companies in the UK? Specifically, has anyone ever purchased a UK pay as you go phone from Canada, to take with them to the UK?

I need a UK number for my tour, and don't want to wait to activate it when I arrive overseas, as I'd like to be able to place the number in my ads in advance of my arrival.

I'd even settle for UK p-a-y-g Sims cards, if anyone knows of a source of them. I can't find any via ebay.

Thanks in advance,

Morgan
 

peteeey

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My daughter spent the summer in the UK a couple of years ago and bought a sim card from http://www.orange.co.uk/ at one of its stores or kiosks. Then she bought cards to replenish the time from variety stores .. much like pay as you go here.

She also said her friends were using different carriers and they were all fine.

Just make sure your phone is unlocked so you can use it.
 

drrogers

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Vodafone

Not sure if they are in UK but I have been using Vodapone all over Europe the last few months. Pay 10 Euros and all in coming calls au free. you get a local number and outgoing calls are at local rates
 
Roadpost

Roadpost will ship anywhere, cellphone for intended country, but they are pricey
http://www.roadpost.com/cell_phone/rent_a_world_phone/uk.asp

There was a write-up about them in Tor Star Travel section ages ago.

For others interested in U.K. cell info.
http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Life/Telephone/Mobile.htm

There's a booth that sell Pay-as-you-go phones in Heathrow term 3 arrival. Phones are sold in even convenience store in U.K., but if you need U.K. number ahead of time, Roadpost may be only way. Vodafone and O2 both big in U.K.

Otherwise, not sure it's feasible to ship phone to your hotel. I Fedex some last min train passes to hotel prior to my arrival, made arrangement with hotel frontdesk to ensure it doesn't get "missplaced".

M.E., have a good trip!

BTW, Lipton tea, only in CANADA?
 

Morgan Ellis

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What I'm actually thinking of doing now is acquiring a UK number from Vonage, then taking the adapter with me. Voila, I have my phone. I can then pick up a pasyg sim when I get there, to forward my vonage number to when I want to be mobile.

I'm going to check the vonage site and see if they offer London numbers yet. Hopefully, that will be a 'yes'.

Thanks for the well wishes on my trip :)
 

tonyb

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When you do find a solution

Let us know what you decided. I've got an upcoming trip to the UK, and I'll need to stay in touch with folks by phone. As always, your advice is appreciated.
 

Uzo

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I have a Vodafone PAG sim still sealed if you want. It will work in any GSM phone as long as its unlocked to do so.

I'm in the east end.


I can find out what the number is if you want for the pre-pay sim...

that is the only one in the UK where you can top-up with as little as 5GBP.

All incomming calls are free on UK PAG and Monthly SIMs. Any GSM phome will work fine but remember the plugs in the UK are different so you might need to get a charger when you reach the UK.

SMS on Virgin is cheap too.


cheers.
 

Uzo

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Ps. I've tried all carriers in the UK.

T-mobile is the death trap since my last bill was over 220quid. But the service is okay so I guess it was okay.

Orange is only good if you want free movie tickets on Wednesdays (2-4-1)

O2 is okay if you are calling to another 02 customer but all other charges are too high as that was my first PAG SIM becuase I had a gold number.

Virgin is good but not that popular.

Vodafone is decent too and has top-up avilable from ATM machines to Off-Liscence shops to any grocery store...


There is smaller compaines that piggy-back on the major networks like Fresh, Tesco, Sainsbusy, and others...but their customer service sucks. My company had given me a choice and expense acct to cover what I liked hence why I shopped around and tried the differnt SIMs.
 
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