Help on choosing a provider in UK

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Hi,
I need some help from UK citezens in getting a mobile phone contract in UK
I am going to Enland the next month.. with my brother..
I will stay for six months.. and my brother will stay for a long time (5 years minimum)..
I am wondering what is the perfect deal for me and for my brother.. we want to get a sim as soon as possible so it's better to know which and how from now...

I know i can surf some networks sites but i know that your opinions are much better and more helping..

Best Regards,

Hi,

If you do not have a bank account for address proof, getting a contract phone is next to impossible.

Regarding networks, I would recommend you to take O2. Its the only GSM network where you can call most of non-geographic numbers like (0870/0845 etc) in your bundled/free minutes. Most of the call centres for various products and services are on these 0870/0845 numbers.

Go for Three(3G network) if you want damn cheap tariffs as long as you don't mind patchy network coverage. They have good phones these days and coverage/quality has improved quite significantly.

Go for T-Mobile if you want good customer service and good tariffs.

Vodafone is the worst(my experience) when it comes to customer service but they project that their network is the best(???) but they are expensive when it comes to tariffs.

Regards
Hari

thanks a lot,
I think my brother has arranged some bank account... but for me.. are there pre-paid accounts or something??
dont tell me there's no way to get a temporal mobile phone in England..

thanks again

Originally Posted by hari

Hi,

If you do not have a bank account for address proof, getting a contract phone is next to impossible.

Regarding networks, I would recommend you to take O2. Its the only GSM network where you can call most of non-geographic numbers like (0870/0845 etc) in your bundled/free minutes. Most of the call centres for various products and services are on these 0870/0845 numbers.

Go for Three(3G network) if you want damn cheap tariffs as long as you don't mind patchy network coverage. They have good phones these days and coverage/quality has improved quite significantly.

Go for T-Mobile if you want good customer service and good tariffs.

Vodafone is the worst(my experience) when it comes to customer service but they project that their network is the best(???) but they are expensive when it comes to tariffs.

Regards
Hari

what about virgin mobile, what do you think of that? do you think i should switch from them, or stay with them? (i think it's 15p flat rate for any call, including 0870/0845 numbers)