If you use a lot of data on your mobile phone, then the giffgaff £12 a month Phone Plan gives you unlimited data (for personal use), plus 250 UK minutes, unlimited texts and free giffgaff-t0–giffgaff calls and texts. However, tethering (using your phone as a modem to connect other devices) isn’t allowed.  If you want [...]

Time flies. Although it only seemed a few months since I was negotiating the renewal of my pay monthly contract with  Vodafone, that 18 month contract was due to run out in 30 days. Therefore, I either had to cancel it or start a new contract. I’d been paying around £13 a month for 600 [...]

When our fixed line broadband connection started dropping and getting really slow, I was prompted into renewing my mobile broadband, both as a back up for use in the office and for when I’m out and about with my netbook. Sods Law being what it is, my 12 month data sim with Three Mobile had [...]

I like to have several options for getting online as a backup if my fixed line broadband is dodgy, and for connecting my netbook by USB modem when I’m out of the office. I’ve experienced poor mobile broadband signal even in UK cities, so I’ve found it invaluable to have the ability to connect through [...]

I was hacked off to receive a text informing me that Vodafone are increasing the price for my monthly mobile phone contract from 1 November 2012. I’m on an 18 month contract until April 2013. I reckon that if you sign up to contract, that the price should remain the same throughout that contract. Evidently [...]

Summary The Samsung Wave 2 S8530, priced at £130 on the Debenhams website, has a large 3.7″ touchscreen and is a good buy for those who aren’t bothered about downloading lots of apps. I’m a big Samsung fan. I’ve had a Samsung Jet phone for over two years. I tried an HTC Wildfire S and [...]

I’m very happy with Debenhams online customer service. I ordered a Samsung Wave 2 S8530 mobile phone on the Debenhams site on a Thursday evening and received an order confirmation with minutes. The following day I was informed that the order had been despatched and on the Monday, four days after ordering, the phone was [...]

If you’re on a monthly mobile phone contract, make sure that you check how much notice you have to give to cancel your contract. I recently cancelled my 18  mobile broadband contract with 02 and had to give 30 days notice. If you don’t give notice, you’ll stay on that contract until you do cancel.  [...]

My 24 month contract with Vodafone UK was due to terminate in November 2011. To save more money I’d been thinking of keeping my existing Samsung Jet phone, which is unlocked, and putting in a giffgaff sim. However the Jet had been playing up and both the original and spare batteries seemed to drain suddenly, [...]

One of my frugal tips on the How Not To Spend Money article was to get a giffgaff Sim card rather than tie yourself into a lengthy contract. However, giffgaff have now increased the prices on their Pay As You Go (PAYG) rates: UK calls to landlines & mobile networks have increased from 8 pence [...]