Best Blackberry Carrier in the UK?

[dweldom]

Hey,

I've been looking for SIM ONLY contracts with a Blackberry data plan in the UK as I move back to London in 2 months for uni.

I realize there are other threads about the same sort of thing, however they're very outdated and are of little help.

I'm looking to know one thing:

1) What carrier is best for a blackberry data plan? Cost, service and coverage wise.

Your feedback will be much appreciated,

Thanks,

Dweldom

[CDeansy]

I'm not sure about contracts but for PAYG 3 seem to be the best (who im currently with)

Cannot fault the coverage one bit, 99% of the time i have 5 bars 3G, i was amazed as i changed from o2 where i was only getting a 2-4 bars of edge most of the time.

100 mins 3000 text 500mb + BIS = £15 for 30 days, I'm pretty sure for £20 it goes up to 300mins and 'all you can eat data'

[dweldom]

Originally Posted by CDeansy

I'm not sure about contracts but for PAYG 3 seem to be the best (who im currently with)

Cannot fault the coverage one bit, 99% of the time i have 5 bars 3G, i was amazed as i changed from o2 where i was only getting a 2-4 bars of edge most of the time.

100 mins 3000 text 500mb + BIS = £15 for 30 days, I'm pretty sure for £20 it goes up to 300mins and 'all you can eat data'

Ah do they have unlimited minutes and 100 texts?

[CDeansy]

They don't do unlimited minutes on PAYG.

three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go/Add_ons
Have a look there for there PAYS 'deals'. Just remeber its £5 extra for BIS

[dweldom]

They don't do unlimited minutes on PAYG.

three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go/Add_ons
Have a look there for there PAYS 'deals'. Just remeber its £5 extra for BISv

I'd like pay monthly. So do I just find a pay monthly package I'd like then add BIS to it?

[CDeansy]

Originally Posted by dweldom

I'd like pay monthly. So do I just find a pay monthly package I'd like then add BIS to it?

Sorry, but i'm not sure how a sim only contract works with BIS. All i know is that if you get a contract with a blackberry phone, BIS is included. You might need to get a blackberry sim only deal.

[blackberry-unlocking710]

Orange / Vodafone

[AbuYazeedUK]

depends on what you need really

Vodafone

£21 .67
per month

900
minutes

3000
texts

500
MB

365
Days

Includes BlackBerry email service, 750MB BT Openzone Wi-Fi access + up to 25MB of data a day in selected European countries

[crigga84]

I tried to get a sim-only from O2 but I got refused

So I got a PAYG sim. Top up between £15-£29 and get 500 texts and 500mb of blackberry data for BBM, Email. Plus you get the £15-£29 for calls.

[Wretch 64]

I'd say Orange as long as you don't have plans to exceed 500mb GPRS/3G data.

Also, good luck with university.

[raqueluchi]

I'm after a SIM only PAYG deal in the UK...not bothered about calls or sms but obviously must have bb data for bbm. I'm going round in circles....

Who would be best? Are they all much the same?

Thanks for any help!!!

[teasie28]

i would recommend virgin or 3

[thepinkcurve]

O2 I get an awsome signal, and I live quite near london.


13.50 = the cheepest one! And I'm on it but can't remember what you get.

[decoy7]

Originally Posted by raqueluchi

I'm after a SIM only PAYG deal in the UK...not bothered about calls or sms but obviously must have bb data for bbm. I'm going round in circles....

Who would be best? Are they all much the same?

Thanks for any help!!!

Order a free sim from t-mobile and get 6 months free bb services, can't go wrong:

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/free-blackberry-sim-cards/

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[ssjgoku]

I was in the UK for 2 years.
Here is my experience.

I first started with T-mobile but the internet was horrendously slow and kept idling for 10-15 minutes at a time which was VERY inconvenient for me when I was working day-to-day and I needed to know where I was going. 20GBP/month

I tried PAYG orange and I couldn't even get a signal in my room. Not even emergency.

I tried O2 and they were ok but the signal was quite bad in my area. I didn't like their customer service at all. Not helpful to sort out my signal problem. 25GBP a month

Finally, ended up with vodafone. Stuck with them to the end.

I think the cost was the best too @ 20GBP a month for 500MB, BIS, BBM, 300 mins (WHO CALLS IN THE UK ANYWAYS? EVERYONE TXTS) and unlimited text.

I would highly recommend vodafone because they were the only company who called me to find out why I am cancelling my services with them (leaving the country). Best signal even though it was still crappy in my area.