[Technology] Please help Max’s granny with a techie question!

[Petunia]

I am coming to England at the beginning of June to visit my 97 year old housebound Mum for the first time in 3 years. She doesn’t have internet/wifi at home and using my Aussie phone will cost a fortune in data.

I am thinking of buying a sim card when I arrive. Can anyone recommend the best place to go, or to avoid, to get a decent deal please?

Or is there any other way of having internet for a couple of weeks that won’t involve taking out a mortgage?

I would like to be able to FaceTime Oz a few times so Mum can see her great-grandson. She always asks me to look things up on “that internet thing” when I talk to her on the phone so I’m sure I’ll be her personal encyclopaedia whilst I’m there! And how will I be able to keep up with Wordle with no internet

Any suggestions/advice will be much appreciated.

 

[mr sheen]

£25 gets you contract free unlimited data sim for a month at giffgaff. You can register and get the card sent to your mums address.

https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-deals

 

[Westdene Seagull]

£25 gets you contract free unlimited data sim for a month at giffgaff. You can register and get the card sent to your mums address.

https://www.giffgaff.com/sim-only-deals

This with the caveat that the phone you use it in will need to be an unlocked one.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Lots of good deals around, check them out here

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile-phones/sim-only/unlimited-data-sim-only/

Be sure to check which network has good coverage in you mum's area, there are some blackspots in and around the more rural areas of Sussex. See this site to check coverage.

https://www.signalchecker.co.uk/?gc...8g8CdBLgehr1ExWD7w6BaiqSo-RKRrbRoCsBgQAvD_BwE

 

[B-right-on]

Lebara has good coverage. They piggie back onto one of the big networks, can't remember which.

Free sim.

1000 mins and texts plus 3gb data for £5 pm and no contact. Unlimited calls/ texts for a tenner.

https://mobile.lebara.com/gb/en/best-sim-only-deals/c/simo-contract

 

[BNthree]

Search for "preloaded sim" on ebay. Loads of cheap sims to put in an unlocked phone that come with a set amount of data. Saves setting up any contract etc.

 

[Arthur]

This with the caveat that the phone you use it in will need to be an unlocked one.

Get a mifi would be my suggestion they aren't expensive (~£40-75) and then you can connect multiple devices to it. Cuts out the hassle of having to have your tethering on all the time. Plus you won't have to swap your sim out of your phone so you can keep your number active. Oh and when you go back you can simply swap out the sim for whatever far flung place you end up next.

 

[Justice]

My spare phone has the 02 unlimited calls and texts 5g of data for £10 a month sim.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Get a mifi would be my suggestion they aren't expensive (~£40-75) and then you can connect multiple devices to it. Cuts out the hassle of having to have your tethering on all the time. Plus you won't have to swap your sim out of your phone so you can keep your number active. Oh and when you go back you can simply swap out the sim for whatever far flung place you end up next.

Thumbsup for this solution …used one at my late Dads place with a SIM card from Smarty ….I was getting 30gb for a tenner a month early last year

 

[Petunia]

Thank you all for your replies. Certainly given me some options to investigate