Steve1980
Regular Member
I've been having a look at the PAYG SIMs in my local shops and nearly all of them come in cardboard sleeves advertising stuff like "xGB for £y". I know each network has multiple bundles and offers you can choose from and some networks also do "traditional" PAYG (which is what most interests me), where you pay a relatively high rate for every call minute/text/MB you use but don't commit to paying £5/10/whatever for a month's worth of service.
Is the stuff printed on the cardboard sleeve just marketing or are these SIMs specifically linked to the offer on the packaging? In other words, if I go buy a SIM which says "3GB for £10" on the packet, can I still use it for that network's traditional PAYG or do I need a specific "traditional PAYG" SIM? For that matter, if I want the same network's "5GB for £12" offer, can I buy the "3GB" SIM packet and just top up with a different amount and choose a different bundle?
Does the answer vary with the different networks?
Is the stuff printed on the cardboard sleeve just marketing or are these SIMs specifically linked to the offer on the packaging? In other words, if I go buy a SIM which says "3GB for £10" on the packet, can I still use it for that network's traditional PAYG or do I need a specific "traditional PAYG" SIM? For that matter, if I want the same network's "5GB for £12" offer, can I buy the "3GB" SIM packet and just top up with a different amount and choose a different bundle?
Does the answer vary with the different networks?























