From the 4th of October giffgaff are increasing the data in their Goodybags. The £5 Goodybag remains the same, but the £7.50 Goodybag gets an increase to 1GB of data. The other Goodybags get 1-3GB of additional data.
Yes, I know that it's not for everyone because some people find that giffgaff's data is slow, and yes there are much, much better deals out there for 30 day sim only contracts (I'm using Plusnet's £10 package with 5GB of data), but hopefully this will be useful to someone. Not everyone wants a credit check or go through the process of starting and ending contracts, plus it's very easy to switch Goodybags whenever you like (or even have a break from getting a monthly allowance and just keeping the sim as PAYG).
GG 4g speeds are terrible 2Mb, so unless you want cheap o2 service there are better deals out there.
HK852
25 Sep 17#3
Slow like dial up network, meaningless even if they give out unlimited data it'll take ages to load even Google!
ScroopEgerton
25 Sep 17#4
So... £7.50 for 1GB of data? What's the deal? What am I missing?
little_green
25 Sep 17#5
personally on giffgaff (but have wifi at home & work so mainly just for commuting or browsing if out) I dont watch videos or stream on these occasions as no real need, sometimes listen to the radio. but giffgiff ok for me. thanks op for the heads up glad to say i'll be able to save myself £2 dropping from the £12 to £10 package with the increase in 1gb :grin: yay i know some people will say that you can get cheaper & faster but most of those would require you to sign into a contract & at this time I just dont want to do that.
eslick to little_green
26 Sep 17#34
You are one of the loyal customers that keeps them going, even mentioned in their annual report. The myth is you have to sign up to a contract with other companies you don’t it’s the same as GG you can cancel just make sure you sign up to a 30 day deal like gigggaff.
Robot_Rooster
25 Sep 17#6
Excellent news always use the £7.50 tariff but always end up going slightly over before my months are up.
People seem to exaggerate, speeds are fine and im usually using my data in the middle of rural Wales.
sdduk2 to Robot_Rooster
25 Sep 17#18
No not exaggerating the worst network out there like someone said earlier its like dial-up network and O2 them self's are not much better my son is always moaning about them...What makes me laugh is they have 4G now you can't even get 2G most of the time so you must be 1 in a million if you are getting good signal :grin:
Aldnoah
25 Sep 17#7
Just adding to the previous comments that if you want data then avoid like the plague, 4G speed on giffgaff is a complete lie.
abhijitdash123
25 Sep 17#8
Speeds are absolutely fine. People who complain of speed will get the same with O2 as I have tried both and both are equally good with respect to signal strength. :smile:
HOT for the prices the goodybags are and the value they offer :smile:
SClub to abhijitdash123
25 Sep 17#10
This isn't true in my experience I'm afraid. O2 contract customers get fastest speeds, followed by PAYG and Tesco, followed by GiffGaff. I tried GiffGaff and Tesco side by side and GG was much slower, from the same phone in the same location.
Still a good deal for those who aren't reliant on data though, and the 2G and 3G coverage indoors is excellent in my experience, compared to EE and Three.
louiselouise to abhijitdash123
26 Sep 17#27
I'm in Glasgow city centre and 4G is worse than 3G for some reason, was a massive disappointment....
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The £5 Goodybag remains the same, but the £7.50 Goodybag gets an increase to 1GB of data. The other Goodybags get 1-3GB of additional data.
Yes, I know that it's not for everyone because some people find that giffgaff's data is slow, and yes there are much, much better deals out there for 30 day sim only contracts (I'm using Plusnet's £10 package with 5GB of data), but hopefully this will be useful to someone.
Not everyone wants a credit check or go through the process of starting and ending contracts, plus it's very easy to switch Goodybags whenever you like (or even have a break from getting a monthly allowance and just keeping the sim as PAYG).
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thanks op for the heads up glad to say i'll be able to save myself £2 dropping from the £12 to £10 package with the increase in 1gb :grin: yay
i know some people will say that you can get cheaper & faster but most of those would require you to sign into a contract & at this time I just dont want to do that.
People seem to exaggerate, speeds are fine and im usually using my data in the middle of rural Wales.
HOT for the prices the goodybags are and the value they offer :smile:
Still a good deal for those who aren't reliant on data though, and the 2G and 3G coverage indoors is excellent in my experience, compared to EE and Three.