GiffGaff mobile network – spread the word

I have resently joined the GiffGaff mobile network from Tesco mobile. I had finished my 12 month Tesco contract and the iPhone 4s release was not enough to make me upgrade from my iPhone 4. I moved on to a 30 day rolling contract with Tesco but my minutes where reduced and now data limited. Having unlocked my phone I looked around for a better deal, that deal came from GiffGaff. Like Tesco mobile, GiffGaff uses the O2 network so coverage in my area is good with 3G most of the time.

The transfer from Tesco to GiffGaff was quick and easy, all done via the GiffGaff website. I had to cut down the sim from GiffGaff as the do not supply micro sim due to costs, a sim cut from ebay made this an easy process. GiffGaff is a PAYG network but you can buy monthly goodybags which are cheaper than Tesco and gave me more minutes and unlimited data. The only problem I have found so far is I’m unable to setup an automatic subscription to a goodybag, this means each month I have to purchase a new one ready for next months use. GiffGaff have said auto renewing goody bags are in the pipeline for early 2012, I hope that happens. I the meantime the MyGiffGaff iPhone app does make it easy to purchase credit and goodybags straight from the iPhone.

GiffGaff also operate a very nice referral scheme, giving the new referred customers a £5 free credit on activation of their sim and points the referring customer. These can be converted to airtime credit, cash via PayPal or donated to charity.