Pay as you go

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很多人来了英国之后，并不能马上签到月租形式的手机。最省事的办法是把国内的手机带过来（中国移动GSM的），在这里买一个Pay as you go的sim卡，类似于国内的神州行，因为这里单向收费，接电话免费，而且没有有效期的问题。与家人，朋友联系起来就方便多了。

下面，介绍一些各个手机公司pay as you go卡的收费情况。

1. Vodaphone

不知道从什么时候起，我们都知道中国学生用Vodaphone公司的电话最多。因为英国跨公司打电话很贵很贵，所以尽量和你的朋友选择同一家公司入网。Vodaphone的sim卡网上价格3.95磅，一般小卖店里面4.99磅。Vodaphone公司的网络覆盖率和通话质量都首屈一指。刚买来的 sim卡是smartplus资费计划，可以打客服电话2345进行修改，第一次改资费计划免费，之后每次7磅钱。如果你电话不多的话，建议不要更改。这样需要打电话的时候，尽量晚上打。

Plan	Calls to Landlines	Calls to Vodafone	Call to other mobiles	Voicemail
Smartplus
Ideal if you mainly use your phone in the evenings and at weekends	30p peak 5p off-peak	30p peak 5p off-peak	35p anytime	30p peak 5p off-peak
Smartstep
First 3 minutes each day	30p anytime	30p anytime	35p anytime	30p anytime
After 3 minutes	5p anytime	5p anytime	35p anytime	5p anytime

2. O2公司

因为O2公司的包月电话打中国长途可以计算在免费时间之内，所以也有很多学生选择O2公司的手机。拨打08445522376，之后可以直接拨国内的长途电话（点击详情）。该公司的sim卡网上报价3.95磅，这里小卖店4.99磅。购买之后，去O2公司网站注册，可以获得2.5磅的通话时间。刚买回来的资费是Original，周末打固定电话和O2手机才2P每分钟，也可以在周末拨08445522376，然后0086***回国。

Plan	Calls to Landlines	Calls to O2	Call to other mobiles	Voicemail
Original
Weekend landline calls only 2p per minute	35p weekday day 10p weekday evening 2p weekend	15p weekday day 10p weekday evening 2p weekend	50p weekday day 30p weekday evening & weekend	10p anytime
Talkalot
First 3 minutes each day	25p anytime	25p anytime	40p anytime	10p anytime
After 3 minutes	5p weekdays 2p weekends	5p weekdays 2p weekends	40p anytime	10p anytime
Wild: like Talkalot but for a fixed direct debit of just £10 a month you get 50 texts and 50 minutes to use anytime to any network every month!
Once inclusive airtime is used, first 3 minutes each day	25p anytime	25p anytime	40p anytime	10p anytime
Once inclusive airtime is used, after 3 minutes	5p weekdays 2p weekends	5p weekdays 2p weekends	40p anytime	10p anytime

3. 其他公司

使用其他公司的中国学生很少，而且其他公司的pay as you go资费不是很合算。这里就不详细介绍了。

Orange

call type	fixed rates all day	choose your own off-peak	talk and save
UK landlines	20p	10p off-peak/35p peak	25p a minute for the first three minutes, 5p a minute after that
Orange to Orange	20p	10p off-peak/20p peak	25p a minute for the first three minutes, 5p a minute after that
Other UK networks	40p	25p off-peak/50p peak	40p
wap	10p	10p	10p
Answer Phone	10p	10p	10p
text message	12p	12p	12p
Minimum call charge (applies to all wap and voice calls made in the UK.)	5p	5p	5p
Photo Messaging Options
standard photo message cost (single photo in the message - up to 50 kilobytes*)	30p	30p	30p
multiple photo message cost (two or more photos in the message)	50p	50p	50p
*Any message over 50 Kilobytes will be charged at 50p

T-Mobile

Calling costs on Pay as you go
When your monthly airtime usage is:	Calling costs per minute
Up to £10	30p
£10 - £20	20p
£20 - £40	10p
£40+	5p*
* Subject to customer usage exceeding £40 for 3 consecutive months. The 5p/min rate will then apply to all local and national calls and calls to any UK network whenever usage exceeds £40 in each subsequent month, and applies for the remainder of that month. Cost comparisons are based on an average call profile of 480 minutes per calendar month of 50% peak-time, 25% evenings, 25% weekends; and 36% to landlines, 38% to own network, 26% to other networks and 30 minutes per month of calls to voicemail based on a 1 minute call each day.