With the end of Plusnet Mobile, I've really been left up a certain creek without a paddle! 😭
I often have to help my elderly, and now disabled, parents on the other side of the country to make telephone calls for which I have been reliant upon 3-Way Calling.
With the closure of Plusnet Mobile coming, I now desperately need to find an affordable UK mobile network and contract that support 3-Way Calls aka Merge Calls within the allowance?
What I know so far-
- EE don't (only "Group Calls", but I can't afford their prices anyway.)
- iD Mobile don't.
- TalkMobile don't.
- Lebara (I think) don't.
- O2 (maybe) do. (I'm really reticent to sign up to a 12month contract though and they're not cheap and have other limitations, plus my wife had a really grim experience with them recently which has put me off of ever using them again)
So, ideally I'm looking for-
- 3-Way Calling / Merge Calls included in call allowance
- 1-month rolling SIM only (but I will stretch to 12months if the contract is okay)
- Reasonable 4G network coverage (preferably not on the Vodafone network)
- About 5GB/month minimum data (or lower with data rolling)
- Unlimited texts/calls
- Smart Cap / Spending Cap
- Preferably the option to text short codes and premium numbers (e.g. Eurovision votes etc - I very rarely do this but it would be useful.)
- Preferably £10/month or less
Anyone have any ideas?
PS I appreciate there are other conference call systems out there, but unfortunately they are unlikely to be applicable for me; for instance, I frequently can need to remain on the line during a call with my parents but then have another family member call me and then I need to be able to add them in to the call, and so on.
