PAYG vs Pay Monthly SIM huge price difference

[burnjh1970]

I've been trying an EE PAYG SIM to test the network coverage before I commit to a contract as I live out in the sticks and mobile coverage is sketchy. I was with O2 which was awful and I'm really happy with the EE signal so I plan on staying.

However, I'm paying £15 for unlimited calls and texts and 15gb data (£12.50 with the continuous debit card payment) yet looking at the 1 month SIM only contract to get just 10gb costs around double. It goes down when selecting a 12 or 24 month contract but still nowhere near as cheap as PAYG.

I simply can't get my head around why you charge double the amount to go onto a contract? Seems a bit of a ripoff to be honest

[XRaySpeX]

That's the price of a monthly lack of commitment. It's almost as flexible as PAYG. 

There are some extra benefits you get or can add with contracts that you can't get with PAYG, like roaming outside EU, 5G, data gifting, various entertainment add-ons, ...

Other than these I think contracts only score when you constantly needs loads of data, above the top of PAYG's 100GB pm.

[burnjh1970]

Thanks for the reply.

I get that there are bundled extras with a contract but most of them, to me, are just gimmicks that won't get used, I simply want calls, texts and some data. I'm also not bothered about 5G - 1. I live/work out in the sticks so there's no 5G anyway. 2. I get average 80mbps download speed with 4G, more than fast enough...

Just for some comparison:

EE 24month contract 1gb £14 a month

EE 12month contract 3gb £19 a month

EE PAYG 15gb £15 a month

O2 24month contract 60gb £16 a month (with bundled extras)

Similar much lower prices with the other big networks on contracts with bundled extras.

I'll stand by what I originally said, EE contract prices seem to be a rip off.

I guess having Kevin Bacon on adverts comes at a cost, to customers 😉