Self employed mobile phone contract!!!

[mj2000uk]

Hi there

I hope you guys can help me. I am about to become a sole self employed individual and I am confused by the amount of phone contracts that there are for business users. Does anyone have any recomendations for this. Mainly mobile to mobile calls covering all networks and I would like some data included. Dont care about phone models, as long as it makes calls!!

[stanleyman]

You don't necessarily need a business contract, keep your costs down and go for the cheapest flexible deal and phone that will do what you want. I still use the wife's old basic Nokia on Vodaphone. You need to be a real tightarse to make a business work especially for the first few years. Good luck.

[FlapperQuack]

Probably not exactly what you're after, but i use the o2 "bolt-on" things. I mainy use it for text messages and the occasioanl phone call.

Basically i pay �10, for which they give me 300 messages + �10 call credit. These messages last till the end of the month or till i use them all up (i.e. you cant keep those 300 going for 6 months). Once the messages or the month is finished, i pay 10p per message until the �10 (or however much remains) runs out. At which point i pay another �10 and the circle of life starts again. All this means that �10 can last me 2-3 months.

The SIM itself is PAYG so if i need to for any reason, i can just stop using it or pay less. Thus being free of a one year contract bound by my hands and feet!

I doubt you can do much business via text messages but they probably do a miliar voice call scheme. If you combine a SIM card like that with a cheapo �30 phone from one of the countless high street retailers, you cant go far wrong!