What offers ..... I've just been looking in their shop at the new Samsung Wave

 

Yoigo – Tarifas para móvil de Contrato y de Tarjeta de Yoigo

I'm tempted by "La del ocho". Or if OH gets one too, La del Cero then we can call each other free for an hour a day (what joy ...)

And with either of these you can get a free Samsung F480i:
The same touch, now in Pearl White - Samsung F480i - Style - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG

 

Ive never understood the way Spanish tariffs work
Does that mean you pay €7.08 a month if you use the phone or not, and then the call charges thereafter

 

My OH used them, he said he can't complain He said over the last year or two the coverage is slightly worse and calls do sometimes drop out but he is happy with this because of their price. I guess coverage does depend on area doesnt it. A crap network here could be fab where you are and visa versa.

He just went to the UK for a few days and told me that texts to send back to Spain were only 11c - bad move because he had me texting him all the time but their roaming rates don't seem too bad!

 

Thanks Steve - I use Skype for international texting now (also 11c) but this is handy to know.

 

Yoigo has its own 3G coverage in major cities and roam on Movistar elsewhere. It means while data service and mobile broadband is good in large cities, it can be extremely slow out in the sticks. You should still be able to talk and exchange texts, however. Their data bundle is unbeatable, either contract or payg, and call charges are reasonable too.

 

Thanks. I don't really want to be tempted to use the GPRS facility, so I rather hope it doesn't work here out in the sticks! But it might be useful if we are travelling to cities elsewhere in Spain.

 

Hi there,
I bought a Yogio card when we came over to Spain in August, we are about to emigrate there. This provider is very much cheaper than Vodafone or Orange around 8 cents a minute compared to 30 something on the Vodafone i had. Very pleased with it i must say. Mine is a pay as you go sim card.:ranger:

 

Just an update - we are now using our lovely 3G touchphones which we got free with our Yoigo contract (6 euros a month, calls at 8 cents a minute). The customer service was excellent; we did it through a booth in a commercial centre, rather than online, and it all went very smoothly.

We transferred our existing Movistar numbers and Movistar rang EVERY HOUR, ON THE HOUR for two days solid, and sent a total of 14 texts, trying to persuade us to stay! They must be losing customers right left and centre.