Gizmo1... Yes there was a card inside the box with user name and password and also email password/user name. I've never used the original freeserve>orange>ee email for years, had to delete 156 mails.
Hope ee are not going to charge me more ££ with this future phone upgrade network. I was happy paying £10 per month (credit card debit) for 9gb.
Thank you all for your replies.