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Whats the best to opt for, whats the best deals?
I'm currently with Vodafone on an aweful plan prepay and they dont seem to want to do any to for me. I want to be able to talk and text, prepay suits but if there was a good bill pay I could go that route as well. Anyone got any good deals lately?
Avoid bill pay at all costs.... Just avoid it. I've tied myself to a 2 year contract with O2 for an iphone 5 and it's a pain in the ass! I imagine it's what selling your soul feels like...
Lol, I regularly ran up e300 bills a few years back so its probably not the way to go. Lol
Yea they will find anyway to screw you, and they WILL screw you and you either pay or get a bad credit rating so it's just a whole load of unnecessary hassle. I'd say three with their prepay deal seems good, but I'm not up to date on them as I don't want to depress myself by checking all the nice deals I'm missing out on :D
i have 20 cent a min prepay calls. Think that's as cheap as it gets but NLA afaik.
I'm with three, prepay €20 per month
- free texts to everyone
- unlimited data (10gb limit :p )
- free calls to three
- free calls at weekends to all networks and landlines
Its up to you weather bill or prepay, no matter what wat you look at it bill usually costs more than the equivalent prepay at the end of the contract.
Might be worth looking at getting a sim free phone and then having the pick of networks, got the nexus 5 before Xmas and can't fault it
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I've been on 30 day sim only contracts the last few years.
Bad parts: it's sim only so no upgrades and you supply your own phone. Unlocked phones are expensive (but usually cheaper than the equivalent 24 month contract).
Good parts: 30 day contract, cheaper and often better contract terms. Currently with emobile (meteor) and for €25 per month I get unlimited calls & texts and 5GB of 4G data per month. If you buy network unlocked phones you can jump network at any time.
If you can afford the unlocked phone it usually works out a lot cheaper than signing up for a phone+contract.
Im with 3 and live them.think its 23 per month with unlimited texts and unlimited internet, also includes 6 hours calls free to any network.3 to 3 call are free
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Firstly it depends on who you are ringing mostly. For me it's meteor as most of my family are the same so free calls an texts to all. I am on bill, pay 25 a month covers everything.Got an experia on special for 30 euro as the new model came out, there is a lot of 25 euro per month to cover the 400 euro cost of the phone if I were sim only. 18 month contract when its over revert to sim only plan and monthly bill goes down a tenner for the same plan.
I am using Tesco Mobile which uses the O2 network and am on the Clubcard Talk plan.
http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/conductyourplan.aspx
As I have a Tesco Clubcard for €15 a month I get the following (this costs €20 without a Clubcard):
1. Unlimited calls to any network and landlines
2. UNLIMITED any network texts add-on (uses €10 of the €15 top-up)
3. 1Gb 30 day DATA add-on (uses €5 of the €15 top-up)
Note: €5 in Tesco shopping vouchers also buys you a €15 Tesco top-up via their deals site.
http://www.tesco.ie/clubcard/deals/mobile.aspx
Looks like we have a winner.
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Originally Posted by eddiem74
My missus signed up to this and seems a great deal, but I have heard that O2 are the network Tesco piggyback, and because of the deals Tesco can offer then O2 really slow down the data speeds somehow for Tesco customers as a way to keep their own customer base!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dod
That said, I was seriously thinking of this option too and as far as I know, you can increase the data to 2gb if you go to €8.50, so the price only goes up by €3.50 on top of the deal you get!
Thats a great deal call and text wise good if your a very light user of internet a new smartphone would chew that up pretty rapidly with a few apps
Do tesco offer 4G now
Fella I know who would shop around for the best prices is with E mobile and rates it, im out of contract soon so be shopping about myself but 3 or E-mobile seem to be the ones to go for
Have heard horrors with Tesco mobile
Yeah I think with a €20 top-up you can then get a 5GB data add-on for €10. Data for me is really a backup when out and about but I never notice slowness for anything I am doing. My daughter is on 48 who also use O2s network with a similar setup to Tesco and she never complains.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy
Its also nice that the clubcard holder can allow I think up to 3 family members to take advantage of the deal using their card.
Don't think they offer 4G yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gar
Its not hard to find horror stories about 3 or emobile either when reading around or chatting to people. Good news is though with some of the deals being offered you can change as you see the need, whether for a better deal or poor service. Most also offer free sims so you can try before you switch if you like... :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrispyFish
Kinda off topic, Apologies lads.
Does anyone know why Vodafone don't offer 4G on the iPhone5 but its available on the iPhone5s/c?
Is it just a money making scheme to get us to buy the newer phone ?
:huh:
Iphone 5 does different lte bands to the 5s/c. It may work when vf start building their 1800mhz network but for now they're only doing 800mhz which the 5 doesn't support. Meteor and 3 have a working 1800mhz network.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobM
Ahhhhh I see said the blind man.Quote:
Originally Posted by nsheridan
Thanks for the informative reply man :wink::wink:
Just for the record not paying your phone bill with O2 has nothing at all to do with your credit rating.
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