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I don't think it is the best but its fair lol.
Orange - Sony Ericsson W800i - 12 months
£40 per month for 6 months - 300 Xnet mins plus 3000 weekend calls
£20 per month for 6 months - 200 Xnet mins plus 2000 weekend calls
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Posted: 2005-12-19 13:06:02
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It seems to me u get a better deal with orange on payngo than contract. For instance u can add daily weekly or monthly bolt ons and calls to any network work out at 6 to 8 per min ie. Pound a day for 15mins calls. Or 5 quid a week for 60mins and of course quid a day for unlimitd browsing and downloadsThis message was posted from a Nokia
[ This Message was edited by: Greggy on 2005-12-19 12:20 ]
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Posted: 2005-12-19 13:15:22
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I still do not understand why anyone would pay £40 per month for a contract anymore.
I think Greggy has a good point with the bolt-ons but even then, I dont see why anyone would pay for what is understood to be free, but isn't! You are paying for the minutes in the £10 or £20 you pay for the bolt on, and you still have to top up your phone to keep the deals.
I pay £8 for my monthly fee, if I make 200 minutes of calls at 8p that equals £16, add that to my £8 equals £24. Previously with Orange I would spend on average £26, this was the lowest tarrif, which included 100 free minutes. I have used orange for 5 years, with two lines on the contract, would they really want to loose a long standing customer? I dont think so! They could not match the tarrif from Telecom Plus.
Over a year with orange I would have spent £240 plus the extra £6 that I was spending over the 100 free minutes at 15p per minute which is £72, so now I will get £96 per year for my monthly payment at £8, plus the extra I was spending will give me an extra 35mins of call time at 8ppm. Can you see where I am coming from with this?
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Posted: 2005-12-19 14:20:51
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Lol yes mate i see that your saving money compared to the unbelievably bad contract u were on. I still dnt like the idea of paying 8 quid b4 u start even paying for your calls. heres another suggestion buy an o2 online sim top up 10 quid month and get 100 any network any minutes and u can still use your 10 quid up. u can also buy a 50 min bolt on for 8 quid so thats 150 min any network any time u have for 8 quid. it woud cost u 20 quid!
[ This Message was edited by: greggy on 2005-12-19 14:45 ]
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Posted: 2005-12-19 15:13:59
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I take your point on the £8 per month, but even then, there are a lot of people here would be happy to pay £40 - £60 per month and they think they get something for nothing.
While doing the calculations for this I worked out that I have saved £90 on my home phone, £288 in line rental on my mobiles, £58 on my Electricity, £66 on my Gas, £60 on my Broadband, all this equals £562 in the year. I know its a bit off topic, but I am very happy with this, plus I get £50 back each year as well, so that offsets my mobile line rental of £8.
The original topic was for the lowest SIM Calls on PAYG, I think that there is nothing to touch it, although its a mixture of monthly line rental and PAYG, It is the best value!
Thanks for this debate though...LOL
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Posted: 2005-12-19 15:48:42
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the less you use it, the cheaper it gets....
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Posted: 2005-12-19 15:54:30
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I can see the value in the O2 deal. But you will still have to pay £10 per month for that.
£8 per month on Telecom Plus + 150mins of talk time = £20
Have you ever run out of minutes on your phone when you need or want them most?
With the Telecom Plus Tarif you never run out of credit. and its equal to the O2 deal.
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Posted: 2005-12-19 15:55:25
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Yes mate but u still have your 10quid to use on watever as i say 150mins is only costing u 8 quid compared to 20with yours
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Posted: 2005-12-19 16:01:08
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O2 Home Bolt Ons
O2 Home 100 - 100 anyone, anytime minutes each month from home - to UK fixed lines and all UK network mobiles £9.99 per month
This is the copy from the O2 site, if you divide £9.99 by 100 it gives you 9.9ppm so its .01 short of 10p.
The other £10 you have spent is being used at a rate of 25-30ppm, so you are not getting real value for money.
In fact Vodaphone have the highest tarrif at 40ppm.
Anyway have a look for yourself:
http://www.o2.co.uk/productsservices/boltons/online
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Posted: 2005-12-19 16:11:11
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Still dnt think u undestand mate u get the 100mins automaticaly wen u top up 10quid and u still have the 10quid credit to use up for bolt ons
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Posted: 2005-12-19 16:18:45
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