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O2 rejigs iPhone plans
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O2 to O2 calls
not sure if this has come up before (surprised if it hasn't) - but is the Apple 'wedge' each month from O2's iPhone subscribers preventing them (O2) offering the free O2 to O2 customer calls that are available on the normal O2 tarrifs? And what's the likelyhood of that being added to iPhone plans in future....?
not sure if this has come up before (surprised if it hasn't) - but is the Apple 'wedge' each month from O2's iPhone subscribers preventing them (O2) offering the free O2 to O2 customer calls that are available on the normal O2 tarrifs? And what's the likelyhood of that being added to iPhone plans in future....?
This is something I was wondering too. Almost all the people I call regularly are on O2, and all the other contracts at the same price have free calls to O2. If the iPhone contract had this, I'd snap it up in a second!
Ed
http://www.hs4cl.com/2008/01/29/a-better-deal/
interesting read, apparently the unlimited internet has changed!!!!
but according to this no one should be worried
It's pretty hard in practice to hit that limit using EDGE/GPRS anyway. I wouldn't worry.
Yeah, just moved the wife's account from Vodafone over to O2 - better tariff and the free O2 calls. Now I'm itching to move from Orange and get the iPhone...do I ...don't I...!?
I would wait until tomorrow. There again you could try starting the process after midnight and abort if they still have the old rates up.
So yesterday I got a generic text from O2 saying that my existing contract would be updated by mid march to reflect the new pricing structure, and that I'd receive a text from them to say when the changes were active - but I'm curious - has anyone else got a text to say the changes have been made yet?
Dead impatient now
Dead impatient now
iPhone Bolt ons
New update from MacWorld and on o2 Site
Separate £7.50/month deals promise users unlimited O2 to O2 calls, unlimited texts, unlimited weekend calls, unlimited fixed line calls or an extra 200 anytime minutes.
The company is also offering users the chance to sign up for discount country calls, offering cheaper calls from the following country blocs for £3 per month: USA and Canada; Australia or New Zealand; South Africa, Turkey, India, Pakistan or Bangladesh; China.
Finally, O2 is also offering discounts on calls made and received in Europe. "When traveling in Europe or Spain, receive calls for free and make calls to the UK and other included European countries for 25p/min." This costs £10 per month, or £5 to choose the discount in Spain. The deal can be tied for one month.
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/boltons
keep getting better! (mind you £7.50 for o2 to o2 is a bit cheeky!)
New update from MacWorld and on o2 Site
Separate £7.50/month deals promise users unlimited O2 to O2 calls, unlimited texts, unlimited weekend calls, unlimited fixed line calls or an extra 200 anytime minutes.
The company is also offering users the chance to sign up for discount country calls, offering cheaper calls from the following country blocs for £3 per month: USA and Canada; Australia or New Zealand; South Africa, Turkey, India, Pakistan or Bangladesh; China.
Finally, O2 is also offering discounts on calls made and received in Europe. "When traveling in Europe or Spain, receive calls for free and make calls to the UK and other included European countries for 25p/min." This costs £10 per month, or £5 to choose the discount in Spain. The deal can be tied for one month.
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/boltons
keep getting better! (mind you £7.50 for o2 to o2 is a bit cheeky!)
Keeps getting better (and more reasonable) - very tempted to get the iPhone now....but if someone could just predict if the new version was close to making an appearance...!?
O2 Rock ! (well for now...)
Two reasons:
I just move my broadband to O2 to take advantage of the 'no download limits - £7.50 a month" you get if you have an iPhone (i was paying £17.50 a month for a limited service). My connection speed has gone up from 3.5 to 4.5
Second reason: I was visiting the US in January and because I had a whole series of work problems I ended up download a ton of emails... Well I had a call from O2 yesterday to discuss my data usage - turns out I had run up a bill of £360 !!!!!!
...well, after I picked myself up of the floor the O2 guy sympathised with my plight and wiped the bill ! But he suggested that next time I switch off data roaming as the bill won't get wiped a second time.
how cool !
Two reasons:
I just move my broadband to O2 to take advantage of the 'no download limits - £7.50 a month" you get if you have an iPhone (i was paying £17.50 a month for a limited service). My connection speed has gone up from 3.5 to 4.5
Second reason: I was visiting the US in January and because I had a whole series of work problems I ended up download a ton of emails... Well I had a call from O2 yesterday to discuss my data usage - turns out I had run up a bill of £360 !!!!!!
...well, after I picked myself up of the floor the O2 guy sympathised with my plight and wiped the bill ! But he suggested that next time I switch off data roaming as the bill won't get wiped a second time.
how cool !
http://www.hs4cl.com/2008/01/29/a-better-deal/
interesting read, apparently the unlimited internet has changed!!!!
but according to this no one should be worried
From here:
We're at the 1st Feb but that looks exactly the same as it did before as far as I remember and there's certainly no numerical limit mentioned.
Well, O2 has just introduced "plug-ins" for the iPhone, so you can attach them to your current deal to upgrade your text allowances.
The tariffs are no doubt a huge improvement and its not just for the iPhones but across the board overall but i still hate 18 month lockdowns. That said i'd probably get one once 3G comes out or if something mysteriously happens to my current unlocked phone and/or i get tired/frustrated with the whole jailbreak/hacking workaround-to-prevent-bricking thing.
In the meantime i applaud O2's new Sim only tariffs which gives me 600 mins 1000 txts, free voicemail, free ITS, free web bolt-on all for £25 and i've been hooked up with free cloud access. Also i can cancel my service agreement with just a month's notice. Perfect for me. If iPhone 2 comes out and i really like it then i'll consider locking myself down in a contract once more.
In the meantime i applaud O2's new Sim only tariffs which gives me 600 mins 1000 txts, free voicemail, free ITS, free web bolt-on all for £25 and i've been hooked up with free cloud access. Also i can cancel my service agreement with just a month's notice. Perfect for me. If iPhone 2 comes out and i really like it then i'll consider locking myself down in a contract once more.
Cor yea, whats that all about? Suspects that 1.1.4 will have MMS - now that would be cool
The new iPhone O2 tariffs are good value for money and go a very long way to make up for any missing stuff. Nice to see that O2 are allowing their early adopters to take advantage of the new tariffs also. This is likely to drive up the sales quite a bit if O2 and Apple market these new tariffs effectively. Its not enough to rely upon word of mouth.