Mobile phone contract

I would imagine that you will no longer be able to make calls

Apparently not so!

I have done some more digging and it appears the previous charge and limits will continue.

I very rarely use any data so my usage is within their allowance.

i phones are designed for people with time to waste learning obscure finger taps, slides etc.:-(

You will probably continue to pay the agreed monthly fee and use the phone as normal even though you will have paid off the cost of the phone unless you are already on a SIM card deal already.

If you are on a deal which involves paying off the cost of the phone apply immediately for a SIM only that will reduce your payments.

If you are on a SIM only deal already it means you can close the account with one months notice without a penalty fee.

It's nearly always possible to get a better deal by talking to the provider. You are now a "valuable customer" and they will negotiate if you tell them you can get better elsewhere.

Staying put is usually the most expensive option.

Best o2 deals at present seem to be via uswitch, even if not switching. You get a free trial of something that you probably don't want. I assume o2 get a kick back if folks sign up. I didn't choose any of the offered offers but still got the lower rate.

Dave

OK Dave.

I'll have a look at uswitch.

I tried to login on to the O2 site and got run around by Virgin. Surely they know if the login attempt is from a Desktop!

There doesn't seem any urgency as my monthly bill is currently around £7.0

You could check Lebara, too.

You don’t say what your monthly data usage is.

If it’s very low, you could try Spusu’s Special: £2:90pm, unlimited (UK) calls and texts, 500 minutes + 500 texts (EU and Switzerland), 1GB of 5G data, runs on the EE network, e-sim available (be ‘on the air’ in minutes).

Unknown:-)

Currently very low as I am new to roaming data. Wi-Fi for home use as well.

Probably limited to route planning and what three words. Ample texts and calls built in to the old contract.

Modest saving with Lebara but some effort to save £25 or so per year.

I don't understand why they do this. The network has to pay wages[1] for all those people with whom you haggle to try and get a cheaper deal. Couldn't they save costs by just having a reasonable rate in the first place?

They do it because the vast majority don't shop around, but it allows them to retain those who do...

Dave

Often the low cost supplier uses the same network as the higher cost supplier.

Normally, you'll just carry on being billed each month. However, the price of mobile phone contracts is often based on getting a new phone at the start and once you reach the end of the contract period, you are still paying the inflated rate for the calls AND a phone. If this is your case, then you should either get a new phone and start again or keep the existing phone and switch to a cheaper, SIM only deal.

If you go SIM only, take a look at GiffGaff, LeBara, Tesco, etc., as they all run on the O2 network, but usually at a lower cost.

ID Mobile are worth a look too.

But do you get the same internet performance? I assume these all have heir own internet connection somewhere in the "cloud"? My biggest gripe about mobile coverage is poor internet performance. On O2 even with a good signal, at time it can be sluggish..

Dave

SteveW snipped-for-privacy@walker-family.me.uk> wrote in news:105ha9r$306np$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

For clarity Lebara is actually on Vodafone which is fine (IMV better nationwide coverage than O2) but the o/p will need to verify that he has good local coverage which can be done with a PAYG sim as well as via the coverage maps.

Whilst Tim is going contract, Pete Foreman's excellent PAYG provider guide is useful to see which secondary provider (MVNO) uses which main carrier:

Also worth considering on Vodafone are Talkmobile, IMV good service, prompt support responses:

With some MVNOs months are 30 days rather than calendar months.

In the past I've used the following mobile tariff comparison sites and found them very useful but I don't know if they have been kept up to date.

Best Pay As You Go SIM Cards For Low Usage

They keep charging you every month, the phone stays working, the only change is that you can cancel any time you like (or move providers without penalty).