leaving orange, but where to please

mr_accountant

After 6 years with orange it think now is the best time to leave now 0800 are no longer free and my contract expires on 12/1/06.

I have been on the talk 60 tariffs on this contract, and my monthly bill is more or less £18 every month. I don’t think orange will try to hard to keep me (certainly did not last year!) because of my spend.

So what shall i do? Shall i get my pac code now and start looking for other offers or should i wait for the offer i like then ask for the pac? Would i be right in simply asking for the pac code and then the new network will transfer my current number for me, right?

Also any ideas on what to go for, i am a low user so something like 200 cross network mins per month would suffice, not bothered about texts. I would ideally not like to spend more than £10 per month on average over the period of the new contract. And ideally don’t want a large phone (maximum weight circa 90g) and with a decent camera, and all networks considered except 3.

I would have gone for the nokia 6060 offer from mobileshop.com but no camera on the phone, plus of cure contract not yet up.

Thanks in advance as orange are currently milking me, i.e. 60 free mins a month (orange and landline only) for £18!!

Steve_xx

Set yourself up with a Greasypalm account. See here:

http://greasypalm.co.uk/retailers.php?cat=15

The go to e2save.com. See here:

http://www.e2save.com/mobile/phones/homepage.php?network=orange&PHPSESSID=43ecd357a7d36a6bf78990a479ce94fd

You might go for the Orange Panasonic phone. 99p line rental for 10 months, then £30 per month for the remaining two months. Less the Greasypalm cashback of £12.50 = total spend of £57.50 for 200 min per month. You wouldn't be able to easily keep your Orange number though with this deal. I would get the new deal and simply leave a message on your existing mobile answerphone informing callers that you had changed your number.

or

The Link have a good deal on a TMobile 12 month contract. See here:

http://www.thelink.com/martprd/product/seo/758049

or

This one is £6.99 per month for 12 months on Virgin Mobile, includes 200 minutes.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-pd-ProductDisplay?PN=SPECIAL.PAYMONTHLY.PMOFFER6&origin=SPECIALOFFER&tabname=