Confused - 02 or Orange payg

marlowtech

Sorry if this is answered in other threads, but I could do with some advice.

Currently have 6 months to run with Orange, paying £55 per month for Orange Premier 600. I have decided that I only need between 100-200 x network minutes per month (though it is essential that I can call the Simplyfone number incuded in this as a lot of the calls are to Ghana). I do NOT need a new phone - very happy with my Treo 650.

Orange say that the best I can do is down grade to the £19 per month (now the cheapest tarriff) but if I close the account it will only work out at 6*£14.97 to get out of it (the difference is something to do with VAT but I couldn't figure that one out!)

I do like to have a bit of GPRS access - say 1mb per month - and the Orange PAYG option of £1 unlimited GPRS for those days that I am out of the office appeal.

Approx 100 txts per month is the most I will use.

Can anyone suggest the best option here. I guess because of Simplyfone I am only looking at 02 and Orange.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me....

pricefighter

Orange Payg does not allow you to access 07744 numbers for free.So if its payg you want,the only option you have is o2 who are the only Payg network that allow you to call 07744 out of your inclusive/bolt on cross network minutes.

Another advantage of O2 payg is that you can call 0844/0845/0870 numbers out of your inclusive x-net minutes,which gives you more ways to call Ghana.

Also if you run out of inclusive/bolt x-net minutes they only charge 10p evenings,and 5p weekends to call 0844/0845/0870.

One opt that might suit you is O2 online payg sim. Top up by £10 a month you get 100 x-net calls or messages,1mb of wap free(as pointed out below by gizmoleeds) and you get to keep the £10 for more texts and messages.

teenage_Drama

i would choose o2

matrix999

Go for O2, in my opinion they have better offers, promotions and customer service than Orange!!

marlowtech

Thanks for your advice - I guess 02 has the vote. Just one thought - is it worth going for a new contract with cashback/redemptions which includes a new phone and x-talk minutes or is it simply not worth the bother?

If something seems too good to be true.....