MSE news: Tesco £30 a month deal could cap mobile users' costs 31 July 2009 at 2:44PM in Mobiles 7 replies 1.7K views

Former_MSE_Guy

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story, specifically to discuss the views expressed in the article:

"Tesco Mobile has launched what it's calling an 'unlimited' tariff at £30 a month, which could help users cap costs at that level, regardless of provider.

Despite the hype, the deal is beatable. While the Tesco tariff is marketed as unlimited, you only get £500 of UK use a month ..."

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Tesco £30 a month deal could cap mobile users' costs

Any

I just read the T&C on their website - and was wondering whether they mean it... And it's for SIM only if I am not mistaking..

Xaviera

Now lets just hope all providers roll this out!

eljmayes

To be brutally honest still the best SIM only deal by miles is the Solo 20 deal from T-Mobile. 20 quid gets you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of internet access per month. Surprised T-Mobile don't market this on TV instead of their 15 quid a month tariff.

Any

eljmayes wrote: »

To be brutally honest still the best SIM only deal by miles is the Solo 20 deal from T-Mobile. 20 quid gets you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of internet access per month. Surprised T-Mobile don't market this on TV instead of their 15 quid a month tariff.

And is the internet connection any good? Is it fast? And how many hours of browsing the net is 1GB equal to?

Xaviera

eljmayes wrote: »

To be brutally honest still the best SIM only deal by miles is the Solo 20 deal from T-Mobile. 20 quid gets you 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 1GB of internet access per month. Surprised T-Mobile don't market this on TV instead of their 15 quid a month tariff.

That is good but don't hink T-mobile would have me back

I pay £15 for pay as you go and get unlimted o2 calls and texts, my 3g bolt on costs £7.50 and the rest is credit for non o2 calls and texts. :cool:

eljmayes

Any wrote: »

And is the internet connection any good? Is it fast? And how many hours of browsing the net is 1GB equal to?

Hard to put a figure on hours really- it's equivalent to around 1000-3000 pages per month depending on what you are looking at. 1GB should be more than enough for most people.

huggychair

This seems to be fine if you only use 'voice' and not data. Don't expect to be able to use this deal if you have a 'large-ish' web allowance integrated ino your mobile contract... If you use facebook, twitter etc. look elsewhere! Tesco Mobile is a virtual provider on the O2 network... Neither Tesco or O2 came to this agreement without knowing that the 'voice' allowance was a priority for it's extended user-base (including 'termination fee' items)

Tesco is the bastian of no-nonsense 'every little helps' voice traffic for them! :-)