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

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Former_MSE_Guy
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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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  • Any
    Any Posts: 7,959 Forumite
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    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
    Xaviera Posts: 286 Forumite
    Now lets just hope all providers roll this out! :D
  • eljmayes
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    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
    Any Posts: 7,959 Forumite
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    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
    Xaviera Posts: 286 Forumite
    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 :D

    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
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    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
    huggychair Posts: 154 Forumite
    edited 5 August 2009 at 1:33AM
    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! :-)
    :cool: :A
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