moving abroad, what do i do about my orange UK contract??

loveangel88

Hi guys, im 8months into a 18month contract with orange,and i may be moving to ireland in the new year, not definate yet, but i was just wondering what do i do with my orange pay monthly contract, because if i use the phone in ireland, it will be charged outside my allowance wont it? Would i be able to cancel it?

Any help much appreciated:o

gjchester

loveangel88 wrote: »

Hi guys, im 8months into a 18month contract with orange,and i may be moving to ireland in the new year, not definate yet, but i was just wondering what do i do with my orange pay monthly contract, because if i use the phone in ireland, it will be charged outside my allowance wont it? Would i be able to cancel it?

Any help much appreciated:o

Using it in Southern Ireland will almost certianly be classed as international use, not sure about Northern Ireland.

Best thing to do is Phone Orange and ask. You signed up for 18months so to get out you'll have to pay a termination fee. If you phone them now and notify them then call when you really do leave they may be sympathetic, just doing it when you are about to leave probably will elict a different response. It will also depend on when you leave, if it was to be tommorow they would almost cetainly charge a fee to leave, if it's in month 15,16,17 then they may have more leeway. You say it's not defination, it may be you'll ge tto the 18 month point before you go, in which case this is irrelevnet.

The other option would be to downgrade your tarrif to the lowest you can, but that depends on the contrct you signed as to when that is possible. Ot if you have a relative you can trust pass the phoen to them, so whislt you'll still have to pay they'll get some use of the inclusive minutes.

jclegs

gjchester wrote: »

Using it in Southern Ireland will almost certianly be classed as international use, not sure about Northern Ireland.

Best thing to do is Phone Orange and ask. You signed up for 18months so to get out you'll have to pay a termination fee. If you phone them now and notify them then call when you really do leave they may be sympathetic, just doing it when you are about to leave probably will elict a different response. It will also depend on when you leave, if it was to be tommorow they would almost cetainly charge a fee to leave, if it's in month 15,16,17 then they may have more leeway. You say it's not defination, it may be you'll ge tto the 18 month point before you go, in which case this is irrelevnet.

The other option would be to downgrade your tarrif to the lowest you can, but that depends on the contrct you signed as to when that is possible. Ot if you have a relative you can trust pass the phoen to them, so whislt you'll still have to pay they'll get some use of the inclusive minutes.

Northern Ireland is in the UK!

gjchester

jclegs wrote: »

Northern Ireland is in the UK!

I Know that, doesn't mean the networks do. Also if you close to the border your call may end up being routed through a southern Irelend amst and be charged as an internatinal call.

loveangel88

My tarriff was £35 a month, but due to rubbish signal around my area and calls constantly dropping, Orange reduced it to £25 for me.

I have just checked on orange website and the whole of Ireland is considered abroad


This is what the charges are for ireland
Service Make/Send Receive calling to countries within zones 1 & 2 and back to the UK37.2p**18.6pper mincalling to all other zones39.1p18.6pper minAnswer Phone37.2p per mintext message10.8p*freeper messagephoto message (up to 50kb)58.7pfreeper messagephoto message (over 50kb)73.4pfreeper messagevideo message73.4pfreeper messageGPRS or EDGE£2.94 per MB3G data£2.94 per MB

Littlemiss27

loveangel88 wrote: »

I have just checked on orange website and the whole of Ireland is considered abroad

The whole of the Republic of Ireland is charged at roaming rates as it is not part of the UK, the whole of Northern Ireland is charged at your normal rate/comes out of your allowance as it is part of the UK.

If you are going to be in Northern Ireland but near the border you may pick up networks from the Republic so best to do a manual network selection and make sure you are connected to a UK network.

macman

OP needs to advise whether they are moving to Northern Ireland or ROI.
If NI, carry on as normal.
If ROI, then they will need to pay an early termination fee or (better) try and sell the remaining contract onto a friend.
They won't let you cancel early without charge because you choose to leave the country I'm afraid.

DarkConvict

Maybe you can pay orange for a roaming package, so that some roaming calls are included, otherwise you may as well terminate which will cost the remainder of your contract.

loveangel88

macman wrote: »

OP needs to advise whether they are moving to Northern Ireland or ROI.
If NI, carry on as normal.
If ROI, then they will need to pay an early termination fee or (better) try and sell the remaining contract onto a friend.
They won't let you cancel early without charge because you choose to leave the country I'm afraid.

Hi the area is called drogheda just outside dublin

macman

Drogheda was well inside the ROI last time I checked. So if you use it there you'll be on roaming rates.

MarkLS12

Maybe a friend or relative would take over your contract, if so I believe you should be able to transfer the contract over to them.