MSE News: Orange and Vodafone hike pay as you go mobile costs

Former_MSE_Helen

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"From today some Orange PAYG customers will face price hikes and Vodafone customers will see increases from 14 July"

Read the full story:
Orange and Vodafone hike pay as you go mobile costs

dalek

PAYG Asda Sim Card is 6p a text message & 10p per minute (to landlines and other mobile networks)


PAYG Tesco Sim Card is 4p a text message & 8p per minute (to landlines and other mobile networks)

WelshPaul

Change network, simples!

vikingaero

WelshPaul wrote: »

Change network, simples!

Even the simple process of getting your PAC code and porting to a new PAYG provider is too much for some people. Inertia rules!

Angelic

I have an ASDA sim for the odd text/call as it's the cheapest and suits my needs (I don't have a life) . If people are too lazy to shop around than they will pay more and it easy changing networks if you are on PAYG.
I was stuck with a contract phone a couple of years ago and had to wait 10 months before I was released.

Paulgonnabedebtfree

dalek wrote: »

PAYG Asda Sim Card is 6p a text message & 10p per minute (to landlines and other mobile networks)


PAYG Tesco Sim Card is 4p a text message & 8p per minute (to landlines and other mobile networks)

Good to see that my intended response for this thread has been covered on the first post .
I wasn't aware that Tesco was a bit cheaper than Asda for this though.

I used to have a contract (with vodafone) but my usage plummeted so I reverted to PAYG (with Asda).

Ypaymore

Better still if you top online Vectone Mobile http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/rates/standard/national-rates.aspx

is 2.5p a UK text message and 5p a minute to UK Landlines and Mobiles.

Plus there are other benefits like free Vectone To Vectone calls/texts

http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/rates/standard/vectone-to-vectone.aspx

Port your existing number to them

http://www.vectonemobile.co.uk/offers/bonuses.aspx

cactusdust

There are enough people that will shrug it off and carry on paying these inflated prices- hence why these companies can get away with the price hikes.

blahblahdoh

Angelic wrote: »

I have an ASDA sim for the odd text/call as it's the cheapest and suits my needs (I don't have a life) . If people are too lazy to shop around than they will pay more and it easy changing networks if you are on PAYG.
I was stuck with a contract phone a couple of years ago and had to wait 10 months before I was released.

ASDA used to be the cheapest until they hiked their rates about a month ago (see post #2). There are alternatives like Vectone, but some people think they are just short term deals and will also hike rates once enough people have switched.

Probably worth switching anyway: not much effort for a short term saving, and to annoy the hikers. In fact Topcashback site will even pay you 50p just for applying for a free Vectone SIM. Rude not to?

blahblahdoh

Just noticed TopCashBack offer extremely generous deals on TOPUPS for Vectone too - looks great, but a clear sign of short term loss-leading, imo.

Anyone used them? Whats the network/coverage like?

grumbler

The coverage is the same as for t-mobile.