Limiting a contract phone

scarletjim

Is it possible to set a daily or weekly call allowance limit on a contract phone? Has anyone on here ever tried to do this?

utilitybroker

No its not possible to set a weekly or daily allowance.

Have a look at T- Mobile UFix this might suit you.

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?menuid=plans_ufix_landing

reehsetin

some networks say that you can have a monthly limit (never seen in practice but heard of it) but they can not guarentee it will be stopped at the limit

utilitybroker

reehsetin wrote:

some networks say that you can have a monthly limit (never seen in practice but heard of it) but they can not guarentee it will be stopped at the limit

Credit limits are only designed to protect companies from people who don't pay their bills, and shouldn't be sold as a feature/benefit.

You cant rely on call limits as a way of controlling costs , limits can be exceeded due to delays in receiving call data.

MoneySavingSpender

Networks rely on people overspending to help pay for the comissions they give retailers so limits are not in their interest, which is why 76% of the UK mobile market is Pay As You Go.

Retailers with cashback offers depend on people being lazy and not planning their cashback claims and keeping their paperwork to make their money as the 100% free rental cashback claims is virtually handing over all the comission.

If you can plan, are disciplined and don't waste, this is fine for most people, for others they just subsidise those who arn't lazy.

scarletjim

Thanks for all replies - I'm happy with my monthly contract, unfortunately not everyone is so disciplined... :rotfl: