Ovivo New Network. 200 minutes 200 Texts Free indefinitely.

£note

Just for clarity, this from their published terms and conditions:

"5.6 Further, We reserve the right to terminate the Service if:
(a) Following suspension under clause 5.5, your Account remains inactive for a further period of 120 days without topping-up; or
(b) You only use such part of the Service that is free."

Stuart_W

oldharryrocks wrote: »

You dont lose the £5 as you suggest because on top of the ongoing 200 minutes and 200 texts per month you get £5 credit.

You do lose anything you pay if the company suddenly disappears overnight, along with your phone number. Until this company is able to prove that their business model works, and brings enough advertisers on board to actually make money, there will always be a risk, albeit a very small one. As long as anyone is willing to risk a fiver, and is using a non-business critical number, then it is worth a go. But be prepared for it to all turn to dust, probably sooner rather than later. Hopefully after you can get at least £5 worth of usage from them.

scottishperson2

Privacy Policy has been updated (glad to see they're listening)

USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We use information held about you in the following ways:
• To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you.
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
• To notify you about changes to our service.
We may also use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you. By using the Service you consent to us using your information in this manner and if you disable any device to block receipt of such communication we shall be entitled to terminate the Service to you. Where required to maintain the integrity and quality of the Service we offer, we may disclose your information to Subsidiaries or Sub-Contractors. However we will not share your personal information for Marketing or Advertising purposes with any 3rd Parties, unless we have explicit permission from you to do so.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions of supply available at https://www.ovivomobile.com and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Ovivo Mobile Communications Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Of relevance

we will not share your personal information for Marketing or Advertising purposes with any 3rd Parties, unless we have explicit permission from you to do so.

Rich44_2

Stuart_W wrote: »

You do lose anything you pay if the company suddenly disappears overnight, along with your phone number. Until this company is able to prove that their business model works, and brings enough advertisers on board to actually make money, there will always be a risk, albeit a very small one. As long as anyone is willing to risk a fiver, and is using a non-business critical number, then it is worth a go. But be prepared for it to all turn to dust, probably sooner rather than later. Hopefully after you can get at least £5 worth of usage from them.

Why would anyone use a business critical number on a "free" service? Surely anyone who does so is asking for it? :rotfl:

deanos

Well i signed up, sim arrived in a couple of days, i transferred my number and got £5 free credit for doing so.

Very good timing as my Voda contract is due for renewal and it was costing me £7.50 a month

mikegahan

I have just signed up and the sim card is working fine on an Iphone 3gs, the website was very useful to get the settings, much better than O2. It would be great for a non critical number, anyway it is only costing me £5!

cruz99

Strange how this has been discussed very little considering it looks to be potentially one of the biggest money saving plans on the whole forum. Far better than signing up for spam in order to get free knickers etc etc

latecomer

Perhaps too many people been burned before by free services.

oldharryrocks

latecomer wrote: »

Perhaps too many people been burned before by free services.

The most you can lose on this one is £5 credit if you stick to inclusive allowance. In the meantime your saving x amount a month.

Currently doing what it says on tin !!!:D

ukdutypaid

Hang on. Let me get this straight.
- I sign up
- Receive SIM
- Open account/activate number, once I deposit £5
- That's it. Nothing more, ever?

e.g From then on, every month/30days, I receive an allowance of whatever I've gone for i.e Phone/Tablet SIM and unless I go over my allowance I never give them another penny, ever again? i.e I don't lose the £5 that's deposited there e.g it would only ever run down if I made out of allowance calls and then, I'd have to top up with another £5.
If it's 'wiped' on the anniversary of the 30 days, then that's a £5 top up per month, by the 'back door', so to speak. (they don't explicitly say anything on how long the credit lasts. That I can find, anyway). Although, if as they say, one doesn't have to top up, every month that would indicate the credit just stays there. In perpetuity, or until used up.

Argggg! brain, splurge.....

Have I got that right?