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d123

grumbler wrote: »

I am thinking about porting my number out.

Why? My thinking is 2 fold, firstly, Ovivo is only a virtual, your number is registered on the Vodafone network, it's not like the network will shut down if Ovivo were to close.

Secondly, I'm pretty sure that like Easy Mobile we would be given a short time period to port out (I seem to recall 30 days when Easy went out of business). Whilst losing the service would be inconvenient, I don't think your number (or mine) is at as much risk as you do.

Blue_Max

Silk wrote: »

They did say the ad's are coming back in the spring which should increase the revenue for them.

Meanwhile it's a case of making hay whilst the sun shines and at the moment I'm well in front as far as savings go even if I were to lose the £5

I had an email saying that the ads will be back soon. You see them when using the free data allowance for browsing, I think!

Yes, the ads are one of their sources of revenue.
The £5 to £15 people pay to join in is spent on issuing the SIM, admin costs, cost of free allowance and call credit. It produce very little profit.

Blue_Max

Top up credit when joining is now £15. To sweeten the pill now they are giving an extra £3.00 of credit when you bring your number to Ovivo!

Silk

Blue_Max wrote: »

I had an email saying that the ads will be back soon. You see them when using the free data allowance for browsing, I think!

Yes you do.

The ad pops up every few pages when browsing, which was never a problem as you could just click on "skip" to continue to the page you were waiting to load.

In fairness to Ovivo if I wasn't in a rush every so often I used to let the ad's load up rather than just ignore them all the time

sillygoose

Silk wrote: »

Yes you do.

The ad pops up every few pages when browsing, which was never a problem as you could just click on "skip" to continue to the page you were waiting to load.

In fairness to Ovivo if I wasn't in a rush every so often I used to let the ad's load up rather than just ignore them all the time

I wonder how much of your free data allowance the ads use up sending them to you? they could load them with quite large file size elements pushing you into the 'pay zone' much quicker.

HappyMJ

sillygoose wrote: »

I wonder how much of your free data allowance the ads use up sending them to you? they could load them with quite large file size elements pushing you into the 'pay zone' much quicker.

At the time they used no part of the data allowance.

It's a bit like a mainstream network allowing access to the networks own site portal. It's free.

Silk

sillygoose wrote: »

I wonder how much of your free data allowance the ads use up sending them to you? they could load them with quite large file size elements pushing you into the 'pay zone' much quicker.

I can't be 100% certain but I don't think they used any as Happy MJ says.

What I am certain about is that my data useage shows no difference between when the ad's were on and since they removed

xinaes

Silk wrote: »

Yes you do.

The ad pops up every few pages when browsing, which was never a problem as you could just click on "skip" to continue to the page you were waiting to load.

One thing I don't quite understand: do you still see ads on data that you've payed for, or is it only on the free allowance?

Daz2009

I've been with Ovivo since November and haven't received a single ad but that's because they haven't been sending any,I believe that will commence this month.
I doubt the ads are cleverer enough to distinguish between free data allowance and paid for

Guys_Dad

Silk wrote: »

I can't be 100% certain but I don't think they used any as Happy MJ says.

What I am certain about is that my data useage shows no difference between when the ad's were on and since they removed

Happy Easter!

Didn't realise you used Ovivo. Any downsides? I have just got my PAC code from Orange which is my spare phone, Vodafone being my main one.

I want to keep the Orange number, as some people still occasionally use it and, of course, always useful to have a spare. So, apart from the initial £15 , I can keep my number for no more spends? Certainly would never use many of the free minutes and reception should be ok.

Did you get a new number or did you transfer your old one and if so, any transfer problems?