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ovivo mobile

mredmred
mredmred Posts: 19 Forumite
I'm currently with T-mobile and have less than two months left on my contract. I've decided i'm not going to get a new phone and go sim only.

T-mobile gives me good coverage, the only problem I've had is that in the lifetime of my contract they have increased it twice

I've had a look at alternative deals and I've found ovivo mobile but it looks almost to good to be true.

For a £20 one off payment you get a monthly limit of 150 mins, 150 texts and 500mb of data.

I'm usually use around 150 mins, less that 150 texts and a little less than 500 mb

From the research i've done it looks live ovivo uses Vodafone which won't be a problem for me.

Does anyone have any experience with ovivo or should I just try and get a better sim only deal with T-Mobile?
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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 6 October 2013 at 10:01PM
    mredmred wrote: »
    Does anyone have any experience with ovivo
    Ovivo New Network. 200 minutes 200 Texts Free indefinitely.
    or should I just try and get a better sim only deal with T-Mobile?
    I think there are better deals around. For EE signal check Virgin Mobile. Also ASDA Mobile Ditches Vodafone for EE

    For Vodafone signal you can check [STRIKE]T-mobile [/STRIKE] Talkmobile as well, but if you are happy with the allowances Ovivo is a better option.
  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    grumbler wrote: »
    Ovivo New Network. 200 minutes 200 Texts Free indefinitely.
    I think there are better deals around. For EE signal check Virgin Mobile. Also ASDA Mobile Ditches Vodafone for EE

    For Vodafone signal you can check T-mobile as well, but if you are happy with the allowances Ovivo is a better option.

    Huh? What happened there?
  • aerostar
    aerostar Posts: 1,738 Forumite
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    Have had Ovivo for a few months and very pleased, bought mine when it was £15, as I am a light user this was the best offer I could find, have yet to get anywhere near the monthly free useage.

    I don't see how you could get a better deal with T-Mobile.

    Their current offer is 150mins any network - 250 texts - 500MB data for an outlay of £20 (£5 for sim/setup I suppose and £15 credit).

    Allowance resets back to that every month with no extra charge, stay within the monthly allowance and that £20 outlay without having to top up is fine and no ongoing monthly fee.

    current offers here
    http://ovivomobile.com/offer/ovivo-for-phones/
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,994 Forumite
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    Are they really in 1/2 million £ of debt?
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  • aerostar
    aerostar Posts: 1,738 Forumite
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    Are they really in 1/2 million £ of debt?


    Where did that information come from ? or are you spreading rumour?

    If you quote something you should attribute it to a reliable source.

    Quotes like that raise the suspicion that you work for a competitor!
  • marlot
    marlot Posts: 4,988 Forumite
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    edited 7 October 2013 at 7:01AM
    Are they really in 1/2 million £ of debt?
    There are lots of different types of debt. On a continuum all the way from planned bank loans through to unpaid suppliers.

    Debt is how virtually every company gets started, so is not necessarily a problem.

    I'm not an investor in Ovivo, or a supplier, so the worst I can lose is the £20 that's sitting in my account.

    I've been with Ovivo for about 6 months now. In that time there was one outage, but they were good about giving updates. Day to day service has been excellent.
  • Cisco001
    Cisco001 Posts: 4,220 Forumite
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    Not really good 3G...
  • alanwsg
    alanwsg Posts: 827 Forumite
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    Cisco001 wrote: »
    Not really good 3G...
    Coverage seems quite a lot worse than when I was with O2.
    But that's Vodafone's fault, not Ovivo's.
  • Silk
    Silk Posts: 4,836 Forumite
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    Are they really in 1/2 million £ of debt?
    Not realy ..... The company was funded by crowdfunding investment of over £400k @ 20% equity.

    Think of Dragons Den with more investors ;)

    They asked for £325k and got about £414k from a dozen or so investors ....so it's not realy debt as such just start up costs
    It's not just about the money
  • sdduk
    sdduk Posts: 1,444 Forumite
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    Are they really in 1/2 million £ of debt?

    If they went down tomorrow i have had my £5 worth over the last year

    Vodafone debt's are a lot more and they are still going i think there debt is somewhere in the Billion

    I also know Ovivo piggy back of Voda.
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