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whats is the best t mobile/O2 offer?

sam1970
sam1970 Posts: 1,208 Forumite
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im looking for a good deal on either of these 2 networks as the phone will be used to make international calls through simply phones...any suggesstions please..thanx

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  • Fedz
    Fedz Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    Depends if you require a phone or not. o2 offer SIM Only Deal with extra minutes = 400 x-net anytime minutes plus 1000 free texts for £30 p/m OR 800 x-net anytime minutes for £45 p/m

    If you want a phone eg: Samsung D500 it's free phone, 200 x-net anytime minutes and choose extra texts or minutes - 200 mins and 500 texts or 300 mins and 50 texts - which you prefer.

    If you goto a 3rd party you can get eg: free phone (d500) and 3 months free line rental (via redemtion)...etc.

    As for T-mobile: not sure I got burned by them once so I avoid - sorry :)

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  • pricefighter
    pricefighter Posts: 2,829 Forumite
    What countries will you be calling !!! simply fones is not always the cheapest solution.
    PF.
  • sam1970
    sam1970 Posts: 1,208 Forumite
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    I will be calling few countries in africa...the cheapest i could find is 10p/min so i guess using simply phones will save me some money
  • blinker
    blinker Posts: 96 Forumite
    What countries will you be calling !!! simply fones is not always the cheapest solution.

    For the countries included in simply-fones 07744 974 363 service they must be the cheapest solution .. as they are FREE calls!! :rotfl:
  • pricefighter
    pricefighter Posts: 2,829 Forumite
    Calls to the 07744 974 363 or 973 33,are not free they come out of the inclusive minutes you pay for by line rental , so if you paid £20 pound a month for 100 minutes cross network minutes the calls would be costing 20p a min.Obviously this price varies depending on the number of minutes,and the cost of the calls.

    The next thing you have to take into account is how much the Network will charge you after you use up the inclusive minutes. Could be anything up to 40p a minute.

    On top of that do bear in mind that the Mobile Industry do exchange intelligence,Orange,and Vodafone have already started to charge for calls to the simply-fone access numbers,and i think you will find it want take the others to long to follow!!!!

    What else could you do you could do,take out the cheapest Orange contract phone with cross network minutes £15 a month and use a 0800 mobile overide service.

    Or there are couple of PAYG solution.1.Tesco allow you to register 3 numbers on there PAYG mobile,or landline.Register the Simply Fone access no,s and all your calls no matter how many you make will be 10p a minute.No line rental,no connection,no minimum term.A sim card will cost you less then £5.Tesco,s network is run by O2. 2. Carphone warehouse sell a payg sim card called mobile world .Calls to african countries 12p a minute.This is run by TMobile.


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