O2 => Tesco - any PAC issues ?

deejaybee

Hi all,

Considering moving from O2 to Tescomobile.

As Tesco runs over O2 network, would this cause me any issues if i want to keep same number ?

Thanks

indesisiv

No, they are different companies.

deejaybee

Thats good news !

Appreciate the quick feedback bud :beer:

neilcr_2

Take a look at giffgaff which is better value than Tesco and also runs on O2

Timalay

indesisiv wrote: »

No, they are different companies.

Technically O2 own part of Tesco mobile. Also, it's worth bearing in mind that O2 have a tier system with their mvno's internet (basically O2 Pay monthly + Business gets Tier 1 priority, O2 Pay as you go + Tesco Pay Monthly/pay as you go gets Tier 2 priory, and Giff Gaff gets Tier 3 priority).
I'm on Tesco mobile (pay monthly) and still get good 4G speeds where I live, but it gets bad when I hit a bigger town.

neilcr_2

Timalay wrote: »

Technically O2 own part of Tesco mobile. Also, it's worth bearing in mind that O2 have a tier system with their mvno's internet (basically O2 Pay monthly + Business gets Tier 1 priority, O2 Pay as you go + Tesco Pay Monthly/pay as you go gets Tier 2 priory, and Giff Gaff gets Tier 3 priority).
I'm on Tesco mobile (pay monthly) and still get good 4G speeds where I live, but it gets bad when I hit a bigger town.

This is absolute nonsense as I have used both O2 and Giffgaff.
The extra money you pay O2 just pays for the phone support call centre. If you've had a mobile for more than a week you probably know more than the call centre guys.

Timalay

What the tier system? It's common knowledge for years now. It may only really effect people in bigger towns and cities.

System

You don't know what you are talking about.

Giffgaff has much lower network priority than O2 or Tesco users.
Less noticeable on voice/text but is abundantly clear with data.

neilcr wrote: »

This is absolute nonsense as I have used both O2 and Giffgaff.
The extra money you pay O2 just pays for the phone support call centre. If you've had a mobile for more than a week you probably know more than the call centre guys.

sdduk

neilcr wrote: »

This is absolute nonsense as I have used both O2 and Giffgaff.
The extra money you pay O2 just pays for the phone support call centre. If you've had a mobile for more than a week you probably know more than the call centre guys.

No its not Nonsense Gifgaff get a third class service you may get fall bars on your phone BUT it doesn't mean you will be able to use your data all i got was unable to connect to service O2 and Tesco get a far better service.

Jimrod

sdduk wrote: »

No its not Nonsense Gifgaff get a third class service you may get fall bars on your phone BUT it doesn't mean you will be able to use your data all i got was unable to connect to service O2 and Tesco get a far better service.

True. Just tested with a colleague and my "unlimited" giffgaff 4G gets me 2.3mb download speed currently (in Cirencester, 11am, hardly a peak time or area!) while his Tesco 4g gets him 40mb download! Both using O2's network, what a joke. Our upload speeds were the same at 20mb so the connection is fine.