Downgrading from O2 contract to O2 PAYG?

declanmcc

Hi Folks,

This is just a quick query.
I'm on O2 Online 1000 (1000 off peak mins to O2 mobiles and UK landlines + 500 texts). The flat fee is £20 a month - my usual bill comes in round £25. Is it possible to downgrade to O2 PAYG (300 texts a month for £10 top-up) without incurring a cancellation fee?

Thanks :-)

lofty_2

unless you have completed a the contract term (usually 12 months) then i doubt it.
Have you thought the extra £5 might be vat?

Hope this Helps

declanmcc

Cheers for the reply Lofty.
The extra £5 comes from using my phone for the odd call during peak times and from occasionally texting family in the Republic Of Ireland and Italy (17.5p per text).

I guess I'll hold out til December when my 12 months is up!

lofty_2

the price is usually to pay for the phone as well, did u get a good phone with the deal?

andy88_2

Do you use mainly texts or calls? There is another option with the online payg SIM - a mixture of 100 free texts and cross-network minutes.

But I don't know if you can switch, and as lofty suggests this will only be after the initial 12 months contract period.

Perhaps you can contact Online Customer Services? I can't - the contact us form on the website does not work for me.

If it isn't possible to switch, you could get a new Payg SIM (with a different number), often for free or 99p.

declanmcc

I got a Samsung E800 for free with the online deal (that the missus took a shine too!). I'm currently using a Nokia 6610i that I nabbed for peanuts on eBay. I'm mainly a texter - and I got free TalkTalk calls for off peak times - I always ring landlines rather than mobiles - so I don't really need all those O2 minutes for £20 - whereas I could text to my heart's content for a tenner a month!

lofty_2

there was a post here offering 4 free o2 sims a few days ago, just keep your eyes peeled between now and december, as im sure that the offer will come back sometime in the next few months, it always does!

lofty_2

I know its not o2 but orange have a nice tarrif for texters, you only get a cheapo phone free but u get 3000 text messages a month for £20,

Hope This Helps

lofty_2

and if you let me refer you, Ill get £25 free credit and you'll get £50 free credit

andy88_2

I'm just thinking of an idea. Most UK networks do not charge for incoming texts when abroad. If you could get your family abroad to carry an extra phone and you sent them an O2 SIM (or any other) you could text them from your included package.

They wouldn't want to send them back from that phone though; if they did the same for you, they'd end up with two phones each and you'd have three, so maybe it is a bit of a daft idea.

bbb_uk

Once you are outside your minimum term just ring them up and say that you want to cancel your contract as you don't (or wont) be using that much and you're thinking of going on to PAYG. A friend of mine has done this twice at the end of his contracts and they send out a fee online PAYG sim on both occasions and you can then arrange with them for transfer of numbers, or alternatively, wait until the next free o2 sim online sim cards become available again.