o2 sim only question

james_smitha

in the experience of others what are O2 like for matching sim only prices and promotions of rival networks please?

FlorayG

I'm with O2, was paying £14.99 a month, saw a deal for £7.99 (that uses their network!), called O2 they gave me a new SIM contract for £7.99 

Cressida100

I was at the end of my contract with O2 and managed to get a good deal of £6 a month sim only which over time has risen to £7.64 per month. That includes unlimited minutes and messages and 4GB of data (I am a virginmedia customer so get double data). 

Cisco001

I suggest trying Giffgaff or tesco mobile for a month before signing up.
O2 is not as good as other network in my area.

Billxx

Cisco001 said:

I suggest trying Giffgaff or tesco mobile for a month before signing up.
O2 is not as good as other network in my area.

I use Tesco mobile - they use O2 network and generally I've found their customer services pretty good.  If you have a Tesco club card you can get discount on your phone bill as well.

flaneurs_lobster

Cressida100 said:

I was at the end of my contract with O2 and managed to get a good deal of £6 a month sim only which over time has risen to £7.64 per month. That includes unlimited minutes and messages and 4GB of data (I am a virginmedia customer so get double data). 

You could get 30GB for £7.99 from O2 via Uswitch, or is there a broadband incentive too?

beckstar1975

flaneurs_lobster said:

Cressida100 said:

I was at the end of my contract with O2 and managed to get a good deal of £6 a month sim only which over time has risen to £7.64 per month. That includes unlimited minutes and messages and 4GB of data (I am a virginmedia customer so get double data). 

You could get 30GB for £7.99 from O2 via Uswitch, or is there a broadband incentive too?

Four of us have this, with the Virgin double data and family discount is about £26 a month. We’ve tried cheaper and between school /college /work commute none of the others have enough coverage so we’re wedded to O2 for now.

 Enough data even for my teens and is free to use abroad (and the kids rinse priority for deals and ticket pre-sales)

JSmithy45AD

I joined O2 just over the year ago from the MSE link for £5 for 10GB data and the usual UL mins & texts. I got hit by the mid contract price rise which added a whopping 44p to the monthly bill. I was however very surprised and happy to discover that at the end of the 12 months it carries on as a rolling monthly contract at the same £5.44 a month (until the next rise). I've joined Virgin Broadband since (again from a link here) for 128MB for the equivalent of just £21 a month. With Volt I've doubled the data & download speed both so I'm very happy with them both.

There was someone on here who was with O2 and out of contract and took a similar deal from MSE, they saved a lot of money per month and kept exactly the same service from O2.

james_smitha

That I saw Tesco is expensive, like their advert says it is of benefit more to people that travel abroad