'48' Mobile operator - Prepaid offer - 3000mins & 5000 texts €10per month

Zardoz · 18-04-2012 2:44am

Do 48 offer webtext ?

PressTheButton · 18-04-2012 8:45am

Zardoz wrote: »

Do 48 offer webtext ?

No, not at this time.

Kotek Besar · 18-04-2012 9:34am

Quick question,

I'm currently on Meteor PAYG and their free talk / text to Meteor + 1gb data per month, for €20 top up per month. I do over the 1gb data though. So I probably top up €20 every three weeks, so I reckon I pay about €30 a month, give or take.

Do you think I'd save money by moving to 48? I have an iphone, if it matters.

galwayjohn89 · 18-04-2012 9:36am

No you would use too much data for 48.

Three would suit your usage.

CFC007 · 18-04-2012 3:10pm

For iPhone users that switched over-has anyone managed to activate iMessages?

nava · 18-04-2012 3:18pm

CFC007 wrote: »

For iPhone users that switched over-has anyone managed to activate iMessages?

I don't use 48 but I think as the message to activate Imessage is sent to a UK number you should have extra credit after paying your 10 months subscription to pay for the txt.

let us know how you get on with the data after the new Data plan starts on 1st May.

Heisenberg1 · 18-04-2012 6:49pm

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Quick question,

I'm currently on Meteor PAYG and their free talk / text to Meteor + 1gb data per month, for €20 top up per month. I do over the 1gb data though. So I probably top up €20 every three weeks, so I reckon I pay about €30 a month, give or take.

Do you think I'd save money by moving to 48? I have an iphone, if it matters.

I'm with 48 and have an iPhone 4S it's great value and I would be a heavy data user well worth the money.

Heisenberg1 · 18-04-2012 6:51pm

CFC007 wrote: »

For iPhone users that switched over-has anyone managed to activate iMessages?

Yes it works but as 48 is not an offical iPhone carrier when you send an iMessage the message is sent using your Apple ID not your number.

Heisenberg1 · 18-04-2012 6:55pm

nava wrote: »

I don't use 48 but I think as the message to activate Imessage is sent to a UK number you should have extra credit after paying your 10 months subscription to pay for the txt.

let us know how you get on with the data after the new Data plan starts on 1st May.

iMessage just uses your Apple ID not you phone number thats the only difference.

JTMan · 18-04-2012 7:03pm

luzon wrote: »

I'm with 48 and have an iPhone 4S it's great value and I would be a heavy data user well worth the money.

The data packages are *currently* good value. That will change on May 1 2012 when the price is scheduled to increase to a whopping 1 EUR per hour.

upandcumming · 18-04-2012 7:05pm

Fungus wrote: »

The data packages are *currently* good value. That will change on May 1 2012 when the price is scheduled to increase to a whopping 1 EUR per hour.

That isn't exactly correct. Its one hour of loading time.

JTMan · 18-04-2012 7:06pm

upandcumming wrote: »

Its one hour of loading time.

and if you have a smartphone with background data then Telefonica/48 will take you to the dry cleaners.

Luap · 18-04-2012 7:23pm

Did anyone get a phone off Vodafone to tempt them back?

They offered me €80 credit up front, same number, €10 extra when I top up by €20 with the same oul free texts deal and 1000 cherry points after 3 months.

Told them I'd think about it. :P

Do ye think its a good deal?

AlmightyCushion · 18-04-2012 8:12pm

Maloney_o9 wrote: »

Did anyone get a phone off Vodafone to tempt them back?

They offered me €80 credit up front, same number, €10 extra when I top up by €20 with the same oul free texts deal and 1000 cherry points after 3 months.

Told them I'd think about it. :P

Do ye think its a good deal?

Do you have to do anything to keep or get that €80 credit? If not, take the offer and consider the 48 deal while you use the €80 credit over the next few months.

Luap · 18-04-2012 10:41pm

No strings attached. That's what see said. After 3 days they'll give you it.

Can I still go back to 48 after the 3 months? :P

nava · 18-04-2012 10:49pm

luzon wrote: »

iMessage just uses your Apple ID not you phone number thats the only difference.

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you use an Iphone when you activate it does sent a txt, the email Imesage activation is only when you have an Ipod or when you add the email address after your Iphone is already activated.

If anyone knows of a way to activate only an email address on an Iphone please let me know.

Thanks

whittler · 18-04-2012 10:56pm

whittler wrote: »

iv been using mine a few3 days now with no problem,topped up online with laser, i wonder would the 48 sim work in a tesco phone?

has anyone tried this?seeing as emobile works with meteor fones i presume the same theory would apply?

DaNiEl1994 · 19-04-2012 12:37am

so when you go to a payzone shop and buy 0 euro on 48 is that 10 euro memebership or 10 top up cause i heard there is a difference

upandcumming · 19-04-2012 12:48am

DaNiEl1994 wrote: »

so when you go to a payzone shop and buy 0 euro on 48 is that 10 euro memebership or 10 top up cause i heard there is a difference

There is no difference.

The amount of times I have answered this question is shocking.

Go into shop.
Ask for €10 48.
They give it to you.
Call 1741. Or *101*Twelvedigitnumber#
Then go online to 48months.ie, login and pay membership.
Or text "Monthly" to 1747.

Heisenberg1 · 19-04-2012 11:44am

nava wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you use an Iphone when you activate it does sent a txt, the email Imesage activation is only when you have an Ipod or when you add the email address after your Iphone is already activated.

If anyone knows of a way to activate only an email address on an Iphone please let me know.

Thanks

I'm not sure about the txt messasge my iMessage has worked no problem with 48 only that it uses your Apple ID and not your number.

knipper · 19-04-2012 11:59am

My sim would not work properly on my tesco phone.
Could make calls but couldn't text from it.
It works fine on my unlocked phone tho.

Kotek Besar · 19-04-2012 12:01pm

knipper wrote: »

My sim would not work properly on my tesco phone.
Could make calls but couldn't text from it.
It works fine on my unlocked phone tho.

Did you correct the SMSC number?

knipper · 19-04-2012 1:08pm

No will check that out later thanks

whittler · 19-04-2012 7:17pm

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Did you correct the SMSC number?

excuse my ignorance bit what is that how would i do it?

niallkkk · 20-04-2012 9:45am

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Quick question,

I'm currently on Meteor PAYG and their free talk / text to Meteor + 1gb data per month, for €20 top up per month. I do over the 1gb data though. So I probably top up €20 every three weeks, so I reckon I pay about €30 a month, give or take.

Do you think I'd save money by moving to 48? I have an iphone, if it matters.

i have switched to 48 and in my opinion the networl wud work 4 u as u get 500mb per week which is over 2 gb per month.switch now if i was u

galwayjohn89 · 20-04-2012 9:49am

niallkkk wrote: »

i have switched to 48 and in my opinion the networl wud work 4 u as u get 500mb per week which is over 2 gb per month.switch now if i was u

Thats only until the end of May.

jeddie20 · 20-04-2012 3:35pm

niallkkk wrote: »

i have switched to 48 and in my opinion the networl wud work 4 u as u get 500mb per week which is over 2 gb per month.switch now if i was u

lokokill · 20-04-2012 8:54pm

DaveNoCheese · 20-04-2012 9:20pm

No contract to sign so... ehh yea

20-04-2012 9:25pm

so is it worth it aka ant good

DaveNoCheese · 20-04-2012 9:32pm

Deleted User wrote: »

so is it worth it aka ant good

Right now yea it's well worth it but from May 1st they are restructuring the data plan so tis worth your while to wait a week or so!

Esel · 21-04-2012 1:53am

niallkkk wrote: »

i have switched to 48 and in my opinion the networl wud work 4 u as u get 500mb per week which is over 2 gb per month.switch now if i was u

Are they charging you by the letter or something?

Oracle · 21-04-2012 2:22am

Esel wrote: »

Are they charging you by the letter or something?

No, dat is wat happens 2 UR spellin wen U send 5000 txts a mth ....

sheroman01 · 21-04-2012 12:34pm

upandcumming wrote: »

There is no difference.

The amount of times I have answered this question is shocking.

Go into shop.
Ask for €10 48.
They give it to you.
Call 1741. Or *101*Twelvedigitnumber#
Then go online to 48months.ie, login and pay membership.
Or text "Monthly" to 1747.

So does paying your membership inflict a fee, or is it just to "confirm" you've topped up?

I don't understand why you have to go online to pay membership, after just topping up by €10....that's where i'm lost.

Kotek Besar · 21-04-2012 12:52pm

niallkkk wrote: »

i have switched to 48 and in my opinion the networl wud work 4 u as u get 500mb per week which is over 2 gb per month.switch now if i was u

500mb per week, free? I thought it was 1gb per week at a cost of €2?

augusta24 · 21-04-2012 1:06pm

never mind got it sorted

upandcumming · 22-04-2012 11:19am

sheroman01 wrote: »

So does paying your membership inflict a fee, or is it just to "confirm" you've topped up?

I don't understand why you have to go online to pay membership, after just topping up by €10....that's where i'm lost.

No. I didn't mention that at all. Nowhere.

You pay membership with the €10 that you just put into your phone. That is how they can restrict service to 18-22yo. Its a club, you pay €10 a month and 3000mins & 5000 texts is one of the benefits of being a member of that club.

Kotek Besar · 22-04-2012 12:05pm

Decided to switch to 48 from Meteor. First impressions, not good.

I topped up €20. €10 for monthly sub, €2 for weekly internet and €8 left as top up credit.

I then followed the process to switch my number. This was at 14:30 yesterday. Got a text to say it will be transferred within 2 hours. Still not done.

Can't call them up as they've no customer service number. Sent them a message via "ask an agent". No reply. Keep reading other peoples' on their forum site, but can't see how to post my own question.

Meanwhile I've had no phone service for nearly 24 hours. Starting to think I should have just stayed with Meteor.

bren2001 · 22-04-2012 3:14pm

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Decided to switch to 48 from Meteor. First impressions, not good.

I topped up €20. €10 for monthly sub, €2 for weekly internet and €8 left as top up credit.

I then followed the process to switch my number. This was at 14:30 yesterday. Got a text to say it will be transferred within 2 hours. Still not done.

Can't call them up as they've no customer service number. Sent them a message via "ask an agent". No reply. Keep reading other peoples' on their forum site, but can't see how to post my own question.

Meanwhile I've had no phone service for nearly 24 hours. Starting to think I should have just stayed with Meteor.

Ive emailed 48 and usually got a response pretty quickly. Its a Sunday, doubt they have any staff on. They will get back to you in the morning and probrably give you a free 7 days on the network.

Ive got no complaints over them yet.

Kotek Besar · 22-04-2012 3:20pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Ive emailed 48 and usually got a response pretty quickly. Its a Sunday, doubt they have any staff on. They will get back to you in the morning and probrably give you a free 7 days on the network.

Ive got no complaints over them yet.

According to their website they are open on Sundays for number ports between 10am and 4pm. Staff have been active on their support forums today too.

It's a joke to honest. Customer service non-existent by phone and seemingly non-existent by online message either. I think I'll just ask for my €20 back and stick with Meteor. What a waste of time.

sheroman01 · 22-04-2012 4:53pm

upandcumming wrote: »

No. I didn't mention that at all. Nowhere.

You pay membership with the €10 that you just put into your phone. That is how they can restrict service to 18-22yo. Its a club, you pay €10 a month and 3000mins & 5000 texts is one of the benefits of being a member of that club.

Oooh somebody's a little moody, eh? Anyway, that bit cleared it up for me -> "You pay membership with the €10 that you just put into your phone"

niallkkk · 23-04-2012 1:25pm

Esel wrote: »

Are they charging you by the letter or something?

i can spell quite adequately but i am just keeping it short and sweet.would you like me to re-type it just for you???******

niallkkk · 23-04-2012 1:30pm

Kotek Besar wrote: »

500mb per week, free? I thought it was 1gb per week at a cost of €2?

i just payed my membership fee.never had to top up @ all.for €10 i was able to make as many calls as i wanted,and then €2 for 7 days internet.be patient with the porting,mine took a couple of days...

Kotek Besar · 23-04-2012 1:49pm

niallkkk wrote: »

Kotek Besar wrote: »

500mb per week, free? I thought it was 1gb per week at a cost of €2?

i just payed my membership fee.never had to top up @ all.for €10 i was able to make as many calls as i wanted,and then €2 for 7 days internet.be patient with the porting,mine took a couple of days...

Patient? It's meant to take under 2 hours, it's been 2 days.

€10 per month is only for calls to mobiles. 1850/1890 numbers are a whopping 50c per minute. As for geo landlines, you get 20 mins of calls per month. Then it stops. Dead. You can't pay to call landlines. You have to wait until next month, for your next 20 minutes worth. It's unreal.

drunkmonkey · 23-04-2012 2:25pm

Kotek unless your a complete poverty ridden student get back to a real network, if you have a problem there's shops all around the country you can walk into.
If you loose your phone or something goes wrong after 4'0'Clock on the Thursday of a bank holiday weekend it'll be the following wendsday/thursday before your back on the air and you'll have missed the party.

WarZoneBrother · 24-04-2012 3:10am

For 10euro a month, there seems to be an awful amount of unnecessary complaining... Worse things could happen than not getting number ported on time.. Thats no reason to go back to Meteor and probably pay 2 x or 3 x the price, but hell if you want to go ahead...

upandcumming · 24-04-2012 6:20am

WarZoneBrother wrote: »

For 10euro a month, there seems to be an awful amount of unnecessary complaining... Worse things could happen than not getting number ported on time.. Thats no reason to go back to Meteor and probably pay 2 x or 3 x the price, but hell if you want to go ahead...

Just because it is cheaper is no reason to accept poor service.

Kotek Besar · 24-04-2012 8:38am

WarZoneBrother wrote: »

For 10euro a month, there seems to be an awful amount of unnecessary complaining... Worse things could happen than not getting number ported on time.. Thats no reason to go back to Meteor and probably pay 2 x or 3 x the price, but hell if you want to go ahead...

Well I was paying €20 per month on Meteor with their free talk and text to Meteor + 1gb data. With 48 I expect to be paying the same, factoring in the €2 per week data charge.

I intended to port to 48 to test the service, more so than save money as I don't believe there to be a saving to be made over Meteor.

When a company advertises the industry standard porting time of up to 2 hours and doesn't do the job after almost three whole days, personally I believe there are grounds for complaint.

augusta24 · 24-04-2012 8:57am

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Decided to switch to 48 from Meteor. First impressions, not good.

I topped up €20. €10 for monthly sub, €2 for weekly internet and €8 left as top up credit.

I then followed the process to switch my number. This was at 14:30 yesterday. Got a text to say it will be transferred within 2 hours. Still not done.

Can't call them up as they've no customer service number. Sent them a message via "ask an agent". No reply. Keep reading other peoples' on their forum site, but can't see how to post my own question.

Meanwhile I've had no phone service for nearly 24 hours. Starting to think I should have just stayed with Meteor.

My porting was completed within an hour, must be the luck of the draw which is pretty crap for you. I have to ask though, have you already topped up your phone, even though you haven't actually switched your number over yet?? Sorry I could be way off here but I thought that you'd loose your credit once you switch numbers?

Kotek Besar wrote: »

Patient? It's meant to take under 2 hours, it's been 2 days.

€10 per month is only for calls to mobiles. 1850/1890 numbers are a whopping 50c per minute. As for geo landlines, you get 20 mins of calls per month. Then it stops. Dead. You can't pay to call landlines. You have to wait until next month, for your next 20 minutes worth. It's unreal.

No offence but if it doesnt suit you why are you even bothering thinking about it? At the end of the day I for one NEVER make any landline calls! Everyone has mobiles these days sure! And it is technically aimed at 18 year olds... not adults who have careers! It would suit most 18 year olds to not have landline calls! You need to remember technically it is for 18 year olds.... its your own problem if you're trying to pretend your 18 but in reality their deal doesnt suit you!

Its without a doubt the best deal out there at the moment for what it gives. The only problem I have with it is the internet because I know they're changing to that other ridiculous way of paying for internet, which is no good really for me (and most young people!) as we all have phones with the internet now!

Other than that the deal is ridiculously cheap and you're never going to get anything like it with the other networks so either take it as it is or just leave it and go spend money somewhere else no?

Kotek Besar · 24-04-2012 10:03am

You don't lose credit on the porting-in network upon completion of the port. Any credit on the porting-out network will be lost.

48 is marketed at 18 - 22 year olds, not just 18 year olds.

Speaking personally, I call taxis, mobile banking, colleges.. all are landlines and, at least in the case of the banks, can be fairly long phone calls due to hold times.

Call me stupid, but I never thought to check the Ts & Cs to see if something as basic as calls to landlines were barred for a month after the first 20 minutes.

Depending on usage, 48 may or may not be a good deal.

With Meteor, I get unlimited calls and texts to Meteor numbers + 1gb data usage. I just have to top up by €20 per month and that €20 is left as credit to spend as I wish.
With 48, €20 per month would provide unlimited calls and texts to any Irish mobile, 20 minutes to landines (prior to such calls then being barred), 4.3gb of data usage BUT only €1.33 of the €20 is left as credit.

'48' Mobile operator - Prepaid offer - 3000mins & 5000 texts €10per month

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