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Free mobile internet and free Meteor texts with €20 top up.

  • 09-04-2010 12:59pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭


    Meteor have introduced a new Pay As You Go offer. You can now get free internet and free Meteor to Meteor texts with a €20 top up. This offer is an alternative to the free Meteor talk and text, and free any network texts offer. Data cap is 250mb over 30 days. To avail of the offer, free text the words browse and text to 50104, and top-up by €20. Only available on the Anytime Choice plan.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭Placebo


    interesting, 250mb though, laughable


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,204 ✭✭✭Kenny_D


    Noticed that myself this morning. Switched over but only topped up yesterday so have to wait til next top up to use it. Good offer, 250mb is loads for normal web browsing for a month! A lot of websites detect mobile access and push out very little data


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,861 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    oooooohhhhhhhhh interesting. Free calls and texts, or free internet and texts.... dilemma!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    Meh. None of this stuff will ever catch on, I tells ya...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭wobbles


    GStormcrow wrote: »
    Noticed that myself this morning. Switched over but only topped up yesterday so have to wait til next top up to use it. Good offer, 250mb is loads for normal web browsing for a month! A lot of websites detect mobile access and push out very little data

    Give em a ring on 1905 and see will they activate it for you, because now that you've changed over, you have lost your old promotion and are getting charged for ALL calls and sms (used to be like this anyway).

    Its seems a good offer, as their average customer is younger than the other networks, so sms and internet would suit them. 250mb is grand for most browsing, but i can see alot of complaints as when the 250mb run out, its incrediable expensive after that.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭Le King


    250MB.....=JOKE

    Bad deal


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭duffmagic


    Osu wrote: »
    250MB.....=JOKE

    Bad deal

    I don't stream music or video (mostly due to Dublin's patchy 3G coverage) but I browse a lot and 250Mb is nearly unreachable in this way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,430 ✭✭✭positron


    On Vodafone Prepay, if you top up by €20, you will get a month's free calls and free texts to other vodafone phones - and you can access internet for 99c a day, which comes out of the same €20 top up. This is a better deal IF you don't want to be online every day of the week, isn't it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    positron wrote: »
    On Vodafone Prepay, if you top up by €20, you will get a month's free calls and free texts to other vodafone phones - and you can access internet for 99c a day, which comes out of the same €20 top up. This is a better deal IF you don't want to be online every day of the week, isn't it?

    Meteor has that same 50mb for 99c per day thing as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,643 ✭✭✭dubrov


    MEteor have the same deal as the Vodafone one.

    This is just a further option.

    It might suit someone better than the talk and text option


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭Elessar


    Or three's €20 pay as you go top up. 200 free weekend minutes, 300 free texts, spend €10 of that top up and get a 1Gb internet download allowance.

    Nothing beats it pre-pay for internet users (people on smartphones like iPhone).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    oooooohhhhhhhhh interesting. Free calls and texts, or free internet and texts.... dilemma!

    If you had another €20 to spend, you could get a Meteor SIM for free, and sign up to both offers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 258 ✭✭Willie Stroker


    Can you get this offer if you top up online ?


  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Placebo wrote: »
    interesting, 250mb though, laughable

    Not really... I use the mobile an awful lot and barely go through 50mb a month.
    Of course it's different on an iphone but you'd never break 250mb on a regular one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Osu wrote: »
    250MB.....=JOKE

    Bad deal

    Why, exactly ???:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    positron wrote: »
    On Vodafone Prepay, if you top up by €20, you will get a month's free calls and free texts to other vodafone phones - and you can access internet for 99c a day, which comes out of the same €20 top up. This is a better deal IF you don't want to be online every day of the week, isn't it?

    Well if you're comparing offers I think nothing can beat the current Tesco mobile Buy 1 Get 1 Free Offer. If you top up by €20, you get another €20 free credit, to spend on whatever you like, includes calls, texts, picture messages and browsing. All calls are 20c per min., all texts are 9c. Plus they're the only network that give you a promo with a €10 top up, buy a €10 top up and get another €10 free.

    By the way, under the Buy 1 Get 1 Free offer, although the terms and conditions on the web site say the opposite, your free credit is used first, then your paid for credit. The free credit lasts 30 days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    Osu wrote: »
    250MB.....=JOKE

    Bad deal

    I pay 5.00 for this on bill pay never go over it an I'm always online on the phone, I think it's really good deal


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭CR 7


    dodzy wrote: »
    Why, exactly ???:rolleyes:
    I pay 5.00 for this on bill pay never go over it an I'm always online on the phone, I think it's really good deal

    It's 250mb per month, not per day. Good for extremely light usage and nothing else.

    I'd go through the 50mb daily limit on o2 fairly easily.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,080 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    This sounds great but the HERO uses so much data that it probably wouldnt be of use to me. It works out at around 8mb per day, which is fairly small.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    It's 250mb per month, not per day. Good for extremely light usage and nothing else.

    I'd go through the 50mb daily limit on o2 fairly easily.

    Well Im online on my iPhone from 8.30 to 5.00 every week day , and whenever I'm out the weekends and I've never gone over it , mostly just email , facebook an boards . If your using YouTube a lot you could easily go over 250 mb a month I'd imagine . Deal would suit me grand


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭fifth


    250mb is laughable to be honest.

    I'll stick with my meteor free texts to any network (i absolutely abuse this plan)


  • Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If you use youtube, you'll go over this.. If not, 250mb is more that you think.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,963 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


    This post has been deleted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 736 ✭✭✭johnp


    If you use youtube, you'll go over this.. If not, 250mb is more that you think.

    Agreed. I have 250MB with meteor, and rarely even get close to hitting that amount.
    I watch some Youtube, but mostly just browsing.
    If I want to d/l something large, I use my PC.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭tapfit2004


    If you use opera mini to browse the net you would never get near 250mb. I check for email on 2 accounts every 30 minutes and am on the net every day using opera mini and the most I've ever used is about 160mb.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    250Mb is fine for general use. I've had that addon on bill pay for almost a year, and I've never gone over the limit, even with email, contacts, and calendar sync, and the odd laptop tether.

    Cheaper again, depending on your usage habits, would be to get Bill Pay lite 10 with the 250Mb data addon for a total of €14.99 per month.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Jonathan wrote: »
    250Mb is fine for general use. I've had that addon on bill pay for almost a year, and I've never gone over the limit, even with email, contacts, and calendar sync, and the odd laptop tether.

    Cheaper again, depending on your usage habits, would be to get Bill Pay lite 10 with the 250Mb data addon for a total of €14.99 per month.

    That looks savage actually might do that, tell me this how can I use data to go online with an iphone, currently have a jailbroken iphone with a meteor payg sim thrown in


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭jim_bob


    taken from http://www.techtv101.com/?p=5172

    "Meteor’s Offer is available for Pre-Pay customers on ‘Anytime Choice’ tariff until July 31st with €20 top up in one go required every 30 days."

    does this mean that it will not work after the 31st or you can only sign up to it till the 31st


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    That looks savage actually might do that, tell me this how can I use data to go online with an iphone, currently have a jailbroken iphone with a meteor payg sim thrown in
    download meteor carrier bundle off cydia an turn off the phone then turn it back on again , then into cellular network an press reset and works fine .

    edit
    So what does 250MB browsing mean? Well, it will allow you to browse 10,240 mobile sites, download 190 music tracks and read or receive 4,250 emails! people still going to say 250 mb is laughable now ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    download meteor carrier bundle off cydia an turn off the phone then turn it back on again , then into cellular network an press reset and works fine .

    edit
    So what does 250MB browsing mean? Well, it will allow you to browse 10,240 mobile sites, download 190 music tracks and read or receive 4,250 emails! people still going to say 250 mb is laughable now ?

    I'm sorry, but 250mb is laughable. Most mid to high end phones have no problem loading full pages when browsing the internet, to load the front page of boards is about half a MB of data, 250 for a month will be gone in no time, and that's without loading heavier pages which a lot of people will use. I do hate having to browse "mobile" sites though, so that's just me.
    And i have to say, you're either downloading very poor quality tracks, or all your average song is 30 seconds long.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,430 ✭✭✭positron


    I am thinking 250mb might be enough for a casual user who is not using the mobile as the main way of accessing internet? I am thinking it might be sufficient for me, as all I want it tweets, gmail and work mail / calendar syncs, fring (for google talk, msn & skype chatting), facebook etc. In my case, I will be connecting using wi-fi at home and work anyway, so this is going to be just alerts and reminders really. I am actually considering switching to this BillPay Lite yoke.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Yeah Bill Pay Lite looks like it would be perfect for me as well. Anyone know if you can monitor your minutes,text and data allowance to see how much you have left of each during the month?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Despite 250MB being pathetic, i still think i'll sign up. 300 free webtexts a month using the "Webtexter" app on my N900. And some casual browsing along with access to IM and email. I've got free texts to use up this month so next month i'll sign up and give a go.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    Yeah Bill Pay Lite looks like it would be perfect for me as well. Anyone know if you can monitor your minutes,text and data allowance to see how much you have left of each during the month?
    you just text my minutes , my texts , data balance to 50104 to see what youve left to use
    And i have to say, you're either downloading very poor quality tracks, or all your average song is 30 seconds long.
    i robbed that off some site , i wouldnt ever download music on to my iphone


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    I'd consider switching over to this but I'm currently still on Anytime Plus with free texts. My calls are 20c per minute as opposed to 29c which is almost a 50% hike.


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,260 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Sean_K wrote: »
    I'd consider switching over to this but I'm currently still on Anytime Plus with free texts. My calls are 20c per minute as opposed to 29c which is almost a 50% hike.
    I'm on the old bill pay lite plan. ;)

    20c calls, and 5c meteor to meteor calls.


    Chance your arm with a sign up?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 47 XxjustepicxX


    Hii em i just recently had meteor free text for a fiver and its up tonight and i want to change to this free browse and text for €20 and i went to meteor.ie and its not in the list of offers now and i text browse and text to 50104 and they text back saying youve opted into internet plus top up by €20 for the next 30 days but i dont know whats in that deal is it just internet or is it internet and free meteor text? because i dont want to spend 30 euro on the anytime choice thing o.o please reply fast thank you :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 325 ✭✭Athlone_Bhoy


    Hii em i just recently had meteor free text for a fiver and its up tonight and i want to change to this free browse and text for €20 and i went to meteor.ie and its not in the list of offers now and i text browse and text to 50104 and they text back saying youve opted into internet plus top up by €20 for the next 30 days but i dont know whats in that deal is it just internet or is it internet and free meteor text? because i dont want to spend 30 euro on the anytime choice thing o.o please reply fast thank you :D

    The thread is over a year old!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 47 XxjustepicxX


    tell me instead of bitching :L


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Start a new thread instead of digging up one thats over a year old.That offer from Meteor may well be overtaken by their recent new offers.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 47 XxjustepicxX


    eh wtf yah spaz i ju signed up fawr internet plus ih free intanet an txtz yas softs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Well you seem to be getting a lot of help on this thread:rolleyes:. Keep up that kind of language & you won't be posting for a while;). Why don't you get on the meteor website and search for that plan?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Infraction for XxjustepicxX for insulting other members..



    .. at least I think he / she is!
    :confused:


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