three's new prepay offer (txt / internet)

A colleague just informed me that as from 20.04.2010...

Top-up €20 and get:

Unlimited any-net texts
Unlimited any-net WEEKEND minutes

New add-on: Unlimited Data €5.

Assuming there will be a 'fair-use policy' and probably not tethering for the data allowed.

Walkman

christs chin wrote: »

A colleague just informed me that as from 20.04.2010...

Top-up €20 and get:

Unlimited any-net texts
Unlimited any-net WEEKEND minutes

New add-on: Unlimited Data €5.

Assuming there will be a 'fair-use policy' and probably not tethering for the data allowed.

This is 3's new 3Pay offer launching tomorrow

lord lucan

I'm on the relax 150 plan and just out of contract with 3. This sounds like a better plan and better value for money! I wonder will they let me switch over or is this just for new customers?

jwcurtin

lord lucan wrote: »

I'm on the relax 150 plan and just out of contract with 3. This sounds like a better plan and better value for money! I wonder will they let me switch over or is this just for new customers?

Was with three before and would have stayed with them and i would be still with them if they brought out this plan AGES ago! Still can't believe Vodafone don't have a proper prepay Data plan!:D

drunkmonkey

lord lucan wrote: »

I'm on the relax 150 plan and just out of contract with 3. This sounds like a better plan and better value for money! I wonder will they let me switch over or is this just for new customers?

Yea but nobody on pre pay can upgrade to an iPhone, they'll also give you 1gb of Internet you can tether with every month and double your units...

Now you've another dilema, go back to prepay or get an iPhone upgrade : )

ronano

whats the situation with these offers if you're already with 3? i topped up by 20 euro,i spent tenner on the internet add on. Do i wait until i top up next time ?

lord lucan

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yea but nobody on pre pay can upgrade to an iPhone, they'll also give you 1gb of Internet you can tether with every month and double your units...

Now you've another dilema, go back to prepay or get an iPhone upgrade : )

I have a Nexus One,been using that with the 1g add-on. Most of my phone usage now is data rather than calls and text. The new deal offers better value than the current bill-pay option i'm on. And i never bother with tethering so it's not an issue for me.

dionsiseire

Im on three at the moment, if this deal is real i'd be interested in swapping.

Hope someone can confirm tommorrow, it would drop my initial bill from 35 a month to 25,

i get 100 mins to any network, 100 mins to three friends, unlimited texts for 25 plus 1gb data for 10

If i get unlimited txts and unlimited weekend calls for €20 and unlimited data for €5 then i have a buffer of €10 to make week day calls. i think over the course of a month, i would save money on that offer

drunkmonkey

lord lucan wrote: »

I have a Nexus One,been using that with the 1g add-on. Most of my phone usage now is data rather than calls and text. The new deal offers better value than the current bill-pay option i'm on. And i never bother with tethering so it's not an issue for me.

Bit of a no brainer then, how's the nexus working on 3, was originally going to get one but gave into the iPhone upgrade.

drunkmonkey

dionsiseire wrote: »

Im on three at the moment, if this deal is real i'd be interested in swapping.

Hope someone can confirm tommorrow, it would drop my initial bill from 35 a month to 25,

i get 100 mins to any network, 100 mins to three friends, unlimited texts for 25 plus 1gb data for 10

If i get unlimited txts and unlimited weekend calls for €20 and unlimited data for €5 then i have a buffer of €10 to make week day calls. i think over the course of a month, i would save money on that offer

the price of the best of both data add on will drop as well to 4.99 I'd say, bob 25 is still not bad if you make day time calls bob 15 looks pretty poor now....

lord lucan

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Bit of a no brainer then, how's the nexus working on 3, was originally going to get one but gave into the iPhone upgrade.

It's grand on 3. I was thinking of switching to o2 because for a couple of days every month my signal at home,both cell and 3g go to ****e(not Nexus related). But i'll put up with that if i can switch as the new deal is better value,especially for data.

dionsiseire

lord lucan wrote: »

It's grand on 3. I was thinking of switching to o2 because for a couple of days every month my signal at home,both cell and 3g go to ****e(not Nexus related). But i'll put up with that if i can switch as the new deal is better value,especially for data.

ive a Hero on three and find that at times my internet is great then it just stops working

i have to either
Turn phone off and on and it starts working

or

Clear the browsers cache and turn phone off and on

not sure weather its Android, Hero or Three related

dionsiseire

drunkmonkey wrote: »

the price of the best of both data add on will drop as well to 4.99 I'd say, bob 25 is still not bad if you make day time calls bob 15 looks pretty poor now....

So you reckon they will charge me 5 euro less each month now? so 30 quid only difference being 100 mins anytime instead of unlimited weekend

Were starting to get to almost entirely in packages now. Some smart network will come up with a 40 euro deal with almost unlimited calls, unlimited txt and data and everyone will flock to them

ronano

ronano wrote: »

whats the situation with these offers if you're already with 3? i topped up by 20 euro,i spent tenner on the internet add on. Do i wait until i top up next time ?

You will have to wait till your next top-up, it hasn't gone live yet so I don't yet know if it will be a case of opting-in to the new offer before your next top-up.

dionsiseire wrote: »

Im on three at the moment, if this deal is real i'd be interested in swapping.

Hope someone can confirm tommorrow, it would drop my initial bill from 35 a month to 25,

i get 100 mins to any network, 100 mins to three friends, unlimited texts for 25 plus 1gb data for 10

If i get unlimited txts and unlimited weekend calls for €20 and unlimited data for €5 then i have a buffer of €10 to make week day calls. i think over the course of a month, i would save money on that offer

I'll post a comparison tomorrow morning. Once I've gone over the offer fully I'll list any pro's & con's, definite prices, weekday call chages, etc.

drunkmonkey wrote: »

the price of the best of both data add on will drop as well to 4.99 I'd say, bob 25 is still not bad if you make day time calls bob 15 looks pretty poor now....

True...they'll have to up the inclusive minutes or add in the data to bob15...

drunkmonkey

Yea i reckon it'll have to drop, as for unlimited everything for 40pm, it'll happen but you won't see Vodafone, Meteor or 02 leading the charge, there big thing is locking in people to their network with free Vodafone to Vodafone calls etc, great to see 3 break down those barriers, there the only network that allow you to call any network for free.
Now i hope my mates on Vodafone pre pay will finally change networks and call me for a change, sick of the scrooges texting me and I've to call them.

elvis jones

wow my wife is just about to move to 3 with a sim unlocked iphone.

This offer is what we've been looking for.

I made a call to my mate who is a manager on the CPW and he is going to ring the 3 rep and sus it all out !!

We were looking at best of both 15 with data add on, but this is better i think.

MrsMcSteamy

I would also be very interested in this offer, looking forward to seeing the full details of this offer.

Kenny Powers

Its live now data add on is still 9.99e

http://three.ie/products_services/priceplans/prepay.htm?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=prodserv-angel

3Pay - Prepay from 3.

Top up by €20 each month and get loads of extras.

Switch to 3Pay today and get get unlimited texts and weekend minutes to any network with every €20 top up.
In addition to your free talk & text with 3 you also get the latest 3G handset for a great price, Internet on every mobile, with access to social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Twitter.And what's more, you'll also get free Windows Live Messenger.
When we say free, we mean it – that means there are no sneaky internet charges for using these applications on your mobile.

Kenny got the jump on me there!

So exactly as above. Per minute rate during the week stays at 35c.
You need to top-up by €20 to activate the unlimited calls and texts. Calls and texts expire after 30 days so you'll need to top-up again. For the data, you will be able to buy the add-on through Planet 3 (> My 3 > Buy Add-ons) for €5 from your credit. I don't yet have any info on the fair-use policys that i'm pretty sure will be in place.

Compared with the Vodafone, O2 and Meteor, for the same top-up every month, they will offer only free on net calls & texts or free any-net text. For lower end data users, meteor allow free data up to 250MB with their free calls & texts ON-NET.

drunkmonkey

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Its live now data add on is still 9.99e

http://three.ie/products_services/priceplans/prepay.htm?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=prodserv-angel

3Pay - Prepay from 3.

Top up by €20 each month and get loads of extras.

Switch to 3Pay today and get get unlimited texts and weekend minutes to any network with every €20 top up.
In addition to your free talk & text with 3 you also get the latest 3G handset for a great price, Internet on every mobile, with access to social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Twitter.And what's more, you'll also get free Windows Live Messenger.
When we say free, we mean it – that means there are no sneaky internet charges for using these applications on your mobile.

No that was there existing pre pay offer, you were limited to 200 free any network weekend minutes, the new offer is unlimited free weekend calls (fair usage policy??) and unlimited any network texts.
The data add on is 5 euro for internet with a fair usage policy of 250mb, skype, msn, planet 3 etc will still be free and not use your data.
The 9.99 1GB remains the same I think.

Kenny Powers

Just off the phone from 3 they said the unlimited text are capped at 300 as no one would use more than this and the weekend mins are 200 because no one would need any more haha I presume they don't have a clue of this new offer and are talking about the old one.

drunkmonkey

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Just off the phone from 3 they said the unlimited text are capped at 300 as no one would use more than this and the weekend mins are 200 because no one would need any more haha I presume they don't have a clue of this new offer and are talking about the old one.

That's the existing price plan:) I'm waiting to hear back on the fair usage policy for the weekend minutes, i'd guess 200 every weekend but the texts have gone to unlimited with probably a 3000 fair usage policy..

jordainius

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Just off the phone from 3 they said the unlimited text are capped at 300 as no one would use more than this

:rolleyes: They actually said with a straight face that no one would use more than 300?!

Kenny Powers

jordainius wrote: »

:rolleyes: They actually said with a straight face that no one would use more than 300?!

yeah man hahaha

Kenny Powers

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Just off the phone from 3....

jordainius wrote: »

:rolleyes: They actually said with a straight face that no one would use more than 300?!

:rolleyes: video call?

elvis jones

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Just off the phone from 3 they said the unlimited text are capped at 300 as no one would use more than this and the weekend mins are 200 because no one would need any more haha I presume they don't have a clue of this new offer and are talking about the old one.

I think we got a situation !

Kenny Powers

they are both change on the web site to unlimited now still no info on the new add on

drunkmonkey

elvis jones wrote: »

I think we got a situation !

I think the other networks have a situation:D

The fair usage policy for the any network minutes is 3000 minutes and the any network texts is 3000:eek:

drunkmonkey

Kenny Powers wrote: »

they are both change on the web site to unlimited now still no info on the new add on

The new add on is 5 euro for 250mb, you can buy it as many times as you want but if your going to use more than 250mb best go with the 9.99 for 1GB

jordainius

Best offering of all the networks for topping up by €20 and a choice of 2 data add-ons. I'm impressed.

Can anyone give an assessment of the strength of their 3G coverage? (I know better than to trust the networks own coverage maps!) How widespread/strong/consistent/reliable is their 3G coverage?

drunkmonkey

drunkmonkey wrote: »

3 have the largest 3G population coverage with 94% followed by o2 at 90.5%, I'd guess Vodafone is lagging a good bit behind followed by meteor.
The figures above are a little misleading as there's a substantial difference between 3 & o2's indoor 3G coverage maps.

3 Indoor in light blue


o2 Indoor in Purple


Meteor's Indoor coverage is fairly slim.




The 3G coverage maps speak for themselves. From what I hear 3 will have 99% 3G population coverage by the end of the year

Just copying from an old post, but 3 are way ahead when it comes to 3G coverage.

dionsiseire

This is interesting

Seeing as its 3Pay and not Bill im just wondering

If i top up by €20

I'll get

Free weekend calls
Free Texts
and then €20 Credit to make calls during the week

and for €5 i can add a 250mb add-on (which i dont think ive broken yet even though i have 1GB)

drunkmonkey

dionsiseire wrote: »

This is interesting

Seeing as its 3Pay and not Bill im just wondering

If i top up by €20

I'll get

Free weekend calls
Free Texts
and then €20 Credit to make calls during the week

and for €5 i can add a 250mb add-on (which i dont think ive broken yet even though i have 1GB)

Yup, Skype, Planet3, MSN, Google Search and Bebo alerts are still free and don't use use your data.

dionsiseire

Ok so you would have €20 credit to spend however you want, equating to around 85 mins worth of weekday calls. It would also allow me to send MMS's again (i cant on BOB 25 because i would have to top up extra to do it)

I'll still have free txts, i'd be trading 100 anytime and 100 3 to 3 for 85 mins worth of calls but giving myself configurability with regards if i want to send MMS etc i can.

Also if i broke the 250mb it would come out of my €20 right?

Kenny Powers

does facebook work for free on 3?

drunkmonkey

dionsiseire wrote: »

Ok so you would have €20 credit to spend however you want, equating to around 85 mins worth of weekday calls. It would also allow me to send MMS's again (i cant on BOB 25 because i would have to top up extra to do it)

I'll still have free txts, i'd be trading 100 anytime and 100 3 to 3 for 85 mins worth of calls but giving myself configurability with regards if i want to send MMS etc i can.

Also if i broke the 250mb it would come out of my €20 right?

Kenny Powers wrote: »

does facebook work for free on 3?

You wouldn't get 85 minutes for 20 euro credit you'd get about 55 minutes and loose your 100 free 3 to 3 calls. If you brake the 250mb limit I think you've to buy another 250mb add on. I'm not sure if they will allow out of bundle usage on the data but they probably might.

@kenny, facebook uses your data allowance. So you'd be left with 15 euro credit if you got the data add on, So you'd have 3000 texts to any network, 3000 weekend minutes to any network, 250mb of data and 40 minutes of any network day calls, you'd also have a euro left for picture messages or a quick video call.

MrsMcSteamy

Have ordered a free sim off their site to see what the signal is like around my house, no point moving my number over yet if i have no coverage at home or in work

drunkmonkey

MrsMcSteamy wrote: »

Have ordered a free sim off their site to see what the signal is like around my house, no point moving my number over yet if i have no coverage at home or in work

You'll need a 3G capable phone for a 3 sim to work

MrsMcSteamy

drunkmonkey wrote: »

You'll need a 3G capable phone for a 3 sim to work

Yeah i know, have an E72 so i should be grand

Kenny Powers

well I switched but I dont see that 5e add on anywhere just the one for 9.99

drunkmonkey

Kenny Powers wrote: »

well I switched but I dont see that 5e add on anywhere just the one for 9.99

That was quick, the add on isn't live until the 1st of May, only the 1GB one until then.

dionsiseire

I dunno if im tied in to BOB 25 till June, i might have agreed to stay on it for 6 months if they gave me a months bill free

Might ring and see if they will let me switch to 3pay from BOB 25

dionsiseire

Just off the phone

Sent in a Close Account request by Mail
I have to wait 30 days till they close the account then i can switch

drunkmonkey

get a 3pay sim in the mean time as you'll need it to port your bob number to on pre pay. the internal port should only take a few hours.

lord lucan

dionsiseire wrote: »

Just off the phone

Sent in a Close Account request by Mail
I have to wait 30 days till they close the account then i can switch

Would they not let you switch from bob to 3pay without closing your bob a/c?

Kenny Powers

Lads when do the weekend mins start and finish is it 6pm fri to sun

Edit:

I got it:

3Pay Price Plan.

3Pay Top-up vouchers must be activated within 90 days of purchase.

General.

1. Each text / photo /video message can accommodate 160 characters. Some handsets allow for more, these will be divided and sent in numerous messages (depending upon length). Each message will be deducted from your monthly allowance (if any) or charged at standard rates.
2. International messaging functions are subject to services arrangements with respective networks abroad. Calls and messages to these numbers are excluded from any inclusive allowance in all price plans.

€20 Top Up Free Weekend Talk/Text Offer

1. The following terms and conditions of the free talk/text Offer (the “Offer”) are in addition to and form part of the terms and conditions of 3 Ireland 's mobile telecommunications service which are available on www.three.ie. In the event of any conflict the terms and conditions below shall prevail.
2. This offer is only available to 3Pay customers topping up by a minimum of €20 in one go between April 20th 2010 and 30th November 2010
3. Eligible Customers must then top-up by €20 or more, in one go, every 30 days and maintain a positive credit balance to continue to receive the free talk/text under the Promotion.
4. This Promotion does not apply when you are roaming outside the Republic of Ireland (ROI) or for international texts and only applies to Short Message Service (SMS) texts. Multimedia Message Service (MMS) messages are expressly excluded from the scope of this Promotion. SMS to landlines must be to normal landline numbers capable of receiving SMS messages, SMS to premium rate or non-standard numbers do not apply.
5. A fair usage policy limit of 3,000 weekend minutes applies to the 30 day period succeeding your top up. You will be contacted by 3 if your usage exceeds our Fair usage policy. 3 reserves the right to charge customers who persist in using the service where such usage has been deemed excessive or to suspend, at its absolute discretion, modify or restrict your use of the service or to disconnect you from the 3 network.
6. For the purposes of this Offer weekends start at 12.01AM Saturday and end at 12.01AM Monday and your free weekend calls must take place within this period.
7. A fair usage policy limit of 3,000 texts for the 30 day period succeeding your top up applies to the free text offer. You will be contacted by 3 if your usage exceeds our Fair usage policy. 3 reserves the right to charge customers who persist in using the service where such usage has been deemed excessive or to suspend, at its absolute discretion, modify or restrict your use of the service or to disconnect you from the 3 network.
8. Except as expressly provided in these terms and conditions, all conditions, terms, warranties and representations whether express or implied by law in relation to the provision of the Offer are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law.
9. 3 reserves the right to withdraw the Offer generally or from any particular Customer at any time and to vary or amend any element of this service at any time without further notice. These terms and conditions may be varied or amended by 3 for any valid commercial, technical or operational reason.

Kenny Powers

Will this finish at the end of November or are 3 like the rest of the networks and extend these promotions?

drunkmonkey

There's no end date in the T's & C's, I can see them keeping this offer if it's successful which is should be, I can't see the other networks offering free calls to everybody.

Kenny Powers

Getting charged for voice mail at the weekend

drunkmonkey

Your getting charged for it
the whole time! Voicemail is only free on bill pay!

Kenny Powers

Yeah I know that but I thought it might be free with the free weekend calls not too worry no big deal. I can't seem to call 076 voip numbers either has anyone else noticed this?