Which is the best PRE-PAY network? - o2, meteor or vodafone?

DiarmaidGNR

Hi,
Simple question - Which network is the best for pre-pay users?
ie. price of calls, free texts when top up by x, free mobile internet etc etc.

Walkman

3 have a great new offer. Top up by €20 and you get free any network texts and free any network weekend calls. you can also got a 250mb add on for €5, for your first 10 months they will also give you €5 free so that'll cover the data add on if you want to purchase it.

DiarmaidGNR

Walkman wrote: »

3 have a great new offer. Top up by €20 and you get free any network texts and free any network weekend calls. you can also got a 250mb add on for €5, for your first 10 months they will also give you €5 free so that'll cover the data add on if you want to purchase it.

Cool.
Is 3 coverage any good?

Mimikyu

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DiarmaidGNR

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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It's a pretty mixed lot, maybe more o2, then meteor, then vodafone.
50/50 with calls/texts.

Walkman

Ya, I've never had any issues with their coverage. Where roughly are you based.

DiarmaidGNR

Walkman wrote: »

Ya, I've never had any issues with their coverage. Where roughly are you based.

Rural....... Cavan............

Walkman

Ha ha any more specific

DiarmaidGNR

Walkman wrote: »

Ha ha any more specific

hahah!!

Outside Ballyjamsduff

Walkman

Can you tell by this map:
http://bing.bizmaps.ie/threeireland/Pages/Public/CoveragePublicPage.aspx.
Light blue is full 3G indoor coverage while the dark blue is outdoor coverage

Spooky1666

Three's offer is great but watch out!! On their website it says the offer is ending on the 3/11/2010. After that there maybe no offer at all!! while many of the other network's offers are for life or at least a year.

I was interested on this offer aswell so if you do take it please let me know how it goes

I'm currently on Tesco Mobile

drunkmonkey

There's excellent 3 3G coverage around ballyjamesduff, a lot already has 3 coverage and there's also a lot of NBS areas's there as well.

DiarmaidGNR

I bought the nokia X6 16GB with vodafone - €279.

I am quite pleased with it, - free satnat for life, wifi (the browser is good for a phone - but at the end of the day it's mobile internet so don't expect miracles)
Vodafone coverage is great!! - no more "can you hear me now?! .... can you hear me now?!" And for some reason after I registered my details in the shop - €90 credit was added to my phone!! (I think it's because I was on vodafone before and never got the free credit, - but happy days!

Great value phone for the money.

Walkman

Spooky1666 wrote: »

Three's offer is great but watch out!! On their website it says the offer is ending on the 3/11/2010. After that there maybe no offer at all!! while many of the other network's offers are for life or at least a year.

I was interested on this offer aswell so if you do take it please let me know how it goes

I'm currently on Tesco Mobile

I wouldn't worry too much about the date of the offer. all the networks put end dates no offers. These are either extended or a new offer will replace the old one.

jwcurtin

DiarmaidGNR wrote: »

I bought the nokia X6 16GB with vodafone - €279.

I am quite pleased with it, - free satnat for life, wifi (the browser is good for a phone - but at the end of the day it's mobile internet so don't expect miracles)
Vodafone coverage is great!! - no more "can you hear me now?! .... can you hear me now?!" And for some reason after I registered my details in the shop - €90 credit was added to my phone!! (I think it's because I was on vodafone before and never got the free credit, - but happy days!

Great value phone for the money.

€90?!!!!! so your balance was that? Jaysus, ya lucky devil!:D;)

DiarmaidGNR

jwcurtin wrote: »

€90?!!!!! so your balance was that? Jaysus, ya lucky devil!:D;)

Talk about lucky! I was going to go straight from the vodafone shop to the o2 shop to switch networks, but luckily I bumped into a friend between the two shops!!!!

s_carnage

Is 250mb a lot for data usage during a month? I would be mostly using wi-fi but would be handy for a bit of occasional browsing when not in any wi-fi zones. Mostly checking news sites, scores, facebook and the like.

charlemont

tesco mobile ....

DiarmaidGNR

s_carnage wrote: »

Is 250mb a lot for data usage during a month? I would be mostly using wi-fi but would be handy for a bit of occasional browsing when not in any wi-fi zones. Mostly checking news sites, scores, facebook and the like.

It should be enough for those sites, 250MB would cover about 2500 site visits I think.
But with most new phones the sites you mentioned are free.