Meteor changing their data offers

zuroph

they hinted at this on their facebook when announcing the roaming deal

anyway, I just noticed on their page that the prepay data pricing (after the 69c for 50mb) is changed to
2c per MB.. this was KB before right? it still says "€20.48 per MB" underneath it :rolleyes:

bit of a better price anyway.

chrislad

That's correct. Big reduction alright!

evolutionqy7

Thats good stuff with data out of package wont blow ALL your credit away or leave ya with a massive bill out of package. Still wish they rather just bring in PAYG add ons...

They have the 15 a month internet add on on bill pay. Why cant they just port it to PAYG...

zuroph

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Thats good stuff with data out of package wont blow ALL your credit away or leave ya with a massive bill out of package. Still wish they rather just bring in PAYG add ons...

They have the 15 a month internet add on on bill pay. Why cant they just port it to PAYG...

theres announcements due next week on data, i've a feeling we might get some much better offers now, they must be bleeding customers.

barone

meteor are owned by eircom am i right? who also own 3 ?

am i right on both?

racer1

Three are owned by Hutchinson a Hong Kong company.....My guess is Meteor will introduce a 1gb add on for prepay for 10yoyos....

Kenny Logins

barone wrote: »

meteor are owned by eircom am i right? who also own 3 ?

am i right on both?

Eircom, Meteor, e-mobile.

Daegerty

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Eircom, Meteor, e-mobile.

Babcock & Brown

Solair

Daegerty wrote: »

Babcock & Brown

Babcock and Brown sold it off to STT some time ago.

The ownership of eircom is like this:

eMobile > Meteor > Eircom > STT (Singapore Technologies Telemedia) > Temasek Holdings > Government of Singapore!

evolutionqy7

Solair wrote: »

Babcock and Brown sold it off to STT some time ago.

The ownership of eircom is like this:

eMobile > Meteor > Eircom > STT (Singapore Technologies Telemedia) > Temasek Holdings > Government of Singapore!

So our main telecommunication service for the country is owned by the Singapore government lol

Fresh Pots

Hopefully they make a change or two to the billpay side if things. Then I can use it to get out of my contract!

Kensington

Is it not that they're announcing a drop in price for data roaming?

Hyperbullet

racer1 wrote: »

My guess is Meteor will introduce a 1gb add on for prepay for 10yoyos....

Would definitely sign up for that offer. Hope you're right!

long_b

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Hopefully they make a change or two to the billpay side if things. Then I can use it to get out of my contract!

Sure - as long as you don't mind giving back your phone

zuroph

Kensington wrote: »

Is it not that they're announcing a drop in price for data roaming?

they already disclosed the data roaming price on FB.. 99c per MB. Now can you imagine the **** storm if they kept the local charge at €20.48 per MB and only 99c if you're outside the country?

There has to be a broader data announcement due.

Fresh Pots

long_b wrote: »

Sure - as long as you don't mind giving back your phone

They didn't actually make everyone give their phone back the last time. I got out of my contract only a few months in and switched to payg. Then a few months ago they were doing a free Samsung galaxy s on a €20pm contract so I signed up to billpay again. Wouldn't mind going on a smart lite plan now!

evolutionqy7

racer1 wrote: »

Three are owned by Hutchinson a Hong Kong company.....My guess is Meteor will introduce a 1gb add on for prepay for 10yoyos....

That would be a rip of considering that on bill pay you can get an add on for 10GB for 15 quid

barone

if they change the plans again are billpayers allowed cancel there contracts like the last time?

Kenny Logins

barone wrote: »

if they change the plans again are billpayers allowed cancel there contracts like the last time?

After last time I suspect if they ever have another price drop it'll be 'opt in', so no regulation whatever contract cancellation.

Fresh Pots

barone wrote: »

if they change the plans again are billpayers allowed cancel there contracts like the last time?

So long as they make a change to the bill pay data pricing. Even if it is a reduction in price it is still technically a change so they have to give us 30 days to decide whether we agree to it or not. Keep an eye on the following page for any changes.

http://www.meteor.ie/terms_and_conditions/notifications/

Kensington

barone wrote: »

if they change the plans again are billpayers allowed cancel there contracts like the last time?

Depends, I can see them making it so you have to manually opt-in to any new rates, you won't get them automatically. In order to opt-in though, you'll have to accept the new T&Cs so they'll have you kept within contract then. Can't see them giving anyone a get-out clause like last time unfortunately!

EDIT: beaten to it!

Fresh Pots

zuroph wrote: »

theres announcements due next week on data, i've a feeling we might get some much better offers now, they must be bleeding customers.

Where did you hear about the announcements? Any idea what day it might be?

zuroph

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Where did you hear about the announcements? Any idea what day it might be?

they said on FB that they would have data announcements in two weeks, while discussing the roaming price. doesnt seem like something that would be done JUST to discuss the roaming data charge, especially since the data charge would be cheaper than domestically. Plus, this half edit on their website is a further clue that the announcements are to be about domestic data charges.

Kensington

They did say when they announced the roaming rates that there'd be an announcement on data roaming in a few weeks though. And it's been cheaper to call Europe while in Europe, as opposed to calling from Ireland, for a good while now.

Still, any reduction in price at home is to be welcomed. All you can eat data on the way maybe? Think the networks are starting to feel serious pressure from Three, especially on the data front.

Mimikyu

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cookie1977

Kensington wrote: »

They did say when they announced the roaming rates that there'd be an announcement on data roaming in a few weeks though. And it's been cheaper to call Europe while in Europe, as opposed to calling from Ireland, for a good while now.

Still, any reduction in price at home is to be welcomed. All you can eat data on the way maybe? Think the networks are starting to feel serious pressure from Three, especially on the data front.

I would have thought so too but not from what O2's saying:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0513/breaking47.html

Telefónica Ireland said contract customers at its O2 mobile network grew strongly in the first quarter of the year, adding 7,000 subscribers as smartphones drove uptake of data services.

Year on year, O2 increased its contract customer numbers by 5 per cent, or 34,200.

ALthough total mobile subscribers was down 16000:

http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/o2-loses-16000-mobile-customers-but-data-revenue-increases-504905.html

MidlandsM

Today was the day from when Meteor were to slash their data roaming charges, but its not happening today due to technical difficulties, and they decided not tell anyone.

Some shower ehhh....

Le King

MidlandsM wrote: »

Today was the day from when Meteor were to slash their data roaming charges, but its not happening today due to technical difficulties, and they decided not tell anyone.

Some shower ehhh....

It was always the 19th AFAIK. I rang them on Monday and they said the 19th to me.

MidlandsM

I have it on a text from then stating the 18th - anyway the told me today it's not happening now for a number of weeks.

zuroph

Its onl billboards for today, you sure that its not happening? seems like something they'd have to honour having advertised the rate...

evolutionqy7

I got a text as well a few days ago.

Seen billboards too

long_b

Does anyone know what the changes actually are ?

MidlandsM

zuroph wrote: »

Its onl billboards for today, you sure that its not happening? seems like something they'd have to honour having advertised the rate...

shure I was taking to them, call 1905 and ask yerself.

dr ro

or, just go ahead and use loads of data and when you get a bill for it remind them of the text you received from them. Would this work?

long_b

What was in this mystery text then ?

evolutionqy7

long_b wrote: »

What was in this mystery text then ?

The text i got was regarding data roaming and receiving and making calls anyway..

Cant remember exactly. I dont keep texts in me phone Most of them get deleted on the same day :P

zuroph

"we've slashed roaming rates for using internet on your phone and mobile broadband in the RU from EUR10.24 per MB to 99c per MB. Begins 18th May. See Meteor.ie"


thats the text they sent out. think you'd have a pretty good case to read into that...

long_b

So what are we basing our hope of new local data packages on then ?

zuroph

long_b wrote: »

So what are we basing our hope of new local data packages on then ?

rumours from their FB manager basically. they've told me before that they're reviewing their data packages, and they've just dropped the price of the data locally to 2c per MB according to their website, without announcing it or fully editing the site, which would hint a change is on the way.

Le King

Rang Meteor today. The guy basically told me that they hope to have it running by next week. Maybe even tomorrow. There have just been a few problems setting it up. No plans to change local data.

Local data should be dropped to 1c/2c per MB though.

zuroph

Le King wrote: »

Local data should be dropped to 1c/2c per MB though.

its priced at 2c per MB on the website at the moment. typo?

Tony H

Must be a typo, I went over the limit last night by. 05MB and was charged 88 cents.

Le King

fitzdragon wrote: »

Must be a typo, I went over the limit last night by. 05MB and was charged 88 cents.

You'll have to opt in to it I think and it won't be rolled out until the 28th.

zuroph

its now says 2c per MB on their website, and their FB have confirmed it to me as the price, so i'd contact customer care and try get it back if I were you. they've also confirmed that they're looking at data bundles, but no dates or details are confirmed yet, but they expect them later this year.