Tesco Mobile Bill Pay Now launched

jarvis · 06-10-2011 10:55pm #1

This launches next Monday Oct 10th.

Just saying. They may have competative plans, hope they get the iPhone but doubt it, although they have it in the UK.

Anyway, should be more info around from Saturday.

Kristopherus · 07-10-2011 11:16am

Link?

JTMan · 07-10-2011 1:08pm

Great, Paul did say that it was on the way.

Hopefully there is lots of data in their packages. Also, hopefully, they will offer roaming in more countries to their bill pay customers.

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 07-10-2011 2:46pm

Yes, launching Monday. Lots of plans to choose from and new higher end handsets in our range.

Regards
Paul

jarvis · 08-10-2011 9:38pm

One of the plans:
€16pm = 200mins 200texts and 100mb.

Kristopherus · 08-10-2011 10:00pm

jarvis wrote: »

One of the plans:
€16pm = 200mins 200texts and 100mb.

Pretty competitive. That should shake up the opposition. Voda is €49 for the same without the data:eek:

jarvis · 08-10-2011 10:05pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

jarvis wrote: »

One of the plans:
€16pm = 200mins 200texts and 100mb.

Pretty competitive. That should shake up the opposition. Voda is €49 for the same without the data:eek:

Not sure if it includes free Tesco to Tesco. Paul????
What's meteor? Is it €20 for 200/200+250mb and free meteor???

Kristopherus · 08-10-2011 10:11pm

Meteor is €20 par month for 200 mins & 200 texts, no data. 18 month contract.

jarvis · 08-10-2011 10:21pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

Meteor is €20 par month for 200 mins & 200 texts, no data. 18 month contract.

My wife is paying €25 for that meteor package on 30day contract. Thought I heard her saying they're now doing it for €20 for new customers.

Kristopherus · 08-10-2011 11:45pm

Have a look at their website. There are some tarriffs highlighted with special rates for 12 months. I moved from the Connect 20 to their Smart Plan of €30 per month. But I have an Affinity Discount which gives me 25% off. So for €22.50 I'm now getting 200 mins , 200 texts & 1gb data per month. Will be intrersting If Tesco can top that:)

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 8:12am

jarvis wrote: »

Not sure if it includes free Tesco to Tesco. Paul????
What's meteor? Is it €20 for 200/200+250mb and free meteor???

Yes Free Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile calls, texts and picture messages with all Pay Monthly plans

Regards
Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 9:00am

30eur gets you 500mins 500texts and 1gb of data and free Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile calls texts and picture messages. Tethering included in data. Regards Paul

Kensington · 09-10-2011 10:16am

Can you buy an additional data bundle, Paul?
Also, are there/will there be 30-day SIM-only options for billpay?

Mimikyu · 09-10-2011 10:52am

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Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 11:18am

Kensington wrote: »

Can you buy an additional data bundle, Paul?
Also, are there/will there be 30-day SIM-only options for billpay?

No additional data bundle from launch but we are working on it.

These 2 above are 30 day SIM Only examples. Handset tariffs are slightly different but still great value.

regards
Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 11:19am

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Hi Captain,

Not on the radar yet.

regards
Paul

drunkmonkey · 09-10-2011 11:21am

Do you have full access to 02's 3G data network on bill pay with tethering?

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 11:31am

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Do you have full access to 02's 3G data network on bill pay with tethering?

It's 3G but we are capped currently at 1.2mbits, this cap is due to be removed in Q1 2012

Regards
Paul

jarvis · 09-10-2011 11:38am

What about call charges? Out of bundle costs? And is the billing per second of per minute with any minimum charge?

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 09-10-2011 11:54am

Out of bundle charges are the same as our Pay as You Go charges. 1minute charge and per second after that. Our excellent international rates apply also.

Regards
Paul

jarvis · 10-10-2011 7:58am

Excellent offers IMO, like the unlimited plan too. Are MMS to other networks included in the unlimited plan?

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 8:13am

jarvis wrote: »

Excellent offers IMO, like the unlimited plan too. Are MMS to other networks included in the unlimited plan?

No only Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile free picture messages (dont come from inclusive units)

regards
Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 8:49am

Our website is updated now with Pay Monthly information

http://www.tescomobile.ie

regards
Paul

lil5 · 10-10-2011 9:01am

Glad there is more competition - wishing you all the best for this.

The Pay Monthly plans aren't shown on the Pay Monthly page -
http://shop.tescomobile.ie/pay-monthly-plans.aspx

I could only see them after I selected a phone

A few questions:

Can you add Data to the monthly packages? - e.g. if you have 100 MB in the plan can you add another 500MB.

Will you be adding more phones to 'pay monthly'? - slightly underwhelmed by the selection.

angel01 · 10-10-2011 9:06am

Very poor selection of phones I thought.. good luck with it though.

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 9:18am

Yes more phones on the way shortly.

That plans page will be updated further later today.

We will add a data bundle option in a few weeks.

regards
Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 9:20am

Small issue with the plans against the new phones in the range which will be fixed shortly.

lil5 · 10-10-2011 9:23am

Will be patient a little longer so ...

Thanks for the quick reply. Most appreciated and certainly a big bonus point for your network.

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 10:43am

The new higher end phones now available on Pay Monthly..

http://shop.tescomobile.ie/index.aspx?type=postpay

ShaneU · 10-10-2011 10:54am

The image for the samsung galaxy y is wrong, that's a galaxy s2.

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 10:57am

ShaneU wrote: »

The image for the samsung galaxy y is wrong, that's a galaxy s2.

Thanks, yes it is, will get it updated

Blackdragon · 10-10-2011 11:05am

Very impressed by the new price plans and the range of handsets.

Shall be buying myself out of my Vodafone contract before Christmas. Should Tesco manage to stock the new Nexus then you will certainly have a new customer

Kensington · 10-10-2011 12:01pm

Some pretty impressive plans there, only thing that's holding me back is the lack of data add-on but if that's in the pipeline then hopefully it's not a long wait!

Kristopherus · 10-10-2011 12:47pm

Hi, Paul. Can you clarify if the Capped Monthly Plans are computed the same as the PAYG plans, i.e 20c per minute,as there are no min & texts listed for them, and that you get €60 per month bonus credit if you pay €20 per month? Does this €20 have to be paid monthly by DD?

RangeR · 10-10-2011 2:05pm

Is tethering allowed on the post pay plans?

Blackdragon · 10-10-2011 2:30pm

I believe so based on one of Pauls posts on page 1

Tesco Mobile: Paul wrote: »

30eur gets you 500mins 500texts and 1gb of data and free Tesco Mobile to Tesco Mobile calls texts and picture messages. Tethering included in data. Regards Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 2:34pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

Hi, Paul. Can you clarify if the Capped Monthly Plans are computed the same as the PAYG plans, i.e 20c per minute,as there are no min & texts listed for them, and that you get €60 per month bonus credit if you pay €20 per month? Does this €20 have to be paid monthly by DD?

Hi there

Yes, its a hybrid type plan. For a monthly €20 commitment you get €60 tariff credit that can be used much like bonus credit in Pay as You Go (but the original €20 is not still available). If you need to use more than this or make international, roaming calls or buy a data bundle then you can topup. You will receive a statement much like a Pay Monthly bill

Direct debit or monthly payment from credit card allowed.

regards
Paul

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 2:42pm

RangeR wrote: »

Is tethering allowed on the post pay plans?

Yes, we have no restrictions on Tethering on Pay as You Go or Pay Monthly on any device type.

regards
Paul

FullOf..IT · 10-10-2011 3:52pm

Hi Paul,

What do Tesco staff need to do to get the discount i seen today?

Can i get family friends on this too?

Thanks

jimmynokia · 10-10-2011 4:04pm

hopefully we can see a further choice of handsets not many top pick from ,good to see some new competition in the bill pay sector..

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 10-10-2011 4:15pm

FullOf..IT wrote: »

Hi Paul,

What do Tesco staff need to do to get the discount i seen today?

Can i get family friends on this too?

Thanks

Hi there

There will be a newsletter going out to staff shortly on this. Contact customer care for more info here if you cant wait

http://www.tescomobile.ie/contact-us.aspx

regards
Paul

regards
Paul

cojomo2 · 10-10-2011 4:45pm

Good to see another player in the market.

Good value plans alright but the price of the handsets is a bit off the wall.

Take the HTC Sensation for example, first off, if you want a 12 month contract, the only option is to sign up to a 75 euro per month plan, in comparison with Meteor whos plans start at 25 per month for this handset on a 12 month contract.

If you pick an 18 month contract, Tescos cheapest plan is 45 a month with the phone costing 150....again, Meteors cheapest plan here is 20 euro per month with the phone costing 190. For 40 euro per month with Meteor, the phone will only cost 90 Euro.

So while I agree that the plans Tesco offer are good value, for someone like me who uses about 200 mins and 200 txts and a bit of data, my choices would be spending 25 per month with meteor and paying 190 for the phone, versus spending 45/month with tesco and paying 150 for the phone...

Royale with Cheese · 10-10-2011 6:31pm

Agree with cojomo, the tariffs for the smart phones are too high. If you can get the same phone with Meteor for €25 a month I've no idea why anyone would choose to go with Tesco for €45. Also I hate 18 month contracts so I'd be looking at €75 a month for a smart phone, not gonna happen.

Also there's not near enough data provided with the low sim only tarriffs. I wouldn't use 100 minutes and texts in a month but would use close to 1gb in data. Granted no other network provides a tarriff like this, Tesco PAYG works well for me there.

billbond4 · 11-10-2011 8:34am

Good to see another operator on the market, but the website is terrible, I tried in IE, Firefox and Chrome and I still cant see the price plans.

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 11-10-2011 8:39am

billbond4 wrote: »

Good to see another operator on the market, but the website is terrible, I tried in IE, Firefox and Chrome and I still cant see the price plans.

Sim Only plans
http://shop.tescomobile.ie/SIM-only-plans.aspx

Capped Plans
http://shop.tescomobile.ie/capped-monthly-plans.aspx

Handset related plans are visible when you seledct a Phone and do Choose Plan here
http://shop.tescomobile.ie/index.aspx?type=postpay

The Pay Monthly Plans page will be updated with all plans showing later here
http://shop.tescomobile.ie/pay-monthly-plans.aspx

regards
Paul

JoeyJJ · 11-10-2011 8:46am

Think I might go over on a sim only deal in Jan for a while. However if iphone5 comes out it may only be a short term thing.

evolutionqy7 · 11-10-2011 9:20am

billbond4 wrote: »

Good to see another operator on the market, but the website is terrible, I tried in IE, Firefox and Chrome and I still cant see the price plans.

Using IE9 here. No problems with the site

Good price plans. To bad theres no people on tesco network that i know.

billbond4 · 11-10-2011 10:04am

I only have IE 7 on work computer, so thats probably it.
The pages display fine on my SE Xperia Arc

very good prices plans

billbond4 · 11-10-2011 2:26pm

Any more SE phones on the horizon?

Tesco Mobile: Paul · 11-10-2011 2:36pm

billbond4 wrote: »

Any more SE phones on the horizon?

Yes we will be getting the Sony Ericsson Arc S

regards
Paul

reni10 · 12-10-2011 6:43am

Is the Tesco SIM that you get in a Tesco store a MicroSIM for the iPhone 4 or do you have to order one especially?

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Tesco Mobile Bill Pay Now launched