eMobile Pre-Pay (€20: 250mins, 250txts, 250MB, unlimited landline calls)

Fidelis

eMobile's pre-pay plan looks quite impressive. A €20 top-up gets you 250 any network minutes, 250 any network texts, 250MB, and unlimited landline calls.

http://www.emobile.ie/phonesplansmore/plans/prepay/paylessgetmore/

edit: drunkmonkey points out that the €20 is debited straight away. Cheeky w*nkers!

gazzaman22

Fidelis wrote: »

eMobile's pre-pay plan looks quite impressive. A €20 top-up gets you 250 any network minutes, 250 any network texts, 250MB, and unlimited landline calls.

http://www.emobile.ie/phonesplansmore/plans/prepay/paylessgetmore/

Regards 250 mb is that much. Can someone tell me how much it takes for a webpage to load, or had anyone a guide to mb usage.

podgeandrodge

gazzaman22 wrote: »

Regards 250 mb is that much. Can someone tell me how much it takes for a webpage to load, or had anyone a guide to mb usage.

well it depends on the webpage - some could take 1 mb to load alone. Others you would get 20 pages loaded for under 1mb. And when visiting boards you would use boards mobile which uses hardly any data to load pages. I use my phone every day checking emails and browsing various websites and generally come in under the 250mb in a month.

I'm on billpay with Emobile and will be leaving the bill pay sharpish when contract ends - I'm paying €24 a month for 100minutes, 100 texts and 1 gig of data. So on basis of my data usage I'd save €4 a month and get over double the current minutes by going back to prepay.

Their billpay plans were good at the beginning but have not caught up with the offers of 2011.

irishguy

Look at the meteor offer for €15 its 200 mins, 200 text and 1Gb data

podgeandrodge

irishguy wrote: »

Look at the meteor offer for €15 its 200 mins, 200 text and 1Gb data

true, great offer....it's just the free landline calls are very useful to me and far outweigh the minutes on offer. But for those who don't ring landlines the Meteor offer must be the best available anywhere.

Soarer

You can ring landlines as part of your minutes on the Meteor offer.

drunkmonkey

Fidelis wrote: »

eMobile's pre-pay plan looks quite impressive. A €20 top-up gets you 250 any network minutes, 250 any network texts, 250MB, and unlimited landline calls.

http://www.emobile.ie/phonesplansmore/plans/prepay/paylessgetmore/

Yes is does but that's just good marketing, the difference between this and all the other networks offer is they take the €20 straight away from your account. So you've the offer but no credit.
It's not as good as it first looks.

grinder23

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yes is does but that's just good marketing, the difference between this and all the other networks offer is they take the €20 straight away from your account. So you've the offer but no credit.
It's not as good as it first looks.

True but I would be comparing this to billpay 30 day plans tbh without the hassle of bringing in id's etc.

podgeandrodge

Soarer wrote: »

You can ring landlines as part of your minutes on the Meteor offer.

yep,but I said landline calls I make far outweigh the minutes on offer.. Free unlimited landlines is huge for those who ring landlines.

POKERKING

three prepay is the best around, for 20e you get free texts to all networks, all you can eat data, three to three calls, free calls at the weekends to all networks. All you pay for is calls monday-fri to non three networks.

lynchie

Fidelis wrote: »

eMobile's pre-pay plan looks quite impressive. A €20 top-up gets you 250 any network minutes, 250 any network texts, 250MB, and unlimited landline calls.

Actually its 40000 mins worth of landline calls a month. Any calls longer than 59 mins you will be charged at the standard rate for the call.

Amouar

POKERKING wrote: »

three prepay is the best around, for 20e you get free texts to all networks, all you can eat data, three to three calls, free calls at the weekends to all networks. All you pay for is calls monday-fri to non three networks.

I have a question about "free call at the weekends to all networks". Doest it also include calls to landlines?

Thanks

POKERKING

Amouar wrote: »

I have a question about "free call at the weekends to all networks". Doest it also include calls to landlines?

Thanks

i think so, although im not 100% on that as rarely ring a landline.

donegalgirl28

POKERKING wrote: »

three prepay is the best around, for 20e you get free texts to all networks, all you can eat data, three to three calls, free calls at the weekends to all networks. All you pay for is calls monday-fri to non three networks.

That's what I have. Absolutely brilliant. Love them!

Amouar wrote: »

I have a question about "free call at the weekends to all networks". Doest it also include calls to landlines?

Thanks

Yes. The package also works when I'm in the UK and I'm texting/ringing an Irish number.

The €20 is not deducted and you get an extra €10 a month if you continue to top with €20 regularly, not to mention an extra €2 when you top up online, so basically I get €32 a month to use on weekday calls to non 3 networks.

fred252

POKERKING wrote: »

three prepay is the best around, for 20e you get free texts to all networks, all you can eat data, three to three calls, free calls at the weekends to all networks. All you pay for is calls monday-fri to non three networks.

yep, best deal i could find. don't forget the free weekend units don't start until noon on saturday.

donegalgirl28

fred252 wrote: »

yep, best deal i could find. don't forget the free weekend units don't start until noon on saturday.

No it doesn't. It starts at

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.

Full T&C are here; http://shop.three.ie/terms/prepay-price-plan-terms-conditions/

djrichard

NOthing comes close to the three deal. I have it for two sims. I have it in my mobile, and I also have one in my motorola xoom. When you topped up in the past, all the free calls at the weekend, free texts etc would have a 30 day limit from when you topped up by the 20euros. Now though, you have 4000 days to use that! So you really have a quite amazing offer.

20euros top up gets me an extra free 12euro top up credit, so I have 32 euros of credit to spend, the 20 euros initial topup DOESNT get swallowed up like on emobile. I have 15GB of high speed broadband usage, unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G (and skype now has video on 3G on my mobile), 3000 free texts to any network, 3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7, 3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail, I can tether other devices assuming its not an iphone Im using, which it isnt.

If I go up to Northern Ireland, or anywhere on the mainland UK, I dont get charged any roaming charges, so I can still use all those benefits such as free calls and internet without paying anything, so long as Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming. My HTC Desire HD has an option to control which networks I connect to, so I set it to only access 3G if Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming.

donegalgirl28

djrichard wrote: »

NOthing comes close to the three deal. I have it for two sims. I have it in my mobile, and I also have one in my motorola xoom. When you topped up in the past, all the free calls at the weekend, free texts etc would have a 30 day limit from when you topped up by the 20euros. Now though, you have 4000 days to use that! So you really have a quite amazing offer.

20euros top up gets me an extra free 12euro top up credit, so I have 32 euros of credit to spend, the 20 euros initial topup DOESNT get swallowed up like on emobile. I have 15GB of high speed broadband usage, unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G (and skype now has video on 3G on my mobile), 3000 free texts to any network, 3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7, 3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail, I can tether other devices assuming its not an iphone Im using, which it isnt.

If I go up to Northern Ireland, or anywhere on the mainland UK, I dont get charged any roaming charges, so I can still use all those benefits such as free calls and internet without paying anything, so long as Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming. My HTC Desire HD has an option to control which networks I connect to, so I set it to only access 3G if Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming.

Praise be to god! Someone who actually gets the deal! I have been trying to convert people for years!

leemaree

Fidelis wrote: »

eMobile's pre-pay plan looks quite impressive. A €20 top-up gets you 250 any network minutes, 250 any network texts, 250MB, and unlimited landline calls.

http://www.emobile.ie/phonesplansmore/plans/prepay/paylessgetmore/

edit: drunkmonkey points out that the €20 is debited straight away. Cheeky w*nkers!

How do ya know they take €20 straight away?

djrichard

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

I have been trying to convert people for years!

Me too, if I can get my friends off their other inferior networks, then I can take advantage of my free 3 to 3 calls anytime! Most of my friends are on O2 and dont want to leave as their friends and families are also on it, which is an advantage to them.. We have to get everyone to leave en masse and then these network providers will start to react to the competition.

3 is even cheaper in Scotland than this!

Amouar

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

That's what I have. Absolutely brilliant. Love them!



Yes. The package also works when I'm in the UK and I'm texting/ringing an Irish number.

The €20 is not deducted and you get an extra €10 a month if you continue to top with €20 regularly, not to mention an extra €2 when you top up online, so basically I get €32 a month to use on weekday calls to non 3 networks.

What do you mean by 20 EUR regularly? how can I get the extra 10EUR?

Thanks!

djrichard

Amouar wrote: »

What do you mean by 20 EUR regularly? how can I get the extra 10EUR?

Thanks!

When you top up by 20euros each month, they will automatically send you a text telling you "From 3:Thank you for topping up.Your EUR10 extra credit has now been added to your account".

Usually you get this message when you have used most of your 20euros worth of credit. Im not sure of the exact time, because it has differed from month to month depending on my usage. I can only assume you get it after you get the text informing you that your credit balance has less than 2.50 remaining. Its worth noting, that with your 20 euros of cash credit, you can purchase any addons you fancy, but with the 10euros free credit (or 12 euros if you topped up online) you cant purchase any add-ons. It can only be used for voicecalls. You shouldnt really need to buy any addons though, because you get so many free texts and 3G use from the initial 20euros topup. Unless youre a crazy textaholic and would use mor than 3000 texts in a month....

Kenny Logins

leemaree wrote: »

How do ya know they take €20 straight away?

At the bottom, in small print -

€20 is debited from the account to avail of the offer

http://www.emobile.ie/phonesplansmore/plans/prepay/paylessgetmore/

pissed

Whats the big fuss about them taking the €20 straight away? If I top up with Vodafone I still give them €20 ... its gone from my wallet. Your still going to get the benefit of the package listed. Personally I think it is a good one with the free landline calls. At the end of the day its only good if the style of the plan suits your needs .

Kenny Logins

pissed wrote: »

Whats the big fuss about them taking the €20 straight away? If I top up with Vodafone I still give them €20 ... its gone from my wallet. Your still going to get the benefit of the package listed. Personally I think it is a good one with the free landline calls. At the end of the day its only good if the style of the plan suits your needs .

It's gone from your pocket, but your account is still 20 in credit.

The issue is e-mobile is not comparing deals correctly. If Vodafone took that €20 from your credit in exchange for the stated call/text allowance the comparison would be fairer, but they don't, that credit remains on your account to spend how you please.

POKERKING

djrichard wrote: »

NOthing comes close to the three deal. I have it for two sims. I have it in my mobile, and I also have one in my motorola xoom. When you topped up in the past, all the free calls at the weekend, free texts etc would have a 30 day limit from when you topped up by the 20euros. Now though, you have 4000 days to use that! So you really have a quite amazing offer.

20euros top up gets me an extra free 12euro top up credit, so I have 32 euros of credit to spend, the 20 euros initial topup DOESNT get swallowed up like on emobile. I have 15GB of high speed broadband usage, unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G (and skype now has video on 3G on my mobile), 3000 free texts to any network, 3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7, 3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail, I can tether other devices assuming its not an iphone Im using, which it isnt.

If I go up to Northern Ireland, or anywhere on the mainland UK, I dont get charged any roaming charges, so I can still use all those benefits such as free calls and internet without paying anything, so long as Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming. My HTC Desire HD has an option to control which networks I connect to, so I set it to only access 3G if Im connected to a 3 network whilst roaming.

Spot on, except i dont think voicemail is free.

podgeandrodge

djrichard wrote: »

When you topped up in the past, all the free calls at the weekend, free texts etc would have a 30 day limit from when you topped up by the 20euros. Now though, you have 4000 days to use that!

Can someone explain this to me? Thanks.

Cyrus

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Can someone explain this to me? Thanks.

Me too

From reading the above i am under the impression that:

20 a month gets me
3000 minutes of free calls & free texts at the weekend for 4000 days (after initial top up)
€20 credit
15GB of high speed broadband usage,
unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G,
3000 free texts to any network,
3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7,
3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail

is this correct

djrichard

Cyrus wrote: »

Me too

From reading the above i am under the impression that:

20 a month gets me
3000 minutes of free calls & free texts at the weekend for 4000 days (after initial top up)
€20 credit
15GB of high speed broadband usage,
unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G,
3000 free texts to any network,
3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7,
3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail

is this correct

Yes, thats correct. The 15GB of nternet usage is limited to 30 from the day you make the initial top up of 20EUR. If at anytime before the 30 days has expired, you decide to top up by another 20EUR, then that will reset the package and you will have full allowance again starting from then. Unused free texts and free minutes do not accumulate if not used before your topup (which is irrelevant given that they dont expire until 4000 days now).

Its only just changed. My last topup last month had the limit of 30 days, but when I topped up a couple of days ago, I looked at my balance online, I noticed that it had changed from 30 days to 4000 days. They never informed me of this, it just happened.

Id like to correct something I wrote earlier. Officially youre not allowed to tether your device under this option. I have done it loads of times though without any problem. Im not sure how they would even know. Many people wouldnt ever tether anyway, so its not that important for most.

podgeandrodge

djrichard wrote: »

When you topped up in the past, all the free calls at the weekend, free texts etc would have a 30 day limit from when you topped up by the 20euros. Now though, you have 4000 days to use that! So you really have a quite amazing offer.

djrichard wrote: »

Its only just changed. My last topup last month had the limit of 30 days, but when I topped up a couple of days ago, I looked at my balance online, I noticed that it had changed from 30 days to 4000 days. They never informed me of this, it just happened.

I think it's an error so. Or they meant 4000 minutes limit during the month.


NO operator is going to give you unlimited weekend calls for OVER 10 YEARS (4000/365) for 1 topup of €20!

Cyrus

so the only fly in the ointment is that you effectively get 66minutes to non 3 mobiles for your 20 quid on week days?

uck51js9zml2yt

djrichard wrote: »

Cyrus wrote: »

Me too

From reading the above i am under the impression that:

20 a month gets me
3000 minutes of free calls & free texts at the weekend for 4000 days (after initial top up)
€20 credit
15GB of high speed broadband usage,
unlimited (not counted from my 15GB of data) skype and windows live messenger usage over 3G,
3000 free texts to any network,
3000mins of free calls to any other 3 mobile 24/7,
3000 free calls to any mobile or landline during the weekends, free voicemail

is this correct

Yes, thats correct. The 15GB of nternet usage is limited to 30 from the day you make the initial top up of 20EUR. If at anytime before the 30 days has expired, you decide to top up by another 20EUR, then that will reset the package and you will have full allowance again starting from then. Unused free texts and free minutes do not accumulate if not used before your topup (which is irrelevant given that they dont expire until 4000 days now).

Its only just changed. My last topup last month had the limit of 30 days, but when I topped up a couple of days ago, I looked at my balance online, I noticed that it had changed from 30 days to 4000 days. They never informed me of this, it just happened.

Id like to correct something I wrote earlier. Officially youre not allowed to tether your device under this option. I have done it loads of times though without any problem. Im not sure how they would even know. Many people wouldnt ever tether anyway, so its not that important for most.

whats tethering?

drunkmonkey

Maverick Ripe Cow wrote: »

whats tethering?

Here http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+tethering%3F&l=1

uck51js9zml2yt

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Maverick Ripe Cow wrote: »

whats tethering?

Here http://lmgtfy.com/?q=what+is+tethering%3F&l=1

Thanks:)

djrichard

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I think it's an error so. Or they meant 4000 minutes limit during the month.


NO operator is going to give you unlimited weekend calls for OVER 10 YEARS (4000/365) for 1 topup of €20!

Its deffo 4000 days, as its been counting down for the last few days. It says I have 3000 minutes which expire in 3993 days. Remember that although it says unlimited calls, there is a fair use policy which limits it to 3000 minutes.

So as soon as the 3000 minutes was used up, youd have to top up again.

donegalgirl28

POKERKING wrote: »

Spot on, except i dont think voicemail is free.

It is now. It was free, then was chargeable, now it's free again

Cyrus wrote: »

so the only fly in the ointment is that you effectively get 66minutes to non 3 mobiles for your 20 quid on week days?

Yes.

djrichard wrote: »

Its deffo 4000 days, as its been counting down for the last few days. It says I have 3000 minutes which expire in 3993 days. Remember that although it says unlimited calls, there is a fair use policy which limits it to 3000 minutes.

So as soon as the 3000 minutes was used up, youd have to top up again.

Mine's different I think?

Have attached a copy of my usage which I check online. I topped up with €20 at the start of December and again before Xmas Day.

djrichard

donegalgirl28 wrote: »

It is now. It was free, then was chargeable, now it's free again



Yes.



Mine's different I think?

Have attached a copy of my usage which I check online. I topped up with €20 at the start of December and again before Xmas Day.

This is bizarre. I just checked again, and this time its showing as expiring as the usualy 30 days. I have my tablet showing the available balance on the sim card in it, and my pc showing me the available balance on the sim in my phone. The phone sim, shows that my cash credit wil never expire, but on the tablet, it says the cash credit will expire in 2915 days!

What on earth is going on? Id say its safe to say its 30 days when all the freebies expire, the cash credit from topping up lasts forever, which makes much much more sense financially from their point of view, as that means Im going to top up at least every 30 days to ensure I still have internet, never mind all the other goodies.

The other VERY strange thing thats happened is that when I bought this sim for my tablet pc, it was only just over a month ago. So I had topped up by 20 euros which gave me all the goodies, but its been in my tablet the entire time, Ive never taken it out and used it in my phone. So after the 30 days had passed, obviously my internet and free 3 calls and texts etc was no longer available to me, even though I hadnt used any. This is normal of course. What I would have, is my 20euros of unused calling credit and the 12 euros extra free credit. SO instead of buying another 20 euros worth of top up to avail of that offer, I decided to use my 5euros of that credit and buy a 500MB data allowance which would remain valid for 30 days. If I needed more, I would just keep topping up by 5euros at a time until my 20euros has ran out, then Id have topped up by another 20euros and so on. This is what I intended to do, therefore not having to pay 20euros every 30 days as it wasnt important that I got free calls and texts on that sim, as I was only using it in my tablet. Are you still following me? Its confusing! Well, even though I only bought that 500MB internet addon, for some reason it has included another 30 days worth of free weekend calls to any network or landline in Ireland, free skype calls, 3000 free texts to any network and 3000 minutes of calls between 3 mobiles.

INCREDIBLE!

Shame I wont actually benefit, as I get all that on my mobile obviously, but its great none the less! I dont use anywhere near my free allowance of goodies, so I never have to top up more than the 20euros each month.

JTMan

djrichard wrote: »

This is bizarre. I just checked again, and this time its showing as expiring as the usualy 30 days. I have my tablet showing the available balance on the sim card in it, and my pc showing me the available balance on the sim in my phone. The phone sim, shows that my cash credit wil never expire, but on the tablet, it says the cash credit will expire in 2915 days!

What on earth is going on? Id say its safe to say its 30 days when all the freebies expire, the cash credit from topping up lasts forever, which makes much much more sense financially from their point of view, as that means Im going to top up at least every 30 days to ensure I still have internet, never mind all the other goodies.

Read the terms and conditions here:
http://www.emobile.ie/assets/static/pdfs/prepay_offer_thirty20_variety_plus_plan.pdf

€20 credit will be deducted from the
customer’s account at the start of each thirty day period.

djrichard

Fungus wrote: »

Read the terms and conditions here:
http://www.emobile.ie/assets/static/pdfs/prepay_offer_thirty20_variety_plus_plan.pdf

Ive been talking about the 3 pay as you go offer, not the emobile one.

JTMan

Okay, sorry, the 3 offer includes 20 EUR regular credit when you top up by 20 EUR plus all the goodies.

ciano1

I love 3!

At the end of the month when my free texts/data disappear, I usually have most of my credit left so I buy the 500mb data add on for €5.

Then I use a webtext app like cabbage to use the data to send more free texts!

I rarely even have to top up anymore with 3!

AntiRip

Title should changed to three.ie

Question about the three deal. Anyone know if you can use this deal while roaming e.g. Spain?

Would be cool to use the data while holidaying instead of paying 99c for 50mb a day on Vodafone

JTMan

AntiRip wrote: »

Question about the three deal. Anyone know if you can use this deal while roaming e.g. Spain?

You can't unfortunately.

animaal

I used to be with three. For voice and SMS, it was brilliant. The best part, as mentioned earlier, is that UK is considered to be local and inclusive minutes/texts can be used there.

The worst part is their data connectivity. Three's own network doesn't have great coverage, so they've an agreement to share Vodafone's network. For voice and SMS this is great. However, the agreement only allows 2G connections. And for some reason, the prepay and Flexifix plans don't allow *any* internet access on the Vodafone network.

What this meant for me was that very frequently, I'd lose coverage from the Three network, and silently move to the Vodafone network. Then I had no data connectivity at all. And my phone seemed reluctant to move back to Three's own network when I was in coverage again - I had to restart the phone.

drunkmonkey

AntiRip wrote: »

Question about the three deal. Anyone know if you can use this deal while roaming e.g. Spain?

Would be cool to use the data while holidaying instead of paying 99c for 50mb a day on Vodafone

You can but only in a 3 like home country when your on 3 there, list of places here http://apps.three.ie/applications/modules/roaming/three-like-home.php take a holiday to Italy instead of spain;)

JTMan

animaal wrote: »

And for some reason, the prepay and Flexifix plans don't allow *any* internet access on the Vodafone network.

That is not correct. You get data with Vodafone you just need to turn on data roaming on your phone. No extra charges.

animaal

Fungus wrote: »

That is not correct. You get data with Vodafone you just need to turn on data roaming on your phone. No extra charges.

It never worked for me. And from the (Flexifix T&Cs):

"You may only use your mobile phone for internet surfing on this Plan in 3G coverage areas."

Since the Vodafone network only offers 2G connectivity to customers of Three, I took this to mean no data when out of Three's own network.

djrichard

My understanding of it was that you ONLY got to use data whilst in the UK (or other "like home" countries) whilst connected to a "three" network. I had my phone set to disable data roaming if I was abroad, this way preventing me from using my credit without realising. Whilst in Northern Ireland, I was able to use data for free in Belfast etc, but when I got into the countryside, despite having a strong mobile signal, it wasnt connected to an actual "three" network, so I couldnt load any data onto my phone. Quite annoying as I wanted to use my satnav. I could have activated data roaming whilst abroad, but I believed that it would cost me money to do so.

JTMan

animaal wrote: »

It never worked for me. And from the (Flexifix T&Cs):

"You may only use your mobile phone for internet surfing on this Plan in 3G coverage areas."

Since the Vodafone network only offers 2G connectivity to customers of Three, I took this to mean no data when out of Three's own network.

You can use Edge and GPRS data while engaging in domestic roaming on Vodafone with 3.

donegalgirl28

AntiRip wrote: »

Title should changed to three.ie

Question about the three deal. Anyone know if you can use this deal while roaming e.g. Spain?

Would be cool to use the data while holidaying instead of paying 99c for 50mb a day on Vodafone

Like someone mentioned, if there is a 3 network in that country, then yeah it's free.

Also, I found out last week that some mobiles can be tethered to your laptop (mine has a feature which allows me to use it as a wireless hotspot) and it's completely free! No credit or outside data usage was taken out!

I LOVE THREE!