What network are you with and why?

Vahevala

I saw this on the carphone warehouse facebook page and it got me wondering, what phone network are you all on and what are your reasons for being with that provider?

god's toy

Three, unlimited internet and Three like home roaming are main reasons.
I know for some people they can be hit or miss with the call center support but for me anyway, 4 years in and I'm still a happy camper.

should add a poll to your thread!

evolutionqy7

Meteor 15 yoyo deal. Free calls and texts to meteor + 200 mins and texts and 1GB of data.

Most of the people i call are on meteor. Dont think any network can match that for me anyway so i wont bother going anywhere else till it ends.

Nyum Nyum

3 for me. All you can eat data plus free any network weekend calls are the main reasons.

Mimikyu

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Walkman

Three. Unlimited data, UK calls included and 3 Like Home (plus most of family is with them too so free 3 to 3 calls are handy)

GreenWolfe

Also 3, unlimited data, oodles of texts and so on. I was with them not long after they arrived here originally and they weren't great.

I switched to Meteor then came back not long after they announced their current PAYG deal. My experience of them is much better this time around, here's hoping it lasts.

+1 for the poll idea btw.

L8rdude

+1 on the meteor 15 euro deal

Dcully

emobile - 100 mins - 100 texts for 19 euros a month, was gonna change until they gave me a free phone upgrade.
Would like to get a data package at some stage.

the_syco

o2 - it works.

Vodafone is not bad now (family now use it), but when I used to use it, it was sh|te.
Meteor: I could be next to the mast, and I'd get no signal.
3: heard only bad things about them, and people have no signal with them at my place of work.

I'm on pre-pay, and use the tenner a month for 700MB of data. Don't use all of that mostly, but as I sometimes only use a tenner of texts and calls, there's no point in me being on a plan.

vandriver

Three,I get through 3 gigs a month on my phone!Also can phone UK mobiles as part of my minutes.

bryaner

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Meteor 15 yoyo deal. Free calls and texts to meteor + 200 mins and texts and 1GB of data.

Most of the people i call are on meteor. Dont think any network can match that for me anyway so i wont bother going anywhere else till it ends.

Ditto, and the deal wont end..

metalfest

48 - free texts free calls for €10

no other network comes even close

efb

Meteor affinity 400 mins 400 texts 5GB data free Meteor calls and texts €45

bryaner

metalfest wrote: »

48 - free texts free calls for €10

no other network comes even close

So how much are they for 1gb of data?

vicM

Tesco
get free calls text to my family on the same network.have better coverage than three where i live, who i was with before.
I realized i don't use much mobile internet data anyways and i'm usually under wifi coverage most of the time. the 6.99 bundle is enough for me and edge speeds are
acceptable

metalfest

bryaner wrote: »

So how much are they for 1gb of data?

€4 AFAIK

Mimikyu

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metalfest

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Atm it's €2 for "unlimited" data for a week, I think 500MB is the FUP

but with 5000 texts and 3000 minutes and 20 landline minutes for a tenner I'll gladly pay for data

bpb101

tesco - cheap , i dont use my phone much and im not made to spend 20 a month.
temped by the 48 offer

Stavro Mueller

Tesco. Same coverage as o2 but cheaper.

Mimikyu

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Vahevala

god's toy wrote: »

should add a poll to your thread!

Sorry I think it is too late to try to add one now..

JTMan

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Yeah, it is going to be 1 EUR per hour for data. Extremely expensive.

JTMan

Vahevala wrote: »

I saw this on the carphone warehouse facebook page and it got me wondering, what phone network are you all on and what are your reasons for being with that provider?

3. Unlimited data & texts & weekend calls. Free 3 to 3 calls. 3 like home.

cookie1977

Have always been bill pay since getting a phone in 1997. Was with Esat/O2 for 14 years, very happy but then it got expensive for a lot less. Currently with Three . Joined because of value and allowances especially data allowance with which to tether. Again very happy with service and allowances but due to cost I'm thinking of going to Meteor.

bryaner

Fungus wrote: »

Yeah, it is going to be 1 EUR per hour for data. Extremely expensive.

Makes the Meteor €15.25 deal look real good so..:D

art

Been with O2 for about 14 years or so, always happy with their customer service until yesterday really when I got notified that they are shutting down my email account and not providing any facility for forwarding on mails or such like. That's knocked the whole "customer care" angle firmly on the head so going to move to Three now because of the data allowances and the, very fair, data roaming. Actually looking forward to moving now

bryaner

art wrote: »

Been with O2 for about 14 years or so, always happy with their customer service until yesterday really when I got notified that they are shutting down my email account and not providing any facility for forwarding on mails or such like. That's knocked the whole "customer care" angle firmly on the head so going to move to Three now because of the data allowances and the, very fair, data roaming. Actually looking forward to moving now

Can't beat the Meteor deals dude serious value have a look before you move.

Vahevala

cookie1977 wrote: »

Have always been bill pay since getting a phone in 1997. Was with Esat/O2 for 14 years, very happy but then it got expensive for a lot less. Currently with Three . Joined because of value and allowances especially data allowance with which to tether. Again very happy with service and allowances but due to cost I'm thinking of going to Meteor.

I am with 3 as well but would find it hard to give up the all you can eat as I use, I would imagine regularly over 2GB a month. I would say a maximum of 4GB and to go back to just 1 GB or 2GB, I would find tough

3 works out well for me, as I love having the option to have UK calls as part of my units.

cookie1977

With Meteor for about 20 euro a month (15euro for sim only plan and 5 euro BlackBerry add-on) I can get 3 GB's of data. And I only use 2-3GB's on Three so there's not much point paying Three 30euro when I can get pretty much the same with Meteor for 20 euro. Plus moving the OH over will cut her plan from 30 euro to 15. Total saved per month is 25 euro. Not bad

Vahevala

cookie1977 wrote: »

With Meteor for about 20 euro a month (15euro for sim only plan and 5 euro BlackBerry add-on) I can get 3 GB's of data. And I only use 2-3GB's on Three so there's not much point paying Three 30euro when I can get pretty much the same with Meteor for 20 euro. Plus moving the OH over will cut her plan from 30 euro to 15. Total saved per month is 25 euro. Not bad

Makes sense!

Kensington

Vodafone prepay at the moment. Coverage far outweighs the rest tbh and the data roaming is pretty decent.

€20 top-up I get an extra €10 free for 12 months
€20 to buy an add-on for 5GB data/tethering
Free texts to all ROI
Leaving €10 for calls which is grand

Corruptedmorals

o2 for 11 years. Won't move because I get free texts to all networks and my boyfriend uses the one where you get free calls to 02 customers. So it's handy.

cookie1977

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

o2 for 11 years. Won't move because I get free texts to all networks and my boyfriend uses the one where you get free calls to 02 customers. So it's handy.

all the networks have these offers and some are better:
http://www.three.ie/products_services/priceplans/prepay/index.html
for 20 euro three have free any network texts, all you can eat dat, free three to three calls and free weekend calls to any network

http://www.meteor.ie/pay-as-you-go/
meteor do the free any network texts for 20 euro top up too

Diddy Kong

Vodafone, best signal quality in my area and only crowd to have the HTC Titan

LH2011

vodafone, as international calls and texts are included in price plan, and where i use phones mostly, i get full 3g signal, and also have an account contact, where i can email, or phone, instead of calling the normal customer care num.. its very good, as ALL international calls come from my minutes.
however their website is POO.