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How much do you spend on phone credit per month?

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    #32
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Not being a student or drug dealer, I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.


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    #33
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    beauf wrote: »
    Why would you do that?

    Because I have no choice?


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    #34
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    anncoates wrote: »
    Not being a student or drug dealer, I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.

    Enjoy being ripped off


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    #35
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Twee fiddy a day


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    #36
    runawaybishop
    Registered Users Posts: 9,504 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    Three 20 euro PAYG have the best data allocation of any network/package that I saw, bill or pay. Unlimited data (in reality its a 15 gb limit), free texts to any number, free calls to three, free weekend calls to any number for 20 euro a month and you still have your 20 euro to use on whatever. Only issue with it is when the 30 days ends you burn right though any unused credit in data charges.


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    #37
    eamonnq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,009 ✭✭✭eamonnq


    20 euro a month with o2, (10 for all calls to Irish Mobiles and landlines, 5 euro for 100 texts, 5 for 200mb data).

    Use wifi at work and home (am not allowed to go out!!), so data is not an issue! Have no friends to text so 100 is plenty!!

    Actually could probably do without the phone!!


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    #38
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,522 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Was paying 35 per month to Vodafone on a rolling contract. Switched to three about 4 months ago and am now paying less and getting more data.


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    #39
    Cale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Cale


    anncoates wrote: »
    Not being a student or drug dealer,making my own mind up, but instead adhering to what I think others think I should have because I'm a certain age I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.

    That's just sad.


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    #40
    TPD
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    While my girlfriend was out of the country, I was spending 20-30 a month. Now she's back, I have free calls and texts to o2 without having to top up. Probably won't buy credit for a few months.


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    #41
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,212 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    On bill pay, paying €25 a month, though it goes up to €30 for the last 6 months of my contract. Get free texts and calls, 1 gb data and my phone nice and cheap.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #42
    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Sim only bill pay with 3 UK - £13/month for 200 minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data. Still have a Meteor sim card for when I'm back home too.


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    #43
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    Because I have no choice?

    Be aware that you're paying more than that before tax to pay pay for your work phone calls. Unless of course your a contractor or similar and can claim it back as expenses.


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    #44
    Esoteric_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    beauf wrote: »
    Be aware that you're paying more than that before tax to pay pay for your work phone calls. Unless of course your a contractor or similar and can claim it back as expenses.

    Nope, not a contractor. I just have to pay for it out of my own wages, I don't have a choice because I have to call the bosses on a daily basis. The joys of sales!


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    #45
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I've free calls and txts to my most used network, O2, so I only use about €5 or less a month on call outside of that. Usually I have wifi so don't use data, but that adds a €10 a month when I add it. If I was to use data more I'd have to switch to a different network.


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    #46
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Cale wrote: »
    That's just sad.
    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    Enjoy being ripped off

    Must actually do the sums but I doubt there would have been much in the difference in cost at the time?

    I think I paid about 180 or 200 quid at the time for the phone plus 40 quid a month (includes unlimited data and enough minutes and text for my needs) for 18 months. Would paying 500+ plus for a PAYG and then, say, 20 quid a month credit have represented much of a saving?

    Fair enough if you're one of these people that won't make calls (or have all your friends on the same network) and get by on 5 quid credit a month but I wouldn't want to do that.


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    #47
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    anncoates wrote: »
    Must actually do the sums but would there have actually much in the difference in cost at the time?

    I think I paid under 200 quid at the time for the phone plus 40 quid a month (includes unlimited data) for 18 months. Would paying 500+ plus for a PAYG and then, say, 20 quid a month credit represented much of a saving?

    I can get a Nexus 4 for £240 and pay £10/month for unlimited internet, unlimited texts and still have the tenner for calls


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    #48
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    I can get a Nexus 4 for £240 and pay £10/month for unlimited internet, unlimited texts and still have the tenner for calls

    Are calls included in the bundle? Tenner wouldn't do me for a month of calls unfortunately.


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    #49
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    anncoates wrote: »
    Are calls included in the bundle? Tenner wouldn't do me for a month of calls unfortunately.

    how many minutes? The UK gets much better mobile deals than Ireland at the moment. I remember about 10 years ago it used to be the other way around.


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    #50
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    Roughly €5 a month. I'm such a loner... :pac:


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    #51
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    how many minutes? The UK gets much better mobile deals than Ireland at the moment. I remember about 10 years ago it used to be the other way around.

    Just spotted your location! I would have assumed the UK is a lot cheaper for mobile contracts.

    I get unlimited data, 350 units (which can be 350 minutes of calls or 700 texts). Add 300+ Cabbage texts to that and it's usually enough.

    Like I said, I don't want it overly big contract but I also don't want to avoiding calling people or having Viber or Skype calls drop on me just to save a few quid.


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    #52
    Mrmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,212 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    €20 a month. This gets me unlimited calls to any network or landline for €10 with O2 Freedom, €5 text bundle and €5 internet add on. This suits me well as I use wifi a lot so don't need a much bigger internet limit.


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    #53
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    anncoates wrote: »
    Just spotted your location! I would have assumed the UK is a lot cheaper for mobile contracts.

    I get unlimited data, 350 units (which can be 350 minutes of calls or 700 texts). Add 300+ Cabbage texts to that and it's usually enough.

    Like I said, I don't want it overly big contract but I also don't want to avoiding calling people or having Viber or Skype calls drop on me just to save a few quid.

    THe PAYG deals are much better value if you don't want a new phone, and even if you do the Nexus 4 is the bargain of the decade.

    Another £10/month deal here is 500mins, unlimited texts, 1GB data. The same deal on contract is £12.50 with a crap to mid range phone.


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    #54
    anncoates
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    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

    Another £10/month deal here is 500mins, unlimited texts, 1GB data. .

    If somebody could show me an equivalent PAYG deal here, I'd bite their hand off.......


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    #55
    kjl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    I am from Ireland and have an Irish Phone number. My bill is $152 a month. It's a corporate phone and I get infinite phone calls to anywhere from anywhere, infinite roaming and non roaming data and infinite texts.


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    #56
    beauf
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    anncoates wrote: »
    If somebody could show me an equivalent PAYG deal here, I'd bite their hand off.......

    is that not similar to 48 less minutes with 48 though


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    #57
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,060 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    anncoates wrote: »
    If somebody could show me an equivalent PAYG deal here, I'd bite their hand off.......

    48 gives you unlimited texts, 1GB data, 300 mobiles minutes and 60 landline minutes for €10 a month.


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    #58
    Anonymou
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭Anonymou


    20 euro to get free texts to every network,then just use up the 20euro credit when the month is over which could last another 2/3weeks,top up by the 20 again and the cycle starts all over


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    #59
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    48 gives you unlimited texts, 1GB data, 300 mobiles minutes and 60 landline minutes for €10 a month.

    Never heard of them before. Just looked them up and it says the network for 18-22 year olds (hence the 48 months). What's the point in that? Do they limit themselves to college age students only?


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    #60
    petes
    Registered Users Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Bill is normally between 70 and 80 a month!

    Biggest bill this year was around 250 :(


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    #61
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    landline

    I remember those. :pac:


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