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Best deal - €20/month prepay

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  • 20-05-2014 8:04pm
    #1
    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭


    I currently give vodafone €20/month - with free voda to voda calls - but I get raped on other calls outside of this deal.


    Is there any operator offering a better deal than this? It would suit me better o be paying €20 with a certain number of minutes of calls to ALL networks.


    Not bothered about data...


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    Mimikyu
    Registered Users Posts: 18,908 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    For €20 on Tesco you could have all calls, texts and 5GB of data...or for €15, all calls, texts and 1GB


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    Pacifico wrote: »
    For €20 on Tesco you could have all calls, texts and 5GB of data...or for €15, all calls, texts and 1GB

    Cheapest I can see on their website for that is €25. What am I missing?


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    jake is right
    Registered Users Posts: 22,242 ✭✭✭✭jake is right


    EMobile .......€20 monthly for 200 minutes to mobiles, plus unlimited free calls to any landlines. Plus data also.


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    48 seems to be the best value for a sim-only deal, with maybe 3 the next? 3 are €20.33 for unlimited 4g data and 350 flexi units on a one month contract.


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    Pacifico
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    roadsmart wrote: »
    Cheapest I can see on their website for that is €25. What am I missing?

    Top up by €15 and you get unlimited calls to any network (inc landline) then you can buy addons with that €15...http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/add-ons.aspx

    So €10 for unlimited texts & €5 for 1GB
    or top up by €20 and get the €10 for unlimited texts and €10 for 5Gb data

    Best deal around imo!


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    Pacifico wrote: »
    Top up by €15 and you get unlimited calls to any network (inc landline) then you can buy addons with that €15...http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/add-ons.aspx

    So €10 for unlimited texts & €5 for 1GB
    or top up by €20 and get the €10 for unlimited texts and €10 for 5Gb data

    Best deal around imo!

    Right, I still think I'm missing something there.
    It looks like it's €25 for all calls/texts and 5gb, not €20?


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    How are you getting the €25?!


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    Pacifico wrote: »
    How are you getting the €25?!

    €15 unlimited calls top up plus €10 for 5gb?


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    Pacifico
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭Pacifico


    You just have to top up by €15 to activate unlimited calls, it doesn't actually take that credit! Then use the €15 credit to buy the addons in the link...


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    Wow. I didn't realise you get to keep the credit, that's a fantastic deal. I see now where you get the €20; €15 top up, then use that credit plus a fiver to buy 5gb and unlimited texts.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Thanks all for posting. I should have done this a long time ago!

    That deal from 48 looks like the one that fits my needs most. A couple of questions;

    Has anyone ever ported their number over to them? How painful or painless is that?
    Also, I assume that I'm not locked into any ongoing contract with them - those are 30 day prepay deals I'm looking at, right?


    And one final question....

    With all of these deals with the various providers - where X number of landline/mobile minutes are included, is there a facility to check total minutes used during the course of the month?


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    If as you say you aren't bothered with data too much, the tesco €15 is better value for you than the 48 €20 unlimited. As I've just learned thanks to pacifico, you can top up by €15 which gives you unlimited calls to landlines/mobiles and then use the €15 to buy unlimited texts and 1gb data. Cheapest by far though is the 48 €10, but you're limited with calls/texts.
    Tesco have an app for checking your usage, as do 3. Not sure about the rest.


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    Pacifico
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    Worth pointing out that the 48 deal is unlimited minutes to other mobiles only (and 60 landline minutes) but the Tesco deal is is unlimited mobile and landline. There is ment to be an age restriction on 48 too, but it seems they don't enforce it!


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    roadsmart wrote: »
    If as you say you aren't bothered with data too much, the tesco €15 is better value for you than the 48 €20 unlimited.
    Understood - but I just need the €10 deal (for the moment. My usage pattern will change no doubt - later this year).


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    My vodafone credit just ran out. I've gone onto the 48 website - and I thought I could simply port across my number. Looks like they will port across but they have to send me out a sim?? Have others ported across from another provider to 48? Is this the way the process works? Their website gives very scant info on it.

    I guess I will have to wait until Monday for delivery.


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    NurseBridie
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭NurseBridie


    Be careful with calls to Lycamobile as it seems your free calls or minutes do not include them.


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    Mimikyu
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    flutered
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    makeorbrake wrote: »
    Thanks all for posting. I should have done this a long time ago!

    That deal from 48 looks like the one that fits my needs most. A couple of questions;

    Has anyone ever ported their number over to them? How painful or painless is that?
    Also, I assume that I'm not locked into any ongoing contract with them - those are 30 day prepay deals I'm looking at, right?


    And one final question....

    With all of these deals with the various providers - where X number of landline/mobile minutes are included, is there a facility to check total minutes used during the course of the month?

    i ported to 48 a while back, i think it took six hours.


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    Stormington
    Registered Users Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Stormington


    Just remember that you'll need to have an unlocked phone to use a 48 sim card.

    There is one downside to those unlimited call bundles and it's that they don't count for premium numbers like Revenue and Bord Gais/ESB customer service numbers. Just something to bear in mind.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    Stormington wrote: »
    Just remember that you'll need to have an unlocked phone to use a 48 sim card.
    No worries - phone is unlocked - so no issue there.
    Stormington wrote: »
    There is one downside to those unlimited call bundles and it's that they don't count for premium numbers like Revenue and Bord Gais/ESB customer service numbers. Just something to bear in mind.
    Damn - that's going to be painful occasionally. :-(
    Thanks for the heads up though.


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    roadsmart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 625 ✭✭✭roadsmart


    makeorbrake wrote: »
    Damn - that's going to be painful occasionally. :-(
    Thanks for the heads up though.

    If you google them, most of them have an alternative landline for folks ringing from abroad, etc.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    roadsmart wrote: »
    If you google them, most of them have an alternative landline for folks ringing from abroad, etc.
    Good point..I'll bear that in mind.


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    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    All ported across now. This should cut my phone spend in half - and also leave me with more minutes and data ...if it works out. Thanks all.


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    Mimikyu
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    #27
    makeorbrake
    Registered Users Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭makeorbrake


    To all "48months" service users: Do you find the internet very patchy -and non-functional a lot of the time?

    A couple of weeks in - and this is my experience....unless of course, I'm doing something wrong??



    Other than that, the deal works well for me - as I'm a very light phone and text user.


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