o2 free texts

Idbatterim

out of interest, does anyone know how many free web texts u receive when u are with o2?

Jammer

250

Invader Zim

250 per month

Saruman

Recieve? as many as you like
But yes 250 can be sent.. used to be 500 then they upgraded the software and added a contacts list.. still 250 is plenty.. better than the 20 or something meteor give!!

mp3guy

and vodafone get 300... :rolleyes:

spaczed

That said, the O2 phonebook does make it an awful lot more usable than the Voafone portal-a lot easier to upload your phonebook and send group texts, as many as you want, not just five per send (although if you do send over the 250 you will be charged )

mp3guy

yeah, you never use that many anyway, unless you're annoying someone, and thats fun, 50 texts at once.. heh heh

omnicorp

M,eteor actually give 300 texts per month plus Free texts to other Meteor Phones, free call me's and free picture messages to othe rmeteors.
Their texts are 9c to other networks and

mp3guy

omnicorp wrote:

M,eteor actually give 300 texts per month plus Free texts to other Meteor Phones, free call me's and free picture messages to othe rmeteors.
Their texts are 9c to other networks and

and you advertise metoer?

Raphael

Yeah, tis a new upgrade. But onlt 30 of them can be to multiple peoples. Still. Oh, and Free text's to meteor phones is only for 1 month after topping up with 20 euro, and it's probably the same for pictures

That said, they are dirt-cheap

steveland?

im on Vodafone and I've NEVER gone over my 300 texts in a month... tbh 100 would do for me...

mp3guy

the 300 would be useful if you had broadband, other than that you're just paying for them a different way..

omnicorp

not really, I get 25 hours free internet with eircom

Lenny

**** they're
I fly through those 250 pm, but still the phone book is handy

steveland?

You must be a popular guy...

It's annoying being limited to 160 characters though, so usually it's just handier to use the phone tbh

Ms Beanbag

SteveD wrote:

It's annoying being limited to 160 characters though, so usually it's just handier to use the phone tbh

My nokia 3510i phone has only 160 characters. My sisters phone is a lower model and has nearly 400 characters I think. why the hell is that??!!!!

mp3guy

that's 160 characters on the 1st page, keep typing, and the 1 beside 160 with turn to a 2, meaning double the cost of the text...

steveland?

Ms Beanbag wrote:

My nokia 3510i phone has only 160 characters. My sisters phone is a lower model and has nearly 400 characters I think. why the hell is that??!!!!

Yeh it's just a guide on your 3510i. I had the same. It should say 160/1, then 149/2, 149/3 or something along those lines...

It means 160 characters on this page, then 149 or whatever it is on the next page. Each page costs 1 text message.

Your sisters does the same it just doesn't tell you how many pages you've used. It'll still cost her 2 texts for over 160 characters and so forth...

Wow I've got a weird sense of dé ja vu...

MrVestek

Saruman wrote:

still 250 is plenty.. better than the 20 or something meteor give!!

Actually Meteor now give you 250 free texts a month also, as of their last website update :cool:

dcGT

With regard to Vodafone and Meteor web texts - do they allow the sending of texts to international numbers like O2 do?

DC.

dcGT

Achilles wrote:

Actually Meteor now give you 250 free texts a month also, as of their last website update :cool:

Where's this? I've just logged into the meteor site, and it still says 30 messages?????

DC.

steveland?

Send them an E-Mail. When I was on Meteor I only got 30 messages, so I assume they only upgraded the accounts of new customers.

If you ask them I'd say they'll upgrade your account

Lenny

SteveD wrote:

You must be a popular guy...

It's annoying being limited to 160 characters though, so usually it's just handier to use the phone tbh

not really, I'd send about 15 txts a day off the site..
have the net in work so that could be the reason is because i have access tyo the net during work..

omnicorp

SteveD wrote:

Send them an E-Mail. When I was on Meteor I only got 30 messages, so I assume they only upgraded the accounts of new customers.

If you ask them I'd say they'll upgrade your account

It only applies to Leisure Time plus or Anytime plus customers

dcGT

omnicorp wrote:

It only applies to Leisure Time plus or Anytime plus customers

Ah right, I think I'll stick with O2 for the free 250 web texts to any number inside or outside Ireland. AFAIK, Vodafone can only send webtext to Irish mobiles????

DC.

RainyDay

mp3guy wrote:

yeah, you never use that many anyway, unless you're annoying someone, and thats fun, 50 texts at once.. heh heh

It's quite easy to run up more than 250 per month if you (like me) are involved in any kind of club or society and you use the group texts for sending out reminders of meetings & events.

steveland?

omnicorp wrote:

It only applies to Leisure Time plus or Anytime plus customers

Ah right so. I transfered off of Meteor anyways cos I thought they were crap...

MrVestek

dcGT wrote:

Where's this? I've just logged into the meteor site, and it still says 30 messages?????

www.meteor.ie

the mymeteor site is different for whatever reason...

omnicorp

SteveD wrote:

Ah right so. I transfered off of Meteor anyways cos I thought they were crap...

I moved off Vodafone a couple of months ago cos they were cr@p.
Meteor are MUCH cheaper.
13c per minute to all networks.
Free voicemail
9c/free texts
Much better customer service than Vodafone in my opinion.
email on my phone
And surprisingly, They have better coverage where I live than Vodafone do.

steveland?

I found when I was on Meteor I just NEVER got coverage. Nearly everywhere in college other than outside and on the first floors of most buildings I just got nothing.

I didn't get coverage downstairs in work which was teh kicker cos I had to leave my phone there and I missed all the important calls i got


/me pretends to be important...

omnicorp

how long ago was this?

MrVestek

Well i have to say with meteor i'm happy with the cheaper prices and you do notice it alot but even in dublin in the heavier areas their coverage is simply ****e. I mean in some pockets of my house i loose connection completely or if i move into these blind spots i get a dropped call... that just simple never happened when i was on O2....

omnicorp

I think their coverage is very good.
I get at least 3 out of 4 bars where I live.
Vodafone was lucky to get 2

just like to point out that Meteor have the same coverage as O2. A deal was signed earlier in the year for Meteor to use O2's network aswell.

MrVestek

Deleted User wrote:

just like to point out that Meteor have the same coverage as O2. A deal was signed earlier in the year for Meteor to use O2's network aswell.

Only in the east of the country tbh...

*edit*

errh.... the weast i mean, damned geography...

Praetorian

The 250 limit doesn't really annoy me. I usually have about 50 left at the end of a month. It's very handy for texting especially when you can touch type

The major problem I have with o2.ie is that the service is very frequently down.

omnicorp

how do you use that desktop text, that you cna use to text offline on o2
I heard about it.

steveland?

omnicorp wrote:

how long ago was this?

About 10 months ago... I just wouldn't go back to them now cos they have a bad name in my mind... I'm quite happy with Vodafone, I'm barely ever out of coverage no matter where I am

dcGT

Achilles wrote:

www.meteor.ie

the mymeteor site is different for whatever reason...

Bizarre....must be to do with your subscription to Meteor.....

DC.

RainyDay

omnicorp wrote:

how do you use that desktop text, that you cna use to text offline on o2
I heard about it.

It is an add-in for MS Outlook. The big advantage is that it can lookup your MS Outlook address book, so if you already have mobile numbers for your contacts in the address book, you address a message to a named person and it will send the text to their mobile. The only disadvantage is that the texts aren't free - it costs the same as a standard text.

You need to be online in order to send the text through desktop text.

omnicorp

well then whats the point

RainyDay

omnicorp wrote:

well then whats the point

OK then, I'll try a 2nd time.

Big advantage is that it can lookup your MS Outlook address book, so if you already have mobile numbers for your contacts in the address book, you address a message to a named person and it will send the text to their mobile.

steveland?

doesn't o2 webtext already let you make an address book for your mobile numbers?

RainyDay

SteveD wrote:

doesn't o2 webtext already let you make an address book for your mobile numbers?

Yes - It does. But then you gotta have two address books, one in Outlook & one on the O2 site. So what's the chances that you'll remember to keep both of them up to date? And you gotta go to the bother of logging into the O2 site first.

I'm starting to sound like an O2 salesman. Really, I couldn't care less which (or any) you use. But the desktop text thingy does offer some advantages for some people.

omnicorp

You could have to phonebooks and save money

RainyDay

omnicorp wrote:

You could have to phonebooks and save money

Yes - if you place no value on your own time, you could save a few cents in this way.

Dub13

Can anybody send 02 web text today...?I cant get in.

RainyDay

Dub13 wrote:

Can anybody send 02 web text today...?I cant get in.

Same for me - Can't get any further than the login page. Desktop text is working fine.

gimmick

Back up and running again.

I sent a few yesterday, but none of them got to destination. My entire phone book was gone, and it told me i had -1 free texts left this month.

Today, phonebook working again, and still have 27 texts left!