3 Network In Ireland

paulm17781

optiplexgx270 wrote:

the 3 online shop goes live in 52mins

Same url as before or will the website be updated by then?

JTMan

Same URL ...

RTE have said it is €25 for 200 anytime any network minutes ... this is several times better than what is on offer at the moment.

Minutes till the website goes live.

rymus

if, for once, RTE is right, that offer will blow every other provider out of the water. I cant see it being that cheap but I suppose we'll see in a half hour.

RandlePMcMurphy

rymus wrote:

if, for once, RTE is right, that offer will blow every other provider out of the water. I cant see it being that cheap but I suppose we'll see in a half hour.

Rymus,

Stephen Pilkington 3’s Commercial Director for Ireland, announced that pricing on Morning Ireland this morning - see http://www.tomrafteryit.net/3-ireland-about-to-launch/ for more

Dellas

Was in CPW at lunch....nobody can buy phones until tomorrow as they can only connect them tomorrow!!! They had no promo material or posters or stands etc....guy said cheapest phone was LG at around Euro 100 . No Three pay only contract at the moment. Its a bit dissapointing to be honest and not competitive if you have to pay alot more for the phone even if the tarrifs are cheaper!!! The Motorola V975 was supposed to be out but there was a problem with supply. Also the 3G coverage might not be as much as people thought it was going to be. The bubbles burst !!!!

BuffyBot

Will be interesting to see what they have to offer! 10 minutes and counting

rymus

yeah... after I posted that I read a few comments and released on a few websites.. another case of leaping before looking I'm afraid. time to jump the HMS Vodafone and move to 3'er shores

Dellas

Indeed the 6680 with Vodafone is Eur 79...Im not gonna pay Eur 159 or so with 3. They give them free in UK. Why are we always ripped off. Why couldnt they give us a real deal on handsets and tarriffs!!!! 3 could have had a huge campaign that everyone would have noticed and also wiped the floor with the competition by offering special signing up offers etc....oh well maybe when thousands dont sign up they will offer better rates!!!!

rymus

I dunno.. I'd call 200 minutes for €25 quite a good deal... Whatever about the phones.


on the ball, it's 2pm and it looks like the site is being turned on

Cuauhtemoc

Can you bring your phone to the network?
I have a vodafone 6630. Just wondering will they unlock it for me before i leave their network.

RandlePMcMurphy

Something is happening on the site - it is unavailable right now

BuffyBot

LOL, it does seem to be having some technical difficulties...it's not like they haven't had long enough to prepare!

RandlePMcMurphy

Now getting a 404

BuffyBot

And it's up!

RandlePMcMurphy

Now a loop on unavailable.html

optiplexgx270

ive been told the shop is live.


yeap working just slow

RandlePMcMurphy

Finally it is up

optiplexgx270

So what ye think?


http://store.3ireland.ie/

http://www.3ireland.ie/

opus

Their talk & text (100 mins & 100 sms) for €25/month looks good. Might go for it myself later on in the year when I'm out of contract.

BuffyBot

Their talk & text (100 mins & 100 sms) for €25/month

Probably the one I'll go for.

Can anyone find their listing of call/text costs when you go over your minutes?

paulm17781

Phones are a bit expensive! :eek:

The prices are much the same as the UK but they have far more options there. We could do with those here :mad:

All in all looks ok. I have 32 Euro credit to use up before I consider moving though.

paulm17781

BuffyBot wrote:

Probably the one I'll go for.

Can anyone find their listing of call/text costs when you go over your minutes?

Click on option you like, then click on "Charges outside your tariff"

rymus

free 3g content. About friggin time!

BuffyBot

International roaming seems limited to other 3 countries so far :O

(They might also want to change the "In X you can make and receive video calls just like in the UK. Further 3G services will be available soon.") bit

optiplexgx270

BuffyBot wrote:

Probably the one I'll go for.

Can anyone find their listing of call/text costs when you go over your minutes?

http://www.3ireland.ie/BlobServer.srv?blobdir=ROIDnloadDocumen&blobfile=roi+price+guide+280605.pdf

optiplexgx270

BuffyBot wrote:

International roaming seems limited to other 3 countries so far :O

(They might also want to change the "In X you can make and receive video calls just like in the UK. Further 3G services will be available soon.") bit

where is that?

SnotNosedGit

You Can't port numbers til middle of August.
I would think this will stop a lot of people switching right away. When number portability works then i can see a flood of people from other networks to 3 - unless the other networks come up with similar price plans.
Calling any network is great. I'm sick of getting fleeced when i call outside my network.

Cond0r

How come there's no pre-pay? I'm on O2 pay monthly, would have considered getting a prepay 3 phone...

optiplexgx270

Cond0r wrote:

How come there's no pre-pay? I'm on O2 pay monthly, would have considered getting a prepay 3 phone...

Prepay is in the pipe i think launching without it was a mistake.

rymus

SnotNosedGit wrote:

You Can't port numbers til middle of August.
I would think this will stop a lot of people switching right away.

Stopped me anyway.. I don't want to have to text everyone in my phone book to tell them to replace 087 with 083 until the end of August and then go back to using 087 after that. Doesn't seem to be any word on webtexts either!?! It'd be a bit odd not to match the other operator's 300/350 webtexts as not offering it is a point against porting over to them.

Also (and I may be nitpicking now) what's the story with voicemail? Free access like Vodafone/Meteor?