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Ovivo Mobile VS GiffGaff
Gary_Levine
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I just came across a new Iphone provider. I am a user of Giff Gaff which runs of the o2 network.
I just wondered where the below provider is better than Giff Gaff.
It seems too good to be true.Anybody any experiences?
http://ovivomobile.com/
I just wondered where the below provider is better than Giff Gaff.
It seems too good to be true.Anybody any experiences?
http://ovivomobile.com/
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A new Iphone provider?? Do the specialise and only allow iphones?
They use Vodafone's network and No, they are not as good value for money as Giff Gaff at all. Slightly cheaper outside of your allowance, but their allowance packages are rubbish. They offer more minutes and internet for £5, but in the long run, going for a bigger package on Giff Gaff is cheaper.
Also.. £10 a megabyte for international data? Are you kidding me?
See for your self
http://ovivomobile.com/pricing/
also, the i wonder if the actual number given is premium or not, since if you have Lebara, some networks (i.e. t-mobile) doesn't treat it as national operator and calls to those don't come out of your allowance.
Other then that seems quite interesting
But i wouldn't use it as a primary network myself as i would prefer to pay a cost per month for good CS, more mins/texts/data and reliability.
It's not as good as giff gaff for allowances but it'll be alright if you're a very low user and don't plan to make any out of allowance calls/don't mind ads.
Is it? for free? for most people that will do. It's only if you're pestering people constantly texting that it's not enough.
I actually think 200 is a normal number for most people.
Thats about 198 more than I need a month.
Yeah me too. I think I got through about 20 texts last month. I use my phone mostly for data. Hardly any calls or texts.
(a) Supplying the Products and Services to you
(e) Market research and profiling your usage and purchase preferences
(f) Supplying selected and targeted marketing materials and media to you by web access, SMS, phone, e-mail or post
"... By using the Service you consent to us sharing your information with third parties for advertising campaigns and agree to be contacted by mail, email, text or telephone. If you disable any device to block receipt of such communication we shall be entitled to terminate the Service to you..."
"...YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data or pass your details to third parties for marketing purposes. You can exercise the right at any time by contacting us at support@ovivomobile.com or writing to Ovivo Mobile Communications Limited, 65 Walton Street, London SW3 2HT and terminating the agreement between you and us. If you do not wish to receive marketing communication you must stop using the Service and return the Sim Card provided to you as part of the Service."
Every 2 to 5 MB you are directed to a page with ads. not a big problem you can use a proxy or vpn to bypass this.
The 'sharing' of data is only within it's operating partners as it is stated within the same clause:
(a) Supplying the Products and Services to you
(b) The administration of your Account by the Customer Services Department
(c) Providing you with service information, for example about Network faults
(d) The prevention or detection of fraud
(e) Market research and profiling your usage and purchase preferences
(f) Supplying selected and targeted marketing materials and media to you by web access, SMS, phone, e-mail or post
(g) Complying with applicable laws and regulations
Pretty standard stuff, in fact most people share stuff of Facebook without looking at T&Cs at all...
Ovivo Mobile does not allow VPNs across its network. Customers who deliberately attempt to bypass the advertising are not compliant to the service terms and conditions and risk disconnection.
:sleep:
As someone that has ported over from GiffGaff to Ovivo, I can confirm that the customer service so far eclipses anything GiffGaff could offer.
So far the customer service has been far superior to that of T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone. I've never had an issue with o2, so I would put them on a par.
Ovivo may not last long, but we'll see. So far the ads on the internet have not been too intrusive, and I've only seen ads for some Holiday Company.
And you are surprised by this? you want them to just provide you with a free service full stop and no benefit to them / nothing in return?
Home users shouldn't need to use a VPN and Ovivo is only for home use / browsing, not business use. I completely see where they are coming from.
It works just fine if you're happy to see ad pages in your browsing. I wish you could see how much data you have used and have left though.
Do you work for Ovivo?
Just asking as 3 posts on two Ovivo threads.....
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Or should i say praise/defending them
Guy on the giffgaff forums is trying them out and gets an ad every second click while browsing, sounds bloody annoying
Well VPN's can be made to look like https traffic. So you couldnt tell a difference. But to be honest the ads arnt that bad. you learn to live with it
Was that copy/pasted?
Never trust a company that isn't professional enough to use a spellchecker. :rolleyes:
Surely 12 x £10 Goodybags is a lot more than a one off £5? I would need to go over Ovivo's monthly allowances substantially to spend another £115 per year.
It's only 69p in the EU.
when you check your email using inbuilt app does it also redirect or just fails? what phone do you use ? or it only redirects when browsing ?
I use a SSL based mail (My own email server) and it works just fine. and i use a Galaxy S2
But from my expierence it only redirects when using standard HTTP connections, radio and streaming apps work fine.
As I'm still a social member of the human race 200 texts and 200 minutes is more than enough for me. :-)
Not sure where the giff gaff member gets that they are seeing the ad page online every few seconds but I see an ad maybe twice a day and even then you touch 'skip' before it even renders the page. I can live with that for free
It may not last but while it's there I'll make hay. Why pay???
I think what im getting at is you get what you pay for & cheap networks are just not reliable.
so, as a 5 pounds one time charge, 200min, 500mb and 200 texts seems to be enough and worth a try.
I have three giffgaff SIM's and have had no issues at all.