How expensive have three got?
Joel's dad
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Twice the price in the last two years, I know they're probably the best network IMO for coverage but wow.p
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Are they getting too expensive? 102 votes
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They've definitely lost their way when it comes to pricing. My £18 a month one plan sim only would cost £26 a month for the equivalent tariff now and would lose unlimited tethering
Sadly I doubt they will.
This. The PAYG and sim only plans are the best value around. Personally I don't pay that much attention to 2 year contracts as I wouldn't want the same phone for two years.
It's not vague the read the first post, not just the title
What's twice the price ?
Still not clear if you mean sim only contracts or phone contracts etc. and compared to what ?
"Twice the price in the last two years, I know they're probably the best network IMO for coverage but wow.p
Do three use any third party retailers? Can't see them on CpW "
So yes, there are some very expensive networks out there, but for my requirements, it isn't Three.
4G isn't an important factor to me either. When your local rural ADSL spends most of its time under 1mb/s (as they do where I live), then you really start to appreciate even 3G DC-HSDPA speeds
You have to remember they're offering Unlimited 4G data (AYCE) with 4G.
NO other provider dare do that. I just hope that the increase goes into the network performance and upgrades to the cell sites rather than CEO bonuses.
According to the Three Media Centre's website they are up in profits for 2014 ;-
http://www.threemediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/Three-reports-continued-growth-in-profit-and-innovation-370.aspx
Speaking of PAYG as it stands PAYG is actually cheaper than the Sim Only deals in comparison to the 'All in one 15' and £15 Sim only (Minutes/Data). Think Three UK will be introducing a new PAYG tariff maybe with free '0800' numbers before June 2015.
I hope that the PAYG AYCE data will remain.
They won't change the tariff they've always introduced new tariffs with features to make the public 'switch' people are still old tariffs like ;-
Pay As You Go on Three
3Pay
Flat12
WePay
If you've been on Three UK for the amount of time you'll remember these tariffs also that AYCE was first capped at 80GB.
They've not once changed these tariff's they've all stayed the same and users haven't been forced to change.