Originally Posted by d123:
“Jabba, it was said to me that they are aware that some people are still managing to get discounts applied but these were also on the hit list to be removed from accounts as soon as Three could do so. No discount is safe in the medium to long term.”
For old price plans that would be correct.
For the new price plans if there is a discount applied that discount will stay. There are always exceptions to the rule and so even though Three no longer offer discounts on their price plans (apart from pre-set deals/offers) they can still provide them to existing customers with poor coverage, billing issues, complaints etc....
Of course I'm not saying that you can just ring up and upgrade to an iPhone 6 with a 10 discount every month. That's not possible at all. But as an existing customer moving to a new SIM Only plan they do have flexibility in pricing if you ring India and speak to them about it. Of course you'll just move on to a standard plan if you do nothing.
Originally Posted by WelshBluebird:
“Talking about price plans and stuff, why are the upgrade deals more expensive than the new customer deals? Doesn't make any sense at all!”
Because you pay more per month but less upfront. If that's still the case.
Basically Three are trying to demonstrate value by saving you money today (but ultimately screwing you into paying more over 24 months).
Originally Posted by rasseru16:
“In what way? Tethering is already not allowed. End of unlimited data?”
Older PAYG accounts can still tether. Price Plans on PAYG are better than contract.
There will be changes.
Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“I heard that handset tariffs will be going up to 4GB tethering, like SIM-only?”
Correct.
Three's recent research shows that no one could possibly ever want more than 4GB and 4GB is loads of data that will last you 1,000 years. Therefore Three are doing you a favour by capping tethering at 4GB and increasing your tariff cost so they can show how great value the network is.
Aren't Three great!
Originally Posted by WelshBluebird:
“Surely EE must be looking at this and seeing this as a chance to grab some more revenue? All they need to do it reintroduce the 10GB sim only plan and they would grab quite a few customers from Three I'd imagine.”
All operators are the same now. They're not going to offer more when they can offer less and make more money. To put it simply.