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o2 Free 4G upgrade?
Morning guys,
Anyone heard anything about the above? My sister has an S4 mini but has always been on a (handset contract) 3G tariff, never bothered upgrading to one of their 4G plans, however yesterday she got the following text... " O2: You will have access to 4G from 13 February. At no extra cost. After this date, visit http://s.o2.co.uk/got4G/OFsMvF for more information." and today she received.. " O2 UK: Great news, your 4G service is ready. Just a few final steps before you get started: make sure your 4G sim is in your 4G phone. Switch your phone off then back on again. When you're in a 4G area, you'll see the 4G symbol on your phone screen. Enjoy your 4G experience on O2." o2 don't have 4G coverage anywhere near us so she can't really confirm it has been activated yet, but I was wondering if this is something o2 are rolling out across the board or just to certain customers? (She's been with them about 4 years) |
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What location is she in I would suggest 4G is coming to the area sooner than you might think. My girlfriend got a similar upgrade a year ago when o2 Turned on maidstone
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We don't even have 4G in our immediate area, my girlfriend has been on a 4G tariff since she started her contract and never picked it up round my town / area.
Therefore you could be right, I'll ask her to keep an eye out for 4G at home and I'll try and keep an eye on the checker |
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My dads company phone is still on 3G despite them upgrading them all to 4G handsets. It would be great if they just activated everyone on 4G and stopped selling 3G plans similar to Three & EE but it doesn't seem that way.
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They've been doing this for over a year now.
O2 now have over 4 Million 4G customers. |
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I don't think everyone will get it, I know I probably will not as I still my 2007 tariff with the unlimited data bolt-on, although I hear it is now capped at 4GB but have not tested that out yet.
Anyway I find it interesting that they seem to be activating 4G on 3G SIMs. |
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Anyway I find it interesting that they seem to be activating 4G on 3G SIMs.
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Giving "free" 4G to compete with Three maybe? Or because they're potentially going to be the same company soon.....
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Or because they're potentially going to be the same company soon.....
![]() The reason they did it was because 4G adoption rate was low and so they've been slowly getting rid of 3G Vs 4G plans and just selling plans with 4G only. So all of O2's plans now come with 4G as standard when sold with a 4G phone (few exceptions). And existing customers with a 4G phone (but originally on 3G contract) are being upgraded with no additional cost. Vodafone on the other hand are still charging a premium for 4G and insist on selling 3G and 4G tariffs. |
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But they've been doing this for over a year... It's not a new initiative at all.
The reason they did it was because 4G adoption rate was low and so they've been slowly getting rid of 3G Vs 4G plans and just selling plans with 4G only. So all of O2's plans now come with 4G as standard when sold with a 4G phone (few exceptions). And existing customers with a 4G phone (but originally on 3G contract) are being upgraded with no additional cost. Vodafone on the other hand are still charging a premium for 4G and insist on selling 3G and 4G tariffs. Got my sister to do the old register on another network, then back to automatic and she's picking up 1 bar of 4G here now, where o2's map says there is none. Maintenance on a local mast next week, maybe they'll be 4G'ing the one near us |
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Makes sense, thanks for that.
Got my sister to do the old register on another network, then back to automatic and she's picking up 1 bar of 4G here now, where o2's map says there is none. Maintenance on a local mast next week, maybe they'll be 4G'ing the one near us Usually the coverage map runs around ~4 weeks behind the actual live roll out so you may not see an update on the coverage map till next month. |
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Sounds like it.
Usually the coverage map runs around ~4 weeks behind the actual live roll out so you may not see an update on the coverage map till next month.
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Vodafone on the other hand are still charging a premium for 4G and insist on selling 3G and 4G tariffs.
How on earth did the once leader of the pack fall so badly?? We all saw it coming, how did they not? Nokia and Blackberry the same.... I tell you... it's only once you get past 45 you realise, no one knows anything. They are all winging it...... |
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In a minute Vodafone are going to be throwing everything out of the pram and then sitting in the corner, thumb in mouth rocking and humming to themselves!
How on earth did the once leader of the pack fall so badly?? We all saw it coming, how did they not? Nokia and Blackberry the same.... I tell you... it's only once you get past 45 you realise, no one knows anything. They are all winging it...... They've gone some way towards doing this (by offering 3G on plans with less than 1GB data and 4G on all plans with more than 1GB data) but they still have separate plans) |
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They are just too late too the party though. Like Microsoft with Windows phone but worse!
I just wish they would do something radical. If we are going to have just 3 networks it would be good if they were all level pegging. Something to actually choose between. Both O2 and Vodafone are only doing the rollout now because of EE. Other than that, they wouldn't bother. |
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Still can't get 4G on a one month plan from Vodafone I don't think
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Why is that?
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Still can't get 4G on a one month plan from Vodafone I don't think
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And what do you get for £16?
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Wow 500 whole megabytes. I get 2GB for £15 on Tesco.
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Wow 500 whole megabytes. I get 2GB for £15 on Tesco.
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I assume that was a 12 month contract?
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What location is she in I would suggest 4G is coming to the area sooner than you might think. My girlfriend got a similar upgrade a year ago when o2 Turned on maidstone
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