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Old 15-06-2005, 18:11
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at the present time.i have 200 free sms. on 02 net-work.
as you all know this comes at £10 per month..

but as i have a virgin network sim as well, is it worth my money. to change to the bundles.@800 free per month..

i know it is dearer. but the ones on 02 dont last me 10 days.
but in comparison which network offer the best deals.
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Old 15-06-2005, 21:59
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Yeah switch to Virgin they are much cheaper even with calls.
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Old 15-06-2005, 23:31
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I'm in the process of switching from O2 online to Virgin at the moment. Just waiting for my number to port over.

The move is mainly because Virgin bundles will work out cheaper but its also a brand I trust, the call quality is loads better & customer service brilliant. Infact, just thinking about it, they are the mobile company I always find myself going back to after various contracts with Vodafone and experiences with other mobile phone companies.

So yes, I'd say the switch to Virgin is the better option, plus if you use all of the 800 text messages it is probably way cheaper than O2 & even if you don't they roll over to next month.
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Old 16-06-2005, 20:33
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How much do you have to top-up for the 800sms a month on virgin? is it P&G or contract
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Old 16-06-2005, 22:21
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Originally Posted by ScorpionXxX
How much do you have to top-up for the 800sms a month on virgin? is it P&G or contract
It is £24 for 800 texts and £36 for 1500 texts.

It is pay as you go.
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Old 16-06-2005, 22:45
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i am going for the 800 ones. that should be cheaper. for me.
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Old 16-06-2005, 23:03
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Just looking at the 1500 texts for £36 on Virgin and the 1000 texts for £30 on T-Mobile but they last 90 days, whats cheaper?
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Old 16-06-2005, 23:06
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According to my rusty maths the virgin bundle works out at 2.4p per text and the T-Mobile 3p

So the Virgin one is cheaper per text

Though Virgin's bundles only roll over for one month
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Old 16-06-2005, 23:09
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So its really however fast you use up the texts then.
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Old 16-06-2005, 23:14
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Does it have to be PAYG or would/could you consider getting a contract?

On O2 Online, you can get 1000 text and 400 anyone anytime minutes for £45 per month AND a free good spec phone. Minutes roll over one month, texts don't. (IIRC, anyway). If you are making many calls especially to other networks, this WILL work out cheaper than any PAYG.

I have this contract but pay £40 per month for it not £45 as I haggled at upgrade time!

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PS. If you don't get a phone as part of the deal, you get double texts and minutes for the same price. So that's 1000 texts/400 mins for £30 and 2000 texts/800 mins for £45.
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Old 16-06-2005, 23:18
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So its really however fast you use up the texts then.
yeah, the rough point the Virgin text messages = 3p is when you send 1200 of them
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Old 17-06-2005, 01:19
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Originally Posted by mattworld
yeah, the rough point the Virgin text messages = 3p is when you send 1200 of them
Still not bad though.
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Old 19-06-2005, 23:51
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around 16 text per day. its not that many. works out approx 800 per mnth. so should be no problem using them up.
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