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Old 30-09-2007, 20:48
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Imminent launch of new £15/month sim only deal.

Looks good compared to PAYG.
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Old 30-09-2007, 22:05
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Imminent launch of new £15/month sim only deal.

Looks good compared to PAYG.

any link for this................?
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Old 30-09-2007, 22:22
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Only if you have access to the Orange Intranet!
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Old 30-09-2007, 22:25
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Any info on how many minutes/texts will be included?
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Old 30-09-2007, 22:30
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Any info on how many minutes/texts will be included?
Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.
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Old 30-09-2007, 22:32
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Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.
Interesting seeing as I'm on PAYG at the moment...will await more details.
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Old 01-10-2007, 04:14
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Not had time to read it all yet, though one of my guys told me that if you were a PAYG customer you'd have to spend £53 in a month for what you'd get for the £15 tariff. But like I said, I haven't read it all for myself yet.
I wouldn't be suprised at this whatsoever - as non-handset deals seem to offer an excellent future.

I AM suprised it's taken this long for Networks to catch on.

Please could you post even the slightest idea of the Orange tariffs?
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Old 01-10-2007, 07:25
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Not back in the office till Wednesday I'm afraid.
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Old 03-10-2007, 22:06
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Anymore news on this?
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Old 03-10-2007, 22:15
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yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.
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Old 03-10-2007, 22:21
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yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.
OK. Thanks.
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Old 04-10-2007, 13:19
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And it includes off peak unlimited texts.
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Old 04-10-2007, 15:06
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Poor deal compared to O2 Simplicity:

£15 = 200 min and 400 texts if you buy online.
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Old 04-10-2007, 18:53
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Poor deal compared to O2 Simplicity:

£15 = 200 min and 400 texts if you buy online.

Looks like O2 offer 10 more minutes, Orange offer a whole lot more texts when you factor in the unlimited bit. There are actually a whole range of phone-free tariffs to choose from.
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Old 05-10-2007, 08:27
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Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce
yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.


Compared to O2 I make that 50 less mins and 100 less txts. I don't see that deal online:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/paymsim#dolphin

So at the £15 PP they are not really taking on O2. Even there £20 deal is not that attrative, 100 more txts but 75 less mins. You don't get unlimited txt until you pay £25 a month.

O2 still seem to have the edge.
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Old 05-10-2007, 15:02
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Originally Posted by Ricardodaforce
yep, we have the sims. The £15 sim only dolphin gives you 150 mins and 300 texts plus something else. There are a variety of tariffs, was my 1st day in this week so haven't had time to read up on all the options.


Compared to O2 I make that 50 less mins and 100 less txts. I don't see that deal online:

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/paymsim#dolphin

So at the £15 PP they are not really taking on O2. Even there £20 deal is not that attrative, 100 more txts but 75 less mins. You don't get unlimited txt until you pay £25 a month.

O2 still seem to have the edge.
Forgive me, the tarfiffs I am referring to are in Orange retail. I am not referring to the web offers.
From what you say the comparison seems thus:

Network No of Mins No of texts Monthly Cost

O2 200 400 £15

Orange
(Dolphin 15) 150 300 £15
(+offpeak unlimited texts)


So, you are right, O2 give you more mins, Orange more texts.
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Old 05-10-2007, 15:08
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Also worth looking at is the £15 Racoon. 225 minutes + unlimited off-peak landline minutes, and 100 texts.
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Old 05-10-2007, 15:55
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if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)
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Old 05-10-2007, 19:26
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if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)
Looks like you've compared a £25 tariff with a £15 one. Hardly a proper example is it. Have you looked at the £25 sim only Dolphin 25 available from Orange retail? If so how does that compare?
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Old 06-10-2007, 17:39
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if i purchased credits for say november (only) but didnt get round to using them all within the month will they roll over the following month like payg credits

the o2 simplicity sounds like a good deal, much better than payg but if the credits dont roll onto to the following months until you used up all your credits its no use to me
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Old 07-10-2007, 12:16
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if you text a lot,

The £25pm simplicity deal would be your bet.

600 mins
1000 text + text freedom (2000 texts extra free)

Hmmmm, the Orange £25 Dolphin (sim free) is 600 minutes and unlimited texts. I'd be interested to understand how the O2 tariff you quote is better........
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Old 07-10-2007, 15:38
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Are these sim only deals now available through Orange retail?
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Old 07-10-2007, 16:31
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Hmmmm, the Orange £25 Dolphin (sim free) is 600 minutes and unlimited texts. I'd be interested to understand how the O2 tariff you quote is better........
O2 offers free voicemail, and 1MB inclusive data, so technically the O2 deal is better.
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Old 07-10-2007, 16:56
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Are these sim only deals now available through Orange retail?
web offers usually differ to retail offers with Orange.
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Old 07-10-2007, 16:57
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O2 offers free voicemail, and 1MB inclusive data, so technically the O2 deal is better.

Indeed it is. The op did not mention their inclusion.
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