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Old 19-02-2008, 18:14
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Out of interest, how much do people usually spend in a month on their phones? Either on Pay As You Go or Pay Monthly?
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Old 19-02-2008, 18:19
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£10 on O2 with the 300 texts/1MB GPRS/15mins talk (treat)/10% topups back. plus still got my tenner.
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Old 19-02-2008, 18:21
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For £20 a month I get 100 mins and 550 texts through Retentions at Orange. I had to haggle quite a bit, but eventually got something suitable. Its just about right for my needs, with a few mins and texts spare each month. Monthly contract
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Old 19-02-2008, 18:23
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Do you check regularly how many minutes and texts you have left then?
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Old 19-02-2008, 18:23
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My Orange bill is usually less than £2.
My T-Mobile bill is usually about £32.
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Old 19-02-2008, 18:34
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I tend not to check that regularly - only if i know i've been on the phone more than usual which is very rare
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Old 19-02-2008, 19:06
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i spend £10 per month on o2 pay and go. i get 50 mins for topping up £10 and at the moment seem to get 20 texts as a treat. from the £10 is deducted £7.50 for my data bolt on.

don't seem to spend much of the remaining £2.50 or £3.50 (since they seem to give me an extra £1 when i top up).
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Old 19-02-2008, 19:11
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I spend about £10 a year!!!
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Old 19-02-2008, 19:59
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I did top up £30/£40 a month on 02 payg and get unlimited texts but I've just gone on vodafone contract and I now pay £35 a month for unlimited texts, 500 anytime minutes and something else but i forgot what lol And I got a free Nokia N95.
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Old 19-02-2008, 20:11
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I spend about £1 on my Orange phone every month, my bill with O2 is £40 per month, T-Mobile £15 and Vodafone £25. Not forgetting the PAYG but I only top them up as and when, just got a Blyk one which I will be trying to use shortly. I am about to embark on a contract with 3 when I can find one for what I need but it has to be the £20 mark.
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Old 19-02-2008, 20:14
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I spend about £1 on my Orange phone every month, my bill with O2 is £40 per month, T-Mobile £15 and Vodafone £25. Not forgetting the PAYG but I only top them up as and when, just got a Blyk one which I will be trying to use shortly. I am about to embark on a contract with 3 when I can find one for what I need but it has to be the £20 mark.
you seem to have a lot of phone lines!
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Old 19-02-2008, 20:54
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I spend about £1 on my Orange phone every month, my bill with O2 is £40 per month, T-Mobile £15 and Vodafone £25. Not forgetting the PAYG but I only top them up as and when, just got a Blyk one which I will be trying to use shortly. I am about to embark on a contract with 3 when I can find one for what I need but it has to be the £20 mark.
Oh my god why do you have so many phones???
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Old 19-02-2008, 21:00
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5 pounds a month on vodafone family. The odd text about 3 a week sometimes less.
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Old 19-02-2008, 21:03
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Well I get £34 a month from T-mobile, but I'm struggling to spend it - so I guess its about £15. And that's me sending random texts!
When I was on PAYG it used to be about a £5.
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Old 19-02-2008, 21:17
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£20 a month with O2. 200 mins and 400 texts. That took quite a bit of haggling with retentions though.
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Old 19-02-2008, 21:34
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£20 per month on O2 - 400 minutes and 1000 texts. Unlimited O2 calls & free voicemail.
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Old 19-02-2008, 23:13
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a total of about 80 pounds per month inc the line rentals...I cover all of my families mobile bills....

mine 2 x tmobile lines (one flext 35 tarrif - £26.25 p/m + one off peak 3000 taffi - £12p/month)

little bro - one tmobile off peak 750 + 100 texts line - £10.00 p/month

mum - 3 line - 300 mins + 1000 texts - £15 p/month

Ive been quite pleased with the tmobile stuff as i managed to negotiate mum and my lines down each year plus get a lovely phone every 12 months...managed to not do this with my flext line this year, but did get 12month extention and a lovely viewty which i just sold for £275 and replaced with an iphone unlocked! so not bad!
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Old 20-02-2008, 02:10
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Oh my god why do you have so many phones???
I claim all but my Orange and O2 one back, as part of my role I have to use competitor products.

Not all are handsets too, I have some SIM Onlys.
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Old 20-02-2008, 06:41
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£10 every 3 or 4 weeks sometimes more it just depends. Im on the 02 talkalot standard tarrif.

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Old 20-02-2008, 11:17
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£20 a month

1000 mins
1000 sms
75mb data

(o2 staff only tarriff )
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Old 20-02-2008, 11:22
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£17 amonth for 300 anytime any phone mins or texts and 300 to 3 network which is gd as my partner and my daughter are on 3.
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Old 20-02-2008, 13:08
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even though i get unlimited everything for £25 my bills are still coming in at over £75 per month "5 contracts"

i pay for my mums contract, my contract, and i have 2 other contracts that i dont use i only get phones on them for free .

With the 0845 number calling and premium text messages every so often the bill adds up.

I used to spend £150 a month....
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Old 20-02-2008, 15:21
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Old 20-02-2008, 15:43
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Cool, that's great, thanks for giving me an idea of what is available....

Now I'm wondering if any of you would be kind enough to do me just a little favour?
I'm a student and am trying to carry out some market research. I would really appreciate it if you could follow the link below and answer a few questions for me, it shouldn't take any more than a couple of minutes.
Thank you!
http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/renders...7ancyb5j398027

(p.s. I'm sorry if I've annoyed anyone by doing this, I'm just trying to be resourceful and get as much genuine research as possible.)
I find it quite annoying that you felt the need to ask for this in more than one thread.
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Old 20-02-2008, 15:45
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My average bill was £100-£200 a month

Since getting an iPhone, about £40-£50 which i think is reasonable.
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