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Rip off O2 GPRS charges |
Seanyb2
Joined: Jan 26, 2007
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I am totally disgusted with the constant rip off charges of O2 and other networks i have had contract with in the past. I have just recieved my O2 bill and for one month as well as make calls and send texts within my allowances i browsed the internet but only used it for browsing and not downloading and my bill has come to over 400 quid and the GPRS charges alone are 350 quid. I am sorry but that is disgusting is it not about time customers in this country were not ripped off anymore. I have friends from Italy and Hungary and they say the networks in the Uk are far more expensive than anywhere else in Europe. Why is this. You cannot justify a bill like that why dont the networks realise this and take a leaf out of T Mobiles book with Web n Walk or like a flat rate per month just like people pay on the internet on a pc. Its a disgusting rip off and i cant understand why its so expensive. I am not paying my bill by the way i am nearing the end of my contract so they can take me to court for all i care its not on charging so much just to browse the internet. Has anyone else out there had my experience like mine.
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Greggy
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Totally agree with ya. Why o2 cant offer an unlimited package as an add on to there normal contract like tmob is behond me
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MrZippy
Joined: Sep 30, 2004
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From: Kent, UK
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Ummm, choice springs to mind...
There are 5 networks, and several virtual networks to choose from.
I am on 3-UK with 30 MB free a month, for £5 you can get 1 GB!
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dude_se
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From: Evesham, UK
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i downloaded one esato theme off my pay as u go orange phone and cost £1.50. luckily i had £4 of free gprs. still a rip off. the file was like 100kb. normally it costs me like 10-30p a minute.
btw downloading off esato is free so thats purely orange charging me ^
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Red_Rach
Joined: Jan 20, 2004
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From: Manchester, UK
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I totally agree with you. My bills the last 2 months have been £100 pounds each and its a joke esp when you are used to something like vodafone live who offer free GPRS. |
phataki
Joined: Jan 27, 2007
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o2 are scandalous when it comes to gprs you could argue it does not tell you how much it charges you and you are not aware of how the charges are created, by saying this and refusing to pay the amount they will refund you the charges, dont go on it again, 3 is one of the best networks for the net, majorty of the stuff is free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
maggflodd
Joined: Apr 20, 2006
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Yo... This comes from Ireland - so, err, networks are "different" anyway ... But remember november: the great "o2 ireland - napster mobile deal"??? To this day (after 100's of tv commercials, etc...) noone, no 1/nO2 can tell you how the kcuf o2 are gonna charge their prepay customers! 2 days ago I was told data traffic charges "won't change"... That's 1cent/kb!!! I.e. €20 - €30 for an average song... It seems to me they just tried to dump loads of k610im's for x-mas (oh, plus free speakers...)... imagine, tv-ads announcing napster on your k610im, and O2 staff say, "I think it'll be 1 cent per kilobyte!?"... Gee, even voda on ready to go here give you a mb for €2.oo
well, maggflodd out
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The Lostprophet
Joined: Oct 10, 2004
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mmm tmobile Web 'N' Walk nice and cheap 
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Seanyb2
Joined: Jan 26, 2007
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Networks like 3 and Vodafone dont charge you for browsing their own portal but as soon as you browse other sites its then where it becomes a rip off. For instance i was on Virgin pre pay once and i downloaded one file from another site which was only around 200kb on 3G and it used up 8 pound of my credit. Its far too much that is. I have decided never to get another contract again. They entice you in with all this free this free that but in the end its one big rip off. I am sticking with pre pay and sim free.
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Simon N
Joined: Dec 02, 2005
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From: Nottingham UK
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No one forces you to run up a £400 bill.........thats just your own fault for not being more careful.
If you dislike o2 then leave the network and head elsewhere ...after paying
what you owe of course.
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Red_Rach
Joined: Jan 20, 2004
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From: Manchester, UK
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On 2007-01-28 01:52:36, Seanyb2 wrote:
Networks like 3 and Vodafone dont charge you for browsing their own portal but as soon as you browse other sites its then where it becomes a rip off.
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I always found that Vodafone live had everything I needed a rarley left their portal. O2 charges you for being in their portal, and its a complete waste of space anyway
Its impossible to be careful with O2, since theres no way to find out how much you have used until a full month after you have used it, its only then you are charged for the usage. So just when you think you've got a nice cheap bill, little do you know that a month later you will have a whopper of a bill on the way.
When you consider the charges of broadband I fail to see why GPRS is so expensivel.
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maggflodd
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I was gonna make this a new thread, but since you all moved on to other networks, here goes: vodafone ireland on ready-to-go charge 2cent/kb gprs outside vodafone live, BUT... With new Nokia handsets you are given various access points incl. Vodafone isp... Thanks to nokia's settings wizard, that is. So if you have a nokia, vodafone let you use voda. iSP at €2.oo/mb - 0.2cent/kb... A tenth! But only on Nokia handsets... how is that legal (not to mention fair competition... Anyone using the mobile net a lot is hardly gonna buy a SE/motorola and so on). as a matter of fact, even on an expensive contract they charge €3/mb... is that just Irish or do they get away with that in UK as well?
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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Hi all,
I really don't understand why anyone that intends to use Mobile Data would be with any other Network than T-Mobile or now 3. Both of these companies IMO have made using Mobile Data a reasonable expense as for a max £10 per month with T-Mobile you can use up to 3GB and even use your device as a modem with a Computer. Although there are some restrictions on use this to me is good value. I am not a 3 customer but there new X-Series services do also look to be good value. As now it is easy to port your existing number i can see no reason to continue with a rip off Network. In fact if you need/ want to use Mobile Data it is even cost effective to reduce your current contract to the minimum and just take a new contract get a free phone and sell it to help offset the cost.
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DCUK7
Joined: Aug 01, 2004
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From: Liverpool, UK
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What makes me laugh is the constant comments from the industry analysts saying that "the mobile web isn't taking off, probably due to lack of content" when the actual truth is its not taking off because everyone knows they will be paying rip-off prices to access the web from their phone.
I guarantee if it was priced more fairly, it would be getting used a hell of a lot more! |
Seanyb2
Joined: Jan 26, 2007
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Hello its me again who started this. I have just been reading Mobile Choice magazine and it says on pay and go and contract Orange is 4 pound per megabyte outside your allowances T Mobile and Vodafone are 7.50 per megabyte outside of your allowances too. Now when you put that next to Broadband charges per month of 15 pounds or so its really a no brainer. Totally not right. I mean its even in the Sunday Mirror paper today again about the Goverment are putting pressure on the networks again to reduce call charges abroad. Now how many times do we keep hearing that saying things will get cheaper. Too many times and nothing really changes much. Crazy.
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