Three Price Increases on PAYG.

[securespark]

If you are a customer of Three and use the standard PAYG rates (321 SIM: 3p minute, 2p text, 1p MB), if you don't know already, they will be rising sharply from 16 February.

From that date, calls will be 10p minute, texts 10p and data 5p per MB.

Some international rates will change too.

There's 4 of us on Three in this house: I shall be shopping around.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If you are a customer of Three and use the standard PAYG rates (321 SIM: 3p minute, 2p text, 1p MB), if you don't know already, they will be rising sharply from 16 February.

From that date, calls will be 10p minute, texts 10p and data 5p per MB.

Some international rates will change too.

There's 4 of us on Three in this house: I shall be shopping around.

I gave up on PAYGO last year. Plusnet have a special deal for their landline customers - I pay £6-09 per month for unlimited calls, texts, plus 4gb data. I had been paying an extra £8 pm on the landline for unlimited calls, so I cancelled that and I am £2 pm better off.

Mobile calls can be much cheaper than landline calls now. The only reason I keep the landline, is for broadband.

 

[securespark]

Yeah, we're with Plusnet too, but the mobile reception with them round here is horrendous. They piggy-back off EE.

Three is not too bad, O2 is slightly better, Voda is worse than EE.

Mrs Secure was with Virgin (also EE), but they announced they were jumping ship to Voda so she went to GiffGaff (O2). Her work phone is with O2 so she knew she'd get a decent signal at home.

If anyone is considering moving to a different mobile service provider, I recommend getting hold of a PAYG SIM (usually free, look around on the internet) of the provider you are thinking of moving to, then load it with a fiver and put it in an old mobile and see how reception is at home and your regular haunts.

Then if you like it, you can ask your current provider for a PAC (Port Authorisation Code) which will allow you to switch to the new provider and take your number with you.

 

[securespark]

Gone are the days when you had to jump through hoops to get a PAC.

As long as you have no debts and have completed your contract (if you have one), you should be issued with a PAC without question.

Quite unlike my experience with Orange a couple of decades ish ago, when I asked them to switch me from Orange contract to Orange PAYG, they said they wouldn't give me a PAC until I had explained why I wanted to switch.

So I told them what I thought of their "policy" and that I would move to another service provider without my number.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Yeah, we're with Plusnet too, but the mobile reception with them round here is horrendous. They piggy-back off EE.

EE, yes I knew that. If I have cause to ring them, it goes through to EE at Liverpool, judging by the accepts. Our reception is not the best around here, but I can set my mobile phone to use my internet, via my wifi for calls. My Plusnet internet has always been top notch, great service.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Quite unlike my experience with Orange a couple of decades ish ago, when I asked them to switch me from Orange contract to Orange PAYG, they said they wouldn't give me a PAC until I had explained why I wanted to switch.

EE was Orange, my number originated on Orange, so I have done a full circle.

 

[Mottie]

I’ve had my mobile number since 1985 and it was originally with Cellnet (O2). I was given it as a Gold number when I used to connect up mobile phones - used to pay very good money just for connecting phones onto the network - £600+ per connection! Easy money for signing someone up on a standard 5 year contract! I’ve been on every network and I'm now on Three. Nobody gives any loyalty bonus's these days so I renew every year. I always buy a fresh 12 month contract through TopCashback. Currently £8 / month for 12Gb data, unlimited 5G texts and calls, roaming around the world. £25.50 cashback so ends up costing less than £6 / month. I have an iPhone and if the signal is poor in your house, Three automatically routes your calls through Wifi. I use an Asda mobile sim to swap out and swap back in and I load just a quid on it. You don't even have to make a call to get a pac - all done by text.

 

[securespark]

Funnily enough, I was with one2one first of all which became T Mobile, part of EE, then Orange, then Virgin who used Orange/ EE, then O2 and now Three.