Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 With the (hopefully soon) upcoming release of the HTC Hermes on O2 and T-Mobile, who will you be getting it with or who are you already with and why? Just a little inquiry as i am currently a O2 PAYG customer and have no problems with them...i get free minutes texts etc every month blah blah blah BUT people i speak to keep saying not to get a contract with them as T-Mobile are better...personally i cant see how as they look fairly close. Who are you with and what swayed you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madeye Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'm on o2 online 100 (texter option), It gives 150 anytime cross network minutes, 750 text messages (or 185 mms messages, or a mix of both) for £25 per month. I then got the browse and download 4mb add on for £5 and the gold insurance for £4.99 per month. So in total I have: 150 mins 750 texts 4mb gprs gold insurance (theft / accidental damage etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'm on o2 online 100 (texter option), It gives 150 anytime cross network minutes, 750 text messages (or 185 mms messages, or a mix of both) for £25 per month. I then got the browse and download 4mb add on for £5 and the gold insurance for £4.99 per month. So in total I have: 150 mins 750 texts 4mb gprs gold insurance (theft / accidental damage etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Just out of interest I compared the T-Mob Flext tarrifs to that. Flext 30 ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I've also had DirectPush (12 hours/day, 5 days/week) and hourly email downloads, football updates, weather updates and loads of other stuff all over GPRS. This month I used a puny 25Mb! (must try harder!) Is that puhing from an exchange server...n are you going to up the usage to seven days aweek? I just interested in the usage etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sporkguy Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 One thing swung it for me: Unlimited data for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 One thing swung it for me: Unlimited data for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sporkguy Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'm a very heavy user - when I was on Orange Staff tariff (1ppm calls, 1p txts) I was still getting bills upto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 I'm a very heavy user - when I was on Orange Staff tariff (1ppm calls, 1p txts) I was still getting bills upto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Is that puhing from an exchange server...n are you going to up the usage to seven days aweek? I just interested in the usage etc! "Yes", that's using a corporate Exchange server, and "No" I'm not planning to go 7 days a week because my phone will annoy the hell out of me all weekend! Something odd going on here though, and I'm not sure what My "Latest Bill" screen (dated 26/05/06) is showing 23235Kb (~24Mb) But when I look at my "Mobile Data Usage" it's showing 84969Kb (~85Mb) since the 25th May. SPB Weather is showing 125227Kb (~126Mb) of data in the last 30 days Aside from the "fact" that I've quadrupled my usage over the last week (which I can't believe is true), the numbers dont add up: 25Mb + 85Mb = 110Mb SPB Weather alone says I've used 125Mb I'm not sure that the T-Mobile system is reporting the right figures. I may put GPRS Monitor on and track it from my end to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 The Hermes has 3G - with 3G you can use a lot more data as it makes browsing the web a pleasure rather than a chore. I used about 85Mb last month on my Universal and that was before I had Push email. Also with Flext if you use less minutes you can use more texts so on Flext30 you could use no minutes and 900 texts wheras with O2 if you use 751 texts you will get charged for the extra text regardless of if you've used your minuts. Another thing to bare in mind is that O2's 3G coverage is not that good - but on that subject, be sure to check covearage of both in the areas you'll want to use it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Also with Flext if you use less minutes you can use more texts so on Flext30 you could use no minutes and 900 texts So what your sayin is...with the above 301 texts and 150 mins... If i use 351 texts i will only have 100 mins? Sweeeeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 (edited) Er, not quite because the price of voice and SMS aren't the same On Flext30 with 351 texts you get 275 minutes of voice Have a look at this Flext Tariff Slider-thingy Pick the tariff and drag the little Voice, SMS and MMS sliders to see how it works. Edited May 31, 2006 by chucky.egg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Er, not quite because the price of voice and SMS aren't the same On Flext30 with 351 texts you get 275 minutes of voice Have a look at this Flext Tariff Slider-thingy Pick the tariff and drag the little Voice, SMS and MMS sliders to see how it works. Ah ryt...i misunderstood...i thought it changed respectively... Yeah i done all the slidery thingy...thats how i got the 351 txts 150 mins :) THanks foe ya help though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madeye Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 (edited) Bit of a late reply but, yeah that's with my wizard. The handset cost me Edited May 31, 2006 by Madeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Laser_iCE Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Go Telstra! YAAAAAAAAY AUSTRALIA!!! /me leaves thread now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Go Telstra! YAAAAAAAAY AUSTRALIA!!! /me leaves thread now. :) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oink1 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Neither - they're as bad as each other IME... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sporkguy Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Neither - they're as bad as each other IME... :) Please elaborate. If you're going to come into a thread and come out with a completely different answer to what the poster asked for, then the least you can do is explain as to your hatred for these networks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oink1 Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 (edited) Please elaborate. If you're going to come into a thread and come out with a completely different answer to what the poster asked for, then the least you can do is explain as to your hatred for these networks ;) In my experience - o2 suck as a network provider, from coverage to CS... T-Mobile used to do things like limit my account when the bill reached Edited June 1, 2006 by oink1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Confucious Posted June 2, 2006 Report Share Posted June 2, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest 25419 Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 orange... 240 xnet 120 landline 1000 text magic number every 6 months (60mins for 1min six times a day!) free answer phone free insurance and FREE 8mb broadband! every month all for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fleabag Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) Oink, that's a credit limit. A mobile phone account is just like a credit card, based on your credit rating and payment history you get set a limit - which is quite understandable from a company point of view I think. Back on thread subject, I'd have to say T-Mobile (OK I admit it I am biased, but I genuinely think you'd get a better deal). Before I worked for T-Mobile I was O2 for life, I'd never even considered another network as all the other alternatives looked crap. Well I switched - and never looked back, much better service - plus I don't have to pay 50p/min to get through to an advisor that would be useless like with the O2 online deals. With the release of Flext and WNW I think there's no alternative. I'm on Flext 75 with WNW, I can use my phone as much as I like and never go over the bill. The Mrs can't go over Flext 35 and she never shuts up! And at the moment you actually get Edited June 4, 2006 by Fleabag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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