O2 Increase PrePay call Tarriffs

lfc1892

Cork wrote:

Good article in highlighting the reduction of off peak hours.


http://www.enn.ie/news.html?code=10036601

O2 do seem to be trying to increase profits alright.

You can expect to see a correction of this article next week. They have quoted Euros instead of Cents (and fractions thereof).

Clarification:

As of the 7th May the peak times will be as follows:
Nightowl. 8am to 6pm
Earlybird. 6pm to 8am.

As far as I can remember, this is what they used to be prior to changing in 2004. They are also in line with all other operators times.

They are NOT increasing the charges, just changing the hours.

kaimera

Further, they have a friends & family offer for prepay customers, where you can nominate three (3) other numbers on O2 and call them on the weekends and off-peak for just 1 cent a minute.

So for example if you're on Early Bird, you can call the three (3) nominated numbers all weekend, public holidays and between 8 am and 6 pm during the week for 1 cent/minute.

Until the end of April. Then you have to top up by a min of €20/month to keep it active.
So I was told one Sat morning when they rang me to offer it to me.

If the pricing does indeed increase, I'm not a happy camper. One of the main reasons I'm on o2 is that I can receive texts from the states. Voda or Meteor won't receive them; have tried both.

Random

lfc1892 wrote:

You can expect to see a correction of this article next week. They have quoted Euros instead of Cents (and fractions thereof).

Clarification:

As of the 7th May the peak times will be as follows:
Nightowl. 8am to 6pm
Earlybird. 6pm to 8am.

As far as I can remember, this is what they used to be prior to changing in 2004. They are also in line with all other operators times.

They are NOT increasing the charges, just changing the hours.

Essentially increasing the prices at certain hours.

Urban Weigl

I suspect the new hours won't affect most people, however it is still a price increase. O2 should have combined this with a price decrease.

The_Hustler

To be honest I never knew they changed it to 10am in 2004! I'll be making morning calls as much as possible until they make this change, I always thought it became peak again at 7am (nightowl)

barrett1965

lfc1892 wrote:

You can expect to see a correction of this article next week. They have quoted Euros instead of Cents (and fractions thereof).

Clarification:

As of the 7th May the peak times will be as follows:
Nightowl. 8am to 6pm
Earlybird. 6pm to 8am.

As far as I can remember, this is what they used to be prior to changing in 2004. They are also in line with all other operators times.

They are NOT increasing the charges, just changing the hours.

Thanks for the clarificaton.

carrotcake

Much ado about nothing. Prepaid off-peak hours here in Germany don't begin until 8pm

steve 0

Urban Weigl wrote:

I just checked the web site, and the prices and times are still the same!? When are these price increases supposed to come into effect?

Its on the site now http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Personal/Latest%20news%20and%20offers

Amendment of Speak easy Peak Hours

We wish to advise all Speak easy customers that the following changes in peak and associated off peak hours will be effective from the 7th May for all existing and new O2 Speak easy customers:

Amendment
Current peak 6pm - 2am or 10am - 6pm
Amended peak 6pm - 8am or 8am - 6pm
Current off-peak 2am - 6pm or 6pm - 10am
Amended off-peak 8am - 6pm or 6pm - 8am

:mad:

steve 0

Sorry for dragging this back up, but despite taking affect over a month ago does anyone know why http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Personal/Price%20plans/Speakeasy%20prepay states:

Longest off-peak hours

This is blatantly false, with the amount of work done on their site recently surely they should have removed this.

Random

Why not give them a call and ask them to justify it?

steve 0

I've just emailed them.
Maybe they'll thank me for pointing out they haven't done their job properly. :rolleyes:

steve 0

Well they they removed the statement from the site but they didn't get back to me.