'48' Mobile operator - Prepaid offer - 3000mins & 5000 texts €10per month

Walter White

e-sull wrote: »

Wow, some of the people on here (certain people in particular) really need to calm down and get over themselves.. Fine, you might be outside the age bracket and be píssed off over that because you're paying more.. Fine. But trying to get a new, enterprising business to shut down just after it setting up in the middle of this recession on the grounds of equality is just pathetic.. It just goes to show the ridiculous amount of free time that some people have at the moment.. How about some of you chronic neigh-sayers get down from your high horse or up off your árse and take a leaf out of 48's book.. Get busy starting the businesses that will get us out of this mess instead of trying to kill off any hope of regeneration of our economy.

That is all.

Well said.... Plenty of grumpy old men....

Vurnon San Benito

spider_pig wrote: »

if they opened it up to the public they'd surely make more money then restricting there service, cant get me head around it

I'm assuming they're perhaps taking a loss or just about breaking even until the second year and so on.

Perhaps they'll launch a new plan for other age brackets.

Considering switching meself from 3 - although Three are pretty good.

stacexD

spider_pig wrote: »

if they opened it up to the public they'd surely make more money then restricting there service, cant get me head around it

My guess would be that 18-22 is where o2 get the least of their business, most of the people i know either go to meteor or 3 for iphones, so keeping it 18-22 means they won't lose all their customers
Probably wrong but that's my guess at least!

drunkmonkey

spider_pig wrote: »

if they opened it up to the public they'd surely make more money then restricting there service, cant get me head around it

o2 are already loosing customers rapidly to other networks, the last thing they want to do is launch an mvno on their own network and carve up their own pay as you go and bill pay base. I'd guess tesco took more people from o2 than they did any other network as "it's on the o2 network".

bren2001

e-sull wrote: »

Wow, some of the people on here (certain people in particular) really need to calm down and get over themselves.. Fine, you might be outside the age bracket and be píssed off over that because you're paying more.. Fine. But trying to get a new, enterprising business to shut down just after it setting up in the middle of this recession on the grounds of equality is just pathetic.. It just goes to show the ridiculous amount of free time that some people have at the moment.. How about some of you chronic neigh-sayers get down from your high horse or up off your árse and take a leaf out of 48's book.. Get busy starting the businesses that will get us out of this mess instead of trying to kill off any hope of regeneration of our economy.

That is all.

Ha, I am 20 and dont understand how this is legal. If I wasnt in this age bracket Id be kicking up a fuss about this, its absurd that they started it but Im switching and getting as long as I can out of it!!!

drunkmonkey

bren2001 wrote: »

Ha, I am 20 and dont understand how this is legal.

It doesn't seem to be legal.

padocon

It's a "membership", I presume the law is different?

Fresh Pots

So say a 22 year old signs up now, will they get kicked off the network when they hit 23? Seems like a crazy way to run a business.

augusta24

So what's the story with this? Are they checking up on ages or can you just pretend your this age??

Tar.Aldarion

not as good as 3's deal as it doesnt include net.

20e top up, free calls (call any network at weekend) + texts + free net + free 10e credit.

stacexD

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

not as good as 3's deal as it doesnt include net.

20e top up, free calls (call any network at weekend) + texts + free net + free 10e credit.

net is only €2 a week

pissed

stacexD wrote: »

net is only €2 a week

Only until end of Feb.

stacexD

pissed wrote: »

Only until end of Feb.

Does the €10 change price at all?

pissed

Dont know. The €2 data seems to be only valid until the end of feb. Then there was mention of data by the hour ..... have to wait and see.

Soarer

stacexD wrote: »

net is only €2 a week

pissed wrote: »

Only until end of Feb.

Pah!

The internet is just a fad. It'll never last.

JTMan

pissed wrote: »

Dont know. The €2 data seems to be only valid until the end of feb. Then there was mention of data by the hour ..... have to wait and see.

More than a mention, Telefonica/48 have stated that it will be on a pay by the hour basis, on the 48 website.

podgeandrodge

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

not as good as 3's deal as it doesnt include net.

20e top up, free calls (call any network at weekend) + texts + free net + free 10e credit.

So it's not as good as 3's deal from your point of view given your usage

From someone else's point of view:

3 deal - 100 mid week minutes and loads of weekend minutes - total cost €20 - useless!!

48 deal - 3000 minutes for the month at any time mid-week or weekend - €10. Pretty damn good!

If you even take a tenner off the 3 deal to allow for internet there is no question of what deal is better minutes wise.

JTMan

Absolutely, it all depends on a the users usage profile. However, for an increasing number of people, their usage profile is heavily data focused. If your usage profile includes data then you are better off with 3.

rolexeagle1

The 10euro charge will never change, new internet promotion at end of Feb I would presume as they will have to stay competitive.

Doesnt matter if you arent in the age bracket of 18-22, sure just put in your age as 1993 or whatever. Its a PAYG sim so not really a concern.

Guaruntee you wont get kicked off when you turn 22, its all marketing, trying to be cool and get that age bracket. Look at the ads, just heard one on the radio and it was some lads saying he was going to be spanking MILFs. haha

Fresh Pots

Anyone still not received their sim? I requested one on the 27th and still nothing.

Freddie59

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

not as good as 3's deal as it doesnt include net.

20e top up, free calls (call any network at weekend) + texts + free net + free 10e credit.

Yep. I've had that since switching from 02 in June. Brilliant tariff.

nowuckenfurries

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Anyone still not received their sim? I requested one on the 27th and still nothing.

I got 2 in the post on Friday!

Handy for getting deals from other operators on their prepay phones

magicgumdrop

TheTechGuy wrote: »

Anyone still not received their sim? I requested one on the 27th and still nothing.

Requested one on the 2nd, still nothing. My mate and my sister both have theirs (requested after mine) already.

superflyninja

i got mine last night. ive not had a chance to read most of the the thread though but is there a problem activating the sims? like is a passport required as proof of age? (im 30 btw ;p )

Walter White

superflyninja wrote: »

i got mine last night. ive not had a chance to read most of the the thread though but is there a problem activating the sims? like is a passport required as proof of age? (im 30 btw ;p )

No need for ID, I know a few people who have signed up, who were older and they just put in a date that was within the age bracket and had no problem... One person on here was asked and they said it was just random... See even old codgers can sign up..

Irishchick

They were in my college today and i picked up a sim. They were not bothered about my age but will I be asked for proof at a further stage??

Any problems so far with the services besides initial troubles?

Jesus Wept

I see they are sponsoring Home and Away on Network 2.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

The-Rigger wrote: »

I see they are sponsoring Home and Away on Network 2.

Who's the bright star in the marketing department

Tar.Aldarion

podgeandrodge wrote: »

So it's not as good as 3's deal from your point of view given your usage

From someone else's point of view:

3 deal - 100 mid week minutes and loads of weekend minutes - total cost €20 - useless!!

48 deal - 3000 minutes for the month at any time mid-week or weekend - €10. Pretty damn good!

If you even take a tenner off the 3 deal to allow for internet there is no question of what deal is better minutes wise.

What are you talking about 100 minutes? I get 6000(3000+3000) minutes and only over that I get a warning, no extra cost. Try talking for 6000 minutes anyway.

also you get 10e free every single top up which I use to buy 2 extra months of net. (it's something like 4 or 5 euro a month). I can then webtext off my phone on cabbage for free and have 20e for use on calls, essentially meaning you only need to top up every two or three months on heavy usage. Also get 15 GB data.

I don't see how this 48 deal is in any way better?

Soarer

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

What are you talking about 100 minutes? I get 6000(3000+3000) minutes and only over that I get a warning, no extra cost. Try talking for 6000 minutes anyway.

also you get 10e free every single top up which I use to buy 2 extra months of net. (it's something like 4 or 5 euro a month). I can then webtext off my phone on cabbage for free and have 20e for use on calls, essentially meaning you only need to top up every two or three months on heavy usage. Also get 15 GB data.

I don't see how this 48 deal is in any way better?

What plan is that on?

I was with 3 for a month. Topped up by €20, got €10 free, and it was gone within a week...all on calls!

Tar.Aldarion

I think it's their only plan?
http://www.three.ie/products_services/priceplans/prepay/index.html

€20 top-ups or higher Weekday Weekend

Unlimited Internet Browsing Free Free
Unlimited Three to Three calls* Free Free
Unlimited Texts to any network* Free Free
Calls to any network1 29.48c Free


Other network calls are not free on weekdays, I just made everybody join three

podgeandrodge

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

What are you talking about 100 minutes? I get 6000(3000+3000) minutes

Sorry, maybe I've got it wrong. My understanding was that your free minutes were at the weekend. I referred to calls mid-week. I included your eur10 free credit to get a total of eur30. At 30 cent a minute for mid-week calls to other networks that would give me only 100 minutes. I ring other networks mid-week so the 48 deal is better - for me. Sorry if I've got it wrong.

Tar.Aldarion

Yeah you are correct to not use three if you call a lot of people midweek that are not on three. I just don't know any people that aren't on three any more after their new deal, as it was 10 times better than anything else for the last while.

If you make a lot of business calls, or friends are not on three, it would not be the best for you. I got really confused by the 100 minutes, sorry. At the start three was not ideal until everybody I knew switched to them, as you say, 100 minutes and it's all gone.

Soarer

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I think it's their only plan?
http://www.three.ie/products_services/priceplans/prepay/index.html

€20 top-ups or higher Weekday Weekend

Unlimited Internet Browsing Free Free
Unlimited Three to Three calls* Free Free
Unlimited Texts to any network* Free Free
Calls to any network1 29.48c Free


Other network calls are not free on weekdays, I just made everybody join three

Edit: Bit slow, and it's already been clarified above!

So your 6000 minutes are made up of 3000 three-to-three calls and 3000 weekend other network calls?
Probably why my €30 only lasted a few days!

Tar.Aldarion

Yep that's correct. I made sure my family/gf etc were all on three So t this point all my calls are free for a month, net/texts etc too. then for the next 2 months after I buyt net topups for 10e(which gives you more free texts via webtext), and have 20e to use on calls. Which might not last some people! Luckily people call me more than the other way around heh.

Irishchick

Can anyone comment on 48months service??

trevortronics

Hi Irishchick
I'm still awaiting a port over from O2 placed over 24hrs a go, swift response back from the help desk this morning:

"Thanks for the email. I’m sorry to hear that you’re having some issues at this early stage. I’ve been checking your 48 account and it looks like your account has been affected by a porting issue we have been experiencing. This is the cause of the problem, but we have been resolving a few of these issues this morning and are aiming to resolve yours today.

I understand it’s very frustrating, but rest assured, we have placed your issue as “top priority” and once it has been resolved we will email you straight away."


But still no joy.

Lynchy747

Walter White wrote: »

No need for ID, I know a few people who have signed up, who were older and they just put in a date that was within the age bracket and had no problem... One person on here was asked and they said it was just random... See even old codgers can sign up..

Just to note, that there is some spot checks on ages by them. They send a letter with your sim card asking for a photocopy of your passport.

magnavox

When registering it gives the option to put in a friends number if you've been referred by them. Anyone know if they get anything out of this? Like free credit for example?

BlackWizard

I was just setting the APN for my HTC Desire and I noticed there are two APNs that need to be setup.

Which one do I mark as active? It's kinda odd to have two right?


http://help.48months.ie/entries/20876496-settings-for-htc-desire

Irishchick

Lynchy747 wrote: »

Just to note, that there is some spot checks on ages by them. They send a letter with your sim card asking for a photocopy of your passport.

That sounds a bit dodgy!!

trevortronics

Well this is the latest update for my port from O2 requested on Tuesday:

"I apologise that this is taking longer than expected to resolve. Since your email this morning I have been in regular contact with our escalations team in order to get this sorted ASAP.
I'm afraid it now appears that this issue may not be resolved for a few days, however I can assure you that we are working towards getting this resolved as quickly as we can.
As soon as this porting issue has been cleared up, we will email your straight away to notify you of this"

:(:(

Irishchick

I think ill wait a while until they iron out the creases. If they ever do with no phone in customer service !

pissed

Irishchick wrote: »

I think ill wait a while until they iron out the creases. If they ever do with no phone in customer service !

While it looked good in the beginning, with the dodgy replies to emails and just the general feeling of the whole thing we ended up going with the Meteor 200 mins 200 texts and 1gb data. Like you said see how it goes in the future and can always join it then.

doxy

Lynchy747 wrote: »

Just to note, that there is some spot checks on ages by them. They send a letter with your sim card asking for a photocopy of your passport.

I didn't get asked for a copy of my passport, I have registered my sim with no age verification check at all. I want to port my old o2 number to them, but I'm paranoid if I do that they'll see my real age that's on o2's computer system? What to do? :pac:

JTMan

doxy wrote: »

I didn't get asked for a copy of my passport, I have registered my sim with no age verification check at all. I want to port my old o2 number to them, but I'm paranoid if I do that they'll see my real age that's on o2's computer system? What to do? :pac:

Your DOB data will not be shared data. Telefonica cant do that.

drunkmonkey

Fungus wrote: »

Your DOB data will not be shared data. Telefonica cant do that.

But there only sharing it amongst themselves.

nava

Received my SIM Monday and activated, but need to pay subscription and port my number. As some others my network shows as Tesco Mobile even in a couple of phones.

doxy

drunkmonkey wrote: »

But there only sharing it amongst themselves.

Yea, that's what's making me a bit paranoid about porting. Has anyone over 22 ported o2 to 48months?

Fresh Pots

Finally got my sim today, think i'll wait til march to see what the story is with data before porting over.