Which operator to choose?

CuppaCocoa

Was with 02 for 15 years but left them in January as the bills were too high for me. Never had any problem with their coverage or service. Switched to Meteor for their hyped €15.25 deal. Great price but my God, have I had my heart broken with them . Their coverage is terrible. I'm lucky to get edge at home if I even get a signal at all! I can't receive text messages though I can send them and when some people try to ring me they get the message 'the customer is unavailable' even though my phone is on 24/7. I've a pain in my bum with their rubbish service and have decide to jump ship. Only problem is who to switch to?

I'm not a big talker but would use about 200 texts per month. I also need 1gb data allowance. Did try 3 for a week as a pre-pay. Not bad, better coverage than Meteor. I really don't want to pay more that €25 per month though so that rules 02 out unfortunately. I'd prefer bill pay sim only as I already have an iphone. Any recommendations?

cookie1977

tesco mobile? O2 network but great prices:
http://www.tescomobile.ie/

PogMoThoin

Also, if you're sending 200 texts per month look into an app to send them as web texts. You're already looking to pay for data. Cabbage does it on Android. Web texts are free and you get hundreds per month

cookie1977

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Also, if you're sending 200 texts per month look into an app to send them as web texts. You're already looking to pay for data. Cabbage does it on Android

Actually they have an iphone so:
http://www.jellysms.com/
or
http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/eirtext/id289938076?mt=8
are options for free webtexts from your phone too.

CuppaCocoa

cookie1977 wrote: »

tesco mobile? O2 network but great prices:
http://www.tescomobile.ie/

Looked at them but their cheapest plan with 1gb data is €30. Anything cheaper than that only has 500mb.

mymo

My daughter changed to 3 pay as you go last week, if she tops up by €20 she gets free unlimited internet, free any network texts and free weekend calls to any network, for 30 days, and still has the €20 to spend, sounds pretty good to me (especially for a teen). Coverage is good here in pretty rural area too.

cookie1977

lilybarlean wrote: »

Looked at them but their cheapest plan with 1gb data is €30. Anything cheaper than that only has 500mb.

You'll have to compromise on something. Some of the networks are better but it seems their signal doesn't suit you.

Stavro Mueller

lilybarlean wrote: »

Looked at them but their cheapest plan with 1gb data is €30. Anything cheaper than that only has 500mb.

What sort of price range did you have in mind? I jumped ship to Tesco (again, coverage issues and O2 were getting too pricey). I'm a PAYG customer and more of a texter than a talker. So far I'm getting away with the €6.99 1GB data plan and between €10 and €20 per month credit. Tesco doubling the credit I put onto the phone is certainly helping to reduce costs.

CuppaCocoa

cymbaline wrote: »

What sort of price range did you have in mind? I jumped ship to Tesco (again, coverage issues and O2 were getting too pricey). I'm a PAYG customer and more of a texter than a talker. So far I'm getting away with the €6.99 1GB data plan and between €10 and €20 per month credit. Tesco doubling the credit I put onto the phone is certainly helping to reduce costs.

Do Tesco do the small sim for iphones? The sim pack they have on sale in the shop is the larger one only?

cookie1977

Yes they do:

CuppaCocoa

Great, I'll give them a ring and order one. I don't do twitter!

cookie1977

Many's a time I get better CC from twitter accounts then I get from forums, emails or phonecalls