How much do you spend on phone credit per month?

fockewulf

I spend €5 per month. What is the average?

keithsfleet

You're doing really well, my basic bill is 30 euro but it's usually 35-40. Saying that though, I usually use near enough 1gb of data every month.

McLoughlin

A tenner every 6 months so my number doesn't get disconnected.

uch

What is this "Phone Credit" you speak of

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Nothing for I have a bill

Fred Swanson

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meoklmrk91

My bill is €40 a month, I rarely if ever go over it, love having a bill phone, it means I never have to top up!

B.A._Baracus

Standard top up by €20 euro and get free texts all all networks.

Fratoue

€2500 roughly

Duiske

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Standard top up by €20 euro and get free texts all all networks.

€10 with 48. Texts and 300 mins any network. 60 mins landlines and 1GB internet. Tis great being a young fella.

AlmightyCushion

Duiske wrote: »

€10 with 48. Texts and 300 mins any network. 60 mins landlines and 1GB internet. Tis great being a young fella.

Same here. It's a great deal although I'd love more data. Streaming audio eats into that 1GB very quickly.

Aoifey!

€20 a month, gets me my free texts to all networks so I'm happy.

ciano1

'bout three fiddy for unlimited minutes and texts

Richard Hillman

10 quid. It mostly goes on internet usage.

dory

Aoifey! wrote: »

€20 a month, gets me my free texts to all networks so I'm happy.

Switch to Three and you can get free texts, free weekend calls and free internet. I have that and spend 20 a month

kraggy

dory wrote: »

Switch to Three and you can get free texts, free weekend calls and free internet. I have that and spend 20 a month

So, not free, really.

stevek93

€20, unlimited texts free calls to meteor 200 minutes and 1gb data.

Shenshen

Between €5 and €10.

keithclancy

15 yoyos a month for 1.5gb of Data .. I have about 45 euros call credit on the phone. (I never call anybody)

I then use the call credit for parking.

All I use the data for is listening to Pandora and Last.fm in the car and whatsapp sometimes

another question

€20 a month with Three. Unlimited data, unlimited three to three calls. Free all network calls at weekends and unlimited texts. What more could you want!

Flaregon

Everyone just get 48 Don member ship...

Unlimited mobile calls / texts (all networks)
5 gb data

20e per month.

Mr. CooL ICE

This thread reeks of lack of iPhone5s.

Peasants.

€20. Ever since I switched to Three, it's been near impossible to need to buy any more of that.

keithclancy

LordChessington wrote: »

This thread reeks of lack of iPhone5s.

Peasants.

iPhone 5, for when you love the smell of your own farts.

Eight Ball

10 a month

Pensivepuca

If I top up £15 I get free texts and internet for a month. Then that £15 lasts me into the next month, using that to pay for texts/calls. Works pretty well for me.

Uriel.

Recently switched from bill pay of €45pm to "3" for the €20pm any network texts and unlimited data.

Reception is a bit patchy but it's worth it for saving the extra money. I have a work phone also, so If i get stuck with no reception I can use that if anything urgent crops up, so dead handy

Cale

Was on bill pay for ten years. Moved to PAYG two months ago on Three.

Couldn't be happier with it. I use quite a lot of data - 3GB (streaming music mainly) in the last week. Free texts and free any net calls at weekends for 20e.

Data allowance on other networks are rubbish and way behind what they should be for what they're charging.

LordChessington wrote: »

This thread reeks of lack of iPhone5s.

Peasants.

Former iPhone user. Went and got a Nexus 4. I can now do crazy things like move files around for 300e less. It's actually like I'm allowed to do what I want with it. Even easily change the notification tone

Esoteric_

About thirty or forty a month. I get any network texts, meteor calls and 1gb of data, but always end up having to use my phone for work related calls (we don't have a work phone), so end up spending about thirty euro or more on those calls.

Michael D Not Higgins

McLoughlin wrote: »

A tenner every 6 months so my number doesn't get disconnected.

This for my Irish number and £10/month on my UK one.

beauf

Esoteric_ wrote: »

...always end up having to use my phone for work related calls (we don't have a work phone), so end up spending about thirty euro or more on those calls.

Why would you do that?

anncoates

Not being a student or drug dealer, I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.

Esoteric_

beauf wrote: »

Why would you do that?

Because I have no choice?

Michael D Not Higgins

anncoates wrote: »

Not being a student or drug dealer, I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.

Enjoy being ripped off

Cee-Jay-Cee

Twee fiddy a day

runawaybishop

Three 20 euro PAYG have the best data allocation of any network/package that I saw, bill or pay. Unlimited data (in reality its a 15 gb limit), free texts to any number, free calls to three, free weekend calls to any number for 20 euro a month and you still have your 20 euro to use on whatever. Only issue with it is when the 30 days ends you burn right though any unused credit in data charges.

eamonnq

20 euro a month with o2, (10 for all calls to Irish Mobiles and landlines, 5 euro for 100 texts, 5 for 200mb data).

Use wifi at work and home (am not allowed to go out!!), so data is not an issue! Have no friends to text so 100 is plenty!!

Actually could probably do without the phone!!

Amirani

Was paying 35 per month to Vodafone on a rolling contract. Switched to three about 4 months ago and am now paying less and getting more data.

Cale

anncoates wrote: »

Not being a student or drug dealer,making my own mind up, but instead adhering to what I think others think I should have because I'm a certain age I have a bill pay phone instead of credit.

That's just sad.

TPD

While my girlfriend was out of the country, I was spending 20-30 a month. Now she's back, I have free calls and texts to o2 without having to top up. Probably won't buy credit for a few months.

GLaDOS

On bill pay, paying €25 a month, though it goes up to €30 for the last 6 months of my contract. Get free texts and calls, 1 gb data and my phone nice and cheap.

rainbow kirby

Sim only bill pay with 3 UK - £13/month for 200 minutes, 5000 texts, unlimited data. Still have a Meteor sim card for when I'm back home too.

beauf

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Because I have no choice?

Be aware that you're paying more than that before tax to pay pay for your work phone calls. Unless of course your a contractor or similar and can claim it back as expenses.

Esoteric_

beauf wrote: »

Be aware that you're paying more than that before tax to pay pay for your work phone calls. Unless of course your a contractor or similar and can claim it back as expenses.

Nope, not a contractor. I just have to pay for it out of my own wages, I don't have a choice because I have to call the bosses on a daily basis. The joys of sales!

beauf

I've free calls and txts to my most used network, O2, so I only use about €5 or less a month on call outside of that. Usually I have wifi so don't use data, but that adds a €10 a month when I add it. If I was to use data more I'd have to switch to a different network.

anncoates

Cale wrote: »

That's just sad.

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

Enjoy being ripped off

Must actually do the sums but I doubt there would have been much in the difference in cost at the time?

I think I paid about 180 or 200 quid at the time for the phone plus 40 quid a month (includes unlimited data and enough minutes and text for my needs) for 18 months. Would paying 500+ plus for a PAYG and then, say, 20 quid a month credit have represented much of a saving?

Fair enough if you're one of these people that won't make calls (or have all your friends on the same network) and get by on 5 quid credit a month but I wouldn't want to do that.

Michael D Not Higgins

anncoates wrote: »

Must actually do the sums but would there have actually much in the difference in cost at the time?

I think I paid under 200 quid at the time for the phone plus 40 quid a month (includes unlimited data) for 18 months. Would paying 500+ plus for a PAYG and then, say, 20 quid a month credit represented much of a saving?

I can get a Nexus 4 for £240 and pay £10/month for unlimited internet, unlimited texts and still have the tenner for calls

anncoates

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

I can get a Nexus 4 for £240 and pay £10/month for unlimited internet, unlimited texts and still have the tenner for calls

Are calls included in the bundle? Tenner wouldn't do me for a month of calls unfortunately.

Michael D Not Higgins

anncoates wrote: »

Are calls included in the bundle? Tenner wouldn't do me for a month of calls unfortunately.

how many minutes? The UK gets much better mobile deals than Ireland at the moment. I remember about 10 years ago it used to be the other way around.

BeerWolf

Roughly €5 a month. I'm such a loner... :pac:

anncoates

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

how many minutes? The UK gets much better mobile deals than Ireland at the moment. I remember about 10 years ago it used to be the other way around.

Just spotted your location! I would have assumed the UK is a lot cheaper for mobile contracts.

I get unlimited data, 350 units (which can be 350 minutes of calls or 700 texts). Add 300+ Cabbage texts to that and it's usually enough.

Like I said, I don't want it overly big contract but I also don't want to avoiding calling people or having Viber or Skype calls drop on me just to save a few quid.