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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / December 2003Orange vs O2
Hi All, I am STILL looking at buying two Pay Monthly phones for my wife and I. There has been a number of people mentioning on this newsgroup that O2 offer the best Online Tarrifs around, but I have not yet seen any better than the online Square deals with Orange. calls to any network anytime cost per month 120 minutes 30 free texts £15 (save £12) 120 minutes 250 free texts £25 (save £17) 200 minutes 500 free texts (6000 per year) £30 (save £33) 400 minutes 500 free texts (6000 per year) £50 (save £33) The £30 per month will suit me just fine here although 500 texts is probably twice as much as i need, but is there a better solution for me? The £25 per month would suiot my wife. The only problem I am finding with Orange is that they have the worlds worst customer care and the worst selection of new phones on planet earth, unless you go into an Orange shop where you can have a whole range of phones but no square deals as outlined above!! Help me please oh knowledgable ones. Regards and Happy New Year, Stephen. > calls to any network anytime cost per month > 120 minutes 30 free texts £15 (save £12) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > probably > twice as much as i need, but is there a better solution for me? o2 online 200 costs £30 (so same as orange), 500 texts a month (same as orange except but o2 include mms where 4 sms = 1 mms and I don't think orange do), 500 wap minutes a month, 0.5MB gprs a month, minutes on this tariff roll over, I think for a one month, orange do not rollover. o2 include 0845/0870/0844 (orange do not include these). o2 include 0800 in inclusive minutes where as orange 0800 is totally free I think, but I don't think orange allow 0800 data for free whereas on o2 it is all out of your minutes. Also orange deal appears to be promotional and for one year only, when the price goes up and you appear to lose the free texts. For my needs, o2 tariffs are better than orange. > > calls to any network anytime cost per month > > 120 minutes 30 free texts £15 (save £12) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > think orange allow 0800 data for free whereas on o2 it is all out of your > minutes. Yes 0800 calls (not data) are free on Orange, which means you can use a Calling Card to make your calls to landlines at 2p per min all times, saving your inc mins for calling mobiles, controllability that O2 can't offer. Steve Terry > Yes 0800 calls (not data) are free on Orange, which means you can use a > Calling Card to make your calls to landlines at 2p per min all times, > saving your inc mins for calling mobiles, controllability that O2 can't > offer. > > Steve Terry It appears you cannot change your Orange package without losing the square deal? On o2 it is possible to switch between the tariffs with no problems that I can see. Is voicemail free on Orange? As for the calling card thing, that is useful I am sure, not that I would ever use it as I have a BT line for landline calls and offpeak is 6p per hour. 200 minutes a month also seems to do me quite well :-) Considering, though, that Orange appear to be removing things at a seemingly high rate, is it likely the free 0800 will last? But if, like me, you value being able to use some non-geographic and use mms then o2 is a better deal. Unless I am missing something, the only thing Orange do better are the free 0800, but perhaps they have lower call costs once the minutes run out? Or international is better value? <snip> > Unless I am missing something, the only thing Orange do better are the free > 0800, but perhaps they have lower call costs once the minutes run out? Or > international is better value? Free Orange 24/7 CS is probably the biggest difference / advantage, over O2 onlines non existent and expensive CS. Also you can get cheap international using a CC on the free 0800, e.g. US for 3p per min Steve Terry > Unless I am missing something, the only thing Orange do better are the free > 0800, but perhaps they have lower call costs once the minutes run out? Or > international is better value? Thanks guys, ok I've had a look on the O2 website and they have as cr*p a selection of phones as Orange do. Is their website used to knock out all the phones they can't sell on the high street. Can i get the same Tarrif in an O2 store as i can online ? This is the eternal problem i have had with Orange; they have all the new phones at great prices in the high street store (I'm looking for a good bluetooth but not X70 or 6310i) but they will not do you the same square deal as you can get online. Conversely, i can get the online square deal of choice but the phone choice is shocking. Stephen. > Thanks guys, ok I've had a look on the O2 website and they have as cr*p a > selection of phones as Orange do. Is their website used to knock out all [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Stephen. Perhaps that's part of the cost saving to be able to offer what they do? Not that I think they are really giving as good an offer as they imply. I mean, doesn't a text only cost them 1p? How much does cross-net cost them? What has been said is true with regards to cust. service. Orange is no doubt cheaper and faster but if all is going well you may never need it. I am trying to show there are advantages to both provider, and I have had good use of the o2 offering. Good luck! > o2 online 200 costs £30 (so same as orange), 500 texts a month (same as > orange except but o2 include mms where 4 sms = 1 mms and I don't think [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > think orange allow 0800 data for free whereas on o2 it is all out of your > minutes. My O2 online tariff does not allow me to rollover my unused minutes or the unused text allowance. > My O2 online tariff does not allow me to rollover my unused minutes or the > unused text allowance. Only online 200 rollsover and only on voice minutes. |
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