three one plan forced cancellation
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Anyone else had the letter yet?
Currently on ayce data and voice for 25/mth with a 10/mth discount so I pay 15/mth. Got a letter from 3 saying in 30 days i can have something inferior for 30 quid instead of 33.
So they want to me to pay 2x for something less and remove my loyalty bonus and still be loyal?
Hopefully the EU will block them merging with O2.
Currently on ayce data and voice for 25/mth with a 10/mth discount so I pay 15/mth. Got a letter from 3 saying in 30 days i can have something inferior for 30 quid instead of 33.
So they want to me to pay 2x for something less and remove my loyalty bonus and still be loyal?
Hopefully the EU will block them merging with O2.
I use an app called easy tether pro. Works over bluetooth and doesn't use tethering allowance.
For all their ills I'd stick with 3. O2s data network is woeful, I've got two identical Galaxy s5, a work and personal phone one on O2 and the other on 3. I can use the 3 one with Internet radio nearly everywhere. O2 not so much.
For all their ills I'd stick with 3. O2s data network is woeful, I've got two identical Galaxy s5, a work and personal phone one on O2 and the other on 3. I can use the 3 one with Internet radio nearly everywhere. O2 not so much.
It's not a consumption triggered letter. If you are on the old one-plan with ayce data you will get the letter very soon
Oh and apps won't generally stop the provider from spotting tethering as usually a new interface is set up on the phone and they detect it that way. There are ways around it on Android but they require changes via adb to specific files
Oh and apps won't generally stop the provider from spotting tethering as usually a new interface is set up on the phone and they detect it that way. There are ways around it on Android but they require changes via adb to specific files
Merry said:
I use an app called easy tether pro. Works over bluetooth and doesn't use tethering allowance.
For all their ills I'd stick with 3. O2s data network is woeful, I've got two identical Galaxy s5, a work and personal phone one on O2 and the other on 3. I can use the 3 one with Internet radio nearly everywhere. O2 not so much.
Could I use this between Nexus 6P and Nexus 9 then?For all their ills I'd stick with 3. O2s data network is woeful, I've got two identical Galaxy s5, a work and personal phone one on O2 and the other on 3. I can use the 3 one with Internet radio nearly everywhere. O2 not so much.
just spoke to Three again. Wow. The bloke just would not have it that they were doing anything wrong. He wouldn't/couldn't apply the £3 discount in the letter to the ayce/600 mins package, nor would he accept that Quidco do a £70 cashback deal.
I ended up just getting my pac #
He was only marginally better that the woman the other day who tried to sell me an 8GB data/200 min plan, despite 11 out of last 12 months being 14GB/400mins average use.
I've stuck £20 on a voda sim and will test drive that for now and even if they charge a quid more than Three, I'll go there out of principle.
I ended up just getting my pac #
He was only marginally better that the woman the other day who tried to sell me an 8GB data/200 min plan, despite 11 out of last 12 months being 14GB/400mins average use.
I've stuck £20 on a voda sim and will test drive that for now and even if they charge a quid more than Three, I'll go there out of principle.
contractor said:
just spoke to Three again. Wow. The bloke just would not have it that they were doing anything wrong. He wouldn't/couldn't apply the £3 discount in the letter to the ayce/600 mins package, nor would he accept that Quidco do a £70 cashback deal.
I ended up just getting my pac #
He was only marginally better that the woman the other day who tried to sell me an 8GB data/200 min plan, despite 11 out of last 12 months being 14GB/400mins average use.
I've stuck £20 on a voda sim and will test drive that for now and even if they charge a quid more than Three, I'll go there out of principle.
I'm in the same boat, got my letter last week, called twice over the weekend to try and get a small loyalty discount as I've been with them since day 1 but they wouldn't budge.I ended up just getting my pac #
He was only marginally better that the woman the other day who tried to sell me an 8GB data/200 min plan, despite 11 out of last 12 months being 14GB/400mins average use.
I've stuck £20 on a voda sim and will test drive that for now and even if they charge a quid more than Three, I'll go there out of principle.
I got my pac no problem, they didn't even try to "keep me".
Even with their dearer tariffs there's vey few deals, if any, out there that beat them for unlimited data, which includes 12GB of tethering. I'll probably go onto their £25 AYCE data and 600 minutes tariff, all be it under protest
I suspect they actually want people to leave.
Even if half the customers walk, they are making the same revenue through doubling the charge for the remainder. And the network will run faster for the remainder, meaning they don't have to invest so much in expanding it, and they get to advertise "the UK's fastest network" They basically free up a load of bandwidth for the next lot of customers who are willing to pay 30 GBP/month, without having to buy more spectrum.
It's similar to what Microsoft did with OneDrive (cloud storage) recently. They had an unlimited storage plan, and recently slashed it and hiked up the charges. A lot of people saw it as a PR disaster. They didn't realise that Microsoft actually wanted to kick off its unprofitable customers. The usual response is that cheap storage is a loss leader, but it wasn't working like that.
I think this is going to be a trend over the next few years.
Personally I think I will stay. 30 GBP/month is what I was paying a few years ago, and it is still good value IMHO.
Even if half the customers walk, they are making the same revenue through doubling the charge for the remainder. And the network will run faster for the remainder, meaning they don't have to invest so much in expanding it, and they get to advertise "the UK's fastest network" They basically free up a load of bandwidth for the next lot of customers who are willing to pay 30 GBP/month, without having to buy more spectrum.
It's similar to what Microsoft did with OneDrive (cloud storage) recently. They had an unlimited storage plan, and recently slashed it and hiked up the charges. A lot of people saw it as a PR disaster. They didn't realise that Microsoft actually wanted to kick off its unprofitable customers. The usual response is that cheap storage is a loss leader, but it wasn't working like that.
I think this is going to be a trend over the next few years.
Personally I think I will stay. 30 GBP/month is what I was paying a few years ago, and it is still good value IMHO.
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