Simple overview of mobile tariffs

NicHughes

Does anyone know of a simple overview of the major mobile tariffs for
their call rates, especially for mobile to mobile calls.

Somehow it seems that it should be easy to put this in a couple of
tables (one for pre-pay, one for contract once your minutes are used)
but I can't seem to find any simple information like this.

--
Nic

Charlie Mitchell

NicHughes wrote:
> Does anyone know of a simple overview of the major mobile tariffs for
> their call rates, especially for mobile to mobile calls.
>
> Somehow it seems that it should be easy to put this in a couple of
> tables (one for pre-pay, one for contract once your minutes are used)
> but I can't seem to find any simple information like this.
>
> --
> Nic
>

The simple answer to this is that there isn't one.

Unlike BT and the landline companies that have maybe 2 or 3
different packages, the networks have a tariff range, and
then within that tariff range they have anything up to 10
even 20 sub sections, each sub section can have a different
rate to another one.

I know for a fact that on the lower line rental vodafone
plans, for example the plan which is £25 gives you 150 mins
100 text on a 12 month contract, then outside this calls to
vodafone are 18p a minute, calls to other networks are an
amazing 40p per minute!

Go up to the £35 a month tariff you get 500 mins and 500
text, outside this calls to vodafone are only 10p and then
cross network are 35p.

I beleive that all the networks are the same, if you're going
to put a table together, it's certainly not going to be simple
I'm afraid, I find the best way to get the information is to
go through the online stores and select other charges or
charges outside allowance.

Good luck!

Brian A

On Fri, 11 May 2007 11:16:20 +0100, Charlie Mitchell
<jm2@charleem.co.uk> wrote:

>NicHughes wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a simple overview of the major mobile tariffs for
>> their call rates, especially for mobile to mobile calls.
>>
>> Somehow it seems that it should be easy to put this in a couple of
>> tables (one for pre-pay, one for contract once your minutes are used)
>> but I can't seem to find any simple information like this.
>>
>> --
>> Nic
>>
>
>The simple answer to this is that there isn't one.
>
>Unlike BT and the landline companies that have maybe 2 or 3
>different packages, the networks have a tariff range, and
>then within that tariff range they have anything up to 10
>even 20 sub sections, each sub section can have a different
>rate to another one.
>
>I know for a fact that on the lower line rental vodafone
>plans, for example the plan which is £25 gives you 150 mins
>100 text on a 12 month contract, then outside this calls to
>vodafone are 18p a minute, calls to other networks are an
>amazing 40p per minute!
>
>Go up to the £35 a month tariff you get 500 mins and 500
>text, outside this calls to vodafone are only 10p and then
>cross network are 35p.
>
>I beleive that all the networks are the same, if you're going
>to put a table together, it's certainly not going to be simple
>I'm afraid, I find the best way to get the information is to
>go through the online stores and select other charges or
>charges outside allowance.
>
>Good luck!
I agree. Not simple at all. O2, for example has 'on-line' as well as
'High Street' tariffs. You just have to plough through them all on the
respective web sites.
For low use PAYG then T-Mobile's 12p/min to all networks, at all
times, isn't bad.
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DONNA

On Fri, 11 May 2007 11:16:20 +0100, Charlie Mitchell wrote:

> NicHughes wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a simple overview of the major mobile tariffs for
>> their call rates, especially for mobile to mobile calls.
>>
>> Somehow it seems that it should be easy to put this in a couple of
>> tables (one for pre-pay, one for contract once your minutes are used)
>> but I can't seem to find any simple information like this.
>>
>> --
>> Nic
>>
>
> The simple answer to this is that there isn't one.
>
> Unlike BT and the landline companies that have maybe 2 or 3
> different packages, the networks have a tariff range, and
> then within that tariff range they have anything up to 10
> even 20 sub sections, each sub section can have a different
> rate to another one.

I agree that it's hard to find out how much the networks actually charge.
Seems most mobile websites seem to provide more information about what's
happening on Coronation Street than anything actually related to mobile
phones.