topic Re: O2 Classic Data Charge in Pay As You Go

O2 Classic Data Charge

Titanium — Thu, 09 May 2019 09:45:24 GMT

Morning all,

I'm a bit confused about the data charges on O2 Classic. It should be 1p per 1MB of data. Yet it seems to be taking a lot more than that.

I very rarely use data (or anything chargeable, hence the classic tarriff) but have started using the BP app when filling the car roughly every 6 weeks. I noticed it seemed to use a lot last time so checked before and after this time. I've got data saver switched on and everything restricted yet it still took 20p this morning. I know the phones data usage probably isn't totally accurate but it's suggesting it only used 1MB, so should only be 1p?

Am I missing something here? Is there a data connection charge or minimum usage?

Thanks

Tom

Re: O2 Classic Data Charge

MI5 — Thu, 09 May 2019 10:00:47 GMT

@Titanium this is a common question.

Data is indeed 1p per mb but when you use some data, O2 "reserve" up to £1.00.

At the end of the day , if it hasn't been used, it is credited back to your account.

Re: O2 Classic Data Charge

Titanium — Thu, 09 May 2019 10:49:44 GMT

Thanks MI5, you always seem to have the answer! I did try searching but obviously not well enough lol.

So if I check the balance again tomorow I should get around 18-19p back. Seems an odd system though, any idea why they do it like that? I can understand why the BP app reserves some money on the payment card, so they know you've got the money before filling up, but I can't understand what use it is with PAYG credit. Surely the data would just be stopped if I ran out of credit?

Re: O2 Classic Data Charge

MI5 — Thu, 09 May 2019 11:01:12 GMT

I believe it's a legacy of the old web daily charge on PAYG which took £1 for even the slightest data use but allowed you then to use something like 50mb with no additional cost.
I have the same PAYG classic sim in one of my phones and the balance is up and down all the time to the point where I gave up trying to track it as it was too stressful, lol.
It always balances itself out in the end though.