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4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:17:09 GMT

Hey Guys,

We announced earlier this month that 4G is coming on the 29^th of August, and now we have a first look of our brand spanking new 4G plans!

Our 4G tariffs are available for all new and existing Pay Monthly and Business customers. More details to be unveiled around Pay&Go customers soon.

Check out the all new exclusive digital content that’s included in our 4G tariffs:

-Music: 12 months free O2 Tracks. Not just any O2 tracks. This now comes with exclusive music video content for the top 40 and our bespoke playlists so you can truly maximise the 4G potential

-Gaming: Free multiplayer gaming which doesn’t use your allowances. This will be on leading titles and brought to you through Gameloft

-Sports: Exclusive video content through O2 Sports bringing you tutorials from leading sports stars and content from The England rugby team, NBA at The O2 and many more

-90 day 4G Happiness Guarantee

-Increased data allowance’s on the most popular 4G tariff’s

-Up to 8GB Data allowances, with additional data available up to 4.5 GB

For all the breakdown of our 4G tariffs, check out this here.

We’d love to know what you think of the new part of our digital family, let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks

Brad

Re: 4G Tariffs!

jonsie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:40:31 GMT

Do we have any sort of timescale and order of roll-out to other major cities?

The tariffs aren't brilliant to be honest. The 1GB will be insufficient for most people and you get 2GB on Vodaphone for the same monthly tariff cost.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

adamtemp64 — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:57:54 GMT

@jonsie the ceo has stated 2million users a month rollout several news articles on this eg http://news.sky.com/story/1123039/o2-confirms-4g-launch-date-and-prices

Re: 4G Tariffs!

PhoneChanger — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:10:56 GMT

Does the introductory data offer mean those who sign up before the 31st October will recieve that allowance for the 24 months of their agreement, or from the 31st October it will reduce to the lower amount?

Not very clear O2, and not the cheapest of tarriff options.

A concideration also that you are launching in 3 cities and 13 more by end of 2013 means a LOT of users will miss out on the increased data allowance as they won't sign up to pay a surplus when the service isn't launched in their city.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

perksie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:15:53 GMT

@PhoneChanger wrote:
Does the introductory data offer mean those who sign up before the 31st October will recieve that allowance for the 24 months of their agreement, or from the 31st October it will reduce to the lower amount?

Any offer will be for the duration of the contract.

The extra data can be used on 3G so it wouldn't be lost.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

adamtemp64 — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:19:00 GMT

from the t&c of the offer http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/rewards/increased-4g-data-introductory-offer-terms-and-conditions

Unless terminated earlier, the promotional data will last until you terminate your agreement, remove the data, or take out a new agreement (whichever is the soonest).

Re: 4G Tariffs!

jonsie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:06:54 GMT

The new tariffs will be useful for people who find their present allowance insufficient even if they only want to use it on 3G.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:15:03 GMT

Hmm so I can't seem to work out how I would get 4G with the info provided, I've been with o2 for about 4 months now and have a HTC One and would like to switch to a 4G tariff...I got my phone from CPW so anyone know if I could switch my tariff or not?

Thanks

Re: 4G Tariffs!

jonsie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:21:09 GMT

As long as your phone is 4G capable just call 202 to upgrade your tariff.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:25:32 GMT

Underwhelmed by the 4G tariffs. I don't think I'm prepared to pay extra at the moment for the same allowance. 4G doesn't offer increased coverage for voice calls yet so for me there is no need for 4G right now.

Martyn

Re: 4G Tariffs!

perksie — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:16:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Underwhelmed by the 4G tariffs. I don't think I'm prepared to pay extra at the moment for the same allowance. 4G doesn't offer increased coverage for voice calls yet so for me there is no need for 4G right now.

Martyn

It's not compulsory and you should get better coverage on 2G and 3G as this rolls out.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:25:47 GMT

Rang up o2 and the advisor didn't have anything in concrete for exisiting customers but basically said that my £32 tariff I'm on atm will give me the same data 1Gb and I can pay £5 for 3Gb, if that's the case these tariff's aren't as good as I intially thought!

Re: 4G Tariffs!

aldaweb — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:21:06 GMT

Well there's no information there for customers already with a 4G phone and 4G SIM, the only options seem to be buy out of current contract for 4G refresh, or take out a SIMplicity 4G Tariff and move the old SIM to a different phone.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

adamtemp64 — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:22:42 GMT

As data is a bolton perhaps you will just need to swap to a 4g data bolton (only time will tell)

Re: 4G Tariffs!

jonsie — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:28:32 GMT

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10242398/4G-tariffs-compared.html

Re: 4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:00:21 GMT

So it's vodafone or 3 for the basic package, as long as the signal is ok. O2's basic package with 1GB of data is not competitive. Shame.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

perksie — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:12:00 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
So it's vodafone or 3 for the basic package, as long as the signal is ok. O2's basic package with 1GB of data is not competitive. Shame.

The coverage offered by O2 may make them the solution for many people, it's not always about price.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

jonsie — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:35:10 GMT

As always, go with the best coverage at home, work and yourlocale. Price is a factor but as others have found out to their cost, coverage is the most important.

Re: 4G Tariffs!

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 11:30:06 GMT

Does anyone know if we will be able to sign up to these tariffs before launch or will it all be done on the one day

Re: 4G Tariffs!

perksie — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:28:19 GMT

I would guess that launch day 29th August will be when you can sign up:

http://www.o2.co.uk/4g/4g-tariffs