Upgrade from 3g to 4G contract possible on refresh?

[adeuk5]

Hi, My current O2 contract is up shortly and I am looking at a 5s on Refresh.

We do not have 4G in my area at the moment, so starting on a 3G contract would seem sensible.

However, assuming 4G gets to my area in the next 24 months, does anyone know if I will be able to upgrade the contract to a 4G service without having to pay off the phone credit agreement? It appears from the ToB, that this is necessary for any changes to the service contract

Thanks

[perksie · Accepted solution]

If you take out a 4G contract by tomorrow 31st Oct you would get the extra data allowance, see "Extra data for early birds" here:

http://www.o2.co.uk/4g?cm_mmc=googleuk-_-PPC_Direct_Handsets-_-4GNetwork-O2-4GRegion-_-4GNetwork-Bro...

[MI5]

The best deal is to take the 8GB allowance before the end of the day then when 4G reaches you or when you travel to a 4G area you will be able to use it. Meantime you can still use your 8GB on 3G.

[davethorp]

You can convert from a 3G to a 4G tariff by paying an extra £5 a month. However your data limit will remain as it was originally on the 3G tariff. As others have said O2 are currently offering more data if you sign up to a 4G tariff now which may appeal to you. I have the 8GB 4G tariff on my phone and don't live in a 4G area (although I did briefly visit an area where they were testing the 4G ready for launch yesterday)

[adeuk5]

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I've seen the current offer but unfortunately I can't swap until 13th November. Hopefully they will have some other offer after today. Perhaps they may be better as I'm sure that O2 would prefer we take a more expensive 4g contract but realise that we need some carrot as the majority of the country do not have coverage

My main concern was that if I did opt for a 3G contract at this time, I would be able to move to 4G if it turns up...seems to be OK

[perksie]

You can do that, I can't find the offer but here are the terms that apply:

http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/mobile/4g-access-bolt-on-terms-and-conditions

This only lets you use the existing amount of data in your tariff on 4G, it does not provide any more.

[adeuk5]

And I see that O2 have extended the 4g extra data offer to 28th February

[perksie]

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@adeuk5 wrote:
And I see that O2 have extended the 4g extra data offer to 28th February

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That's worked out well for you!