Survey Claims 4.3 Million UK People May Lose O2 Data Access After 3G Switch Off

[Enlli]

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/01/survey-claims-4-3-million-uk-people-may-lose-o2-data-a...

Certainly they have got a disproportionate number of PAYG compared with other networks.

I also suspect they have many low end customers too

[Enlli]

Usual bull by iSPReview

[jonsie]

I would imagine O2 will be making announcements as to the future of PAYG before the 3G switch off....

[Enlli]

Seems they are moving people to a new tariff

at present

https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-As-You-Go/Simply-Pay-as-you-Go-Tariff-discontinued/m-p/1776044#M36...

[jonsie]

Next step monthly contract which PAYG basically already is

[Oxonian]

I still believe that as giffgaff (sic) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of O2, moving folks "en bloc" to giffgaff might be their answer. But as new customers can still sign up for O2 PAYG, it still seems like whatever they decide to do is some time away. 👍