Uswitch's O2 discounted SO plans and tarrifs - are there any catches?

[Pvin]

Hi,

Could anyone please shed some light on the above?

My questions are around service quality in comparison to buying directly from O2 ; for e.g

- Will O2 apply any throttling for uswitch acquired accounts?

- Are voice calls routed through the same VoLTE/5G infrastructure ?

- There is a credit check - so yes it will appear on the creditcard as a hard search  

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@Pvin 

You are redirected to buy through the o2 website so they are exactly the same.

[Pvin]

yes, the difference is cost, you get 20GB for £8 via Uswitch. Need to shell out over double (£18) to get the same when buying direct + RPI increase is applied for both I believe  

[MI5]

I'm aware of the cost difference but you asked about quality of the service, which is the same.

And yes, rpi increases will apply to both also.

[Enlli]

I'm on the £8 for 20GB plan. For some reason  4 months in O2 offered 30GB for the same price as a tariff change.

Being on Volt I know get 60GB for my £8. 😀

[Pvin]

Thanks for the response @MI5 , so the only catch is the automatic 'rate switching' (to their current price plans applicable) after the initial 12months contract term?

[Enlli]

@Pvin You asked if there was a hard credit search, I can confirm there is.

Nowhere in my paperwork does it say it will switch to the more expensive o2 rates after 12 months. But not a problem I'll take out another deal and migrate the number.

[MI5]

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@Pvin wrote:

Thanks for the response @MI5 , so the only catch is the automatic 'rate switching' (to their current price plans applicable) after the initial 12months contract term?

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@Pvin 

Your MyO2 will tell you if the offer is time limited or not.