sigibbons
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I need to get a contract phone i have spent £45 on top ups for my p+g phone in the last month.
Im going to go with the o2 £35 plan but dont want to take the contract out yet as im waiting for the new k810i to come out.
What to do?
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Robbo
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Go with Vodafone on the £35 contract and get a £25 credit on your 1st bill if I introduce you 
We reckon k810i in April but N95 is out very early April 
Cheaper call costs on us IIRC and we'll be the 1st with internet on your moby 
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sigibbons
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You must get some good commision for intrducing customers lol.
Do you have a tarrif plan list for Voda?
I'll have a looky at the N95.
Dont mobiles aready have internet?
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Robbo
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I get £25, you get £25... not that good but every customer I add (especially young ones) is more profit for us and more bonus for me 
Theres one on the website mate, whats your email I'll send you all the details
They all have fanny versions of the web but I'm talking a full on web browser 
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sigibbons
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Im liking the N95 actually it has alot of features that the k810 doesnt. it mentions it has WIFI does that mean i can browse the net wirelessly at home on my network for free?
Cheers dude!
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Robbo
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I think so yeah
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Robbo
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Done
Ignore the valid to date lol
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John
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My n73 has a full on web browser?
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Robbo
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It doesnt have 100% capability though
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Dom
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look at other networks like O2, or T-mobiles Flex tarrifs (which are pretty damn cheap)
I've tried to get a blackberry on vodafone, but they were going to rip me a new one at 50 quid a month  whereas T-mobile, better tarrif + 2GB monthly traffic (o2 and the likes only seem to be about 100mb) was £26 a month....
robbo, if you can get me a tarrif like T-mobile where i can change my texts vs mins whenever i want and is as cheap then im all ears
oh and T-mobile do the 25 quid rebate as well
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Robbo
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Flext prices are about to go uo and aren't as flexible as they look!
If you were to look at our tariffs you'd see that you can add extra minutes and texts for free anyhoo... and yes they let you change the mix when you want
the rebate is a special thing if i introduce you :S
we are by far cheaoest for blackberries etc. so that sounds strange... that said cheapest if you go through enterprise not personally... very costly to us so we don't encourage private blackberry use :S
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Matt H
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Robbo STFU you are talking shite 
Mobile internet has been about for ages Speed wise 3 have had people connecting at speeds of 14mbps!
Some new stuff has just been introduced to the 3 network called X-series. You can use Skype to call around the world for free, using your phone as the internet connection. You can also grab files from your home PC which potentially means you have xxxGB of music/video/pictures on your phone without a memory card  You can tune into your home TV too & watch sky or porn 
Its to do with the handsets not being able to load certain types of web pages. These fancy flash pages/jave apps are OK on some PDA/smartphones but not on normal handsets. Voda do the same handsets as the other networks?
And you'd have to be in an area with 3G coverage? Look at the Voda 3G map, its all out at sea Handy if you have a boat though I suppose
Blackberry wise though Voda are very good Thats the bit of the market they definately control
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Robbo
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Mobile Internet exists as the mobile companies wish... give it a few months and you'll see the next gen... not dissimilar to X-Series but much better and much cheaper And no its connected to 3G... also we have the 2nd best 3G network behind 3
and yes, we completely dominate the enterprise market with approx 45% market shar
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Matt H
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2nd best? Thats first loser isn't it? 
It is all out at sea though
How much will it cost then? And what services (apart from internet) will they provide?
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Robbo
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Well we don't need to spend all our money just to build up an unreliable network
Can't say matey, top secret I guess
I can say that everyone has seen that we signed exclusive deals with the following a few weeks back:
eBay (and thus Skype)
Microsoft re. MSN
Yahoo
mySpace
YouTube
Google
Google Maps
Citigroup re. Banking on your mobile
And maybe a few others... basically to strangle the market
[Edited on 17-02-2007 by Robbo]
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Dom
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No offence robbo, but vodafone certainly isn't cheaper...12 quid just for the blackberry add-on and the only reference to usage with the plan is 6MB, which is about 1994MB short of what T-mobile can offer me.
Plus to go through as a business/enterprise plan you usually have to register it to a PLC or LTD company address - which obviously i dont have
Plus all network do the rebate, except O2 - my roommate signed up and got himself and his friend 25 quid credit added (T-mobile).
And they can't change prices once you're in a contract (as it isn't what you agreed upon signing).
Oh and according to the T&C, for the first 6months you have to stick to your current price plan only allowed to upgrade to a higher price plan. After than you can switch plans every month as you wish.
So far on vodafone it's £39.77 a month for a blackberry + blackberry internet solution, 350 Texts and 300mins + 6MB usage. That can be had on T-mobile for 30 quid + 2GB usage
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Robbo
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yeah i obv was confusing it with enterprise... like i say, we discourage people from personally owning blackberries... the tariff bit was the free add-ons we offer...
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Robbo
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u have to remember that vodafone often simply dont bother competing on certain fronts... any that wont make us money we jus use our economies of scale to keep out of them and let the other networks pick them up... its generally why young people dont favour vf whereas businesses and older people often do... its because the other networks spend money maintaing a customer base that doesnt spend in a way we'd want them to (even though many young people spend £££)
O2 has by far the largest customer base yet its ARPUs are very low and its profit non-existant... now Im not saying we make bucketloads in the UK cos we dont but we try to keep to markets that make money ie. small customer numbers yet high profits I think they are realising quite how much young people spend though and are starting to fight back... internet on your mobile should work particularly well
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Well we don't need to spend all our money just to build up an unreliable network
Can't say matey, top secret I guess
I can say that everyone has seen that we signed exclusive deals with the following a few weeks back:
eBay (and thus Skype)
Microsoft re. MSN
Yahoo
mySpace
YouTube
Google
Google Maps
Citigroup re. Banking on your mobile
And maybe a few others... basically to strangle the market
[Edited on 17-02-2007 by Robbo]
Unreliable? 
Its better than my O2 phone It's never missed a beat
As for the exclusives...
eBay (and thus Skype) - 3 have skype & ebay is free to use for all customers. O2 also have Ebay on that Imode thingy
Microsoft re. MSN - 3 are also doing MSN free for life on their phones. T-mobile do if you have web n walk
Yahoo - 3 have this already
mySpace - Normal web services apply, so can be accessed fine on all networks
YouTube - Not many handsets will be compatible
Google - Tmobiles homepage & accessable from other networks
Google Maps - If you have the right phone this is already available
Citigroup re. Banking on your mobile - Other networks have trialed this (O2), it didn't take off
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Robbo
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Yes they may all currently be on phones but they wont for much longer...
Also the new deals include additional functionality like uploading of photos etc.
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