Best deal on MDA Pro/M5000/O2 Exec

hi all,

presently have a spv m2000 but 3 months on contract left. I am planning to
buy out the contract at £40 because I want to upgrade to a M5000 or
equivalent.

am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for the
upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.

can anyone recommend the best deal? looking at ~£30/month contract

I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).

any help gratefully appreciated!

thanks

cmp@notvalid.com declared for all the world to hear...
> am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for the
> upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.

And presumably had 5 years of inclusive calls and probably close to
£1000 in handset subsidy. And the M5000 you are trying to purchase is a
£500 bit of kit, so paying £249 for one is not bad at all really.

> I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
> month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).

This is a good offer, and according to another poster does include 3G
access.
--
Regards
Jon

In article <442ac17c$0$5253$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, cmp@notvalid.com
says...
>
> I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
> month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).
>

See the other thread for this where I've indicated what I've been told
about it.

Apparently...

If you want to use it for "modem" access (e.g. a laptop) then you need
the "Pro" version for £8.50 a month not including VAT. If you can live
with the restrictions of the consumer version (no VOIP, no modem access,
no p2p) then that's £7.50 including VAT.

Also some tariffs will appear which combine that bundle with the main
tariff so you'd probably get a better deal on those because the monthly
line rental is higher. Those will appear at the start of April. So it
might be best to wait a few days to see what appears.

Steve.

me wrote:
> hi all,
>
> presently have a spv m2000 but 3 months on contract left. I am planning to
> buy out the contract at £40 because I want to upgrade to a M5000 or
> equivalent.
>
> am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for the
> upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.

Length of time as a customer is not important..

> can anyone recommend the best deal? looking at ~£30/month contract

...And that's why.

If they sell expensive handsets for next to nowt to customers that spend
£30/m, where does that leave those of us that spend way more than that?

"me" <cmp@notvalid.com> wrote in message
news:442ac17c$0$5253$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> hi all,
>
> presently have a spv m2000 but 3 months on contract left. I am planning to
> buy out the contract at £40 because I want to upgrade to a M5000 or
> equivalent.
>
> am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for
> the upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.
>
> can anyone recommend the best deal? looking at ~£30/month contract
>
> I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
> month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).
>
> any help gratefully appreciated!
>
> thanks
Don't do it, its slow and very heavy.

"John Mason" <john.mason@smail.com> wrote in message
news:442af416$0$6997$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net...
>
> "me" <cmp@notvalid.com> wrote in message
> news:442ac17c$0$5253$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>> hi all,
>>
>> presently have a spv m2000 but 3 months on contract left. I am planning
>> to buy out the contract at £40 because I want to upgrade to a M5000 or
>> equivalent.
>>
>> am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for
>> the upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.
>>
>> can anyone recommend the best deal? looking at ~£30/month contract
>>
>> I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
>> month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).
>>
>> any help gratefully appreciated!
>>
>> thanks
> Don't do it, its slow and very heavy.

Hi John,

I found it to be far from slow (like my m2000!)
Do you have any other recommendations? Basically I need a usable web browser
& Email, runnable at 3G speeds for working on the road.

"Simon Dobson" <replytogroup@nospam.domain.invalid> wrote in message
news:4900i6Fmb6moU1@individual.net...
> me wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> presently have a spv m2000 but 3 months on contract left. I am planning
>> to
>> buy out the contract at £40 because I want to upgrade to a M5000 or
>> equivalent.
>>
>> am willing to switch networks as Orange are trying to charge me £250 for
>> the
>> upgrade even though I've been with them 5 years.
>
> Length of time as a customer is not important..
>
>> can anyone recommend the best deal? looking at ~£30/month contract
>
> ..And that's why.
>
> If they sell expensive handsets for next to nowt to customers that spend
> £30/m, where does that leave those of us that spend way more than that?

I've been spending between £50 and £70 on average.
The handset probably costs Orange £150 at most. If they want to lose a
customer who gives them at least £700 cash a year, then thats up to them as
far as I am concerned.

"Stephen Henson" <steve@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e94d6c5bdc557299896b3@news.clara.net...
> In article <442ac17c$0$5253$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>, cmp@notvalid.com
> says...
>>
>> I heard t-mobile or somebody were offering unlimited web access for £7 a
>> month - this is very interesting (if it includes 3G web access).
>>
>
> See the other thread for this where I've indicated what I've been told
> about it.
>
> Apparently...
>
> If you want to use it for "modem" access (e.g. a laptop) then you need
> the "Pro" version for £8.50 a month not including VAT. If you can live
> with the restrictions of the consumer version (no VOIP, no modem access,
> no p2p) then that's £7.50 including VAT.
>
> Also some tariffs will appear which combine that bundle with the main
> tariff so you'd probably get a better deal on those because the monthly
> line rental is higher. Those will appear at the start of April. So it
> might be best to wait a few days to see what appears.
>
> Steve.

Thanks - excellent.

£8.50 is a steal for near broadband speeds on the move. Is the coverage good
do you know?

cmp@notvalid.com declared for all the world to hear...
> The handset probably costs Orange £150 at most.

If that were true it would make it less expensive than a Nokia 6230i.
--
Regards
Jon

>> Length of time as a customer is not important..

Well I would suggest the opposite. It is extremely important.