easyMobile min call charge

easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1 minute from *1st
October 2006.*


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In message <[email protected]>,
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> writes
>easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1 minute from *1st
>October 2006.*

Ouch.

I only use EasyMobile to call one other EasyMobile customer. When they
stop offering 3p/min calls to other EasyMobile customers, at the end of
the year, we'll both switch back to using T-Mobile's Mate Rates.
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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1 minute from *1st
> October 2006.*

<<This change has been made in line with the competition and will ensure we
can continue to offer you great services. >>

A bit like Orange's 'simplification eh?


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"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk>
wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1
> minute from *1st October 2006.*

As well as the 75p/month..? Bummer.

Ivor

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:32:47 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk>
>wrote in message
>news:[email protected]
>> easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1
>> minute from *1st October 2006.*
>
>As well as the 75p/month..? Bummer.

I don't pay 75p a month. If I did it would prove to me I had no real
need for a mobile phone.

YMMV

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Benedict

>> easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1
>> minute from *1st October 2006.*
>
> As well as the 75p/month..? Bummer.

Rip-off Britain strikes again

Thus spaketh [email protected]:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:32:47 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk>
>> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1
>>> minute from *1st October 2006.*
>>
>> As well as the 75p/month..? Bummer.
>
> I don't pay 75p a month. If I did it would prove to me I had no real
> need for a mobile phone.
>
> YMMV


There are people out there that only need it for mainly incoming calls,
and make most calls from the landline.

DMac wrote:
> Rip-off Britain strikes again

I paid £3 for a SIM and they gave me £33 credit. Can't complain. I use
it just to text people.


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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:32:47 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}" <bhx___spam@trapped___hotmail.co.uk>
> > wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]
> > > easyMobile are to introduce a minimum call charge of 1
> > > minute from *1st October 2006.*
> >
> > As well as the 75p/month..? Bummer.
>
> I don't pay 75p a month. If I did it would prove to me I
> had no real need for a mobile phone.
>
> YMMV

Indeed it does. Some people only need a phone for emergencies. Doesn't
mean they don't need it when that emergency arises though.

I have a spare phone in my car glovebox, I keep it there in case I forget
my main phone if for example I have to leave in a hurry for work or
something. It hasn't made a call in over a year, but I might need it one
day. Why should I have to pay for calls not made..?

Ivor

In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
<[email protected]> writes
>Indeed it does. Some people only need a phone for emergencies. Doesn't
>mean they don't need it when that emergency arises though.
>
>I have a spare phone in my car glovebox, I keep it there in case I forget
>my main phone if for example I have to leave in a hurry for work or
>something. It hasn't made a call in over a year, but I might need it one
>day. Why should I have to pay for calls not made..?

I don't think you're the sort of customer easyMobile is after.
Presumably their 75p charge is to discourage people like you from
joining.

Having said that, I know someone who receives hundreds of incoming call
minutes per month, but probably only makes about five short calls during
the period. So the 75p charge can even penalise customers who do use
their mobile phone a lot.
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Martin Jay
Phone/SMS: +44 7740 191877
Fax: +44 870 915 2124

"Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
> <[email protected]> writes
> > Indeed it does. Some people only need a phone for
> > emergencies. Doesn't mean they don't need it when that
> > emergency arises though. I have a spare phone in my car glovebox, I
> > keep it
> > there in case I forget my main phone if for example I
> > have to leave in a hurry for work or something. It
> > hasn't made a call in over a year, but I might need it
> > one day. Why should I have to pay for calls not made..?
>
> I don't think you're the sort of customer easyMobile is
> after. Presumably their 75p charge is to discourage
> people like you from joining.
>
> Having said that, I know someone who receives hundreds of
> incoming call minutes per month, but probably only makes
> about five short calls during the period. So the 75p
> charge can even penalise customers who do use their
> mobile phone a lot.

Precisely, and you've just shot down your own argument.

Why, I wonder, do other networks not feel the need to implement penalising
charges such as this..?

Ivor

It would be better if you had to spent £1 on calls a month, if not they
took the pound anyway.


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Marc
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"Marc" <marcwic1985-ng@NO_SPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> It would be better if you had to spent £1 on calls a
> month, if not they took the pound anyway.

I didn't understand a word of that..!

Ivor

In message <[email protected]>, Ivor Jones
<[email protected]> writes
>> I don't think you're the sort of customer easyMobile is
>> after. Presumably their 75p charge is to discourage
>> people like you from joining.
>>
>> Having said that, I know someone who receives hundreds of
>> incoming call minutes per month, but probably only makes
>> about five short calls during the period. So the 75p
>> charge can even penalise customers who do use their
>> mobile phone a lot.

>Precisely, and you've just shot down your own argument.

It was more an observation than an argument.

>Why, I wonder, do other networks not feel the need to implement penalising
>charges such as this..?

easyMobile isn't a network, as such. Perhaps there is a 'service
charge' for each customer levied on them by T-Mobile.

easyMobile isn't strictly PAYG, it's a contact tariff: customers have to
pass a credit check and it appears to be possible for them to have a
negative balance, ironically for not using the service. Most mobile
contracts do have a monthly charge. One way to look at it: in
easyMobile's case there's a 'line rental' charge of 75p a month which is
only payable if you haven't spent GBP5 during the previous three months.
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Martin Jay
Phone/SMS: +44 7740 191877
Fax: +44 870 915 2124

"Marc" <marcwic1985-ng@NO_SPAMyahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> I paid £3 for a SIM and they gave me £33 credit. Can't complain. I use it
> just to text people.

aol

Got one for my 14 yr old daughter with the first 'giveaway'.

One of her mates asked her how does she top up .... she didn't know the
answer coz it's never been topped up (which isn't bad for a teenager!!).


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