Changing from Virgin PAYG - ASDA Mobile any good?

[Osem]

Hi guys. Don't normally shop at ASDA but popped in there the other day and picked up a leaflet on their mobile phone service. which seems very cheap (8ppm call/4p texts to any network) and simple to follow.

Myself, the wife and kids are all on Virgin mobile PAYG (Original tariff) but having been pretty peeved by Virgin's various price increases, we're reviewing what to do. We have VM TV, fixed phone and broadband and had thought this might offer some concessions on our mobile service but we don't want to go over to contracts so that seems a non starter.

Does anyone have any experience of the ASDA mobile service and whether or not it offers everything (or indeed more/less than) the VM PAYG service? I believe it's linked to Vodafone and I know the coverage is good so there are no worries on that score.

Cheers!

[webcrawler2050]

Simple choice is:

Asda uses the Vodafone network - Virgin use the T-Mobile network

If it's any easyier, O2 off 4 free sims, with unlimited and free calls, for 02 - 02, when you top £15.00 a month. Or if you just put £10 a month, you get unlimited text messages, 02 - 02. I've got one, and easily send 4k texts from 02 - 02 a month.

[Osem]

Thanks for that. The 02 deal might suit if we made more calls but I doubt we spend as much as £15 a month on PAYG. Of course that may well change when Junior #1 finds a girfriend...

[jin799]

well only dad can pay £15 and the rest pay £10 (or even not top up for a couple of months) and then if you require to chat to dad u send the free O2 to O2 text or miscall to dad and he'll call u!!!
Well thats how we've been doing it!!!!!!
The £15 that you pay remains as normal credit and if u top up every month the amount increases !!!
I know a friend who has over £80 cos they use the method I mentioned above !!!

[Ken W]

Originally Posted by Osem

Hi guys. Don't normally shop at ASDA but popped in there the other day and picked up a leaflet on their mobile phone service. which seems very cheap (8ppm call/4p texts to any network) and simple to follow.

Myself, the wife and kids are all on Virgin mobile PAYG (Original tariff) but having been pretty peeved by Virgin's various price increases, we're reviewing what to do. We have VM TV, fixed phone and broadband and had thought this might offer some concessions on our mobile service but we don't want to go over to contracts so that seems a non starter.

Does anyone have any experience of the ASDA mobile service and whether or not it offers everything (or indeed more/less than) the VM PAYG service? I believe it's linked to Vodafone and I know the coverage is good so there are no worries on that score.

Cheers!

I have used Virgin but as they use T-Mobile network and I found the coverage was poor and expensive, I now us Asda mobile coverage excelent as it uses the Vodaphone network and calls are less just 8p
per min and texts are 4p, so Asda wins on all scores for me.

Walter

[fatratsandcheese]

you could always go to tesco mobile with them if you top up £15 they give you £30 free to use in that month and the use o2 coverage

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by fatratsandcheese

you could always go to tesco mobile with them if you top up £15 they give you £30 free to use in that month and the use o2 coverage

Tesco also have a light user tariff comparable to ASDA if you spend less than £10 a month http://www.tesco.com/mobilenetwork/p...o.aspx?page=84

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Osem

Thanks for that. The 02 deal might suit if we made more calls but I doubt we spend as much as £15 a month on PAYG. Of course that may well change when Junior #1 finds a girfriend...

From personal experience you can swop "may well change" to "will definitely change" when junior#1 finds a girlfriend.
Free calls with O2 will suddenly be very attractive.

[m419]

You buy cheap you get cheap.

Virgin have 3 tariffs to choose from and if your a Virgin Media customer, you can get special discounts and some retentional deals by go through the website or by calling 0800-052-0444.

PayG Daily bonus:

Calls to landlines,UK Mobiles,Virgin Mobiles: Cost 15p per minute
Calls to Voicemail: Free
Calls to 0800,0845 and 0870 numbers: 15p per minute
Texts: 10p per text
Texts to other Virgin Mobiles: 5p per text

You get 5 free texts after the first 5 texts per day and you get 5 free minutes of calls everyday after the first 5 minutes.

Addict:

Unlimited texts when you top up £20 or more, Calls to all networks cost 20p per minute at all times,calls to voicemail cost a FLAT rate of 20p.

Did you know that for every £100 you spend on Virgin Mobile, you get £10 off a new phone, i checked my award and I have £20 off any phone. So make sure you get your award!

Other plans you might be interested in:

3pay from 3:

Unlimited texts,free mobile internet,free 3 to 3 calls,free Skype and free voicemail plus free and 24 hour customer service plus My 3 giving you the ability to check your balance,activate a top up and administer your account with one click of a button on your phone.

Calls to all networks exluding 3, cost 20p per minute

Even better, Your free allowances expire after 90 days unlike the other networks!

Check it out for yourself: http://www.three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go...he_competition

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by m419

You buy cheap you get cheap.

Virgin have 3 tariffs to choose from and if your a Virgin Media customer, you can get special discounts and some retentional deals by go through the website or by calling 0800-052-0444.

PayG Daily bonus:

Calls to landlines,UK Mobiles,Virgin Mobiles: Cost 15p per minute
Calls to Voicemail: Free
Calls to 0800,0845 and 0870 numbers: 15p per minute
Texts: 10p per text
Texts to other Virgin Mobiles: 5p per text

You get 5 free texts after the first 5 texts per day and you get 5 free minutes of calls everyday after the first 5 minutes.

Addict:

Unlimited texts when you top up £20 or more, Calls to all networks cost 20p per minute at all times,calls to voicemail cost a FLAT rate of 20p.

Did you know that for every £100 you spend on Virgin Mobile, you get £10 off a new phone, i checked my award and I have £20 off any phone. So make sure you get your award!

Other plans you might be interested in:

3pay from 3:

Unlimited texts,free mobile internet,free 3 to 3 calls,free Skype and free voicemail plus free and 24 hour customer service plus My 3 giving you the ability to check your balance,activate a top up and administer your account with one click of a button on your phone.

Calls to all networks exluding 3, cost 20p per minute

Even better, Your free allowances expire after 90 days unlike the other networks!

Check it out for yourself: http://www.three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go...he_competition

That is all fine, but for light users (I only use my mobile once or twice a week) it is expensive. I only want voice or SMS, and wouldn't dream of buying a phone that's locked to a network. Shop around and you can find a decent basic phone for less than £50. And all those Bundles!. Talk about trying to get you to buy what you don't need. When I add up what I actually use none of these offers ends up cheaper. In fact I could save myself 2/3 of my current costs by moving to Tesco Mobile Lite, which I will be doing as soon as my credit runs out.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by m419

You buy cheap you get cheap.

Virgin have 3 tariffs to choose from and if your a Virgin Media customer, you can get special discounts and some retentional deals by go through the website or by calling 0800-052-0444.

PayG Daily bonus:

Calls to landlines,UK Mobiles,Virgin Mobiles: Cost 15p per minute
Calls to Voicemail: Free
Calls to 0800,0845 and 0870 numbers: 15p per minute
Texts: 10p per text
Texts to other Virgin Mobiles: 5p per text

You get 5 free texts after the first 5 texts per day and you get 5 free minutes of calls everyday after the first 5 minutes.

Addict:

Unlimited texts when you top up £20 or more, Calls to all networks cost 20p per minute at all times,calls to voicemail cost a FLAT rate of 20p.

Did you know that for every £100 you spend on Virgin Mobile, you get £10 off a new phone, i checked my award and I have £20 off any phone. So make sure you get your award!

Other plans you might be interested in:

3pay from 3:

Unlimited texts,free mobile internet,free 3 to 3 calls,free Skype and free voicemail plus free and 24 hour customer service plus My 3 giving you the ability to check your balance,activate a top up and administer your account with one click of a button on your phone.

Calls to all networks exluding 3, cost 20p per minute

Even better, Your free allowances expire after 90 days unlike the other networks!

Check it out for yourself: http://www.three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go...he_competition

Thanks for the information - still deciding what to do.