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Main Forum >> Call Providers >> Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 https://www.saynoto0870.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.cgi?num=1302544005 Message started by bigjohn on Apr 11th, 2011 at 5:46pm |
Title: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by bigjohn on Apr 11th, 2011 at 5:46pm From Tuesday 31st May 2011, Asda Mobile are making changes to there standard pricing: All calls per minute 10p All texts 6p Voicemail 10p SMS 6p GPRS/Data per MB 50p Calls to Overseas from UK per Min 30p Texts to Overseas from UK per SMS 30p Minimum call charge is 10p per minute. http://www.asdamobile.com/compare_tariffs.html Is this a sign of things to come from other suppliers ? |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by videospy on Apr 12th, 2011 at 9:42pm
Wow very expensive compared to most
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Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Trenod on Apr 15th, 2011 at 11:58pm
Terrible news! ASDA led the way in cheap PAYG calls and texts, so this really is a huge blow to low mobile phone users.
I can't believe this is a belated increase to cover the recent rise in VAT. A company the size of ASDA can easily afford to absorb such a rise indefinitely. It will be interesting to know if the other 8p per min/4p per text MNVOs (e.g. Tesco Lite, Talkmobile Essentials and Giffgaff) will follow suit, but I'd say there's every likelihood that they will, eventually - especially as mobile termination rates are soon to fall (www.bt.com/mobileprices). By the way, I notice that ASDA's new prices do not mention non-geo numbers... Oh well... bye-bye ASDA Mobile. Hello Giffgaff! |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Dave on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:44am Trenod wrote on Apr 15th, 2011 at 11:58pm:
Perhaps the headline low rate was never going to last anyway. Perhaps it was put there just to entice customers to this new service. I think that a few customers who follow mobile tariffs as closely as Trenod, and decide to leave, are not going to affect the service very much. Trenod wrote on Apr 15th, 2011 at 11:58pm:
I wonder to what degree the reduction in termination rates affects MNVOs. I assume that their hosts will charge more, but at the same time, off-net calls will be reduced. It stands to reason that for every customer, an MNVO incurs a charge from its MNO. So the increased cost will be relative to the customer base and will be there and then. The decreased cost of off-net calls will be dependant on the number of calls made in the future. |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Heinz on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:09pm
Time to move to Giffgaff PAYG (8p/minute calls, 4p texts and free freephone* calls)?
* Which, if you have such an account, allows use of 18185's freephone gateway number for 1p/minute UK calls and very cheap international calls - e.g. 1p/minute to Spain). |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Dave on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:11pm Heinz wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:09pm:
From what I understand, this is a fledgling operator, so I wonder if we might expect it to increase its prices once it's built up a certain size customer-base. |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by bigjohn on Apr 16th, 2011 at 4:54pm Dave wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:11pm:
Or when its owners Telefonica/O2 tell it to do so. ;) |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Dave on Apr 16th, 2011 at 4:57pm bigjohn wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 4:54pm:
I was not aware that Giffgaff is owned by Telefonica; I thought it merely runs via its UK network. |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by CJT-80 on Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:02pm Dave wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 4:57pm:
According to Wikipedia it is owned by Telefonica and was dreamed up by someone at O2 UK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffgaff :-) |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Dave on Apr 16th, 2011 at 7:36pm CJT-80 wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 6:02pm:
Thanks. I didn't know that and I didn't realise what Giffgaff is (other than a mobile operator). |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Trenod on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:11pm Dave wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:44am:
Who knows? But if Tesco don't pounce on this rise in their advertising (they've never been shy about making comparisons with their great rival ASDA before, and using it to their advantage), I'd say it's a dead cert that they intend to follow - in time... Dave wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:44am:
Nice of you to refer to me in the third person, as if I'm not here... I'm not doing it as a protest - I'm doing it to save money. Isn't that what your site is all about? Judging by the number of online discussions comparing mobile tariffs, I'd say it's a subject that interests more than just "a few customers". Probably more, in fact, than the number of people interested in non-geographic charges. Dave wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:11pm:
Quite possibly. But I'll worry about that when it happens... ;) |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Trenod on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:14pm Heinz wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 3:09pm:
Does Giffgaff really allow unlimited use of freephone override providers? |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by bigjohn on Apr 17th, 2011 at 1:01am Trenod wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:14pm:
Yes you can call a 0500/0800/0808 freephone number as long as you like whatever the number is used for. As soon as it starts costing Giffgaff/O2 a lot of revenue i guess they might well start charging to call access numbers . ;) |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by bigjohn on Apr 17th, 2011 at 1:27am
If your looking to save money,this newcomer to the market might be of interest . :)
Works over Voda. UK Landline 1p a min. UK Mobi 5p a minute. UK Texts. 4p a minute. Free Voice Mail. www.icardmobile.co.uk Note the rates only apply to 30/4/2011 at present. |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Dave on Apr 17th, 2011 at 10:16pm Trenod wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:11pm:
Sorry about that. I tend to avoid referring to members in the first person as I don't want postings to be seen as only being between two individuals. Perhaps sometimes I should avoid it. :-[ Trenod wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:11pm:
Relatively speaking, I would say it's a few customers. In general, consumers are influenced by marketing from providers. Trenod wrote on Apr 16th, 2011 at 9:11pm:
If Giffgaff is generally run for its users (sounds a bit like a co-operative in that respect), then perhaps it won't increase prices in the way others have done because its knows its customer base is much more sensitive to such changes. After all, it's largely word of mouth (and postings on the internet) that it's been promoted. Or has it took out advertisements to promote its service? |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Phillip21 on Apr 18th, 2011 at 7:14pm bigjohn wrote on Apr 17th, 2011 at 1:27am:
This looks good - but alas it does not provide GPRS data services, so no mobile internet. Great if you have a basic phone and just want to make calls. |
Title: Re: Asda Payg Price Increase From 31/5/2011 Post by Trenod on Apr 21st, 2011 at 5:19pm Phillip21 wrote on Apr 18th, 2011 at 7:14pm:
Also, no roaming! Plus they charge 10p a minute for 'freephone' numbers (0800/0808/0500). On Giffgaff they're free and on Tesco Lite they're only 8ppm. Giffgaff also charges less than Icard for non-geo calls (20ppm, as opposed to 25ppm on Icard). Conversely, Giffgaff charges a one-off fee of 8p per Voicemail call, whereas on Icard it's free... It's always swings and roundabouts with these 'cheapo' mobile providers. You really do have to compare the non-headline charges and decide which one best suits your needs. I tend to call Voicemail more than 08 numbers, and don't go abroad, so perhaps Icard would be better for me than Giffgaff. |
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