Re:EU Telecoms deal: Mobile roaming charges ban in 2017
by iaskwhy on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @06:29AM
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Good luck when you decide to cancel it though, Three is a pain in the ass to leave with their hour-long questionnaire and legalese. I really liked their service but it was so annoying to leave I don't think I'll ever use them again. I'm a giffgaff-ian, by the way.
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Re:EU Telecoms deal: Mobile roaming charges ban in 2017
by flurdy on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:36AM
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Ive been with giffgaff for a few years now and recruited family and friends to it as well. £10 pm with practically free calls it has been great. But with giffgaff's odd venture into payday loans as well it does not seem like a community driven company any more, hence why I might move to Three's PAYG (as I hate commiting to subscriptions)
https://www.giffgaff.com/money/loans
Re:EU Telecoms deal: Mobile roaming charges ban in 2017
by Symbiote on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:57AM
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I'm not sure how much community drive there ever was. GiffGaff is a subsidiary of O₂, with some clever marketing.
O₂ would far rather 'lose' customers to Giffgaff than any other budget MVNO.
Re:EU Telecoms deal: Mobile roaming charges ban in 2017
by iaskwhy on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @10:22AM
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Interesting, I didn't know giffgaff was actually directly related to O2 besided using their network. Out of curiosity, I tried to find some information on Three and got a little surprise: "In January 2015, Li Ka-shing entered into talks with Telefónica to buy its British mobile division O2 for around $15.4 billion. In March 2015, Li Ka-shing confirmed it will be purchasing Telefónica's UK mobile division for £10.25bn subject to regulatory approval by competition regulator, Ofcom." So it seems Three is going to own both O2 and giffgaff by buying Telefónica?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_Whampoa#History