More phone trivia

[taimatsu]

I am looking into changing my phone tariff as I am on an extortionate legacy PAYG plan which is costing me enormous amounts of money. But looking at the tariffs offered by O2, Orange, Vodafone etc., they *all* seem to be completely extortionate. Orange charges 35p/minute to non-Orange mobiles. O2 charges 20p to any UK mobile. And that's on top of paying them £20/month or more for some piddly free minutes. It's crazy, and it's making me want to give up on having a phone at all because I don't know how I can afford this. I have no idea how to compare these deals properly, and it's all hideously over-priced and stressful. How do people manage this stuff? How do I know what is good?

Comments

[ewtikins.livejournal.com]

You phone each phone company and ask what they can offer you; they'll ask you questions about your usage which will help some.

You then phone the one you like the sound of best and tell them that [other company] is offering you [better deal] and ask if they can match/beat it. Do feel free to bend the truth about [better deal] some.