Darn, it’s still 35p a minute on Vodafone
Arse. I had another look at Vodafone, as I do every quarter or so.
Still, still, still, they’re hawking 35p a minute to call another UK mobile network with a straight face.
Yes, I know that your calls are rarely screwed up as they are with T-Mobile in my experience, however at least, the majority of the time, T-Mobile works OK.
Can I bring myself to swap to Voda? Would they bring themselves to provide services to me? 
Geez. 35p a minute is just a bit … I think I need to keep with the program. It’s a ridiculous price to charge once you’ve used up your minutes.
1800 minutes, by the way, goes quickly if you’re a mobile blogger. That’s 1 hour a day — or 6 x 10 minute calls, per day. Not unexpected. I don’t want to get to the 20th of the month (for example) and then start being pillaged for 35p a minute for my calls.
You agree to 75 quid a month in the store, you see, then the bill arrives and you remember they have to add on VAT. That’s £88.13 in total.
Now assume that from the 20th to the 30th of the month, I make 6 x 10 minute calls a day to other UK mobiles.
60 minutes @ 35p = £21
Multiply by 10 days = £210 and add on VAT, bringing the total cost to £246.75.
Add on my original £88.13 price plan.
Total Vodafone bill: £334.88 for the month.
Arse. That’s WHY my bills were so high when I was a Vodafone user you see.
Deary me. Well, this pricing structure will change in time, I’m sure.
I’m on an old school 3000mins per month package.
Posted by James Whatley on October 25th, 2007 at 2:01 am.I ain’t shiftin’ for nobody!
Ewan,
Posted by Jeb on October 25th, 2007 at 7:18 am.It is obviously different here in the States because most people just have 1 cell phone provider unless their work provides them with an additional phone to their personal device. So my question is, why don’t you just up your plan with 3 and get more minutes instead of getting a Vodaphone plan? Also doesn’t it get confusing when you give your number out and you have a few of them? Is one personal and another one work?
Hi,
Working for Vodafone, I have some other useful information to add which could sway your decision. Are you aware of Stop the Clock and Vodafone family?
With Stop the Clock, if you make a call between 7pm and 8am Monday to Friday and all weekend, you’re only charged for the first 3 minutes of the call and the rest of the call is free up to 60 minutes. If you have inclusive minutes in your price plan, we simply take 3 minutes out of your allowance and the rest of the hour is free. Potentially if all calls were made within the Stop the Clock times and lasted for the full 60 minutes, you could make your 1800 minutes turn into 36,000 minutes. There’s no additional charge for Stop the Clock if you have an ‘extra left’ to use when you upgrade, or you can pay £5.00 to have it on your account for the month.
With Vodafone family, you pay £5.00 per month and nominate 3 other Vodafone numbers as well as your own number, to call each other for free for the whole month. Any of the 4 numbers in the group can call another number from the group for free. Or you can pay £7.00 for a group of 6, (5 other Vodafone numbers plus your own number). So if you’re having most of these calls with the same 3 or 5 other people and they are on Vodafone, you could save an awful lot of money on your calls.
These are definitely worth considering when making your decision but it depends on the times you tend to make your calls, (Stop the Clock times), and the numbers you’re calling, (Need to be Vodafone numbers for family).
Hope this helps
Hopefullyuseful
Posted by Vodafone on October 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pm.Vodafone UK
Vodafone’s expensive, but on the upside their service, well, works. Have you looked at their larger business packages? They do something called Sharetime plus - 2500 minutes / month for roughly what you’re paying ze germans…
Posted by Tom on October 25th, 2007 at 12:32 pm.