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thecatsmum
Tuning in
2 days ago

O2 price rise

Hi,

I am a Volt customer. Have had the email from O2 about their price rise from April next year. Will go from an extra £1.80 to £2.50 a month.  If I leave O2 what are the implications for the Virgin side of it? I have heard you keep the boosted broadband (but no idea how long for) but have also heard that although that might be the case the cost of the broadband might go up to account for leaving O2. In which case it might be down to whether the O2 rise is less than the potential Virgin broadband rise! 

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5 Replies

  • Paulpal's avatar
    Paulpal
    Dialled in
    23 hours ago

    Mine is going up more as well. Absolutely shocking since most of the time 02 signal is poor.

  • scotvoddy's avatar
    scotvoddy
    Tuning in
    23 hours ago

    I would like to know the following: if I cancel my current O2 sim deal that I have with O2 and go with say GiffGaff, which piggybacks onto O2, would I still be entitled to my Virgin Volt benefits?

    I can get a GiffGaff 5GB deal[which is enough for me] for £8 a month and no contract, plus I would still get some roaming in the EU as well. Whereas my O2 SIM-only deal will be going up to £12.50 a month.

    • cje85's avatar
      cje85
      Wise owl
      23 hours ago

      You have to be a O2 Pay Monthly customer to get Volt. It is not available to GiffGaff customers or even O2 Pay As You Go. However if you already have Volt but leave O2, the Virgin Media side of the deal (boosted broadband speed) will remain in place. 

      • scotvoddy's avatar
        scotvoddy
        Tuning in
        21 hours ago

        Hi, Many thanks for the reply.
        Sorry, I have another question.
        My wife has an O2 SIM-only pay-monthly deal [it's not a contract], for which she is currently paying £11.50 a month, but it gives us the Volt deals with Virgin. So could I then cancel my wife's monthly deal in February when my current Virgin deal ends and then go with Virgin for everything,i.e. the mega volt package which includes an O2 sim deal which would then save me the £11.50 my wife is paying for her current month-to-month?

        Sorry if that's a tad complicated, but I can't think of a better way to put my dilemma into words