Meteor Minimum Charge

ALright all, first post...

Felt compelled finally to join up, sick of the slyness and unfairness, if possible, it needs to be publicised...

Mobile phone rates are better in Ireland from the point of view that calls are charged by the second. Many countries in Europe have a minimum rate, usually the price of one minute, bill or not. this is highly unfair, and there is no way that the operators here wouldn't love to get in on that junket... so finally it seems that meteor have bitten the bullet, with a 9c minimum call charge for pre-pay - - i don't know how long this has being goin on for, so apologies if it's old news. I'm on bill so it doesn't affect me, yet.

if vodafone,o2,3 get in on this act, we'll all be charged likewise, bill or prepay. meteor have a suggestion box section on their site, they donate to the svdp for every comment...

Mobile phone analysts and operators said that after the EU controlled roaming rates that they wouldn't lose revenue as they would make it up elsewhere... Not this way. hope ye all agree. K.

Nothing new here. Tesco Mobile have a minimum charge of 20 cent i.e. the cost of one minute.

Depending on your rate, 9c is only about 20/30 seconds' worth.

And in fairness, Meteor's new [broken link removed] is a pretty good deal if you're in the business of making lots of short calls.

tesco runs on the o2 n/w, which itself doesn't have a min rate... many people cant afford or trust themselves on bill pay, even if rates are good. i'll leave opinions on tesco for another day...

bond-007, i think it is new - the other networks aren't applying it.. if people go along with it, in a year or two, it will be 29c min charge, regardless of whether your on billpay or prepay - just like much of europe...9c may only be 15-30 secs worth, but why should we pay an extra 5-8c per short phonecall, if you know its not necessary, as it hasn't been before?

Tesco have always had the 20 cent minimum charge from day one. So whilst they maybe the cheapest network, they can work out very expensive for short calls. The fact they use o2 for coverage means nothing, they have their own billing systems.