aquayle

No. 1 son just got the Iphone in the UK. From O2, £100 & £35 a month. 600 free minutes & 500 free texts. Unlimited internet access, 18 month contract.
O2 are owned by ........ Telefonica
In Spain ...
Movistar (also owned by Telefonica)
MINIMUM cost €269 & €24 a month. 24 month contract. NO free minutes, NO free texts, limited to 200mb a month download. In South Tenerife, very limited WiFi hotspots, 3G HAHA!!!
I don't think I will be ordering one somehow.

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pelinor

I have yet to find anyone that has a good word about telefonica
We got a letter promoting a change in contract today 'No extra money' but getting more services. My wife said 'Oh must ring up' I said 'don't you dare it's a con', if they wanted to improve the service for no extra money why didn't they just do it and advise us. Why change the contract?????????
TELEFONICA! AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

doreen

O2 rates in Ireland for an iPhone are much higher than the UK too.

I have enough bonus points with movistar to get an iPhone, but how limited will I be with 200mb (have no idea how much that represents in practical terms)

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Princess

we don't say the 't ' word here

200mb is not a lot in terms of downloading from the net, it is les than a 1/4 of a Gigabyte.

doreen

Yep ... got the Maths okay, just don't know how much downloading that is - on a phone, daily access for an hour or so to email & newspapers ?? ... and The Forum of course

pelinor

Sorry Princess I shall refrain from using the name Te....T.....TE.... see I just can't say it now

Hopper

Was that the new iPhone Andy or the 'old one?'

I have to say I love my Blackberry Curve, FREE from vodaphone and only £7.50 for unlimited internet when added to my existing package BUT sh*t expensive if you use the internet abroad - but aren't they all?

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John Sharples

Telefonica is a groaning old machine ..... like BT was over a decade ago.

Went to four different Phone Boxes last week and spent 3.50 euros and didnt get to speak to anybody.

It's in need of a serious rethink and competition should be allowed to flourish.

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pelinor

My wife as well. in the last three weeks 3 euro, thats 6 euro 50 just off us two
I think there's 40,000,000 people living in Spain. Thats a great deal of money for nothing. I would prefer to say theft! they must know it's happening

Periklês

I suspect all phone companies are as bad as each other, with Telefonica leading the field. Having moved to a place where there was no Vodafone coverage, we have had to cancel a mobile contract with them, and had a massive amount of money taken from the bank account. We recalled it, and are being hassled to pay, but they are unable to send us a bill to explain the demand (breaking the contract, do doubt - don't they have an obligation to provide coverage?).

Then Telefonica are saying there are no landline numbers available for our area (which is a lie) so we are forced to use a Movistar (=Telefonica) GPRS thingy which is bordering on the useless and very expensive.

By the way, experience with this connection suggests that being on the forum is quite a heavy demand on the connection. It would be useful if anyone has any data on this.

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