switching provider mid contract?

willhub · 7 Oct 2012 at 14:29

is there anyway to do it with relatively little cost?

Not really mid contract more like 3 months into a 24 month contract, but Talk-Mobile on the vodaphone network is horrible, hardly ever get a reliable data connection unless its the OneX, but I'd like to change to 3 or O2, can my contract be bought out or something?

gizmoy2k · 7 Oct 2012 at 14:46

Ouch

Most will let you buy it out, I just did with O2, but you basically pay the full monthly price for the remainder of your deal, i only had about 6 left from an 18 month deal

O2 was poor for data for me and was a waste of the S2 that i had at the time
This is the reason i will NEVER sign a contract deal again and just take 1 month rolling sims, id rather buy the phone and be able to move network freely whenever I want to

If you commit to 24 months you have to be sure the signal is good in your area and those you visit/travel to often

willhub · 7 Oct 2012 at 15:26

so I just still pay 25 quid as I do now just on a diffo provider, so essentially costs nothing extra?f

gizmoy2k · 7 Oct 2012 at 15:39

No you'll have to pay £25 x 21 months = £525 to get out of your contract then you can go to whoever you want on whatever tariff you want

DIABLO · 7 Oct 2012 at 16:07

You don't pay the VAT if you buy the contract out i believe.

forumID · 7 Oct 2012 at 17:10

Orange gave me a small discount for unused minutes etc too. Still cost the lions share of the monthly payment to get out of though.

KelDG · 7 Oct 2012 at 17:37

Nasty :/, hope you manage to get out of it with some kind of discount.

Personally I would rather saw my own balls off than sign a 24 month contract, you just cant plan your life that far ahead. Its scary that 18 and 24 month contracts are becoming "the norm".

Finguz · 7 Oct 2012 at 18:24

If the data connection is bad enough you will be able to get out of contract as it's not fit for purpose. A friend of mine did the same thing with vodafail last year at no cost, but he had to fight tooth and nail.

Good luck.

willhub · 7 Oct 2012 at 20:27

Dunno how I'd fight against Talk Mobile and win I can't be bothered with a long drawn out campaign to get rid of the contract.