I have been on the Orange network for at least 6 or 7 years - initially on PAYG. My first orange contract was an 18 month one and that was on the 'Dolphin' package. The cost was £35 a month and I found that once other 'extras' are added it was very expensive. I am now on a 24month contract which costs just £15 a month and I get unlimited texts (to avoid abuse this is limited to 3000 p/m), 100 anytime/any network minutes, and internet access. I have a Blackberry Curve and it costs an extra £5 a month for the Blackberry features. I also get free unlimited weekend minutes. This is much more rewarding than the original package I signed up to, but Orange are very ...  Read the complete review

The Orange tariff I am reviewing is the "Dolphin Package" on Pay as You Go. With this package, you get free texts and free internet (for Facebook, Bebo and Myspace), as long as you top up £10 each month. As an Orange customer, you also get Orange Wednesdays (two-for-one cinema tickets on a Wednesday). For me, the Dolphin package on PAYG is cheaper and meets more of my needs than having a contract, or changing networks. The amount of free texts (to any network in the UK) you get depends on the amount you top up. You get 300 free texts if you top up £10, 600 if you top up £20 and "unlimited" texts if you top up £30 or more. These are similar ...  Read the complete review

Some time ago, I wrote a review on the services offered to me by Wanadoo. They were reliable, and offered me such a good deal that I wanted English people that are looking for a good service provider to know about what they offered. Unfortunately, times changed, and I was told that my contract had been passed to Orange, who had taken over from Wanadoo. They told me that nothing had changed, that the fees were the same, and the services similar to those offered by Wanadoo. It was a myth. Signing up. Signing up with Orange is simple enough. A call to France Telecom offices in the town nearest to you does the trick. They give you the choice ...  Read the complete review

Having changed back to ?pay as you go? from a contract phone I remembered reading about an offer on Ciao called Orange Out Here. After scanning the Orange website on several occasions without success I finally made a call to customer services who helped me out. Orange Out Here has now changed and is officially called Orange Text Saver. The original service offered Orange ?pay as you go? customers the option to pay a one off fee of £15 to get five free text messages a day for the rest of the time that they had the phone?too good to be true I hear you say, which is probably the reason that they changed the offer to the Text Saver option. The new Text Saver option ...  Read the complete review

Orange OVP Virgin may be misleading and is certainly more expensive than real Virgin - Advantages: possibly larger network - Disadvantages: expensive text message, no valuable Big Bonus, terms and conditions change without notice