Hi,
I am a French guy coming to London for 10 months and, before taking a new mobile contract with one of the British mobile brands (which are usually for 18 or 24 months), I was wondering if, like what we have here in France, I could terminate my contract after 10 months without paying penalties on the basis of my return to France.
Do you know anything concerning this, please?
Thank you very much,
Max

MaximeV wrote:

I am a French guy coming to London for 10 months and, before taking a
new mobile contract with one of the British mobile brands (which are
usually for 18 or 24 months), I was wondering if, like what we have here
in France, I could terminate my contract after 10 months without paying
penalties on the basis of my return to France.
Do you know anything concerning this, please?

Some will let you upgrade free if you've close enough to the end of the
minimum contract, but I suspect they'd charge you the final two months
if you cancelled early.

O2 do a "SIMplicity" rolling one month contract for SIM only, presumably
you already have a phone you could use? I don't know if French providers
SIM-lock the handsets, but you could get that unlocked cheaply.

Or look at a PAYG SIM, just keep it topped up with credit.

On 6 Sep, 10:42, Andy Burns wrote:
MaximeV wrote:
I am a French guy coming to London for 10 months and, before taking a
new mobile contract with one of the British mobile brands (which are
usually for 18 or 24 months), I was wondering if, like what we have here
in France, I could terminate my contract after 10 months without paying
penalties on the basis of my return to France.
Do you know anything concerning this, please?

Some will let you upgrade free if you've close enough to the end of the
minimum contract, but I suspect they'd charge you the final two months
if you cancelled early.

O2 do a "SIMplicity" rolling one month contract for SIM only, presumably
you already have a phone you could use? I don't know if French providers
SIM-lock the handsets, but you could get that unlocked cheaply.

Or look at a PAYG SIM, just keep it topped up with credit.

If you took out an 18 month contract and wanted to end it in month 10
then you would still have to pay for the remaining 8 months at full
(or near-full) price.

Look at SIM only (either 1 month or 12 months). The contracts are
shorter.

Pay as you go is quite a good option too, ASDA mobile and giffgaff have
bundles that work out quite cheaply.

Stephen

On 6 Sep, 12:52, "Stephen Hammond" no @spam thank.com wrote:
Pay as you go is quite a good option too, ASDA mobile and giffgaff have
bundles that work out quite cheaply.

Stephen

.... and Orange have quite a reasonable SIM only 30 day rolling
contract.

However, if you need a data only, sim only contract as well, 3 are
offering 2Gbytes/month for £5 per month inc VAT 30 day rolling
contract.

John

Hi everybody,
Thank you for your answers.
I was actually planning to buy an iPhone or a BB with my new British operator. But in order to have good tariffs, I need to sign for 24 months. Will I have to pay everything even if I leave back to France after 10 months?
Thanks

On 6 Sep 2010, MaximeV wrote:

I was wondering if, like what we have here in France, I could
terminate my contract after 10 months without paying penalties
on the basis of my return to France.

Am quite surprised they'd let you go without a penalty. However, I
suppose one question is whether you're likely to return to the UK...

Peter used his keyboard to write :
On 6 Sep 2010, MaximeV wrote:

I was wondering if, like what we have here in France, I could
terminate my contract after 10 months without paying penalties
on the basis of my return to France.

Am quite surprised they'd let you go without a penalty. However, I
suppose one question is whether you're likely to return to the UK...

And the other question is, would she(?) pass credit checks in the first
place?

"MaximeV" wrote in message
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Hi,
I am a French guy coming to London for 10 months and, before taking a
new mobile contract with one of the British mobile brands (which are
usually for 18 or 24 months), I was wondering if, like what we have here
in France, I could terminate my contract after 10 months without paying
penalties on the basis of my return to France.
Do you know anything concerning this, please?
Thank you very much,
Max




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MaximeV

You can get a monthly SIM only (and use your existing phone) from O2 (and
others), but a 12 month one will be cheaper even allowing for the wasted 2
months and IIRC you can add an international caller bolt on to call your
chums in France cheaply.

Another possibility would to be to buy a SIM from Jersey telecom.

"Peter" wrote in message
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On 6 Sep 2010, MaximeV wrote:

I was wondering if, like what we have here in France, I could
terminate my contract after 10 months without paying penalties
on the basis of my return to France.

Am quite surprised they'd let you go without a penalty. However, I
suppose one question is whether you're likely to return to the UK...

I'd be surprised if, on the basis of zero credit history in the UK, that
they give him a contact phone at all.

They would be just asking for the punter to pay for 10 months and then go
back home and not pay for the final n months of the contract :-)

tim