Orange network in general

Advantages: Great contracts on offer, good reception, good service
Disadvantages: Not consistent waiting times when phoning cust services - can wait a while at peak times

...I have been with the Orange network since owning my first mobile phone at the age of 16 (13 years ago) and (touch wood) I have encountered very little problems with them. At present my partner and I have both our mobile phones and our home broadband with Orange because we believe they offer good customer service as well as cost efficient prices. The Broadband we get from them amounts to just £5.00 with unlimited downloads which is an offer they advertise should you have a phone contract with them. They also offer free internet should you have a contract with them but with limited downloads instead. Orange offer a wide range of contracts to suit all needs. There are 3 different groups of contract offered by orange which are named Racoon, Dolphin and Panther. Should you be after inclusive text messages then a Dolphin contract would...

bexx0907 16.10.2009 · Read review
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The futures bright... the futures orange

Advantages: Great service, great offers and great coverage
Disadvantages: slightly pricey

...I have been with orange for many years and have found them to be quite a good service provider. I first pondered over the many different contracts that they had on offer, confusing myself in the process. I finally opted for the pay as you go option as, at the time, I only really needed the phone for receiving calls for work and this worked out to be the cheapest option. Over the years I have stuck with pay as you go, more because of trust and reliability than cost, simply changing my telephone and upgrading my SIM to keep up with the times. You can simply add credit to your phone by: A~) Pay point, found at most shops B~) Vouchers, bought at most shops Or C~) Cash machines, top up from your bank account. ** THE OFFERS** Orange PAYG has different pay packages for everyone. *Racoon: This a simple flat rate offer of 15...

blissman70 06.05.2008 · Read review
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Orange Customer Service

Advantages: Good Deals
Disadvantages: BAD network to be on if your in an 12-18month contract

...After being leered into an 18month contract with a FREE PS3 I was utterly disappointed to find that not only did I continuously lose signal when roaming the UK but also, I was given 3 faulty phones by Orange themselves. This was the 1st inconvenience caused as I live an hour away from any Orange Store. I had contacted Orange customer services several times and received very little help if any! They were slow at getting back to me about my issues raised and told me on one occasion that I would have to phone the helpline up instead of sending an emailing. I was more than happy to do this but spent over an hour on the phone on hold, running up a huge bill which they never apologised for. I was also charged for countless phone calls and texts that i had not actually made or sent. With only 4 months left remaining until my 18month...

Charleyk89 06.02.2009 (11.02.2009) · Read review
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My Experience with Orange

Advantages: Good offers
Disadvantages: Poor customer service

...I have been with orange for around 10 years. At first I started off on pay as you go. All I did was pop the simcard into my phone, register it which was very easy and off I went. Topping it up with £10.00 now and again. As I got older I used my phone alot more, so these £10.00's now and again were becoming a couple of times a week. That is when I decided to go for an Orange network contract. From the bit of research I did it looked like Orange had the best deals on for me at the time. They were offering 600 minutes of talk time and unlimited texts for £35.00 a month. Which is great for me as I am a big fan of texting a do it all the time. It was easy enough to get a contract phone, I went to my local Orange store and they were delighted I was getting a contract. I got to pick my phone of choice, which were all the latest...

xjorjax 06.05.2009 · Read review
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Orange Just Talk - Free Phone - Free Talk Time

Advantages: New contract phone every year - new pay-as-you-go phone every year
Disadvantages: Your new contract phone has a new telephone number

...Here's the deal. If you have an Orange phone on any contract, you can get a free pay-as-you-go and FREE £5.00 talk credits every year from Orange. After eleven months on contract, give Orange one month’s notice to terminate your contract for your existing phone and ask them to convert it to Orange Just Talk. Also tell them that you are buying a new phone on contract. They will happily send you a new Just Talk SIM card with a FREE £5.00 credit. You can keep your old number or be allocated a new one. At the same time, order yourself a new FREE Orange phone on contract – there is an excellent range for free from companies like mobileshop.com and freedomphones.co.uk. Your new contract phone will have a new telephone number. If you change the answering machine message on your old phone to announce your new number...

john.sw 17.02.2001 (22.02.2001) · Read review
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Who wants an Orange

Advantages: Free customer care on contract
Disadvantages: Choice of phones is somewhat limited

...rate are included). Off peak calls are available at nights after 7pm, mornings before 7am and all day on weekends. Text messages (SMS) are available at 10p each on my tariff although this is variable on the tariff chosen. This plan costs 50p per day, so the monthly charge depends on the number of days in the month (total cost between £14 and £15.50). Multimedia messaging service (MMS) is available too, although this is dependant on your phone. My Nokia handset does not support it so I cannot tell you more about it. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is supported and I have found the reliability very good. Although I do not rely on this much, it is handy if I need a quick football score, for example, by logging on to the orange homepage and checking the sport section for up-to-date information. These WAP calls are included in...

magicloudz 18.04.2003 · Read review
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Orange phone insurance.....FAB

Advantages: They replace your phone within 24 hours
Disadvantages: It costs £6 a month but well worth it

...I never used to bother with mobile phone insurance until I lost my phone on a drunken night out, and had to pay to get a new phone. So ever since then I have paid Orange £5 a month ( It has just gone up to £6) for the insurance, and to be fair I have used it a lot more than I thought I would. There have been several occasions where the phone has gone faulty through no fault of my own, so I have spoken to Orange and they will send a replacement phone within 24 hours which is fantastic, but you have to give them your old handset and they replace it with a brand new one. But there have also been times where I have lost my phone?..they are not to keen on giving you a new phone free of charge if you have just lost it, so you need to tell them it was stolen and get a crime reference number from the police. Now depending on who you speak...

sheptse 04.12.2007 · Read review
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Tango Orange

Advantages: Tasty
Disadvantages: Probably not as good as Fanta...

...Kids today will probably think of Tango as a poor man's Fanta. I remember a time when it ruled supreme, with adverts of men in orange body suits going round slapping people. It was a wonderful time. But has the orange stuff stood the test of time? Can it compete with the Fanta market? It sprung up controversy recently when it's advertising slogan was "Tango With Added Tango"...nothing untowards there, but as the slogan put the words on top of one another, if you put the first letters of each of the words together then you'll see the problem...see what I mean?! Tango is simply an orange fizzy drink filled with sugar and sweeteners. on the black and orange can, it does state that 65% of people preferred Tango to other leading orange fizzy drinks in a blind taste test. Why? Well, it's a strong, sweet orange flavour - much better...

carl.mcqueen 23.10.2009 · Read review
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Lets All Turn Orange

Advantages: Plenty of freebies
Disadvantages: More expensive than most other networks

...Well where do I start?... I've used most Uk network providers and rate Orange within the top 3. I've been with Orange pay & go for over a year now and have had some varying degrees of satisfaction with both customer services and the network as a whole. I'm currently on the same rate 24/7 tariff with bonus top up. Which is all very well and good but its not cheap. My charges are 15p a minute to land line and other Orange users, and 35p a minute to all other networks and these do not change during peak times. Bonus topup is where they credit you back with 10% of your total monthly topup. The bonus topup has a drawback as when it is added to your account it is added seperate from your actual balance and takes priority even when you have brought extras. Extras are bundles that save you money on their services and are worth...

Reposter78 30.05.2006 · Read review
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Bright Orange

Advantages: Wide range of plans, excellent customer support, competitive prices
Disadvantages: No 'discounted' numbers

...In January my current mobile phone contract ended and I decided that I wanted to change my operator from Vodafone to someone else, and because I also wanted a new phone. I had heard some scare stories regarding One-to-One so I decided that rather than go with Cellnet I'd choose Orange. The plan that I opted for was a Talk 60 which allowed me 60mins worth of calls at anytime during the day to landlines in with the package price of £17.99. This suited me as I tend to make calls during peak times rather than off-peak. The phone I got for free was a Nokia 6150. Although the model is old it is extremely reliable and I feel there is less chance of losing a larger phone so I am happy with it. Something that made it a sweeter pill for me to swallow was the offer of a Palm PDA for a reduced price, which I also accepted (this was only...

ayanayuk 16.08.2001 · Read review
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