Can also be friends, not just family. You all have to be on o2 network.
The Bolt On Owner pays the Bolt On fee of £7.50, provides the mobile numbers of the other 4 family / friends, and then unlimited calls, texts and picture messages between all 5 people within the group for a month. Not just between the Bolt On owner and the other 4 people, but unlimited calls/texts between any member of the calling group.
Your Family Bolt On:
1 person in the group pays £ 7.50* per month and 5 friends or family members get to stay in touch.
Your Extended Family Bolt On:
if your family's that little bit bigger, you can add an extra 5 friends or family members to make a total of 10 for £12.50* per month.
Minimum period is one month subscription. Have to cancel more than 48 hrs before the renewal anniversary or you'll be charged for the following month.
Open to PAYG as well as Pay Monthly Customers. Available online. Not sure about instore.
Latest comments (39)
teresacluett
1 Jul 16#39
iv been waiting since 15th may for 02 friends and family to be set up. despite the amount of calls to customer service. guru chats and visits to 02 shop, still not working,
brumankids
30 Jun 09#38
Has anyone set this up yet?
I have been trying since 14 June. My account shows that some phone numbers have been added and some are pending.
I have been into my local O2 shop who have been excellent in trying to resolve this, however the customer call centres are unable to help.
I have had various excuses why this has not worked and advised to cancel and start again. Tried this one week ago and O2 mananged to charge me for this service I have not been able to use yet.
If anyone has been succesful with this, please tell me how you managed.
Thanks
miss_moneypenny
22 Jun 09#37
I've read through o2's terms & conditions and found that you need to make or receive one chargeable call every six months to keep your account active so it's not related to how much or how frequently you top up. The exact wording is this:
[COLOR="Red"][COLOR="Navy"]If you do not make or receive a chargeable call at least once in any 6 month period your Mobile Phone will be disconnected and you will lose any remaining credits balance on your Account.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
With simplicity you can add one "add on" for free. The family bolt on is not included in this, does anyone know if it is possible to add it on within the priceplan.
rogercat
28 May 09#32
Just all get three 3G skype phones and calls between handsets are free !! ??
deeinlondon to rogercat
14 Jun 09#35
Thats true - although I think the call quality on a Skype phone wasn't as good as a direct phone to phone call - at least the last time I tried.
Also doesn't running the skype application run down the battery much quicker?
LillySavage
27 May 09#21
A lot of people dont realise that every one in the "family" gets calls and texts to each other so for example...
Mum pays £7.50 a month for the bolt on, and adds Dad, child 1, child 2 and child 3. Its not just mum that gets free calls and texts to these numbers . Child 1,2,3 can all call each other for free without having to pay for any bolt on. No other netwok will give you this.
hot
lilly x
callum9999 to LillySavage
27 May 09#23
You could be overestimating how often children call their parents? I'm sure this is a good deal for many so I'm not going to vote cold, but I rarely call my family and not many friends are on O2.
deeinlondon to LillySavage
14 Jun 09#34
But what is the cost to Dad and 3 kids to keep an O2 PAYG SIM Card running assuming they're not calling or SMSing anyone else outside of the circle?
if you started all fresh with 5 new O2 SIM Cards and 1 person paid the £7.50p per month would the other 4 people need to top up a minimum of £10 to get the ball rolling and if so how often would you need to top up those 4 phones on O2 to keep them activated?
bigup
29 May 09#33
so how does this work on a payg sim
does the sim need credit? if the sim has £0 credit can calls and text still be made to the 5 people in the ring?
is the site working for anyone? when i try to go to buy now link, i get this message:
jb66
28 May 09#31
I never realised only 1 person pays the 7.50, HOT
jnm21
27 May 09#30
Just helped you hit 400 degrees!!!
m1chaels
27 May 09#29
Do you have to top up o2 payg sims to keep them active? Otherwise why not get a PAYG sim and cheap handset in addition to whatever contract they have for the other 'family' members?
monkeybrains
27 May 09#28
this deal should be hotter than it is. people need to look into it again, its v.good
monkeybrains
27 May 09#27
im guessing its only o2 to o2 but by any chance its not o2 to any network is it? imagine that wow
cant find any fair usage limits either
still hot deal like i said before
magnusmagnus
27 May 09#26
if it was for everyone and just not O2 would be hot hot hot!!! I'm on O2 because I have an iphone, unfortunately most people I know aren't on O2 =(
bigup
27 May 09#24
so whats the fair play policy on this then?
exaclty how many mins/texts is allowed?
meinnit to bigup
27 May 091#25
I couldn't find this in the terms & conditions. Simply states the following:
Any unlimited call and/or text allowances permit you to make unlimited calls/text from your mobile phone for private, personal and non-commercial purposes. You may not use your SIM Card: (a) in, or connected to, any other device; or (b) in a way that adversely impacts the service to other O2 customers. If O2 reasonably suspect you are not acting in accordance with this policy O2 reserves the right to impose further charges or disconnect your Bolt On or tariff at any time, having attempted to contact you first. An unlimited allowance exists between all group members, subject to this excessive usage policy.
Not very helpful!!
gcn504
27 May 09#22
Networks cant charge you for this service. It will all be handled by the network you are moving to, o2 in this case.
Can I keep my mobile number when I move to O2?
Once you have decided to join O2, you will need to contact your existing network provider to request a PAC number (Port Authorisation Code).
Then, once you have received your new O2 SIM card, you will need to give O2 customer services your PAC code. The easiest way to do this is by completing the form at o2.co.uk/keepyournumber. Once we have received your PAC code, your existing number will be transferred to your new O2 account within two working days.
Worth reading them if one of your friends/family have an o2 work mobile that you want to include in the group as some restrictions / authorisation required.
There is a guide how to set up the calling circle. You can do it online:
Can you do that easily without paying the old network to do it? Bear in mind that they're all on pay-as-you-go.
The Governor
27 May 09#18
Thansk qazitory, the more I think about this the better it sounds. I've just rodered some sims for the in-laws as they're on Orange.
£7.50 a month for this looks like a good one to me, and you cancel pretty much anytime. Voted hot.
qazitory
27 May 09#17
If it's the same as the Vodafone one, you can enter all the numbers on their portal online. I think you can only change them once a month though?
qazitory
27 May 09#16
Get them to port their numbers over to 02....
I'm tempted as I'm on the Vodafone Family deal, but I can't get a decent signal where I live. My contract runs out next month, so I'll see what they offer me first!
The Governor
27 May 09#15
So you can do this each month for all of your O2 family and friends?
How you add the 5 people, is there a list you enter when you order, and finally :smiley: can you add people later if you don't want to use all five straight away?
I know I could just go and order it and find out but you lot are usually so knowledgable :smile:
barginbri
27 May 09#14
looks Hot to me, I can only see one problem, The person paying the £7.50 Ha Ha
evil_yo
27 May 09#12
i think people are missing the point of this bolt on, everyone in the circle will have unlimted txt, mins and mms to each other and only one person pays the £7.50
jtj to evil_yo
27 May 09#13
Exactly people - this is not just unlimited calls/texts for you, but also gives unlimited texts/calls for five other people, between those 5 numbers. Only one of you pays £7.50, and everybody wins.
Vodafone have this with Vodafone Family, but it doesn't include texts.
The only problem with this is getting my family members to switch over to o2; i doubt they'd want to surrender their current numbers with their various networks on crappy in-store tariffs...
jb66
27 May 09#9
if you have simplicity its free to call anyway. warm
Daedalus to jb66
27 May 09#11
1) Only on the Online tariffs, not the instore ones
2) Not everyone wants to be on contract
3) Not everyone can get a contract
4) What about the kids on pay as you go?
:roll:
Johnboy_1975
27 May 09#10
Hot if you know 5 people on O2 whom you send lots of texts and make lots of calls to.
Not for me though
dhue
27 May 09#8
oooh this is hot!!
mseren93
27 May 09#7
o2 unlimited o2 to o2 calls is also £7.50 - if you know more than 5 people on o2 this would work out better as you'd save on calling everyone on o2. Depends whether you text or talk more I guess
wordsworth
26 May 09#6
T&C's 2 All members of the group must be O2 customers.
which I thought would be the case otherwise it would cost them a fortune, but getting people to switch network is not easy.
wordsworth
26 May 09#5
this seems a top class deal to me, probably going to go for it.
meinnit
26 May 09#4
Was about to post this myself! Voted hot
acer098
26 May 09#3
how the hell is this not on the top page? really theres so many deals that get neglected 27 degrees only!! ive been waiting for a deal like this for ages and only like o2, great work poster!
sdaviso2
26 May 09#2
copied from voda, 4 people unlimited calls £5
monkeybrains
26 May 09#1
o this is good.
abit like vodafone family
tmobile is so dumb charging £7.50 for only 5 days (5 day pass)
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Opening post
The Bolt On Owner pays the Bolt On fee of £7.50, provides the mobile numbers of the other 4 family / friends, and then unlimited calls, texts and picture messages between all 5 people within the group for a month. Not just between the Bolt On owner and the other 4 people, but unlimited calls/texts between any member of the calling group.
Your Family Bolt On:
1 person in the group pays £ 7.50* per month and 5 friends or family members get to stay in touch.
Your Extended Family Bolt On:
if your family's that little bit bigger, you can add an extra 5 friends or family members to make a total of 10 for £12.50* per month.
Minimum period is one month subscription. Have to cancel more than 48 hrs before the renewal anniversary or you'll be charged for the following month.
Open to PAYG as well as Pay Monthly Customers. Available online. Not sure about instore.
Latest comments (39)
I have been trying since 14 June. My account shows that some phone numbers have been added and some are pending.
I have been into my local O2 shop who have been excellent in trying to resolve this, however the customer call centres are unable to help.
I have had various excuses why this has not worked and advised to cancel and start again. Tried this one week ago and O2 mananged to charge me for this service I have not been able to use yet.
If anyone has been succesful with this, please tell me how you managed.
Thanks
[COLOR="Red"][COLOR="Navy"]If you do not make or receive a chargeable call at least once in any 6 month period your Mobile Phone will be disconnected and you will lose any remaining credits balance on your Account.[/COLOR][/COLOR]
These are part of the general T&C of being on o2 - and can be found here:
http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/yourairtimecontract#
Also doesn't running the skype application run down the battery much quicker?
Mum pays £7.50 a month for the bolt on, and adds Dad, child 1, child 2 and child 3. Its not just mum that gets free calls and texts to these numbers . Child 1,2,3 can all call each other for free without having to pay for any bolt on. No other netwok will give you this.
hot
lilly x
if you started all fresh with 5 new O2 SIM Cards and 1 person paid the £7.50p per month would the other 4 people need to top up a minimum of £10 to get the ball rolling and if so how often would you need to top up those 4 phones on O2 to keep them activated?
does the sim need credit? if the sim has £0 credit can calls and text still be made to the 5 people in the ring?
is the site working for anyone? when i try to go to buy now link, i get this message:
cant find any fair usage limits either
still hot deal like i said before
exaclty how many mins/texts is allowed?
Any unlimited call and/or text allowances permit you to make unlimited calls/text from your mobile phone for private, personal and non-commercial purposes. You may not use your SIM Card: (a) in, or connected to, any other device; or (b) in a way that adversely impacts the service to other O2 customers. If O2 reasonably suspect you are not acting in accordance with this policy O2 reserves the right to impose further charges or disconnect your Bolt On or tariff at any time, having attempted to contact you first. An unlimited allowance exists between all group members, subject to this excessive usage policy.
Not very helpful!!
Can I keep my mobile number when I move to O2?
Once you have decided to join O2, you will need to contact your existing network provider to request a PAC number (Port Authorisation Code).
Then, once you have received your new O2 SIM card, you will need to give O2 customer services your PAC code. The easiest way to do this is by completing the form at o2.co.uk/keepyournumber. Once we have received your PAC code, your existing number will be transferred to your new O2 account within two working days.
Remember your PAC code is only valid for 30 days.
http://www.o2.co.uk/termsandconditions/o2family#
Worth reading them if one of your friends/family have an o2 work mobile that you want to include in the group as some restrictions / authorisation required.
There is a guide how to set up the calling circle. You can do it online:
http://www.selflearning.co.uk/o2/family/index.asp?simId=3
£7.50 a month for this looks like a good one to me, and you cancel pretty much anytime. Voted hot.
I'm tempted as I'm on the Vodafone Family deal, but I can't get a decent signal where I live. My contract runs out next month, so I'll see what they offer me first!
How you add the 5 people, is there a list you enter when you order, and finally :smiley: can you add people later if you don't want to use all five straight away?
I know I could just go and order it and find out but you lot are usually so knowledgable :smile:
Vodafone have this with Vodafone Family, but it doesn't include texts.
The only problem with this is getting my family members to switch over to o2; i doubt they'd want to surrender their current numbers with their various networks on crappy in-store tariffs...
2) Not everyone wants to be on contract
3) Not everyone can get a contract
4) What about the kids on pay as you go?
:roll:
Not for me though
2 All members of the group must be O2 customers.
which I thought would be the case otherwise it would cost them a fortune, but getting people to switch network is not easy.
abit like vodafone family
tmobile is so dumb charging £7.50 for only 5 days (5 day pass)
voted hot