turkcell or telsim contract??

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 01:12

does anyone know..



how easy/hard it is to obtain a mobile contract here?

how much is the monthly line rental?

are you offered a new phone with the contract?

are they anything like the UK contracts?

are there any good package deals??



seem to be topping up every day with telsim 400-600 kontour and only lasting about 20-30mins on calls, looking for a cheaper option and cross network if possible



thanks

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 01:25

read this...



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/42479.asp

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 01:29

thats from over a year ago and doesnt answer all my questions

thanks all the same

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 01:34

..any questions actually

im asking about mobile contracts i already have a gezz dongle, o2 dongle and broadband

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 01:38

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/41547.asp

nostradamus


Joined: 15/04/2008
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 19:12

Can't tell you much about Turkcell but Telsim contracts can be sorted in their shop in Girne and the basic monthly charge is only about 2 or 3 TL, extra if you have international roaming. You can choose to have an all inclusive amount of minutes of calls to any other mobile (Telsim or Turkcell) plus TRNC landlines. I have 500 minutes per month for 69TL but you can have lesser amounts. I believe that Turkcell do similar but restricted to Turkcell to Turkcell only but somebody will no doubt correct me if this is not the case. If you go to Telsim, take your passport with you as they photocopy it.

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 23:37

thats great





thanks very much



its really for my mum she seems to be topping up her payg constantly and barely speaks to anyone

she can talk for scotland and wonders why other peoples phones dont cut out half way through conversations/ arranging dinner plans

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
02/10/2010 23:59

I think these two companies are going to be beating the shit out of each other in a forth coming court case about lies in advertising speed allegations.



Richard

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
03/10/2010 00:20

are there any other phone companies here?



i might even go into both shops and compare their deals



the speeds out here arent that great the servers are in nicosia (for my broadband provider at least) were on the "last mile" this side of the mountain and mostly wireless i wouldnt expect the connection to get any better with any company



it was the same back home.. i worked for sky tiscali and a few other companies. they can say "upto" 20MB and the line might only support dial up. we always told people what theyd actually get but out here i find the language barrier (my own fault) makes it harder for this to be explained to us.

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
03/10/2010 00:23

The easiest way to answer your questions is to check out the respective websites.



Turkcell site is in English & Turkish. URL for English site is below.



http://www.kktcell.com/kktcell/default_en.html



The Telsim site is only in Turkish. if you have a smattering of Turkish, you should be able to cope.



http://www.kktctelsim.com/index.asp?menu=main



IMO Turkcell is best. 85% of my phonebook contacts use Turkcell- 0533 numbers. Telsim is 0542.

There are big cost advantages to using the supplier that you have the most contacts for, in your phonebook.

Both providers charge twice the price for calls to the other provider.

scruff


Joined: 15/07/2008
Posts: 1070

Message Posted:
03/10/2010 00:26

Sorry, I missed this one.

No phones with contracts here. This is not the UK.

Not easy to get a contract unless you have Temp. residency or a property here.

They have clearly had problems with inpaid bills from Expats who have done a flit in the past.

If you have residency, then a contract is easy to get.

nicolab


Joined: 30/09/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
03/10/2010 00:41

msg10 : i have google chrome it translates it for me thanks very much ..

totally obvious that i took the lazy option with this one



msg 11: yeh i got my residency in august

my contacts are half and half and ive only been here since july so i suppose it could sway either way

so i think a cross network plan would be best



can i keep the same number?