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Current Costs / Charges
UK Mobile Network Price Comparison (O2 • Vodafone • Three)
Sources: Official UK network websites — O2, Vodafone, Three (June 2026)
Across the UK’s three major mobile networks — O2, Vodafone and Three — the cost of the same amount of data varies massively. This applies to Pay As You Go, monthly SIM‑only contracts, and the extra “bolt‑on” data people buy when they run out. These differences can be as high as 85%, depending on the network.
Here’s a brief breakdown in plain English.
Same data. Totally different prices.
🔥 Unlimited Monthly Data
Three: £20 → Vodafone: £37 Vodafone is 85% more expensive
🔥 10GB PAYG Bundle
Three: £10 → O2/Vodafone: £15 33% more expensive
🔥 20GB PAYG Bundle
Three: £15 → O2/Vodafone: £20 25% more expensive
🔥 1GB Bolt‑On (Extra Data)
Three: £3 → O2/Vodafone: £5 66% more expensive
🔥 Unlimited PAYG Data
Three: £30 → Vodafone: £40 33% more expensive
​This comparison exposes a major problem in the UK mobile industry:
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The same data can cost up to 85% more depending on the network.
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Pricing is confusing, inconsistent, and often unclear to customers.
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Rural customers — including many in Norfolk — are often forced into the most expensive networks because cheaper networks don’t cover their area.
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Bolt‑ons are the biggest rip‑off, with O2 and Vodafone charging extremely high rates for small amounts of extra data.
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Customers who run out of data pay the highest penalty prices.​
This is exactly why the campaign exists: to expose the inconsistencies, protect consumers, and demand transparency.
Biggest Price Differences
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Depending on the network, the same data can cost up to 85% more — with Three consistently the cheapest and Vodafone consistently the highest.
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The Additional Problem
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If Vodafone is the only network with coverage in your area, then customers have no choice but to pay the highest prices.
This is a core issue:
Coverage can decide the price you pay if you only have 1 choice!
Not fairness, not competition, and not value.
Here’s the Unfair Reality
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People in cities and towns — with strong signal and fast data — pay the same price as people in rural areas with poor or unusable service.
It’s like this:
One person at the supermarket till pays £1 for 6 tomatoes.
The person behind them pays £1 for only 2 tomatoes — just because of where they live.
That’s the UK mobile market today.
What This Shows
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