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3 does 7 gig I think. 2010/1/16 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Simon Williams wrote: > >> On 14/01/10 11:55, Gordon Henderson wrote: >>> >>> I'm paying just under Â17 a month for 150 minutes/300 txts and >>> "unlimited" data. Admittedly this is with O2, however... >> >> Ah yes, "unlimited" data. Why are mobile service providers all lying >> crooks? And why are they always 20 years behind? >> All of their 'unlimited' data contracts have very clearly specified >> limits. So it's obviously not unlimited! Some are worse than others. >> T-Mobile won't kick you off or charge you a fortune the moment you go over, >> but most will do one or the other. >> >> T-Mobile - 1Gb >> O2 - 1Gb (afaik) >> Orange - 500Mb >> Vodafone - 500Mb >> >> And guess which two in that list are the worst money-grabbing draconians? >> Yeah that's right, the ones who think that 500Mb/month is enough data. >> Anytime you'd care to get a little nearer to the right century... > > Indeed - the sooner people are banned from using the word unlmited the > better. > > Although - I don't think I've come anywhere near any sort of limit on O2 - I > now let Nokia Maps have full-time GPRS/3G access when it needs it, and I use > google lattitude too (Sometimes) I don't download email to the phone though > because the Nokia email client isn't that good, but I use putty a lot and > the occasional web viewing, etc. > >> All the service providers are complaining that their purchase of frequency >> space was pointless because 3G isn't being used much. Maybe you should try >> not ripping people off for it? And this clearly shows how stupid the data >> limits are- it's not like the bandwidth isn't available. >> >> I'm trying to get an N900, and change to a mobile data contract at the >> same time. Interestingly it's cheaper on contract at the moment. That would >> be fine, except that Vodafone have the exclusive on it. DAMMIT. > > Just buy it outright if you can afford it and off you go. I'm out of > contract on me E90 and moved to their (O2's) SIMplicity plan.. > > Gordon > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html