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Re: [LUG] OT: Mobile data, WAS: Interesting Linux info

 

Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Grant Sewell wrote:

So, does that mean that my 'unlimited Internet' on my Palm Pre is limited to 1GB/month?
Very probably.. The unlimited means they're not limiting what you can 
do with it.
Ecept they are - as you'll probably find that "streaming" is 
prohibited in their T&Cs... And they'll force-proxy all your web traffic.
They're outright liars - just like the broadband companies who lie 
about their unlimited data packages too, yet no-one has challenged 
them about it!
Gordon

Yup, I get 1GB on Three, that's their idea of unlimited internet. Okay to be fair I've only gone over my usage once, but I don't use it half as much as I would do if it was say 3GB allowance.
I got 1GB with my Vodafone PAYG 3G modem, I've had the modem nearly a 
year now and still got about 600MB left.  Saying that I don't use it 
much, mainly because I struggle to get any reception at home (plus with 
my home broadband being much higher usage levels, I don't see the point 
in using the mobile broadband unless I need to test something over 
another connection).
I guess with regards to the proxy, at least on a laptop you can tunnel 
into your home network and use that connection as a gateway?
Rob


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