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From: Roger Mills on 12 Jan 2010 05:38
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
CJB <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>
> "... this lack of being able to access My3 is also a major problem to
> monitor data usage for my new S2 Skypephone and 3Pay PAYG. I half used
> my 3Pay allowance and so purchased a one-day Internet Add-on for 50p.
> This was deducted from my 3Pay credit. However whilst I was using my
> S2 as a modem it seemed to use up both the 3Pay allowance AND the Add-
> on allowance until BOTH were used up without warning me

From what others have written, that is what I would expect!

AIUI, the 50p add-on lasts for a day (not sure whether that's 24 hours or
whether it expires at midnight on the same or following day?) and expires at
the end of the relevant time period whether or not you've used any
bandwidth. *And* the free usage is used first - so if you've got enough free
usage to last until the end of the 'day' covered by the add-on, you'll have
wasted the add-on.

It's obviously very important to be able to monitor the amount of free usage
left so that you can buy the add-on at just the right time. I read somewhere
[1] that you are supposed to get a warning of some sort when the free usage
is about to expire and when you are about to start eating into your 3Pay
credit. Maybe if My3 isn't working, the warning doesn't work either - in
which case you *have* got good grounds for complaint.

[1] On the last page of "Your quick guide to Pay As You Go on 3" (which
comes with the S2 phone) it says: "Your free 150MB Mobile Internet allowance
should be plenty, but if you get anywhere close to using it all up, you'll
hear from us by text".
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Cheers,
Roger
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From: Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down ... on 12 Jan 2010 06:29
50p mobile internet lasts from say 10am in the morning when you buy it to
midnight the next day ......


From: Roger Mills on 12 Jan 2010 14:13
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down ...
<jim.gm4dhj(a)googlemail.com> wrote:

> 50p mobile internet lasts from say 10am in the morning when you buy
> it to midnight the next day ......

What if I buy it at one minute past midnight - do I get virtually two days
for the price of one?
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Roger
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From: Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down ... on 12 Jan 2010 17:06

"Roger Mills" <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:7r3vu6Fr1fU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Jimbo in the bedroom ... having a nice lie down ...
> <jim.gm4dhj(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> 50p mobile internet lasts from say 10am in the morning when you buy
>> it to midnight the next day ......
>
> What if I buy it at one minute past midnight - do I get virtually two days
> for the price of one?

YES....go on gamble 50p....I posted this months ago and was slated as a
Scottish cheap skate .......


From: CJB on 12 Jan 2010 17:18
On Jan 12, 10:38 am, "Roger Mills" <watt.ty...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>
> CJB <chrisjbr...(a)gmail.com>  wrote:
>
> > "... this lack of being able to access My3 is also a major problem to
> > monitor data usage for my new S2 Skypephone and 3Pay PAYG. I half used
> > my 3Pay allowance and so purchased a one-day Internet Add-on for 50p.
> > This was deducted from my 3Pay credit. However whilst I was using my
> > S2 as a modem it seemed to use up both the 3Pay allowance AND the Add-
> > on allowance until BOTH were used up without warning me
>
> From what others have written, that is what I would expect!
>
> AIUI, the 50p add-on lasts for a day (not sure whether that's 24 hours or
> whether it expires at midnight on the same or following day?) and expires at
> the end of the relevant time period whether or not you've used any
> bandwidth. *And* the free usage is used first - so if you've got enough free
> usage to last until the end of the 'day' covered by the add-on, you'll have
> wasted the add-on.
>
> It's obviously very important to be able to monitor the amount of free usage
> left so that you can buy the add-on at just the right time. I read somewhere
> [1] that you are supposed to get a warning of some sort when the free usage
> is about to expire and when you are about to start eating into your 3Pay
> credit. Maybe if My3 isn't working, the warning doesn't work either - in
> which case you *have* got good grounds for complaint.
>
> [1] On the last page of "Your quick guide to Pay As You Go on 3" (which
> comes with the S2 phone) it says: "Your free 150MB Mobile Internet allowance
> should be plenty, but if you get anywhere close to using it all up, you'll
> hear from us by text".
> --
> Cheers,
> Roger
> ______
> Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly
> monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks.
> PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP!

I have tracked down the usage when my 3Pay and Internet Add-on
suddenly expired - it was BBC iPlayer upgrade. Suddenly I got a window
suggesting that I might like to download the new version. There were
two buttons - 'download and install now' and 'wait until later'. I
clicked on the second one. It seems that iPlayer ignored my request to
'down load later' and it downloaded right there and then. But it
didn't install. It was only when I'd received a new allowance on the
dongle that I noticed a window saying install iPlayer now. I clicked
on this and the install happened straight away. So iPlayer had
obviously downloaded the new version despite my request for it not to.
And that was what had taken my joint allowance over the top.

I hate it when systems do that. Once I got hit by MS for a security
upgrade of Office and XP and Explorer. It all amounted to a 250Mb
download taken from my dongle allowance.

CJB.
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