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From: Roger Mills on 3 Jan 2010 15:29 In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> > When i checked my My3 account details, as it should it counted down > the inclusive 150Mb first > > Steve Terry Yes, but that's not quite what I'm asking! I'm asking when does the add-on expire? Suppose you buy a �5 top-up. That gets you 150MB which expires in 90 days if you haven't used it by then. But suppose that you immediately convert the �5 to an add-on for a month's internet. Then suppose that you use up your 150MB in 2 weeks and then automatically transfer to the add-on. The question is, at the point of transfer, do you get a month starting at that point - or did your month start when you bought the add-on, so that you've only got two weeks left? -- 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!
From: Theo Markettos on 3 Jan 2010 16:58 Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > In an earlier contribution to this discussion, > Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: > > > When i checked my My3 account details, as it should it counted down > > the inclusive 150Mb first I took a new SIM the other day, then added 10 pounds from a topup voucher and bought a mobile broadband addon from my phone. The mobile.three.co.uk page suggests that data should be used in the mobile broadband addon first and then the 150MB free data, but this wasn't the case. It used the 150MB first. > The question is, at the point of transfer, do you get a month starting at > that point - or did your month start when you bought the add-on, so that > you've only got two weeks left? My mobile.three.co.uk page (which I can't get at right now) says that the mobile BB addon (which isn't quite the same as an Internet Monthly addon) expires a month after I bought it. So I'm using the free data first instead of my paid-for allowance. FWIW I did a bit of comparison between the 'phone' internet and the mobile broadband. It depends on which APN you use... if you use the APN '3internet' you can't get at mobile.three.co.uk to buy the phone internet addon. The DNS name exists with a public IP, but it just HTTP redirects to www.three.co.uk/my3. That site only provides options for addons etc for mobile broadband. If you use the APN 'three.co.uk' the private-IP DNS hands out a local IP for mobile.three.co.uk: $ host mobile.three.co.uk 172.31.140.69 Using domain server: Name: 172.31.140.69 Address: 172.31.140.69#53 Aliases: mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.76.73 mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.30.140.73 mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.140.73 and you can access the 'phone browser' pages on that site. But of course you're behind NAT. Theo
From: Jimbo Jones ... on 3 Jan 2010 17:55 "Theo Markettos" <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news:K9z*9se0s(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... > Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> In an earlier contribution to this discussion, >> Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> >> > When i checked my My3 account details, as it should it counted down >> > the inclusive 150Mb first > > I took a new SIM the other day, then added 10 pounds from a topup voucher > and bought a mobile broadband addon from my phone. > > The mobile.three.co.uk page suggests that data should be used in the > mobile > broadband addon first and then the 150MB free data, but this wasn't the > case. It used the 150MB first. > >> The question is, at the point of transfer, do you get a month starting at >> that point - or did your month start when you bought the add-on, so that >> you've only got two weeks left? > > My mobile.three.co.uk page (which I can't get at right now) says that the > mobile BB addon (which isn't quite the same as an Internet Monthly addon) > expires a month after I bought it. So I'm using the free data first > instead > of my paid-for allowance. > > FWIW I did a bit of comparison between the 'phone' internet and the mobile > broadband. It depends on which APN you use... if you use the APN > '3internet' you can't get at mobile.three.co.uk to buy the phone internet > addon. The DNS name exists with a public IP, but it just HTTP redirects > to > www.three.co.uk/my3. That site only provides options for addons etc for > mobile broadband. > > If you use the APN 'three.co.uk' the private-IP DNS hands out a local IP > for > mobile.three.co.uk: > $ host mobile.three.co.uk 172.31.140.69 > Using domain server: > Name: 172.31.140.69 > Address: 172.31.140.69#53 > Aliases: > > mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.76.73 > mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.30.140.73 > mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.140.73 > > and you can access the 'phone browser' pages on that site. But of course > you're behind NAT. > > Theo that was what I was trying to say ... :~)
From: Lynn W on 10 Jan 2010 06:59 On 3/1/10 22:55, in article of90n.21674$Ym4.5448(a)text.news.virginmedia.com, "Jimbo Jones ..." <jim.gm4dhj(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > "Theo Markettos" <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message > news:K9z*9se0s(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... >> Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>> In an earlier contribution to this discussion, >>> Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: >>> >>>> When i checked my My3 account details, as it should it counted down >>>> the inclusive 150Mb first >> >> I took a new SIM the other day, then added 10 pounds from a topup voucher >> and bought a mobile broadband addon from my phone. >> >> The mobile.three.co.uk page suggests that data should be used in the >> mobile >> broadband addon first and then the 150MB free data, but this wasn't the >> case. It used the 150MB first. >> >>> The question is, at the point of transfer, do you get a month starting at >>> that point - or did your month start when you bought the add-on, so that >>> you've only got two weeks left? >> >> My mobile.three.co.uk page (which I can't get at right now) says that the >> mobile BB addon (which isn't quite the same as an Internet Monthly addon) >> expires a month after I bought it. So I'm using the free data first >> instead >> of my paid-for allowance. >> >> FWIW I did a bit of comparison between the 'phone' internet and the mobile >> broadband. It depends on which APN you use... if you use the APN >> '3internet' you can't get at mobile.three.co.uk to buy the phone internet >> addon. The DNS name exists with a public IP, but it just HTTP redirects >> to >> www.three.co.uk/my3. That site only provides options for addons etc for >> mobile broadband. >> >> If you use the APN 'three.co.uk' the private-IP DNS hands out a local IP >> for >> mobile.three.co.uk: >> $ host mobile.three.co.uk 172.31.140.69 >> Using domain server: >> Name: 172.31.140.69 >> Address: 172.31.140.69#53 >> Aliases: >> >> mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.76.73 >> mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.30.140.73 >> mobile.three.co.uk has address 172.31.140.73 >> >> and you can access the 'phone browser' pages on that site. But of course >> you're behind NAT. >> >> Theo > > that was what I was trying to say ... :~) > > I'm reading this thread with interest but getting confused. I have a 3 dongle that I use in Scotland at the moment this has no credit on it as it expired at the end of October when we closed the caravan for the Winter. I will buy a voucher (which I believe has to be for �10 at least) which will last 30 days in April when we open the caravan. I very rarely use it all as we only go up every other weekend. Sometimes I get to use very little because 3 was down for the whole weekend on 3 occasions when we were up there! Does anything in this thread affect me. Lynn
From: Christof Meerwald on 10 Jan 2010 07:32
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:59:11 +0000, Lynn W wrote: [...] > we only go up every other weekend. Sometimes I get to use very little > because 3 was down for the whole weekend on 3 occasions when we were up > there! Does anything in this thread affect me. It's usually cheaper to use a 3pay phone SIM (150MB Internet just for topping up or �5 per month) in your dongle than the mobile broadband SIM (�10 per month) that came with the dongle. Christof -- http://cmeerw.org sip:cmeerw at cmeerw.org mailto:cmeerw at cmeerw.org xmpp:cmeerw at cmeerw.org |