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From: R. Mark Clayton on 10 Jun 2010 16:04
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-working/2010/06/10/o2-drops-unlimited-mobile-data-allowance-40089205/

With any overshoot costing �1.50p per Mb some people could be getting
surprise bills.

Funny how a big O2 advertising campaign recently
"We're nobbling broadband niggles" http://o2nobblingniggles.co.uk/
seemed to somehow miss out changing the deal and then screwing their
customers with ���� bills (the "crafty cost nark" maybe?).

Don't O2 directors have any self respect?

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From: Denis McMahon on 10 Jun 2010 17:39
On 10/06/10 21:04, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-working/2010/06/10/o2-drops-unlimited-mobile-data-allowance-40089205/
>
> With any overshoot costing £1.50p per Mb some people could be getting
> surprise bills.
>
> Funny how a big O2 advertising campaign recently
> "We're nobbling broadband niggles" http://o2nobblingniggles.co.uk/
> seemed to somehow miss out changing the deal and then screwing their
> customers with ££££ bills (the "crafty cost nark" maybe?).
>
> Don't O2 directors have any self respect?

From the BBC article:

"The network's cheapest tariff will cost £25 per month for two years and
will allow a user to download 500MB per month. After that, it will cost
£5 for every additional 500 megabytes of data consumed."

and:

"The most expensive tariff - at £60 per month - allows users to download
1GB."

This is telling me that (a) "£1.50 / Meg" is grossly exaggerating the
cost of overshooting, and (b) a 500 Mb contract plus 7 * £5.00 / 500 Mb
gives you 4 Gb for the same cost as a 1Gb / Month contract.

Maybe the beeb article is wrong?

Rgds

Denis McMahon

From: Borg on 10 Jun 2010 18:12
I also think its a lot to do with recouping losses from roaming charges
and other changes that have been forced on them by OFTEL
From: R. Mark Clayton on 10 Jun 2010 18:49

"Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
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On 10/06/10 21:04, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-working/2010/06/10/o2-drops-unlimited-mobile-data-allowance-40089205/
>
> With any overshoot costing �1.50p per Mb some people could be getting
> surprise bills.
>
> Funny how a big O2 advertising campaign recently
> "We're nobbling broadband niggles" http://o2nobblingniggles.co.uk/
> seemed to somehow miss out changing the deal and then screwing their
> customers with ���� bills (the "crafty cost nark" maybe?).
>
> Don't O2 directors have any self respect?

:From the BBC article:

:"The network's cheapest tariff will cost �25 per month for two years and
:will allow a user to download 500MB per month. After that, it will cost
:�5 for every additional 500 megabytes of data consumed."

:and:

:"The most expensive tariff - at �60 per month - allows users to download
:1GB."

:This is telling me that (a) "�1.50 / Meg" is grossly exaggerating the
:cost of overshooting,

I went on a SIMplicity tarif last year. There was only 0.5Mb inclusive and
after that it was ridiculously expensive. After a while I got bored with
waiting until I was in wi-fi coverage, plus unlike a Blackberry my Nokia
could not be inhibited from going online with 3G from time to time so I got
a Web bolt on.

: and (b) a 500 Mb contract plus 7 * �5.00 / 500 Mb
: gives you 4 Gb for the same cost as a 1Gb / Month contract.

: Maybe the beeb article is wrong?

Maybe O2 changed the marginal rates. They also [now] cap the charge to �1
per day.

OTOH to be fair to O2 data rates on 3G are very good.

Rgds

Denis McMahon


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