O2's iPad data plans revealed
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From: T i m on 10 May 2010 07:57 On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:37:21 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >> I ask because Dad has BTBB and has no use for the Hotspot thing so if >> there is an 'allowance' going unused it seems a shame (even if it >> continues to be unused) and it would be nice to know how-to etc? > >I've no idea, sorry. With the iPhone it gets linked to your phone number. Ah, micro browsing. ;-) > I >imagine it's similar for the BTBB deal but I've no way of knowing. Ok ta. T i m
From: Ian Piper on 10 May 2010 09:30 On 2010-05-10 11:04:10 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On O2 it's going to be like this: > > 2UKP gets you one day's data, up to 500MB. > > 30 days (up to 1GB) is 10UKP > 30 days (up to 3GB) is 15UKP > > The 30 day plans are rolling contracts, but you can cancel on the iPad > itself a day before it's due to renew. > > <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/05/10/o2_vodafone_ipad_mobile_ > broadband_deals/> > > > These strike me as being quite good. 15quid for 3GB over a month would suit > me down to the ground on holiday. > > Jim Ohh... totally confused. I have ordered my iPad now, but I am not clear how these connectivity deals work at all. With my MBP I can connect using Wi-Fi to BTOpenzone anywhere I can find a hot-spot, and this is free because of my BT broadband account. So presumably the same will be true with the iPad. The 3G thing, though, is what is confusing me. If I read these deals correctly I can buy, say, 1GB of data transfer in a month for �10 - obviously only where there is a 3G connection. Is that right? If I am somewhere with a BTOpenzone Wi-Fi hotspot how do I make sure that I'm using that for free rather than the metered 3G connection? Is it simply a question of turning off the 3G connection? Frankly I'm not sure what I don't understand, but I don't want to repeat the screwing I got over my iPhone. I bought one at a time when the cheapest option O2 would offer me still had me paying �35 per month and then throwing away around 90 minutes of talk and 600 texts every month, because I just didn't use it that much. I am now using my old Orange SIM in the iPhone on a tariff where I only pay for the calls I make and am back to about �1.50 per month. So what is the sage advice from people who actually know about this stuff, for dullards like me, who want the most cost-effective and getting-screwed-proof way to get internettage on the iPad? And in a moment I'll be posting my other dumb question, about reading my library of PDF technical books. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 10 May 2010 09:37 On Mon, 10 May 2010 14:30:28 +0100, Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: >Ohh... totally confused. I have ordered my iPad now, but I am not clear >how these connectivity deals work at all. With my MBP I can connect >using Wi-Fi to BTOpenzone anywhere I can find a hot-spot, and this is >free because of my BT broadband account. So presumably the same will be >true with the iPad. The 3G thing, though, is what is confusing me. If I >read these deals correctly I can buy, say, 1GB of data transfer in a >month for �10 - obviously only where there is a 3G connection. Is that >right? Nearly - I'm not certain but I expect GSM and EDGE connections are also usable for mobile data. They'll all count towards your 1Gig. > If I am somewhere with a BTOpenzone Wi-Fi hotspot how do I make >sure that I'm using that for free rather than the metered 3G >connection? Is it simply a question of turning off the 3G connection? You shouldn't need to - a wifi connection will always take precedence over a mobile data connection, at least by popping up a "would you like to use one of these available wifi?" panel. >Frankly I'm not sure what I don't understand, but I don't want to >repeat the screwing I got over my iPhone. Wait until other providers have got their offerings out, and go from there. Or bypass the whole issue by getting the cheaper wifi iPad, and spending the change on something like a Mifi 3G/wifi hotspot for your other pocket, or using your current 3G phone as one (iPhone, android, Nokia s60 at least will all do this). The downside of this is that you don't get GPS on your iPad unless you buy a 3G one. Cheers - Jaimie -- "Some people think that noise abatement should be a higher priority for ATC. I say safety is noise abatement. You have no idea how much noise it makes to have a 737 fall out of the sky after an accident." -- anonymous air traffic controller
From: Duncan Kennedy on 10 May 2010 10:12 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > As an aside on that if I may ... am I right in thinking that if you > have BT Bradband you probably also have access to these Hotspot > things? > > If that is correct, what sort of info do you need to be able to make > use of such and how do you apply it in practice? > I'm on BT Broadband at home and the small print says that Option 3 gets something like 500MB a month WiFi through hotspots. It also says that BT Openzone is available once you sign up to Fon (the BT idea that you give over a bit of your broadband connection to Fon members (not hotspot ones). I haven't signed up- although it is all done on a completyely different channel to your normal connection so has no effect on your bandwidth - they say. Last week I was sitting in a cafe trying to connect my iPhone to their own free WiFi when I found a BT one and tried that - it worked. So I don't *reall have an anser to your question as the iPhone is on Orange on PAYG (which also has some access rights to somethng Ornage has signed up to. -- duncank
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 10 May 2010 11:51
On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:12:49 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > >> >> You shouldn't need to - a wifi connection will always take precedence >> over a mobile data connection, at least by popping up a "would you >> like to use one of these available wifi?" panel. >> >Sorry to jump in here but it is really a related question, even if I >only have an iPhone. I'm happy picking up mail by WiFi anytime on the >iPhone but I would like to stop it trying to do it on my Orange phone >connection unless I ask it too. I'm very new to the phone but today I >made a voice call in a poor signal area then saw a lot of spam emails >arive without opening Mail. > >I probably missed somethng but can I stop mobile data unless I ask for >it somewhere inthe menus? yes - Settings, Mail(etc), Fetch New Data. Set Push to Off, and choose Manually. Cheers - Jaimie -- If you own a jackhammer, every problem looks like hours of fun |