O2's iPad data plans revealed
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From: Duncan Kennedy on 10 May 2010 15:36 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:12:49 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk > (Duncan Kennedy) wrote: > > > >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. > > Thanks for that. -- duncank
From: zoara on 10 May 2010 18:12 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > 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). FON is far from BT's idea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FON It wasn't that long ago that the large corporate ISPs like BT were fighting against FON... > 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. Wireless bandwidth, perhaps. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Peter Ceresole on 11 May 2010 02:04 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > Orange is 750MB/month. Which they call unlimited. > > I presume they don't speak english. > > This is something I'd _really_ like to see an end to. ISPs shouldn't be > allowed to say something is 'unlimited' if there are, in fact, limits. > Especially if they're going to charge you for going over them. Doesn't Ofcom have something to say about that? They are, after all, the regulator. -- Peter
From: Jim on 11 May 2010 02:19 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > Orange is 750MB/month. Which they call unlimited. > > > I presume they don't speak english. > > > > This is something I'd _really_ like to see an end to. ISPs shouldn't be > > allowed to say something is 'unlimited' if there are, in fact, limits. > > Especially if they're going to charge you for going over them. > > Doesn't Ofcom have something to say about that? > > They are, after all, the regulator. I think (but I could be wrong) that they're allowed to say it's 'unlimited' if it's _effectively_ unlimited, ie in 'normal' use you won't come near the actual limit. For example, on my O2 contract I get something like 5GB a month data. The most I've ever actually used is about 250MB, so for me 5GB _is_ effectively unlimited, insomuch as I don't have to keep an eye on the meter. Trouble is, with streaming video becoming more and more popular calling 750MB 'unlimited' is just a mockery. You coupld probably blow through that in a day with iPlayer or YouTube. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Peter Ceresole on 11 May 2010 02:44
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Trouble is, with streaming video becoming more and more popular calling > 750MB 'unlimited' is just a mockery. You coupld probably blow through > that in a day with iPlayer or YouTube. Which is precisely why I think that the game has changed, that people's requirements have changed in ways of which many of them will be unaware, and that Ofcom ought to be bearing down on this sloppy stuff. -- Peter |