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From: CJB on 9 Mar 2010 07:56
I topped up my S2 subscription by £10 and received the usual 'free
stuff' including an internet allowance of 150Mb.

However my Three mobile dongle has just run out of credit with a week
to go, so I decided to buy a one week internet add-on at £2.50 for
the
S2 which I can also use as a modem.

However I have two concerns.

One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week
internet
add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing
the web.

And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
used up, before the internet add-on allowance. In which case after
using up the add-on allowance I will be left with no internet access
at all until the next £10 top-up. And I'm not doing that until I have
had some use out of the other 'free stuff' such as texts and 3-3
calls
etc.

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.

CJB.
From: Theo Markettos on 9 Mar 2010 09:05
CJB <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week internet
> add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing the
> web.

I think it's fairly generous, but can't remember exactly. 500MB perhaps?

> And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
> states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
> this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
> used up, before the internet add-on allowance.

Yes, that's what happens. It's quite annoying. In the extreme, keep a
separate SIM for the week's addon.

Theo
From: CJB on 9 Mar 2010 09:22
On Mar 9, 2:05 pm, Theo Markettos <theom+n...(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk>
wrote:
> CJB <chrisjbr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week internet
> > add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing the
> > web.
>
> I think it's fairly generous, but can't remember exactly.  500MB perhaps?
>
> > And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
> > states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
> > this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
> > used up, before the internet add-on allowance.
>
> Yes, that's what happens.  It's quite annoying.  In the extreme, keep a
> separate SIM for the week's addon.
>
> Theo

That I like - a separate SIM for the Internet add-on!!! I'd only use
it when my dongle allowance has gotten all used up. Nice solution.
Many thanks - Chris B.
From: Harry Stottle on 9 Mar 2010 11:53
"CJB" <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of �10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Don't top-ups start from �5.00? They did last time I looked.


From: Steve Terry on 9 Mar 2010 13:27
"Harry Stottle" <thiswontwork(a)nowhere.co.uk> wrote in message
news:o3vln.416019$5n1.328484(a)newsfe01.ams2...
> "CJB" <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e7f85056-170b-4477-9c47-9b260c750095(a)y11g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>
> Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of �10 to retain
> internet features.
> CJB.
>
> Don't top-ups start from �5.00? They did last time I looked.
>
>
Only by credit card, e-voucher starts at a tenner

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276


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