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From: .newman on 9 Aug 2010 09:52 Does anyone know what charges Virgin mobile will levy for very occasional [once every few months] tethering on a monthly contract? Regards
From: Garry Knight on 9 Aug 2010 15:21 ..newman wrote: > Does anyone know what charges Virgin mobile will levy for very > occasional [once every few months] tethering on a monthly contract? > > Regards I can't answer your question exactly, but you might want to read about my experiences with tethering my mobile phone to my netbook. I would advise you *not* to try it without knowing what you might be getting into. http://aintitpre.posterous.com/hidden-mobile-data-charges-ethical-or-not -- Garry Knight garryknight(a)gmx.net
From: Steve Terry on 9 Aug 2010 15:44 "Garry Knight" <garryknight(a)gmx.net> wrote in message news:i3pkf2$if4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > .newman wrote: > >> Does anyone know what charges Virgin mobile will levy for very >> occasional [once every few months] tethering on a monthly contract? >> Regards > > I can't answer your question exactly, but you might want to read about my > experiences with tethering my mobile phone to my netbook. I would advise > you > *not* to try it without knowing what you might be getting into. > http://aintitpre.posterous.com/hidden-mobile-data-charges-ethical-or-not > Garry Knight > > I would (and do) only use PAYG sims for tethering use, as you've little if any control over contract data rates unless using an added data package. Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK
From: .newman on 9 Aug 2010 16:27 On 09/08/2010 20:44, Steve Terry wrote: > "Garry Knight"<garryknight(a)gmx.net> wrote in message > news:i3pkf2$if4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> .newman wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know what charges Virgin mobile will levy for very >>> occasional [once every few months] tethering on a monthly contract? >>> Regards >> >> I can't answer your question exactly, but you might want to read about my >> experiences with tethering my mobile phone to my netbook. I would advise >> you >> *not* to try it without knowing what you might be getting into. >> http://aintitpre.posterous.com/hidden-mobile-data-charges-ethical-or-not >> Garry Knight >> >> > I would (and do) only use PAYG sims for tethering use, as you've little > if any control over contract data rates unless using an added data package. > > Steve Terry Thanks for the warning. How long would it take with normal browsing to hit the 25Mb limit? Regards
From: Steve Terry on 9 Aug 2010 17:28
"Peter" <occassionally-confused(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote in message news:0dp0669a1rjqbm6pa9qmbanp7ac9g3pp0o(a)4ax.com... > > Garry Knight <garryknight(a)gmx.net> wrote > >>I can't answer your question exactly, but you might want to read about my >>experiences with tethering my mobile phone to my netbook. I would advise >>you >>*not* to try it without knowing what you might be getting into. >>http://aintitpre.posterous.com/hidden-mobile-data-charges-ethical-or-not > > Reading the above, I don't see any evidence your bills are anything to > do with tethering. > > You simply exceeded the 25MB/day limit, and got charged per kilobyte > after that. > > I used to be with Virgin and was well aware of this 25MB/day limit, > which at 30p/day made GSM data essentially free (for my sort of > usage). > > True, but hard to exceed browsing on a phone, but very easy to exceed tethered to a PC Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK |