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From: Peter Ceresole on 22 Mar 2010 08:25 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay monthly. > Either way, it's too late to do this now. I think it says that... You lose the free data connection for the first year (you can buy it back at �10 a month, or something). Yup, here it is... 'But if you unlock your iPhone less than 12 months after you bought it, we'll take off the free Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On (that we added for the first 12 months). You can buy a Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On for �10 a month when you fill in the unlocking form.' With my glorious 'just-a-phone' Nokia 1100, all this is a foreign land to me... -- Peter
From: Jon B on 22 Mar 2010 08:27 Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > > > > > DO NOT TURN ON DATA ROAMING. > > > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8576941.stm> puts some numbers on > > it. > > Great, thanks everyone. > > It shows how little i travel, really. In Greece last year I checked > email only, each day a couple of times, out of ritual really, and there > was def an addition to my bill. Also in Italy the year before. I was > amazed how much it was for such a tiny time online. I mean, not a lot of > money in itself, but worrying when potentially multiplied. > > Previous trips I didn't have a smartphone. On my old N95, just checking the emails would use around 1-3mb a month, so not to bad, but the iPhone downloads much more of the content, so more data usage. With all the push notifications on it'd be very easy to download a lot more than you realise. In prefs/general/usage you can check how much data you've shifted over cellular to give you an inkling, though first month data is usually high. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Woody on 22 Mar 2010 08:35 SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay monthly. > > > Either way, it's too late to do this now. > > > > Why - are you there yet? > > Takes up to 14 days. > > I've just put in for mine now. I tried, the form messed up trying! -- Woody
From: SteveH on 22 Mar 2010 08:36 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > SteveH <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay monthly. > > > > Either way, it's too late to do this now. > > > > > > Why - are you there yet? > > > > Takes up to 14 days. > > > > I've just put in for mine now. > > I tried, the form messed up trying! Their webservers are buggered, it took ages to get anything done. I'm 10 months into my 12 months free data on PAYG, but haven't really used it - an unlocked phone is much more useful to me. -- SteveH
From: Woody on 22 Mar 2010 08:36
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Bella Jones <me9(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > I thought I couldn't do it for a while after getting it on pay monthly. > > Either way, it's too late to do this now. > > I think it says that... You lose the free data connection for the first > year (you can buy it back at �10 a month, or something). Yup, here it > is... That is only on pay as you go, not pay monthly -- Woody |