Mobile Phone Internet data charges

michaels

I have been on all the network websites but am really none the wiser - could anyone tell me for each network how much a mobile web add on adds to a months rental and how much data it covers. E.g. for Voda you get only 500mb for £5 a month

evilsheep

Hello :hello:

Here are some links for you:

T Mobile:
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/mobile-internet/on-your-phone/how-to-get-it/12-month/
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/mobile-internet/on-your-phone/how-to-get-it/18-month/
£7.50 a month (only if you're on a flext, combi or u-fix plan) for up to 1GB a month

O2:
http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/tariffs/paymonthly/boltons
£7.50 a month for no idea how much, sorry!


Vodafone:
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template10&pageID=MI_0004&&WT.svl=link2
£5 a month for up to 500mb

Orange are a bit vague with their data plans. I recently upgraded through retentions, and managed to secure an unlimited data package as part of my monthly deal. They were offering free u/l browsing on all plans over £30 (or was it £35?), but have since withdrawn this. It appears that you can still choose unlimited browsing as an additional benefit of Panther plans.

I think it's also worth phoning the networks directly, or popping into a shop, as you may be offered incentive deals.

Hope this helps.

michaels

Thanks - about as far as I got - also anecdotally there seems to be different treatment of people going over their allowance - t-mobile talk about warnings and throttling; Three are reported to charge £100 per GB :eek:

MobileMeg

Hi Michaels,

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regards,
Pete.

Cavey

evilsheep wrote: »

O2:
http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/tariffs/paymonthly/boltons
£7.50 a month for no idea how much, sorry!

PAYG is a 200Mb limit. It says this in the terms.

Contract is allegedly unlimited (ie that's what their staff think it is) but getting hold of a copy of their Acceptable Use Policy is impossible (I have not managed it yet). However, the two explanations I have received are that

"It's unlimited"

and

"Yes, it's 200Mb and we operate a three-strike system if you exceed this amount before we stop your use of the bolt on".

However, as I cannot get a written copy of these terms, I would hope that it would be deemed unenforceable.