Unlimited data plans on smartphone are a thing of the passed ???

callum1875

I was reading things about web enabled phones over the weekend and I stumbled across a number of articles which included one by the bbc click program http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm
These story's appeared to indicate that unlimited data plans where going to be phased out as the networks could not handle the traffic. however wi-fi was still not going to be charged for

will this affect people in a big way and make many people go over their limit and get charged an exorbitant fee as a result or will the limit imposed of around 2 Gig be more than anuffe for many user

The front runner for this idea 02 don't seems to think so as it says that 97% of it users use less than the limit,but as the network coverage improve and devises improve will it almost turn into a tax on having a smart phone

what does everyone think??

N20Y1D

Vodafone were the first ones to do away with it, only they chose not to announce it and to apply it to already existing contracts.

The companies can dress it up however they like (vodafone also stated it was 97% - what a coincidence) but its a money making thing, pure and simple.

As for them 'allowing' free wifi, they dont really have a lot of choice.

ruggedtoast

This is rip off Britain after all. My friend works in tech in Europe and the UKs stingey data allowances and price gouging for actually using smart phone data has made the news over there.

I imagine it will go the same way as broadband did here. i.e after initially offering unmetered services companies will fall over themselves in a race to offer lower and lower caps and higher and higher charges for "excessive use".

Then eventually the infrastructure will catch up, costs will go down and someone will start offering unlimited again, at which point the dam will burst.