O2 Data Policy

androidpower

O2 have recently (April 2011) changed the price structure for the data bolt on, 100mb costs £3, 500mb costs £6, and 1gb costs £10.

What would happen if I go over the data allowance limt?

I can't find a definite answer on the web.

Can someone please advise?

Thanks.

KillerWatt

If you go over then you are charged for it, what you get charged depends on what tariff you have now.

androidpower

Thanks for your reply.

I have recently opted for the 100mb option. Do you know what would the charge be?

KillerWatt

Haven't got a clue.
I have the 500MB bolt on which costs £5 per month, and if I go over then it's a maximum of £1 per day.

grumbler

androidpower wrote: »

I can't find a definite answer on the web.

View charges outside your allowance

Wintermute

KillerWatt wrote: »

If you go over then you are charged for it, what you get charged depends on what tariff you have now.

That's completely incorrect. If you go over you'll get your connection speed throttled, you don't get charged. At 80% of your allowance you get a warning message then once you reach 100% you'll get another text then your speed is throttled to 15 kilobits per second and you have the option of opting for a top up data bolt-on or waiting for your billing period for your allowance to reset.

KillerWatt

Wintermute wrote: »

That's completely incorrect. If you go over you'll get your connection speed throttled, you don't get charged.

I don't know what package you are on, but on PAYG it's £1 per day if I go over and it is NOT throttled at all (speedtest.net and streaming HD video from YouTube proves that).

How do I know for sure it only costs £1 per day?
Quite simple, the text from O2 telling me it will only cost no more than £1 per day is the giveaway.

Costs me £10 per month for the top-up, of which £5 is taken to pay for the bolt-on, leaving me £5 credit and 100 mins talktime.

Techhead_2

Wintermute and Killerwatt are both correct. What happens when you reach your allowance depends on whether you are pay and go or contract.