Three - We need to speak to you about changes to your plan

chris73

I'm fortunate that most of my Tethered use is limited to web surfing, that said, because I don't have ADSL (rural area crappy 512k speeds) I still manage to use 5gb - 6gb a month in Data, far more than '3's tethering allowance now covers.

Because I generally only do web browsing, i've just bought a 6 month pre activated T-Mobile Sim from Ebay for about £25 all in, this gives 1GB a month of data plus unlimited web surfing, once the initial 1GB has been used up. The sim can also be used in Dongles, Mifi, Tablets etc

Not a bad deal, effectively just £4.16 a month for 1GB worth of streaming / media etc per month for six months and unlimited web use. Provided, that once the 1GB is exhausted you only use data for web browsing, Ebay, Social Media etc then this will be fine.

I had one of these before I joined the One Plan and for light use and at a cost of less than a fiver per month they are great. True you never get more than 4mbps speeds from it, but how much speed do you need to surf Ebay and use the web.

I hope that '3' soon drop their "The network built for the internet" tagline, as that will be quite embarrassing within the industry as they no longer offer anything that's unique or awe inspiring on that score. Leaving cost aside, you can already get upto a 50GB / month allowance from EE which permits tethering, whilst Three's top offering is 4GB for a phone allowance which allows Tethering or 15GB a month for a dedicated Mobile Data Sim (and a 24 month contract to get that tariff).

I'm sure as hell am not going to go from a £15 unlimited plan to the £28 / month new tariff, in return for what, to me, is now only going to be 4GB worth of data - Jog on Three.

joeluken

Techhead wrote: »

That's a blog post from March! No wonder it didn't have the most up to date information.

Lol the "blog" item was started in March but it contains upto date "posts" and "replies" from Three about the current changes. Three hasn't done a "blog" (wonder why??) on the current changes so people are using that one to ask questions.

chris73

Three hasn't done a "blog" (wonder why??) on the current changes so people are using that one to ask questions.

Three always seem to be conveniently slow when it comes to announcing potentially "unpopular" changes. I remember that the original changes to the One Plan in respect of it being removed for new customers earlier in the year were being announced and discussed on Digital Spy weeks before Three published it.

An alternative could be to use a neighbours "BT WiFi with FON", there is a very strong BT WiFi signal here

Private BT FON points are capped at 512k Download Speeds, so a large download may take a long time to complete. I use FON a lot and actually find the speed at my device to be more like 200k - 300k in reality if the signal is weak or you are some distance away from the router. Commercial "BT Wifi" points are different as are the dedicated Fonero Modems (which give the user the option to choose their 'share' speed in their Fon control panel), but the ones which form part of the BT Routers in domestic homes (Labeled as "BT WIFI WITH FON") are speed limited to 512k, so as not to adversely affect the BT customers' own internet speed in areas with slow ADSL connections.

Frozen_up_north

chris73 wrote: »

Private BT FON points are capped at 512k Download Speeds, so a large download may take a long time to complete.

Thanks for that Chris, I didn't realise they were capped. So that's a non starter for an occasional large file download.

chris73

Thanks for that Chris, I didn't realise they were capped. So that's a non starter for an occasional large file download.

There was a big outcry with BT customers when they first partnered with FON and opened up their own routers to be shared publicly via the FON network. Many BT customers (quite rightly) pointed out that BT / FON make £x from selling wi-fi access and the BT customer who owns the modem, supplies the Electric for it and pays the monthly BT Internet subscription gets nothing from this 'deal', other than Fon Access in other areas, which many didn't want or need.

Some people only get 1mbps - 2mbps ADSL speeds and once again it was stated that it wouldn't be fair on them if a neighbour was sucking all of this bandwidth leaving them, the paying customer with dial up speeds.

All common sense and fair points really. So BT eventually agreed to a happy medium with its users and limited all of the FON access to 512k if its provided via a customers' modem. Commercial BT Wifi points in Pubs, Hotels and Shops are different, you'd probably get whatever capacity was available.

Pricy147

diamonds wrote: »

Use Miracast with Roku Stick, currently £39 from Tesco and all your data is included as it is not tethered, your mobile screen just mirrors to your TV via the HDMI Roku Stick, works with Apple, Android and Windows Phone devices.


Just go to the app store and download the Roku app to your phone, plug the Roku into your TV's HDMI, link them and boabs your uncle you have a large screen internet browser with a mobile phone keyboard that's Fr33dom from the goalpost movers


"Full" browsing on Windows/Mac/Linux internet browsers (Firefox/OperaIEetc etc ) consumes more data than a Miracast of a 'mobile' browser.


My Lumia and many smartphones allow you to request the "full" internet page from the browser or browser per page/tab settings, it displays on your mobile browser as full but the architecture behind such is not so, its compressed, unnoticed to the user, it is formatted differently to display it usually exactly the same as the page as if accessed from a desktop/laptop.


All the mobile networks would prefer you use such, it costs less to deliver data than a FULL browser, we may even see Miracast devices eventually offered by networks to compress data and extending our bundled allowances, whilst saving them data and associated costs ultimately.





NOTE:
Google Chromecast maybe £5 cheaper for Android users, but the Roku gives access to 1000+ channels when you plug your Roku Stick into a HDMI TV where there is (non mobile provided) wifi available, handy for friends houses, hotels, holidays etc etc

Do you know if Miracast with Roku Stick works with the mobdro app? Will be right onto that if it does!!!

diamonds

Pricy147 wrote: »

Do you know if Miracast with Roku Stick works with the mobdro app? Will be right onto that if it does!!!

http://www.mobdro.com/premium.html


The integration is coming soon for Android & Chromecast, but Roku simply mirrors anything from your mobile screen if its Apple, Android or WindowsPhone - integration is already there with Roku




mobdro Chromecast is a PREMIUM service, with Roku its a one off £39

magicuk

diamonds wrote: »

http://www.mobdro.com/premium.html


The integration is coming soon for Android & Chromecast, but Roku simply mirrors anything from your mobile screen if its Apple, Android or WindowsPhone - integration is already there with Roku




mobdro Chromecast is a PREMIUM service, with Roku its a one off £39

how do you do it with a ios device?

Techhead_2

joeluken wrote: »

Lol the "blog" item was started in March but it contains upto date "posts" and "replies" from Three about the current changes. Three hasn't done a "blog" (wonder why??) on the current changes so people are using that one to ask questions.

But if you read the comments, Three are just explaining (to people who had asked how the "current changes" to the the One Plan can be reconciled with the blog post) that the blog reflects the situation eight months ago.

To most people it's going to be patently obvious that a blog from March is neither relevant to the current situation nor a suitable place to ask questions on a different topic.

Mind you, there are always members on here who post randomly and in some bizarre places!

joeluken

Techhead wrote: »

To most people it's going to be patently obvious that a blog from March is neither relevant to the current situation nor a suitable place to ask questions on a different topic.

Where is the revelant and suitable place on Three web site/blog to ask open questions about this topic of Three ?