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Cost of 3G, Edge and GPRS |
hairytea
Joined: May 10, 2006
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Why does it cost sooooo much for the use of 3G, Edge or GPRS still??
Why do service providers only offer really crappy bundles?
Can they not offer it like internet connection...I mean like £20 per month for unlimited access or something?
Is it just me or does anyone else seem to find it too expensive...I am on Orange UK and the cost is £2 per MB...£2 PER MB...WTF!
When i watch live TV on my phone 1MB is used approx every 3-4 minutes of viewing...I think its disgusting what they charge!
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awave
Joined: Feb 11, 2006
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From: United Kingdom
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On 2006-06-23 16:02:33, hairytea wrote:
Why does it cost sooooo much for the use of 3G, Edge or GPRS still??
Why do service providers only offer really crappy bundles?
Can they not offer it like internet connection...I mean like £20 per month for unlimited access or something?
Is it just me or does anyone else seem to find it too expensive...I am on Orange UK and the cost is £2 per MB...£2 PER MB...WTF!
When i watch live TV on my phone 1MB is used approx every 3-4 minutes of viewing...I think its disgusting what they charge!
Your thoughts on this.....
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hmm...its basically because the companies have got to get back all of there money from that of what they lost when buying 3g licenses etc. - i have to admitt....it is far too expensive and maybe more people would use mobile internet (wap) if the cost was lower. when i was on virgin mobile a year or two ago - their wap cost was soooooo low that i could do quite alot on my phone. now - i tried wapping to 1 (!!!) page outside of the vodafone live portal on my handset (se v600i), and it charged me 30-40p for doing so. disgusting.
i know that orange is the only uk network that i know of that does a monthly service - in the book from my free orange sim-card, it says under the 'Extras from Orange (contd)' on page 16 - that:
access to Orange World | what you pay
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4MB GPRS | £4
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160 minutes of dial-up |
CSD (worth £16) | £4
i dont know whether this is available for 3g data though - but the idea of £10-£15 a month for almost unlimited data would be very good. this is the kind of thing that if Hutchinson '3' offered, i would switch to them pretty much imediately.
hope this helps and also, as always correct me if i am wrong.
awave |
Residentevil
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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The actual cost for the network providers to install GPRS, EDGE and then 3G has gone done with every generation, so they are milking us.
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pimp123
Joined: Aug 07, 2004
Posts: 172
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T-Mobile seems reasonable. Check it out>
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?menuid=plans_webnwalk |
lovewalrus
Joined: Dec 22, 2002
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T-Mobile offer unlimited internet access (not any of this walled garden crap) for just £7.50 per month on any Relax or Flext price plan! Is that what your looking for?
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Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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Hi all not only is it only £7.50p.m and unlimited on their Web n Walk tariff but if you have a Nokia N series phone or a couple of other units and already have a Yahoo account using your existing user name and password they have a service called Yahoo Go with proper push e-mail and the simplest setup possible just download install and register and it all works why SE can't do the same is beyond me and why i have had to leave SE for the time being. Not to mention the fact that their pc sync software is lightning fast in comparison to SE. SE design great units with great features but lousy software that's launched while still a work in progress and i for one am sick of it from the reports of the constant firmware upgrades and problems with the M600 this will be my next phone but not for at least another 6 months or so and if you think the P990 will be any different i some how doubt it.
Marc
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hairytea
Joined: May 10, 2006
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so this unlimited access for £7.50 a month right.....
is this just GPRS access or does it support edge?
i assume i can sign up for this (although i am with orange) and just change my access point details in network set up on the phone? i.e. user name passwords address it connects to etc. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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no, its something you add onto your existing t-mobile account, its not a standalone product
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hairytea
Joined: May 10, 2006
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what if i purchased a pay as you go simcard on t-mobile and activated it on that....then use same settings in my orange handset?
or is it only for contract?
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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Virgin just stepped in our country this week and are offering 0.05 pounds per MB!  |
Dogmann
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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From: London England
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I believe it is an add on to a contract and involves an 18 month contract and you will need a T-Mobile sim, there is a faster service called professional but this costs £10p.m and has a 2 gig fair usage policy. There are some exclusions with it though you are only meant to use it on a phone/smartphone not as a modem with a laptop or peer to peer video or audio streaming. But when i asked tec support how they could tell the difference the said they didn't know, personally i think only if you are connected for an extended period would they be able to tell it was being used with a laptop. I must say the speed is pretty impresiive and fine for web browsing and collecting e-mails.
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apolloa
Joined: Jul 27, 2005
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From: Dorset, UK
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I'm not sure if the 3G cost argument is still relevant anymore. It's been a few years since they bid for there licenses, I hold the Labour Government entirely responsible for the stupid billions it cost the company's as well, why couldn't they of just sold the things at a fixed cost but then again the money went straight into the governmnet's coffers.
I had a P800 a few years back with free Wap access on Orange and I was on it all the time, it was great. Now I checked the lotto numbers the other day on my K750I on Orange and they charged me 1.20 for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the pricing policy's of mobile carriers (Especially Orange) have changed a LOT over the past couple of years and now seem to offer less for more. When I get my K800I it will be my first 3G phone but I am ashamed at the fact I won't be able to afford it's fast speedy wap access which to me is the whole point of all this 3G and 4G etc.
Agreed it's about time one of the carriers made the first move to unlimited 3G Wap access. £10 a month for 500MB would suite me fine. Not the £45 they currently charge.
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hairytea
Joined: May 10, 2006
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Dogmann
That 'professional' you mentioned sounds ok to me.
Do you know how i can get details on this at all?
Or do you mean that 'professional' is also a T-Mobile thing?
Thanks mate
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awave
Joined: Feb 11, 2006
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wow! 7.50 for unlimited wap - that brings the bad side of t-mobile to the good - is this available on pay-as-you-go aswell? or just contract?
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aragorn666
Joined: Mar 18, 2006
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airtel charges 4.5 dollars a month for unlimited download
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