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Orange MMS, per message billing..... |
marknicholls
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
Posts: 466
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Does anyone else think that is a but rubbish? I think Tmobile have got the right idea giving 10mb for £20 as u could also use that data allowance for wap. Orange is charging 40p per message. |
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riflogic
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
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From: London,UK
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Sorry marknicholls, I disagree with you. I think Orange has the right idea. You cannot even send MMS to a lot of people yet so whats the point of paying £20 anyway?? Just pay 40p if you are going to send a message. Plain and simple  |
marknicholls
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
Posts: 466
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But if u have 10mb of data it can be used for wap as well
Mark
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wapchimp
Joined: Jun 09, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Land of the chimps
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Yeh i agree-u need gprs though to have mms-thats only 4quid a month minimum-then 40p per message to send-some info services are 25p to receive mms news-sport etc-which is cheaper than current normal text services
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riflogic
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: London,UK
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Well, see if someone has inclusive MB of data available on Orange's GPRS price plan then its definitely better than T-Mobile's £20 plan. I think T-Mobile's tariff would only outclass pay per message tariff once the MMS is in full swing and when you can send messages to different networks abroad and all. |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: London, UK.
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Orange users, if you aint aware of this then listen up...Orange GPRS is free at the mo...they have a billing problem in which they cant bill you for usage outside your inclusive amount of data!
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Cophia
Joined: Jul 22, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney
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Everyone is having teething problems with billing as it gets more complicated with different data products!
As for T-Mobile (formerly One2One) and their monthly charge for MMS (whether you use it or not) - remember how their pricing model for SMS started out as? A fixed monthly charge and reduced SMS rates. This was scrapped after they realised the monthly charge acted as a barrier and deterrant to people even trying the service (and that charge was only £1 per month, not £20)!!
O2 are rumoured to charge MMS at 30p per message, Vodafone is unconfirmed but will not be going with a monthly allowance like T-Mobile.
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marknicholls
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
Posts: 466
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Im with o2 and i hope there is a GPRS data bundle avaliable for MMS
Mark
mnichollsuk@mac.com
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peanut
Joined: Mar 18, 2002
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From: UK: Oxon and Leics
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I am with o2 but don't believe the hype. They are not acting as one company,all products for all customers as their literature says. Ex genie customers can not have gprs. I do know that trading standards are looking into their adverts. I have been asked to contribute. So for me mms stinks either way you bill it. Re orange, if they can work out how much you have used they have 18 months to bill you. Beware.
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Tee Sixty Eight
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
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riflogic, it is not true that you need GPRS on Orange to use MMS. I just cancelled my GPRS subscription today, im fed up of not knowing my data useage. But in the same day I sent my first MMS. It seems to log onto GPRS just for the message. |
gazobee
Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 146
From: Reading, England
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I prefer per message billing.
I can't see me sending 50 MMS messages a month at the moment.
Or even in the future, come to think of it.
Back in love with the Big O again! |
Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: London, UK.
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Its rumoured in industry press that Orange might switch to a fixed cost, no limit service anyway...and the problems they are having now will push them towards that even more!
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Deltayoda
Joined: Mar 03, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Los Angeles, California
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How many people do you know can even support recieving MMS?
People are still discovering EMS... |
Epedemic
Joined: Dec 28, 2001
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From: Denmark, Copenhagen
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mms is breaking throug at the moment... us danes have it for free at the moment (not including gprs data usage) and the charge will be set at 3dkr/mms (25p or so) from a nice independant firm (gotta love the structuring of mms... you dont need your networks direct support as long as you got decent wap access)
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orange
Joined: Mar 13, 2002
Posts: 397
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On 2002-08-14 22:14, Deltayoda wrote:
How many people do you know can even support recieving MMS?
People are still discovering EMS...
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EMS is a real flop. It was already dead when it was born. It will never be a success. The standard was just developed against Nokias Smart Messaging, but unlike Smart Messaging, it will never fly. |
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Posted: 2002-08-14 16:33
