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Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:59 am ]
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Press Release
The Register Story (with more pricing details)

£36 for 500MB up to £56 for 8GB. Tethering included. Service launches on the 30th.

:shock:
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:14 am ]
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For anyone getting 3G ;) , they're probably happy enough anyway, aren't they?

Be interesting to see what it does to contracts...
Author:  JohnSheridan [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:22 pm ]
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£56 for just 8Gb/month download :shock:

You are having a fukcing laugh
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:25 pm ]
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pcernie wrote:
For anyone getting 3G ;) , they're probably happy enough anyway, aren't they?

Guess that depends on how wide the 3G coverage is. I guess the same goes for 4G.
I hate how slow my mobile internet is when I get GPRS (slow) or Edge (unusable).
3G seems to be a rarity outside town centres.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:40 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
3G seems to be a rarity outside town centres.

4G definitely will be for quite some time.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:41 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
pcernie wrote:
For anyone getting 3G ;) , they're probably happy enough anyway, aren't they?

Guess that depends on how wide the 3G coverage is. I guess the same goes for 4G.
I hate how slow my mobile internet is when I get GPRS (slow) or Edge (unusable).
3G seems to be a rarity outside town centres.


I've often wondered about that, hence the ' ;) '. NI seems to be reasonably OK in that regard, as the people in my work are from every corner and don't have a problem with it. Even in our rather sturdy government buildings, apparently ;)
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 6:47 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
3G seems to be a rarity outside town centres.

4G definitely will be for quite some time.

Well I live in one of the cities where EE are rolling out 4G, but my current contract runs till April. So I see what the other providers are offering then.
Author:  tombolt [ Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:09 pm ]
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I find 3G to be surprisingly good for coverage. I get it at my house in the middle of nowhere.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:37 am ]
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At work, if I set my phone by the window, it will pick up a 3G signal. If I use it anywhere in the building, it's gprs or no service. At home I can 3G but it's a bit pointless if I have wifi.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:14 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Press Release
The Register Story (with more pricing details)

£36 for 500MB up to £56 for 8GB. Tethering included. Service launches on the 30th.

:shock:

So, 36 quid for under 12 seconds data transfer per month... Doesn't seem very good to me.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:07 am ]
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big_D wrote:
So, 36 quid for under 12 seconds data transfer per month... Doesn't seem very good to me.

Theoretically yes. But in reality it's unlikely you're ever going to get sent that much data that quickly anyway. However I do agree with the spirit of your argument. It seems to me if you're willing to pay the premium to buy an LTE device and an LTE contract of some sort, you're probably a more-than-casual user. In which case, 500MB of data a month really is.. well, it's below the minimum you would realistically use.

Personally, I'd have thought better of EE even if they'd still started their contracts at 36 quid but that contract had a bigger allowance. Say 2GB for 36 quid up to 8GB for 56 quid, to me that would have made more sense. Anyone only transferring 500MB a month doesn't really need an LTE connection in the first place, IMO.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:17 pm ]
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This is a it weird. They've updated the website a bit and they have 'mobile broadband' and 'tablet' plans, the latter are a tenner a month more expensive than the former. Wah? In fact, their plans are a complete mess. They have 'mobile broadband', 'sim only' and 'tablet' plans, all of which charge a different fee for the same amount of data. Why would you not just buy the cheapest one?
Author:  saspro [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:46 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
They have 'mobile broadband', 'sim only' and 'tablet' plans, all of which charge a different fee for the same amount of data. Why would you not just buy the cheapest one?


I'm guessing mobile broadband & tablet deals already include the subsidy for the device (free dongle or discounted ipad etc)
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:55 pm ]
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saspro wrote:
I'm guessing mobile broadband & tablet deals already include the subsidy for the device (free dongle or discounted ipad etc)

Possibly. They're apparently not selling devices themselves though, they're saying you buy the device from Orange or T-Mobile. As I say, somewhat of a mess.
Author:  saspro [ Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:36 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
saspro wrote:
I'm guessing mobile broadband & tablet deals already include the subsidy for the device (free dongle or discounted ipad etc)

Possibly. They're apparently not selling devices themselves though, they're saying you buy the device from Orange or T-Mobile. As I say, somewhat of a mess.


I'm guessing it's so we can transfer to them.
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