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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!

Your thoughts on this.....
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Posted: 2006-06-23 16:02:33
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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.....


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
-------------------------------|------------------------
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
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Posted: 2006-06-23 17:50:56
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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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Posted: 2006-06-26 06:37:55
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T-Mobile seems reasonable. Check it out>
http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?menuid=plans_webnwalk
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Posted: 2006-06-26 23:25:37
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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? This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-06-26 23:43:37
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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

[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2006-06-27 08:48 ]
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Posted: 2006-06-27 02:39:16
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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.
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Posted: 2006-06-27 13:25:30
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no, its something you add onto your existing t-mobile account, its not a standalone product
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Posted: 2006-06-27 13:26:49
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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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Posted: 2006-06-27 13:33:18
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Virgin just stepped in our country this week and are offering 0.05 pounds per MB!
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Posted: 2006-06-27 13:58:41
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