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dblank is offline dblank
2008-03-12 , 19:17
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Originally Posted by Optomisticsi View Post
Just spoken to Orange and they say that you can indeed BROWSE as much as you want and pay a maximum of £1.50 a day, but DOWNLOADING anything at all, will cost you extra!
They should really clarify, as that doesn't make much sense. In order to browse, you have to download data, it doesn't just magically appear in the browser.
 
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2008-03-12 , 19:38
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Are you sure it isn't like 3 do, where you can browse the web as much as you want on the phone, but any data connection outside the phone costs.
I wouldn't think 30MB was useful for anything, that will go straight away unless you are a really light user.
 
Markie71 is offline Markie71
2008-03-12 , 19:49
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Originally Posted by Optomisticsi View Post
Ok, well it appears you're wrong, lol.
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2008-03-12 , 19:53
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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
Are you sure it isn't like 3 do, where you can browse the web as much as you want on the phone, but any data connection outside the phone costs.
I wouldn't think 30MB was useful for anything, that will go straight away unless you are a really light user.
it may be a silly question but how do they tell the difference if you connect through your phone via bluetooth ?
 
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2008-03-12 , 22:10
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Originally Posted by Markie71 View Post
it may be a silly question but how do they tell the difference if you connect through your phone via bluetooth ?
Some phones will notify the carrier that you're tethered.
 
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2008-03-12 , 22:40
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I don't know how they can tell, but I know that in the T&C of some of those services they don't permit services off the phone.
It is possible to tell, I don't know how much effort the put into checking though.
 
gazza_d is offline gazza_d
2008-03-12 , 22:48
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Do you need to stick with Orange?

I was with T-mobile payg and was getting 40MB a day for 50p for 5 days at a time. Just needed to send a text to enable. As the phone was only GPRS I've moved to a £15 contract with 3, and have also added the broadband lite addon for a tenner a month with 1GB of data transfer. Usage of a phone as modem via bluetooth is permitted and streaming, VOIP, Skype etc are all allowed and work great. I now have a Nokia 6120 (free) which supports HSPDA (3.5G) and I reckon that the speed on the tablet is close to that of Wifi and a 4Mbps cable broadband through Virgin.

If you have a 3G phone, then you could go PAYG with 3, as the same addon is available to PAYG customers.

I looked long and hard and in the UK 3 was the best low cost deal I could find, and I've been very happy with it.

Gaz
 
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2008-03-13 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by gazza_d View Post
Do you need to stick with Orange?

I was with T-mobile payg and was getting 40MB a day for 50p for 5 days at a time. Just needed to send a text to enable. As the phone was only GPRS I've moved to a £15 contract with 3, and have also added the broadband lite addon for a tenner a month with 1GB of data transfer. Usage of a phone as modem via bluetooth is permitted and streaming, VOIP, Skype etc are all allowed and work great. I now have a Nokia 6120 (free) which supports HSPDA (3.5G) and I reckon that the speed on the tablet is close to that of Wifi and a 4Mbps cable broadband through Virgin.

If you have a 3G phone, then you could go PAYG with 3, as the same addon is available to PAYG customers.

I looked long and hard and in the UK 3 was the best low cost deal I could find, and I've been very happy with it.

Gaz
Well no, I don't HAVE TO stick with Orange for the 3G. But I'm 4-5 months into a 18 month contract so it would make sense, would also save having another device to carry around.

I wasn't aware that you could get the add-ons on a PAYG phone, so I'm gonna look a bit closer at that as a possible solution. Cheers for pointing it out.

Anyone know of an App that logs the amount of data received on the N810, so you always know how close to your download limit you are?
 
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2008-03-13 , 17:11
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Without knowing how they distinguish "downloads" from "browsing", you can't get a number reflecting how they'll tally it. But /sbin/ifconfig will get you total tx/rx bytes; the Connection Manager does, too, iirc. WifiInfo might; not at all sure.
 
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