Orange Flat Rate data - the official announcement |
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 May 3 2007, 10:19
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 20,986 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
Look what just dropped in my mailbox!
Kudos to Orange, especially on the 'capping' for those who don't sign up to a bundle! P QUOTE(Orange) From June, five new bundles, starting from just £1, mean both Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go customers can browse safe in the knowledge they will know exactly how much they will pay.
The five different pricing bundles are: Orange Pay Monthly Daily browsing for as little as £1 (for those who want to experience the mobile internet without worrying about the cost) Monthly evening and weekend browsing for £5 (for those who choose to browse mainly in the evening and at weekends) Monthly Anytime browsing for £8 (for seasoned surfers who demand great value for all their mobile browsing) Orange Pay As You Go Daily browsing for as little as £1 (for those who want to experience the mobile internet without worrying about the cost) 7 day browsing for £5 (for frequent surfers, offering more than 25% off our already great value daily rate) Orange has also put in place a price cap for customers who don't sign up to a bundle. These customers will be able to browse the mobile internet as they do now, but will only be charged up to a maximum of £1.50 per day (Pay Monthly) or £2.00 (Pay As You Go)*. Furthermore, all Orange customers will now have free access to their own personalised Orange World homepage, as well as news headlines and favourites. Customers will also benefit from free mobile internet searches and can browse the full catalogue of downloadable video, games, music and ring tones for free. If they see something they like while browsing, they pay just for the download, not the download traffic or any other hidden data charges. They can also make use of the Orange Local service for free throughout the summer (July – September inclusive), letting them know where they are and what they can get up to with information on restaurants, bars and local services. Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke, Vice President Mobile & Convergence for Orange, says “Our new pricing structure makes it easy for our customers to understand exactly what they are getting and for how long when they access the mobile internet. Customers can get access to the web on the move, without the fear of being caught out by any hidden charges.” -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 3 2007, 10:36
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 Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,587 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
Finally Orange start to catch up! Fantastic news now its official now though
 Roll on June...oh, yeah, you are taking the Kaiser on, right Orange...? 
-------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Zinc II! Ask your questions HERE and download the show here! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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May 3 2007, 10:37
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
About time!
Does it have restrictions on VOIP, streaming or using as a modem? If not, it's a bargain! -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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May 3 2007, 10:38
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 Come on you Horns!  Group: News Team Posts: 458 Joined: 22nd May 2004 From: Wheathampstead Member No.: 44,098 Device(s): T-Mobile Vario 3 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 3 2007, 11:19)  Look what just dropped in my mailbox! Kudos to Orange, especially on the 'capping' for those who don't sign up to a bundle! P Goes to show though that you need to stay ahead of the game to keep your customers. If Orange had offered this over a year ago when t-mobile did, I can guarantee I would still be with them. However this combined with the quality of their customer services going downhill very fast, I moved to T-mobile. Not looked back. Good news for those on orange though. -------------------- www.watfordfc.com
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May 3 2007, 11:11
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 Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 147 Joined: 23rd December 2002 Member No.: 1,366 |
Are these prices plus VAT?
Also, what do you reckon will happen to those of us with the Orange World Unlimited (OWU) bundle? Will we keep it, or be moved onto one of these plans? |
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May 3 2007, 11:29
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 10 Joined: 2nd February 2005 Member No.: 108,174 Device(s): C500 |
i signed up to Orange last week, ordered myself a shiny new E650 thinking that the new announcement wouldn't be far away and i could surf quite freely.
but thanks to orange customer support being totally w**k i had to cancel the order. brand new customer, 4 balls ups in one week, sorry orange but i don't like you anymore. wonder if vodafone will play the game now? |
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May 3 2007, 11:30
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 269 Joined: 5th July 2003 From: North Wales Member No.: 9,444 Device(s): Palm Treo 750v |
The Register has some more details.
Orange Data Plans -------------------- |
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May 3 2007, 11:33
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 324 Joined: 28th March 2005 Member No.: 120,204 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
So t-mobile are still cheaper at 7.50. Plus for those who got it bundled with flext with 25% off it worked out at 5.63.
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May 3 2007, 12:09
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 76 Joined: 25th November 2002 From: Billericay Member No.: 87 Device(s): HTC Touch |
I'm glad to see we'll have free access to Personalised Home Page and Local Services, meaning on an SPV we wont have to pay to get a message saying 'Due to Temporary network problems, Orange can't identify your mobile number'!
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May 3 2007, 12:23
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Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 651 Joined: 11th July 2004 Member No.: 49,096 Device(s): QtekS100, E650, Touch Dual |
i've already got the off peak bundle.. or so i have been led to believe!
waiting for my first bill... |
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May 3 2007, 12:56
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 It makes calls too!? Group: Posters Posts: 136 Joined: 12th April 2003 Member No.: 4,598 Device(s): M5000! It's Ace! |
Any news on when we can switch to this deal. Only been waiting, erm, 5 YEARS!
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May 3 2007, 13:30
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 385 Joined: 31st March 2005 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 120,987 Device(s): MDA Vario III + MDA Vario |
So you can opt for a £1 for 1 day charge in advance, or pay £1.50 per day (contract customers) capped if you don't. Save 50p by setting it up in advance?
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May 3 2007, 14:55
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 Addict Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 529 Joined: 26th January 2006 Member No.: 169,492 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
£8/month isn't bad.
Anyone know if O2 are likely to bring out any unmetered data tariffs? |
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May 3 2007, 16:48
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Enthusiast Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 254 Joined: 19th August 2004 Member No.: 53,347 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
This isn't unlimited at all!
Orange got back to me with "VoIP and IM aren’t included in the bundle and all packages are unlimited except for Monthly Anytime which will be capped at 30MB (browsing)." Not as good as T-Mobile if you're using push mail etc. Daily browsing is capped to 25MB per day and the fair use policy for evening and weekend browsing is at 1GB over the month apparently. This post has been edited by creamhackered: May 3 2007, 17:01 --------------------  |
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May 3 2007, 17:42
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 Hardcore Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,732 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
QUOTE(Zahid @ May 3 2007, 12:11) Are these prices plus VAT? Also, what do you reckon will happen to those of us with the Orange World Unlimited (OWU) bundle? Will we keep it, or be moved onto one of these plans? Considering the OWU was sold with the strict proviso that if you sign up for it you must keep it for the full contract term... it would be ironic if they tried to change it! -------------------- HTC Diamond running Dutty's V1.6 rom.
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May 3 2007, 17:56
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 375 Joined: 6th February 2003 From: Taunton, Somerset Member No.: 2,662 Device(s): Apple IPhone |
MEH, to little, too late Orange. I too have moved to TMobile and haven't looked back since!
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May 3 2007, 20:43
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 Regular Group: Posters Posts: 89 Joined: 7th April 2004 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 39,129 Device(s): C550 |
Will this include the sending & receiving of email via pop/smtp and/or imap, or will that not be covered within the bundle?
-------------------- Nokia 3310 > SPV E200 > SPV C550 (stolen :( ) > SPV C600 > SPV M3100 > HTC Kaiser
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May 4 2007, 11:28
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 127 Joined: 9th October 2004 From: Durham, UK Member No.: 59,756 Device(s): HTC Touch |
Would be good to know if laptop connection via modem (gprs/Edge etc.) is included.
I brieflytried T Mobile payg sim... thought it was great that even on PAYG they only charge you £1.00, however this did not include using the connection to connect your laptop... normal data charges (per Mb) applied Anyone? Cheers |
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May 4 2007, 17:12
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 Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 989 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(trevormuk @ May 4 2007, 12:28) Would be good to know if laptop connection via modem (gprs/Edge etc.) is included. I brieflytried T Mobile payg sim... thought it was great that even on PAYG they only charge you £1.00, however this did not include using the connection to connect your laptop... normal data charges (per Mb) applied Anyone? Cheers I guess the lappy is literally using the device as a modem so is dialing the ISP set as IE's default connection. There must be a way of getting the lappy to look for the T-Mobile connection and use that? Don't have a lappy so I have never needed to do this.
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
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May 8 2007, 06:06
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,343 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
QUOTE(pd.ryder @ May 4 2007, 18:12) I guess the lappy is literally using the device as a modem so is dialing the ISP set as IE's default connection. There must be a way of getting the lappy to look for the T-Mobile connection and use that? Don't have a lappy so I have never needed to do this.It is completely different - you can't use someone else's APN! -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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