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[MARKUKCOUK]

awarner (MVP), on Jun 8 2006, 09:04, said:

MARKUKCOUK you have woken up the terror that is msmobiles lol
http://blogs.msmobil...honefan/?p=2326

You can now say you are famous

tee hee - I wonder if he's worked out I am "clublander" from the MSMobiles board who just throws new and innovative insults everytime he spouts garbage?

To be fair though its an interesting point.  But personally - whereas 1 gig would annoy the hell out of me on a desktop - I can't see me ever hitting 1 gig on my phone.  On my laptop and datacard maybe, but not my phone, not even with streaming.

So to me - its unlimited.  

Side note: I'd much prefer Orange to say "heres 1 gig for £6" than the old "£6 gets you unlimited, but if you go over 10 meg we may charge you if we feel like it"

The only thing I hate about Orange, is that I'm never 100% confident that its gone on.  The world cup bundle wap site says I have it... but do I risk streaming media on it? Hmm

[dearsina]

Too little too late, just signed a T-Mobile contract, "unlimited" forever, here we come.

[MARKUKCOUK]

dearsina, on Jun 8 2006, 11:24, said:

Too little too late, just signed a T-Mobile contract, "unlimited" forever, here we come.

I'm locked in til next February I think.  Whats the cheapest unlimited web n walk thing you can get, with the least calls/txts etc

[sporkguy]

MARKUKCOUK, on Jun 8 2006, 11:43, said:

I'm locked in til next February I think.  Whats the cheapest unlimited web n walk thing you can get, with the least calls/txts etc

You can buy a sim-only tariff and pay £17.50 a month with the Web N Walk Pro bundle attached to your account. Or Even save yourself £2.50 by going with the 'normal' WnW bundle.

[Dr Who]

MARKUKCOUK, on Jun 8 2006, 11:43, said:

I'm locked in til next February I think.  Whats the cheapest unlimited web n walk thing you can get, with the least calls/txts etc

You can get a SIM only deal with no contract for £7.50, which comes with 50 free minutes a month. You can then add the unlimited data tariff, either £7.50 for phone use or £10 for phone and laptop. So for £15 a month you can have unlimited data on your handset and a bonus 50 minutes. Bit frustrating to have to change SIM cards, but I am planning to do this next month since you can stop the contract at any point!

[Chiz]

Dr Who, on Jun 8 2006, 11:53, said:

Bit frustrating to have to change SIM cards,

Yeah, I'd say.

[MARKUKCOUK]

well I'd put my orange contract down to minimum and not use it basically.

If they still pricematch with OVP then the cheapest used to be £13.99 for 750 off peak orange minutes (pricematched from tmobile)

maybe I'll need a 3G datacard though to make most use of it?

[MARKUKCOUK]

MARKUKCOUK, on Jun 8 2006, 12:18, said:

well I'd put my orange contract down to minimum and not use it basically.

If they still pricematch with OVP then the cheapest used to be £13.99 for 750 off peak orange minutes (pricematched from tmobile)

maybe I'll need a 3G datacard though to make most use of it?

OK, I'm gonna hijack my own thread now

Is this good then...

http://www.tmobile.c...ones_im_wnw_pro

Basically... 18 month contract, free card, web and walk at £19.99 a month, free 12 months wifi hotspot pass.

Also, is the no-streaming small print stuff that people have moaned about really an issue?

Finally, could I take the sim out of the laptop card, stick it in a SPV and use the (presumably included) GPRS access on that?

[Dr Who]

Chiz, on Jun 8 2006, 12:01, said:

Bit frustrating to have to change SIM cards

Yeah, I'd say.

Hmmm, not QUITE as frustrating as paying £1/Mb though, non?

[Chiz]

Dr Who, on Jun 8 2006, 13:23, said:

Hmmm, not QUITE as frustrating as paying £1/Mb though, non?

Suppose not

[sporkguy]

Could always get a dual sim adaptor?

[the_ape]

I've already defected to T-Mobile. I rang up to get the PAC and the rep said I could have the phone for nowt, they would match the T-Mobile Flext tarrif, and he would give me 1Gb free for 3 months, but as I use around 800mb a month it does not really cut it.

The W&WPro stuff is a godsend gives me data connectivity at up to 350Kb anywhere.....

I like Orange (with them for 8 years or so), but unless they sort out there data packages people are going to walk, both mine and my wife's are now on T-Mobile...... She loves e-mail on the move

Oh yeah, I've been streaming Radio1 over the data (GPRS/3G) using Real1 and it's not bad. They have not asked me to cease and desist either yet, so who know's. Perhaps it's only if you take the michael......

Edited by the_ape, 08 June 2006 - 02:58 PM.

[Saif]

the_ape, on Jun 8 2006, 15:54, said:

I've already defected to T-Mobile. I rang up to get the PAC and the rep said I could have the phone for nowt, they would match the T-Mobile Flext tarrif, and he would give me 1Gb free for 3 months, but as I use around 800mb a month it does not really cut it.

The W&WPro stuff is a godsend gives me data connectivity at up to 350Kb anywhere.....

I like Orange (with them for 8 years or so), but unless they sort out there data packages people are going to walk, both mine and my wife's are now on T-Mobile...... She loves e-mail on the move

Oh yeah, I've been streaming Radio1 over the data (GPRS/3G) using Real1 and it's not bad. They have not asked me to cease and desist either yet, so who know's. Perhaps it's only if you take the michael......

still debating whether it is worth the move... currently on 750xnet minutes anytime and 240 texts/month for £35 with Orange. Could do with having cheap data too... but not sure about whether the move to T will be cheapest for voice. Quite often end up with bills in the £150 region as I use up a lot of voice minutes....

any thoughts?

will need to have a bit of a dig around on the old t mobile website...

[noobywankenooby]

But does this Orange 1GB package for £6 mean you can use the 1GB for anything like streaming video?

[pd.ryder]

' date=, on post=, said:

But does this Orange 1GB package for £6 mean you can use the 1GB for anything like streaming video?

It would seem so

Quote

....unlimited GPRS....

which is intended / sold as access to World Cup data etc. I haven't seen any small print (yet)

[Dr_StrangeTrick]

Hey guys I got an email from Orange about this offer so I opened the page...

Link from email

If you scroll the the bottom it says...

terms and conditions apply

* Sorry, this text service is unavailable on all Orange SPV phones, the PalmOne Treo and the LG U8150.

** Subject 1GB fair usage policy for PAYM and 15MB for PAYG

So anyone signing up for this check with the representative.

[pd.ryder]

The OCS rep gladly signed me up knowing full well I had an SPVC550. So far, I've had no problems - billing day will arrive shortly so I'll see what happens then.....

EDIT: Having read the info on the link posted, I reckon it's the "247" text link that's not available to SPV and Treo users.

Edited by pd.ryder, 11 June 2006 - 09:20 AM.

[MARKUKCOUK]

Dr_StrangeTrick, on Jun 11 2006, 07:37, said:

Hey guys I got an email from Orange about this offer so I opened the page...

Link from email

If you scroll the the bottom it says...

terms and conditions apply

* Sorry, this text service is unavailable on all Orange SPV phones, the PalmOne Treo and the LG U8150.

** Subject 1GB fair usage policy for PAYM and 15MB for PAYG

So anyone signing up for this check with the representative.

You should read your post

The TEXT service is unavailable, but the rest is.  In fact, the text service does work, but the wallpaper they are supposed to send, does NOT work.

[Swampie]

Maybe he wanted to highlight the 1GB PAYM and 15MB PAYG limits, rather than the SPV issue?

[pd.ryder]

Right-o. I've now had a text from O to say my 'package is now in place'. As far as I was concerned it was 'in place' right away. The text included a link to my 'free wallpaper' which led me to a page on Orange World which couldn't identify me and advised I refresh or try later. Neither has worked and they still can't identify me.

However, no sooner had I received this text, I was off to browse Orange World and check out Frank Lampard's diary. Same problem - the system won't recognise my device's id and won't allow access to any decent ( ) content.

All was well before they acknowledged the package. I still have web access to other sites etc but O's systems seem to be having some 'bovver'