Guest Paul [MVP] Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Regular members will know i've been banging on about - and working on - this for a while... and so here's a little poll! It would be REALLY useful if as many people filled it in as possible. The question is simple... If a UK network came up with a special GPRS plan for MoDaCo members (let's say, for arguments sake, £10 per month with an Acceptable Use Limit of 100MB per month - enforced as per the current AUPs), would you use it, and also, would you switch from your current provider if it was a different network? Portal readers can submit the poll in the left hand column, readers viewing this in the main forum can find the poll at the top of the post. Thanks for your input! Regards, P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would definately use it :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest adjonline Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Would be simply fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foxy11 Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 it would be the answer to my dreams :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Are you kidding! £10 - 100Mb, I'd have your bloody arm off! This would change how I use my phone SOOOO much, and I would definately consider swapping networks for it (depends on the network coverage and tariffs of course!) Everybody vote in this poll or I'll send my kid around to dribble on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pd.ryder Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Oooooo-yeah!! We'll have a dollop of that :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason76 Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 sounds good to me. how will 3g effect data pakages..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cubik Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Sure would... and I'd seriosly look at switching networks... ... is there any paticular network that triggered this poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tudor Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I'd pay for flat-rate GPRS - I don't like to have it limited, although I don't think I'll ever use more than 100MB. I just want to be able to get my e-mail headers and download full e-mails once in a while, update weather and currency rates... stuff like this. It's just the sound of it - to have limits - to watch your every download, or to think "why am I paying for 100MB when I barely use it?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 No additional information available at this time :lol: P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Without a doubt I'd be interested, however it would depend on network, as coverage is a bit restricted where I live. Mind you, for a tenner a month, I might get it anyway for use when I'm away from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest markthebaggie Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Having just signed up to 2 x 18 month contracts with T-Mobile, would have to wait until the end of contracts before a switch, but would be a real business asset to have access to email and internet at a reasonable cost. I just hope it is with T-Mobile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tunney Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Without a doubt. I'd swap networks in an instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inspectorgadjet Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would so definitely go for this in a heartbeat. Just out of interest, I am sure I read on one of the forums the other day that t-mobile will be offering the Blackberry type service for the MDA III in the UK (hopefully next month) for £8.51 + vat per month. They also said it would include 50mb data. I don't know if that's a rumour or not, and I can't for the life of me find the post it was in either, or I would link to it...I promise. If that happens I will so be doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix [MVP] Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would definately use it if it became available. I wouldn't instantly switch networks for it though. Depends on the other call charges! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cr0bar Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would only be interested if it was on O2 as i get £30 of texts free anyway and i use texts more than GPRS =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I would so definitely go for this in a heartbeat. Just out of interest, I am sure I read on one of the forums the other day that t-mobile will be offering the Blackberry type service for the MDA III in the UK (hopefully next month) for £8.51 + vat per month. They also said it would include 50mb data. I don't know if that's a rumour or not, and I can't for the life of me find the post it was in either, or I would link to it...I promise. If that happens I will so be doing that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've heard similar but didn't quite understand it. Seemed too good so I assumed it was business only. As for the poll, living in a poor signal area I'd only jump networks to a network that definately had signal coverage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squall Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I dont use gprs much at the minute, but i would if that deal was available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neilg Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 basically all I want is to be able to use my phone the same way as I use my data card. eg my orange, or vodafone datacard have large amounts of bundled data but no voice calls. My Voice SIMs charge upwareds of £1 a meg for data. I just would like to see both on the same SIM. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Foxy2k Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I only have a little while left on my current contract so I would definitely swap network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaser81 Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Its gonna really annoy me, if, as I suspect, this is Orange which Paul is in negotiation with for this. I just left them for Vodafone!! Sods law!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 If I was in the UK...SURE! But I already have unlimited for $19.99 here in the US!!! (rub rub) :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nedge2k Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 This is a difficult one...but i prolly would switch. Im on O2 PAYG. I get 300 free texts and unlimited GPRS for £10 p/m BUT O2 uses a fairly limited HTTP proxy so u can only really use it for web access...unless you hook up the phone to the lappy and and set proxies up for irc/msn etc. They would need to offer similar or cheaper call rates and/or a similar free text bundle for me to commit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nobznss Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Not sure that I'd switch networks, but I'd DEFIATELY take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest damianbyrne Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 I don't really use GPRS on my personal phone that much (MSN Messenger and occasional email checking), but at work my PDA phones (iMate Pocket PC and XDA2s) are hammering the GPRS while testing...... Im just glad its not my bill, so somethinglike this woul be great for companies IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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