Rob Beard wrote:
> LeeUKHA wrote:
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> This is very interesting.  I've been looking for such a solution for 
>>>> work.  I see the cost is set to 0.73p per KB capped at £1.  Does this 
>>>> mean it costs £1 for a whole day of bandwith?
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>> nominally yes but the fair use is 40MB and it is stated that it is 
>>> really intended for phones not PCs I think I read this in the t-mobile 
>>> small print somewhere. But their fair use sanction is not sudden and 
>>> harsh. (yet).
>>>   
>> LOL - I've seen this on a site somewhere else... the op just said it he 
>> got cut off by T-Mobile, he'd just bin the sim and buy a new one for 
>> 99p. I thought that was a bit against the spirit of the exercise... take 
>> it easy on the bandwidth folks, if everyone starts taking the mickey the 
>> £1/day cap will surely sky rocket...
>>
> 
> Would be good if T-Mobile published clear usage limits (I assume they 
> are hazy like ISPs).  Still I may consider getting one of these for 
> myself, would be handy for work rather than trying to find a decent 
> wireless connection (which I had to do the other week in Exeter).
> 
> Rob
> 

Duh!, looking further it seems there is a 40MB a day limit.  Not 
brilliant but perfectly useable for text based mail and light browsing.

(or in my case, occasional fixing things via SSH)

Rob



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