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T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband

Posted by timothy on from the is-voip-alright? dept.

Mark.J writes "ISPreview reports that T-Mobile UK has launched an interesting range of new off-the-shelf Mobile Broadband products that do not require customers to sign-up under a long-term contract. The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) style products cost from only £2 per day for 'unlimited' access (3GB Fair Usage Policy applies). To access T-Mobile pre-pay Mobile Broadband, customers simply need to purchase a USB (Modem) Stick 110, which includes a memory card, for just £49.99 and plug it into a laptop to access their favourite websites. Credit can be topped up direct from the laptop and customers are able to select whichever package suits them at the time." For American readers, that's about $3.66 right now -- plus shipping yourself to the UK.

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  1. Expensive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here in finland you get usb 3G modem and unlimited traffic @ 384kbps for 9,80euros /month

  2. It can't be both UNLIMITED and 3Gb! by splodus · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can put up with all the 'only £1.99 a day!' and 'from just £49.99' style marketing speak. It's jarring, but at least it's not dishonest.

    However I am absolutely sick of hearing 'Unlimited usage! (fair use policy applies equal to 3Gb of data in any 28 day period subject to change)

    I'm happy to pay for a 3Gb per month limit. I'd be delighted with an unlimited usage package. But I am fed up with providers advertising 'unlimited', when it is is clearly, unequivocally, NOT unlimited!

    I'd urge any UK readers that agree to generate a gentle trickle of complaints to the Advertising Standards Agency and the Office of Communications.

  3. Re:The daily rate is outrageously expensive by commanderfoxtrot · · Score: 3, Informative

    Orange have had a better deal for years.

    £5 per month for offpeak internet, then £1 per day if you use it onpeak.

    My broadband was out of action for two weeks, so for £10 additional cost, I was able to work over my phone. (Normal Nokia N70, via bluetooth). 3G is more than fast enough.

    No limits: I did 3GB in a fortnight.

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    http://blog.grcm.net/
  4. Nobody said unlimited... by Manip · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you actually check T-Mobile's site instead of reading the article you'll find no use of the word "unlimited" anywhere on the pages.

    In fact next to each plan it lists "3GB fair use amount - without any run-on rates."

    In fact the only reference I can find to "unlimited" broadband is on ISP Review.

  5. Re:Will the dongle work with my Eee PC? by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 3, Informative

    Probably. These dongles pretty much all pretend to be serial modems and you just need to do some mucking around with AT commands and run pppd.

    Some of them need some hackery (eg. the one I have needs a kick to switch from storage mode to serial mode) but you won't be the first to try it so there will be a HOWTO somewhere.