Well, will WONDERS never CEASE?
Butter me in jelly and call me Christopher!
Look again. Yes, Orange, uh huh, ORANGE are launching an unlimited data add-on. This is from the company who most recently brought us the unbelievable and downright laughable ‘unlimited’ off peak data deal if you signed up to their 75 quid a month price plan. As if ‘off peak’ was any use.
Muchos kudos to SMS Text News reader Barry O’Connell for spotting this in The London Times!
So, the future’s bright, right? Have a read……
The battle to encourage mobile phones users to connect to the internet on the move will intensify this week when Orange, one of Britain’s biggest
operators, launches cut-price data deals including ‘free’ content.The French-owned group, which has 17 million UK customers, will unveil new tariffs that will allow mobile customers to have unlimited access to the net for a daily or monthly fee, or else pay for short ‘snacking’ sessions. Access to basic news headlines and some search services will be free. At present, customers are charged per unit of data they use.
The move by Orange to simplify charges is part of the latest attempt by mobile operators to encourage customers to take up more lucrative data services and finally transform ‘3G’ into a mass-market product.
So for all you Orange users out there — the ones who’ve been feeling my ‘YOU’RE ALL CHUMPS’ wrath (aimed more at o2 customers really), there’s no excuse. Phone’em up and get adding unlimited data.
More details?
Orange
Contract: Internet ‘snacks’ – 30p for 15mins with daily cap of £1.50 or a ‘bundle’ priced at £1 per day or £5 monthly for evening/ weekends or £8 monthly ‘anytime’
Pay-as-you-go: Internet snacks – 40p for 15 mins with daily cap of £2 or a daily £1 bundle
It’s still confusing me. I don’t know why they couldn’t have just said ‘it’s five quid’ like Three did. Why four different choices? Did they get a bulk deal from their systems integrator?
“We’ll sort out your unlimited data on your billing system, sure, but, listen, we’ve got a special going at the moment — we’ll do you three other billing system updates, call it quits at 2 million quid in fees, yeah?”
Anyway it’s good news.
I’m delighted. So now all those Nokia N95 users can actually SEND pictures and use their data hungry handsets. Obviously not for VOIP.
That’s a watershed moment. I’ll need to remember this one for my book.
And I’ve just realised I don’t have a category on here for Orange. Hmm.
What flavour jelly, Christopher?
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No mention of this on the Orange website. Reckon its open to new customers?
It might not be ‘out’ yet Ben — but it’s worth giving them a call or popping into a store
Finally!
This is great news…
Especially for Mobizine users!
(consider yourself blogged Ewan)
Too late for me – after 10 years I moved to T-Mobile (and still think I have a better deal).
but i want voip …..
[…] So, I laughed and then I canceled and then I felt like a fool for waiting and a fool for even believing o2 might actually price a data product competitively. Even Orange are giving that a go. […]
I tried to get the £8/month added to my account, but was told the plan hasn’t been released yet, although I’m sure some Orange users did manage to get on to the plan when the Sony Ericsson P990 was released. From other forums and mailing lists, the £8/month plan will be release in Q4 of this year (yes, Q4). Here’s some more info: http://www.mobiholics.com/index.php?s=7851a1c657c5c51ce2e2dea218d1f061&showtopic=254149&st=0&p=816380&#entry816380
The £5/month plan does seem to be up and running as that’s what I’m on now, after Orange invited me to join in November.
Roll on Q4…
Unbelievable!!! I was on a £4.00 per month unlimited GPRS wap package with Orange for 4 years. When I say unlimited, it was subject to a fair usage policy of 10mbs per month. So much for unlimited!!! I was actually using 400-500mbs per month, on a regular basis, and no one said a word.
I then upgraded to a Nokia N95, not one of my better decisions, but I needed access to Orange internet, not wap. I was offered a £5.00 per month unlimited off peak bundle, or an anytime 30mb bundle for £8.00 per month. 30mbs, I would have got through that in an hour!!! I reluctantly opted for the off peak package, at least I wouldn’t need to re-mortgage the house at the end of the month!
Just by chance I rang customer services (now there’s a breach of the trades description act) to see if any new data plans had become available that would be more suitable. To my surprise, and great delight, I was offered anytime unlimited usage for £8.00 per month. Now that’s a bargain in anyones book, so I grabbed it straight away.
Knowing Orange of old, they may suddenly realise just how generous that is and withdraw it, just like they did with my £4.00 wap package. The bottom line is, they can withdraw the offer, but if you are already on the plan, they can’t take you off of it. My advice would be to grab it while it’s available, and if you change your service plan, don’t be talked out of giving it up. Make it plain you keep want to keep the data bundle no matter what. £8.00 per month unlimited internet usage is a very good deal indeed, now if only it was possible to get a connection………………………………:-))
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