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MorganJones

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Nov 18, 2012
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Hey guys, my 5S should arrive on friday, in the meantime i have bought a sim only plan from 3. I seem to understand that when they say 'unlimited data' they actually mean unlimited, as opposed to a cap of 3GB like other providers. Wondering if any of you are on a 3 unlimited plan, and if you could confirm this?

Cheers,
Morgan
 
MorganJones said:
Hey guys, my 5S should arrive on friday, in the meantime i have bought a sim only plan from 3. I seem to understand that when they say 'unlimited data' they actually mean unlimited, as opposed to a cap of 3GB like other providers. Wondering if any of you are on a 3 unlimited plan, and if you could confirm this?

Cheers,
Morgan
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Hello, On the £12.90 Three plan
Last few months I used around
July 34gb
August 23gb
September 45gb
Not even one word from three.
 
I have the "all you can eat" unlimited data from 3 and I can confirm that it is unlimited, or as 3 say on their website, roughly 1000gb a month limit, but you would need to be using data every second of every day to even come close to that.
 
Like the post 2up I chew through data. No cap. No fuss. No complaints
 
What is the signal like for you guys? I know it varies but a general feel? I'm on O2 now and can't believe the poor signal. My gs3 got it everywhere so I was pretty amazed the iphone is so poor.
 
DannyDrama said:
What is the signal like for you guys? I know it varies but a general feel? I'm on O2 now and can't believe the poor signal. My gs3 got it everywhere so I was pretty amazed the iphone is so poor.
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My signal is fine to be honest, 3G can lag sometimes but think that's just 3G speeds. 3 don't get 4g until December in my area which 3 will be rolling out free to everyone.
 
pojo1806 said:
My signal is fine to be honest, 3G can lag sometimes but think that's just 3G speeds. 3 don't get 4g until December in my area which 3 will be rolling out free to everyone.
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Thanks. I think it will be a while after that in my area.
 
pojo1806 said:
My signal is fine to be honest, 3G can lag sometimes but think that's just 3G speeds. 3 don't get 4g until December in my area which 3 will be rolling out free to everyone.
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"free" yet the the 5s 64GB contract price is about £250 more than the 5 last year!

Can't knock the one plan sim only deal (which has actually reduced in price recently). I will be signing up soon.
 
scottish said:
"free" yet the the 5s 64GB contract price is about £250 more than the 5 last year!

Can't knock the one plan sim only deal (which has actually reduced in price recently). I will be signing up soon.
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Yes "free" compare the 500 plan with 3 to any of the EE 4G plans and you will know what I mean
 
ToyGun1 said:
Hello, On the £12.90 Three plan
Last few months I used around
July 34gb
August 23gb
September 45gb
Not even one word from three.
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Thats the plan i just got, bloody hell, you're one heavy user. Can't wait for the free 4G next year when their coverage reaches Cardiff.

At least i don't need to worry anymore
 
pojo1806 said:
Yes "free" compare the 500 plan with 3 to any of the EE 4G plans and you will know what I mean
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Oh I know what you mean. Three are definitely doing things right on the 4G front - and they've been transparent about their plans. Perhaps putting free in "" wasn't fair.

Despite what I said about the on contract price increase, they are still very competitive compared to 5s plans on other networks (if you want to go down that route).
 
MorganJones said:
Thats the plan i just got, bloody hell, you're one heavy user. Can't wait for the free 4G next year when their coverage reaches Cardiff.

At least i don't need to worry anymore
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lol Its all that Neflix, itunes match,Sky Go, bbc iplayer all streamed on 3g.
All adds up so quick.
On three you really get to use your smartphone to the full.
 
ToyGun1 said:
Hello, On the £12.90 Three plan
Last few months I used around
July 34gb
August 23gb
September 45gb
Not even one word from three.
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How on earth do you manage to use that much?

Presumably you pay extra to enable tethering? Even then I'd assume downloading that amount would put a large strain on the modem in the phone and reduce lifespan?

Or are you using it in a dongle?
 
Rich74 said:
Tethering is included with 3.
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According to their website you can't tether on pay and go and on pay monthly you have to buy an addon for £4 a month

In the past without an addon it would work briefly but then get blocked when they detect you're tethering

http://support.three.co.uk/srvs/cgi-bin/webisapi.dll?command=new,kb=mobile,ts=mobile,t=article,varset_cat=internetapps,varset_subcat=3582,case=obj(3599),varset_username=Mobile:mobileUser
 
I'm on the Three OnePlan. The 3G is much faster at home than my old Broadband, before I upgraded to fibre, so I used to tether my iMac when I was doing things which needed quicker internet, like downloading from iTunes.

I also used it a lot for uploading my backups to Crashplan. It wasn't unusual for me to upload 5gb in a day or download 10gb.

Never had any problem from Three about usage, and they don't even track it on your account.

The best mobile internet plan around, and I've always found the coverage pretty good. As I said earlier my 3G at home was much quicker than my old Broadband.
 
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