Orange Announces UK Data Pricing for iPad

[Journojulz]

unlimited data on my iphone from o2 is £7.50 a month....
(i dont have an iphone contract, just the data add on to a 'normal' contract)

Ta for that - I am Pay and go with 02

£15 a month top up gives you "Unlimited" data (limit 500mb)
Now i have £90 credit - i don't make that many calls

If you don't top up 15 a month - you are charged.....


get this......


£3 per MB!

Yup - that is £5 PER WEB PAGE

Chewed through £80 of credit in one night browsing the o2 site to tr and find where all my credit was going.

 

[ibosie]

More expensive and restricted than I expected. In the mobile space there isn't much difference between UK products & prices so I'm sure Orange, O2 et al have already collaborated on setting the levels.

 

[iPaddy]

I can get the 3 MiFi for:

5GB - £19 per month WITH free 8GB iPod Touch

5GB - £13 per month WITHOUT iPod touch.

Might go for one of those.

 

[jnc]

Crap.

Hopefully T-Mobile and o2 will have unlimited plans that blow this out the water.

 

[mkjj]

O2 Simplicity for iPhone rolling monthly contract is from £20 for 300 minutes + unlimited texts + unlimited data. It's £15 per month for the same if you sign up for a 12 month contract. http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/simplicity/iphone/1_month

edit: Oh OK, just noticed that has already been posted by PhoneyBoy

I signed up to my iPhone plan before it was officially announced and got the 600 mins etc for £20 on a 30 day contract. Seems they have changed it slightly now, down to 300 mins.

 

[eaf7s]

Ta for that - I am Pay and go with 02

£15 a month top up gives you "Unlimited" data (limit 500mb)
Now i have £90 credit - i don't make that many calls

If you don't top up 15 a month - you are charged.....


get this......


£3 per MB!

Yup - that is £5 PER WEB PAGE

Chewed through £80 of credit in one night browsing the o2 site to tr and find where all my credit was going.

Error--you've done unlimited web as your tariff! Go with something else--a call/text package or something that doesn't matter if it expires--and pay the 7.50/mo. for the unlimited data tariff seperately; it comes out of your account every month even if you haven't topped up any credit but enough to pay for that.

What is a "quid" for those of us across "The Pond"?

Yeah sorry I know someone answered this; it's easier for me to type out quid or pound than use the symbol because, well, I don't have the symbol on my keyboard [American with an American computer, just living in the UK]. Apologies!

 

[Tim D]

This will be an interesting subject for the next three weeks.

Most of my iPad usage will be using my home wireless network, but I would want to have occasional 3G usage. My initial thought was to go for a Wifi only iPad, and get a MiFi from 3.

However, with the MiFi it looks like the Top-ups have a 30 day life. Not good if your usage is occasional. I've also got a hunch that whenever I wanted to use the Mifi I would have forgotten to check the MiFi had a charged battery.

So perhaps a WiFi + 3G iPad is better and then one of the irregular options from Orange, or who ever comes in with better deals.

5p per MB sounds convenient but starts to sound expensive when you call it £51 / GB. Like an earlier post said, buying £2 per day when needed will probably work.

What's difficult to know is how much I would actually use it. Looking at my iPhone, it says that I have only used 1.6GB of received data. If that is in all the time I have had it, then a true pay-as-you-go would work for me.

How much data have other people used on their iPhone?

 

[eaf7s]

This will be an interesting subject for the next three weeks.

Most of my iPad usage will be using my home wireless network, but I would want to have occasional 3G usage. My initial thought was to go for a Wifi only iPad, and get a MiFi from 3.

However, with the MiFi it looks like the Top-ups have a 30 day life. Not good if your usage is occasional. I've also got a hunch that whenever I wanted to use the Mifi I would have forgotten to check the MiFi had a charged battery.

So perhaps a WiFi + 3G iPad is better and then one of the irregular options from Orange, or who ever comes in with better deals.

5p per MB sounds convenient but starts to sound expensive when you call it £51 / GB. Like an earlier post said, buying £2 per day when needed will probably work.

What's difficult to know is how much I would actually use it. Looking at my iPhone, it says that I have only used 1.6GB of received data. If that is in all the time I have had it, then a true pay-as-you-go would work for me.

How much data have other people used on their iPhone?

In the month that I've had this replacement, it looks like 242mb sent, 1.7gb received, but that is going on 1) if it got reset when they gave me the replacement and my backup didn't put that statistic on and 2) I haven't actually used my iPhone in almost 2 weeks.

 

[robin1989]

This will be an interesting subject for the next three weeks.

Most of my iPad usage will be using my home wireless network, but I would want to have occasional 3G usage. My initial thought was to go for a Wifi only iPad, and get a MiFi from 3.

However, with the MiFi it looks like the Top-ups have a 30 day life. Not good if your usage is occasional. I've also got a hunch that whenever I wanted to use the Mifi I would have forgotten to check the MiFi had a charged battery.

So perhaps a WiFi + 3G iPad is better and then one of the irregular options from Orange, or who ever comes in with better deals.

5p per MB sounds convenient but starts to sound expensive when you call it £51 / GB. Like an earlier post said, buying £2 per day when needed will probably work.

What's difficult to know is how much I would actually use it. Looking at my iPhone, it says that I have only used 1.6GB of received data. If that is in all the time I have had it, then a true pay-as-you-go would work for me.

How much data have other people used on their iPhone?

i think it depends on the user but looking at the replacement iphone i have (got it 2.5 weeks ago) i have send 500mb and recieved 3.5gb

 

[funnyent]

I appreciate AT&T's $30 truly unlimited plan now!

 

[Journojulz]

Error--you've done unlimited web as your tariff! Go with something else--a call/text package or something that doesn't matter if it expires--and pay the 7.50/mo. for the unlimited data tariff seperately; it comes out of your account every month even if you haven't topped up any credit but enough to pay for that.

Hi fella - not sure what tarrifs you are talking about.

these are the pay and go ones:
http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/Pay_and_Go

the only one with free web is "text and web", the rest are an obscene £3/mb

Just noticed they have lowered the top up limit, so you get "unlimited" (500mb) web for a tenner a month - not 15.

hate it when they make changes and don't tell you! Grrr.

Where is the link to the "7.50/mo unlimited data tariff" ?

 

[Master Chief]

I wonder why they don't offer a simple family plan. I mean don't most of us pay for more than one device already? I personally carry my iPhone 3GS with me, all the time, and I refuse to pay more than once. Not to mention my wife and four children. I tell you this whole data plan stuff, including SMS and MMS, is becoming an annoying ripoff.

And what about a real EU plan? One that works in any EU country... without additional costs. That I tell you would be an excellent idea for trips and holidays.

 

[eaf7s]

Hi fella - not sure what tarrifs you are talking about.

these are the pay and go ones:
http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/Pay_and_Go

the only one with free web is "text and web", the rest are an obscene £3/mb

Just noticed they have lowered the top up limit, so you get "unlimited" (500mb) web for a tenner a month - not 15.

hate it when they make changes and don't tell you! Grrr.

Where is the link to the "7.50/mo unlimited data tariff" ?

Sorry; bolt-on. Web bolt-on. So what I do is I have the "Your Country" tariff for calling the states, and I pay 7.50 a month for web, independent of top-ups etc. So even when I have zero credit I am still able to get on the web as long as I add 7.50 by the time it is debited every month.

http://www.o2.co.uk/explore/tariffs/boltons/paygoboltons/o2web

The iPad pricing scheme seems a little garish next to that.

 

[Journojulz]

Sorry; bolt-on. Web bolt-on. So what I do is I have the "Your Country" tariff for calling the states, and I pay 7.50 a month for web, independent of top-ups etc. So even when I have zero credit I am still able to get on the web as long as I add 7.50 by the time it is debited every month.

http://www.o2.co.uk/explore/tariffs/boltons/paygoboltons/o2web

WOW F**k!

How deep do they bury THAT option?!?!

Cheers fella - that is valuable information, no wonder its hidden so well.

I do detest comms companies for the way they keep customers in the dark when a better offer is introduced.

Now - all things considered, i txt more than i talk so a £10 top up a month with 250mb free web and 300 text is actually the best tariff for my usage.

I have a slight issue with the ever rising credit balance, but its better than paying £7 a month for the same service - hopefully phone credit will actually be worth something at some point (60% is the current max "conversion rate")

Cheers - Unlike Apple, you really can't rely on 02 to give you good advice.

 

[iZac]

Err... you mean France Telecom....

Orange UK, their data plans are hideous!

 

[northy124]

Damn it appears Orange are offering the best deal in the UK for the iPad... damn although Orange FR is a complete joke

 

[phatspider]

Damn it appears Orange are offering the best deal in the UK for the iPad... damn although Orange FR is a complete joke

How do you work that it? Seems O2 are best/joint best - and they're the only UK operator offering SIMs as Pay as you Go? Orange and Voda are both 30 day contracts and therefore require credit checks etc.

 

[northy124]

How do you work that it? Seems O2 are best/joint best - and they're the only UK operator offering SIMs as Pay as you Go? Orange and Voda are both 30 day contracts and therefore require credit checks etc.

No I am sorry but no, Orange have Pay for What You Use, Daily, Weekly (P&G) and Monthly (30 Day contract) so there you have it, Orange have Pay as you Go.