T-mobile reduces all data tariffs to 500mb on 1st Feb 2011

Balls.

Edited 10 January, 201115 yr by Robshaw

Still waiting for the folks at Bitterwallet to get a decent answer from T-mobile, as conflicts as to if this affects Android 3gb accounts.

I've not had any text, neither has SWMBO....

My god that's such a hige drop in allowance.

I already get 500MB on three at the moment and find it to be an ample ammount as I use wifi while at home anyway (uses less power than 3g too).

Phil

I wonder if you can cancel your contract based on this... not that i ever use more than 500MB but always worth a punt if you can get out of your contract...

Am hoping so, as could do with saving some cash. My plan has 1000's on minutes I never use as I usually text or surf the net.

Might not always reach 500mb, but my contract print out specifically states it's part of my terms/plan @ 3gb.

how do you find out your monthly usage?

I'm on flex50 package. And my HTC Desire HD phone needs internet access a lot of the time..

Thanks for the heads up...will call them up today...

If this keeps happening then the smartphone will die for the same reason it didn't take off in the first place.

When it's that expensive to keep online on the go... most people won't bother.

Didn't Vodafone this recently, and a lot of people backed out of the contract as a result?

Won't impact me personally, as I rarely use much download allowance - mainly due to T-Mobiles amazing signal coverage - or lack of. :no:

Edited 11 January, 201115 yr by TriggerFish

My O2 contract's had this happen to it, but even with the odd occasion streaming audio with myPlayer, I've never got near it other than the one time when I used my phone as a 3G dongle to take an old laptop I acquired from XP SP1 to SP3!

I'm on the 3GB fair use limit also.

I try to use WiFi where availble - but how much impact does Google Maps, Navigation, Photo uploads to Picassa, YouTube app have on data access?

I use my HTC Desire as my primary sat nav and also for day's out - What's near me, Local X Y Z, etc.

I use the phone fairly - but if this is going to bust my limit, then why continue advertising the phones abilities if you can't use them?

What really takes the biscuit is, I've just signed a new contract with them, so I have well over a year left to run.

Where would you stand legally if they reduced data rates to such an extent that you cannot use the phones features (which is what sold the phone)?

I also read that Facebook and Gmail would not be included in this? Isn't Facebook a silly amount of the data access (I think I read 80% in the US market). Surely capping this would be the logical approach if bandwidth is becoming congested.

I wouldn't bat an eyelid if Facebook fell off the Internet, but useful things (SatNav, Photo's, Road / Travel Info, Searches, etc) are surely needed by most folks, and far more useful than "Poke".

From reading that article - browsing etc is allowed regardless, but once you get to the 500mb downloading won't be allowed. Where the Navigation comes into it I don't know (browsing or downloading) but I tend to use it with the streetview mode on, so I'm guessing it's not going to be all that light on useage.

Apprantly they are still selling contracts with the 3gb limits too.

I suggest those who don't know how much data they use download some sort of app to count it. You'd probably be surprised by how little you actually use. I use Netcounter on Android.

I don't think my battery would last long enough to download 500mb in a month over 3G whilst I was away from a charger

From reading that article - browsing etc is allowed regardless, but once you get to the 500mb downloading won't be allowed. Where the Navigation comes into it I don't know (browsing or downloading) but I tend to use it with the streetview mode on, so I'm guessing it's not going to be all that light on useage.

Apprantly they are still selling contracts with the 3gb limits too.

So how is browsing different to downloading, when browsing is just downloading a page composed of html, so that your browser can render it?

Was wondering that myself. The only way I can think of differentiating is by file extension???

I have no idea to be honest, it's just what I've gleamed from the article so far - although that seems to be based on stuff from T-Mobile, who don't seem to issue a fixed statement.

Maybe it's done on ports? Any traffic on port 80 etc (email is allowed too I think) doesn't count? But really not sure though.

Edited 11 January, 201115 yr by TriggerFish

Hmm, good point...

FWIW, O2 text usage updates on demand, so assuming other providers offer something similar, it should be possible to keep track of things. The days of streaming video all day are probably over, but daily browsing with Opera Mini or similar shouldn't challenge the limit!

I checked that with T-Mobile via text earlier - it lists the texts/minutes, and then just said *Unlimited Internet* or something like that. Reaaaaally useful.

Your mytmobile account pages will now call your internet 'capped internet' and any method of looking at data usage has been pulled.

You cant differentiate between downloading a webpage or a small file, so in effect they are telling you what you can and cant look at on the internet!

Am now also following:

MSE thread - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2971328

Which? T-mobile in breach of contract - http://conversation.which.co.uk/mobile/mobile-phone-networks/t-mobile-is-likely-in-breach-of-its-customers-contracts/

Didn't Vodafone this recently, and a lot of people backed out of the contract as a result?

Won't impact me personally, as I rarely use much download allowance - mainly due to T-Mobiles amazing signal coverage - or lack of. :no:

Don't T-Mobile now have the biggest 3G network around and with Orange Merger one of the best signals? :S

Your mytmobile account pages will now call your internet 'capped internet' and any method of looking at data usage has been pulled.

I'm sure my account has always had capped data rate listed. It was only on my actual bill did it state W+W Plus. Indeed I can still see my data usage on the mobile data tab unless you meant something else?

Don't T-Mobile now have the biggest 3G network around and with Orange Merger one of the best signals? :S

Maybe, but neither have signal at my house. Nor do Virgin (don't they use T-Mo though?) It's fine at uni (gets about 2mb on a speedtest app, but I'm lucky if I see 30kb at home, and that's assuming it's not lost carrier signal). It struggles to make calls at home, usually end up hanging up and ringing the caller on the landline.

Edit - just run a test - download of. . .8, yes eight, kbps. Epic. Still, at this rate it'll take ages to exceed 500mb!

Edited 11 January, 201115 yr by TriggerFish

I'm sure my account has always had capped data rate listed. It was only on my actual bill did it state W+W Plus. Indeed I can still see my data usage on the mobile data tab unless you meant something else?

Nope, this change of terminology has occurred only this year.

Nope, this change of terminology has occurred only this year.

Love you're sig Gadgetman - Listen to Briskoda on Last.FM - just not on you T-Mobile phone

I didn't know T-Mobile had pulled the Data usage view on their website - didn't they have a nice pie chart IIRC?

Am just checking as I have a mobile data plan with them via 3G. Will have to download 500MB tonight and see if it busts my limit. If this is applied to Mobile Data too, then I will be going ape on them.

What's the point of only 1/2 Gb download on a mobile data plan? I can bust that downloading an ISO.

Edited 12 January, 201115 yr by HotRod

Not gonna hit existing contracts any more.

http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/help-and-support/index?page=home&cat=DATA_CHANGES