I've used the one pound unlimited for a day, listening to the BBC Listen-Again service for about an hour, downloading several 500K maps, picking up email at 5 minute intervals, and remaining online for several hours so that I have to charge the phone to avoid running out of battery. Totalling about 22MB in a day.
Certainly it's OK for connecting to a laptop. WAP is a complete waste of time. Orange helpline told me their billing system indicates the cost based on the normal PAYG rate of £4 per MB, but it's reimbursed by the Orange Extra system. He said it's not unusual to see figures of £70 or more in a day. The GPRS system will give a low priority to data compared to voice, so you are only using spare capacity. Your data will stop completely if too many people are making voice calls near you, so that automatically limits you to fair usage. Might be different if you were on 3G data, but I think the Orange Extra is only GPRS. I think this unlimited system is the only sensible way to connect - you don't need to disable automatic program updates, etc. (Every Microsoft monthly update now includes over 5MB of anti-virus, plus several MB of Outlook Junk Filter, even if you haven't installed Outlook.) Dave Wedd. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Napier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Canals List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:59 PM Subject: [canals-list] Orange again Having got this Orange PAYG SIM, and being a sad bastard (shut up at the back), I was reading the tiny tiny print in Orange's current sales lit. I note that the one pound deal is the only one that doesn't include a fair usage clause. All the others, like the data bundles attached to the pay monthly accounts, include an FU para which specifically excludes using the data connection for computer modem purposes, and threatens restrictions on usage if they detect you doing so. This is a pity, as the deals are quite competitive. Does anyone have any experience of using their data bundle in that way, or of Orange enforcing their FU clause? (Sorry if this has been asked before - I've tended to screen out discussions about O until now, being a Voda customer) Cheers Bruce –– Bruce Napier [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nbsanity.net 07884 003581 Save Our Waterways: visit www.saveourwaterways.org.uk Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
