Vodafone add 'unlimited' Internet to new price plans! |
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,039 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
Yowza!
QUOTE(Vodafone)  The move means that pay monthly customers will no longer need to buy an additional internet bundle for £7.50 but instead every plan will automatically include internet access. The new plans will give Vodafone customers reliable and fast unlimited* access to their favourite social network sites, email and the whole of the internet when out and about in the UK. Vodafone customers will now have even greater confidence to browse the mobile internet without the worry of additional charges, no matter what monthly plan they choose. Price plans start at £25 and customers who select a £40 or higher price plan will also for the first time have the choice of unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls or unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone calls. “Our customers want simplicity and services that are easy to select, buy and use. Today with our new price plans Vodafone customers have the confidence to browse for as long as they need with no extra costs when checking their e-mail, visiting their favourite social networking sites or making a final bid on eBay,“ said Ian Shepherd, director of consumer for Vodafone UK. “This will make Vodafone not only the network of choice for voice and text but also the internet. And what’s more, all customers who visit a store to sign up to the new plan will benefit from Vodafone’s simple two minute set up for email so that they can leave the store up and running.” Since launching the internet on mobiles last summer Vodafone has witnessed the growth in consumers’ appetite for email, instant messaging, and social networking as well as more general services such as Google search. Favourites for customers include quick access to Facebook, MySpace or Bebo to share pictures and news, YouTube to check out videos on the move, and fast connections to eBay to make that last minute bid. *subject to a fair usage policy of 500MB / per month OK so it's got a 500MB FUP, but to get half a gig of data bundled into your price plan for free is pretty blooming awesome IMHO! Any Vodafone customers on here? P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 1 2008, 12:25
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Not bad...
T-Mobile - what are you going to do to beat that offer? 
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May 1 2008, 12:32
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 807 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: Sheffield Member No.: 279 Device(s): V1615 |
That is WAY cool. It's got to have put the wind up T-Mobile! Perhaps Vodafone will steal T-Mobile's crown?
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May 1 2008, 12:40
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 Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 84 Joined: 29th July 2004 From: Loughborough, UK Member No.: 51,330 Device(s): M3100 |
Awesome! With any luck orange will match it on the Orange Value Promise, too...
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May 1 2008, 12:44
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 807 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: Sheffield Member No.: 279 Device(s): V1615 |
Good luck with that
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May 1 2008, 13:10
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This is pretty cool! I was just coming to the end of a Voda £50pm contract and was considering moving away to someone with better data offerings. Now, if only Voda would do a better selection of WinMo devices.
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May 1 2008, 13:21
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 Newbie  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 31 Joined: 28th January 2005 From: Lincoln, UK Member No.: 107,225 Device(s): Touch Diamond |
QUOTE(fraktal @ May 1 2008, 13:40)  Awesome! With any luck orange will match it on the Orange Value Promise, too... its amost worth asking them. lol |
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May 1 2008, 13:29
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 154 Joined: 8th February 2003 From: Whitchurch (Hampshire) Member No.: 2,709 |
Damn! Just signed up to 12mths with O2 paying £7.50 for their "unlimited" (200MB) package.
Would have gone with Vodafone just for this! |
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May 1 2008, 13:49
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QUOTE(stevewright @ May 1 2008, 13:29) Damn! Just signed up to 12mths with O2 paying £7.50 for their "unlimited" (200MB) package. Would have gone with Vodafone just for this! hold your horses.... this comes as part of a new tariff refresh - guess how much more expensive the new tariffs are than the old ones? About £5... so - headline actually is "vodafone increases unlimited browsing limit from 100mb to 500mb and drops price from £7.50 to £5" - not actually exciting after all... |
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May 1 2008, 13:53
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 119 Joined: 18th October 2007 Member No.: 312,408 Device(s): Vodafone V1615 (Tytn II) |
QUOTE(WILBUR @ May 1 2008, 13:49) hold your horses.... this comes as part of a new tariff refresh - guess how much more expensive the new tariffs are than the old ones? About £5... so - headline actually is "vodafone increases unlimited browsing limit from 100mb to 500mb and drops price from £7.50 to £5" - not actually exciting after all... Yep, I'm half way through a £20 + £7.50 contract and was thinking darn... but actually, the equivalent new contract would only be £2.50 less; and presumably the old £7.50 bundle's limit is now up to 500mb too. |
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May 1 2008, 13:59
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 22 Joined: 28th November 2007 Member No.: 326,966 Device(s): v1615 |
More info here - http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?s=&a...ost&p=10331
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May 1 2008, 14:00
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,530 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
Is this "new customers only"?
I'm on a £35/m deal + £7.50, so if the prices have gone up by £5 that'll be £40 now and I'll get free text messages! Anyone got a link (being lazy, but I'm just on my way out ATM) |
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May 1 2008, 15:57
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 30th April 2008 Member No.: 383,912 Device(s): HTC Tytn II |
I just can't get over the fact that people (the consumer) accept unlimited means "500MB"!?! How is that even close to unlimited? Vodafone and all companies that advertise "unlimited" but impose 'usage limits' should be ashamed of themselves.
I understand and accept why limits have to be imposed but it is obserd that marketers are able to get away with this false advertising. In addition to obvious, using the term 'unlimited' makes it very difficult for consumers to make comparisons of the different providers, unlimited to one provider is 100MB while to another unlimited is 500MB, which really does beg the question as to why they are allowed to market BOTH AS THE SAME SERVICE...go figure. Another way to look at it is to compare it to a new car warranty. If Ford advertises you can buy the new Focus for whatever and it comes with a 3 year unlimited milage warranty, you get just that. It's not unlimited subject to a 'fair usage' policy otherwise it wouldn't be an unlimited warranty. Agh now I'm frustrated lol. I say there should be a consumer backlash at marketers who tell porkies! One last point, then I'm done...the failure by providers to clearly and precisely define what is classed as 'abuse' simply is just another way of imposing a limit on an unlimited tarrif because they are simply retaining the ability to 'choke' your volume as they please by quoting "violation of the fair usage...spew...". Anyway, how can there be too much use on an unlimited plan? Talk about the meaning of life?!? This post has been edited by brokenm: May 1 2008, 16:01 |
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May 1 2008, 16:00
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 807 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: Sheffield Member No.: 279 Device(s): V1615 |
I think car manufacturers specify that if a car is used for instance as a minicab then the warranty doesn't apply....
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May 1 2008, 16:09
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 30th April 2008 Member No.: 383,912 Device(s): HTC Tytn II |
QUOTE(hotphil @ May 1 2008, 16:00) I think car manufacturers specify that if a car is used for instance as a minicab then the warranty doesn't apply.... Yes you are right. There is a key difference though which is that it is an EXCLUSION and not a LIMIT. If they advertised as 'unexcluded warranty' then it would be the same. Which brings me to another thought on the matter. Sorry lol. Instead of using fair usage and abuse clauses why don't they just say unlimited means just that, and use exclusions which would mean that the service is genuinely unlimited. Just like included minutes exclude premium numbers. At least it makes it a level playing ground where things are referred to in comparible terms. |
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