Is 500mb internet usage enough??

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Might sound like a daft question but I've always had unlimited internet usage with o2 and I'm thinking of switching to Orange with their 500mb inclusive allowance!

At the moment I tend to just use the internet to browse sports stories, check football scores and check cinema listings but if I get the W995 phone I want then I could use it for youtube or i-player - my question is - how much usage do these use up?

Anyone have any experience of the Orange usage? Someone once told me that the "Orange World" usage isnt even charged as its their own - is this right??

Thanks in advance....

StevieP
 
I don't do a great deal on the web, and since I got the phone have used ~50MB in just over 20 days.

500MB should be enough for casual usage for emails etc. but for things like iPlayer I expect it would quickly get used up.

The only thing that annoys me with Orange and the data policy is that the call it 'Unlimited' when you sign up for it, then tell you, actually, you've only got 500MB.
 
3 have an 'soft' 1GB limit - go over it once or twice consecutively and they wont mind. Start downloading 4-5GB each and every month and they'll complain.

That said, I find 20MB more than enough for my phone browsing needs (wifi ***).

EDIT: why is "for the win" starred out?
 
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Surely one of the providers actually provides "unlimited" usage given that a lot of these phones are being sold on the basis that they support things like the i-player etc!?!?

StevieP
 
Surely one of the providers actually provides "unlimited" usage given that a lot of these phones are being sold on the basis that they support things like the i-player etc!?!?

StevieP

other then o2, don't think they do.
tesco have 'unlimited' mins txts for £30/month(there's a thread on here somewhere about it) but ther's a fup of £500 worth of calls/txts.
 
other then o2, don't think they do.
tesco have 'unlimited' mins txts for £30/month(there's a thread on here somewhere about it) but ther's a fup of £500 worth of calls/txts.

O2 may be unlimited but they don't allow you to watch iplayer as I just tried to watch it on my new iphone 3GS, It looks like I will have to make do with Youtube for now.
 
O2 may be unlimited but they don't allow you to watch iplayer as I just tried to watch it on my new iphone 3GS, It looks like I will have to make do with Youtube for now.

NOPE wrong... thats just an apple iphone restriction !

i have a htc hero android phone on o2 and i can watch iplayer over 3G just fine ;)
 
I would say 500mb is enough, and when i was on orange i never went over this. But i still moved to t-mobile for the extra (got 3gb on my hero) just incase
 
NOPE wrong... thats just an apple iphone restriction !

i have a htc hero android phone on o2 and i can watch iplayer over 3G just fine ;)

I am disapointed that it's my iPhone that's restricting me from watching iplayer, I only got the 3GS yesterday after upgrading from an original iPhone and was looking forward to be able to watch iplayer on it.
 
would 3g have enough bandwidth to stream iplayer anyway?

in poor quality (but still very watchable) it does yes- 3gp file format.

500MB i wasnt sure was going to be enough for me, but it is. I turn on wifi at office / home so barely any useage occours.
 
i remember looking once for someone and with 3g quality i think an episode of top gear was around 35mb, just as an indication of bandwith requirements.
 
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