Three Reduce Internet Fair Use Policy to 500MB

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As per title.

There has been, as you would expect, no fanfare about this change but a browse on their site shows you that new contracts now show the headline of Unlimited internet and the small print shows the FUP of 500MB.

On some contracts (the Internet Texter ones) the headline shows 500MB, and the small print says Unlimited with 500MB. Whether this is pure marketing or indicates an intent to police this FUP more closely I do not know (pure speculation on my part).

http://www.three.co.uk/Internet_Services/Great_value_Add_ons/Internet_Email

The above is a link to the Internet Max add-on that suggests they have not changed the FUP limit of 1GB for these yet. I hope they don't as this is what I use.

Disappointing and I guess points to either infrastructure of financial issues behind Three's network.
 
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As per title.

There has been, as you would expect, no fanfare about this change but a browse on their site shows you that new contracts now show the headline of Unlimited internet and the small print shows the FUP of 500MB.

On some contracts (the Internet Texter ones) the headline shows 500MB, and the small print says Unlimited with 500MB. Whether this is pure marketing or indicates an intent to police this FUP more closely I do not know (pure speculation on my part).

http://www.three.co.uk/Internet_Services/Great_value_Add_ons/Internet_Email

The above is a link to the Internet Max add-on that suggests they have not changed the FUP limit of 1GB for these yet. I hope they don't as this is what I use.

Disappointing and I guess points to either infrastructure of financial issues behind Three's network.

So this change would make T-Mobile direct the only network with a decent limit (3Gb)
 
So this change would make T-Mobile direct the only network with a decent limit (3Gb)

What about O2? I've not seen any official value in their t&c, some people keep saying 250mb but that's payg from what I understand. This month(well last month now as today is the 4th and that's my billing date) I've used 400mb or so, would've easily be more but I have WiFi on at home. might try using try seeing how much I can push it before they contact me, it's not iPhone so may not as tolerant(I'm on their simplicity for smartphone tarrif, have the HTC. desire)
 
What limit does O2 have?

Still Unlimited.....not FUP limit linked to it either.

Taken from the O2 T's and C's

The O2 Web & Wi-Fi Bolt On allows you unlimited use of O2 UK's Edge, GPRS, 3G and HSDPA networks, The Cloud's UK Wireless LAN network and the BT Openzone UK Wireless LAN network, for personal internet use and email. All usage must be for your private, personal and non-commercial purposes.
You may not use your SIM Card in any device to allow the continuous streaming of any audio / video content, enable P2P or file sharing or use them in such a way that adversely impacts the service to other O2 customers. If O2 reasonably suspect you are not acting in accordance with this policy O2 reserves the right to impose further charges or disconnect your tariff at any time, having attempted to contact you first.
 
In reality O2's limit is 1gb per month , I got warned for exceeding this one month on my mobile when home internet was down. Thats on a 12 month simplicity contract with the "unlimited" internet bolt on .
 
I'm glad that I'm with T-Mobile. £5 more per month when compared with other networks, but 2.5Gb more.
 
It looks like what 3 have done is make the 500mb FUP internet universal to all their new contracts. If you want more without exceeding a FUP then you buy the internet addon at £5 for 1gb.
 
I'm kind of thinking it's a good thing that I'm with T-mobile but to be honest I'm not even sure how much I have used per month...

*Checks*

Looks like I only used around 56Mb last month, I guess a lot more would be on my home wireless, not as bad as I was expecting considering I use android and have downloaded a lot of apps and done a fair bit of browsing.
 
There is now talk of the 500mb FUP being a hard limit and 10p per mb after that. As usual I cannot find anything on Three.co.uk because it is labyrinthine and broken. Can anyone find the terms on the website?

EDIT I found something. Apparently if you go out of bundle on your unlimited internet add-on then you are charged 10p per mb. This is NOT unlimited internet. Surely this is false advertising!

http://www.three.co.uk/_standalone/Link_Document?content_aid=1214305748126
 
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Just cancel your contract with them and go with somebody else.If you started your contract and you had unlimited and they've now put a limit,they are in breach of contract so you can terminate it without any charges.
 
What it looks like now, for new customers, you get 500MB included with the contract and if you want an extra 2GB per month, then you pay £5 for the addon (giving you 2.5GB in total).
 
What it looks like now, for new customers, you get 500MB included with the contract and if you want an extra 2GB per month, then you pay £5 for the addon (giving you 2.5GB in total).

Yes, that is how I read it.

The bit I question is their right (moral and legal - both should be examined) to market it as unlimited internet but to have a hard limit of 500MB that is followed by Per Megabyte charging.

The other networks that have per megabyte charging sidestep the issue by NOT advertising unlimited internet. Three want to sell the same product but call it unlimited.
 
Just cancel your contract with them and go with somebody else.If you started your contract and you had unlimited and they've now put a limit,they are in breach of contract so you can terminate it without any charges.

As said above it's only effecting new customers.
So if you signed up for 3GB then that's what you've still got.
 
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