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[quote][i]Originally posted by Dom[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] dom i like your replies. but a couple of things. [/quote] I like yours too, at least it shows everyone at Vodafone pedals the same BS! ;) [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] podcasts cannot be downloaded over 3g as they tend to be over 10mb, so can only use wi-fi. [/quote] :facepalm: You're probably thinking iPhones using iTunes. You can happily download the Radio 1 podcasts using 3G, just browse to the link via the browser. Never had issues with Android doing this. [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] the uproar you talk about is a forum i take it of people complaining? so this is representative of the entirety of customers? i dont think so. [/quote] Forums and websites, plural! And no it's not a representative of the entire Vodafone customer base, i've never said it was. What i have said is that a very tiny percentage of your customers CURRENTLY know about this and there is uproar. When you push out your text message explaining this to all of your customers in a few weeks, it'll kick off. [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] do you really think that one of the biggest global companies will cut its nose of in order to spite their face?? [/quote] No but i expect 'one of the biggest global companies' to pull it's face out of it's arse and realise what's reasonable and what's not especially when it comes to the Internet and data usage. It clearly shows that Vodafone (and others) clearly haven't got a clue when it comes to this - no doubt they still believe we use 5.5" floppies and 286 PC's :rolleyes: [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] a 500mb fair use policy is fair. at the end of the day , if you are using 30mb a day, then prepare to pay for that. by charging for data, it doesnt indicate a network is struggling with bandwidth or latency, it means that it is costing a lot of money, cost that if the consumer wants a service, they must pay for. [/quote] You again seem to fail to understand the difference between a FUP and a hard-limit. You CURRENTLY have a FUP usage of 500mb, that means that it is a guidance to stick to 500mb. It is not forced and you're very unlikely to get penalised if you go over the 500mb FUP by 100/200mb one month. What Vodafone is planning is to introduce is a hard-force-limit, where someone going over the 500mb by a MB will result in you getting charged £5! How the hell can Vodafone think that's reasonable?! [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] You mention that last.fm streams at whatever that rate is. so based on your maths, if say 1000 people a month do this 1500gbs a month that the network is using, surely people dont expect this to cost nothing? [/quote] 1.5TB is nothing in the grand scale of things and no i don't expect Vodafone to just dish it out, i know how much bandwidth costs and it's not cheap in the UK. But to charge people £5 per 500mb (and that's if you're on a data plan, some people are getting charged £10 per 500mb) is simply a con, how can Vodafone believe this is reasonable?!? And if Vodafone were truly targeting 'illegal' tetherers, then this hard-limit would be set to something more reasonable like 1GB, where it wouldn't affect your average loyal customer but only those that really take piss. [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] i still am a bit unsure why this is causing an uproar-its always been this way. if you use something more than is a guidance you pay for it. [/quote] Again, it's CURRENTLY a fair usage policy, not a force hard-limit which is what Vodafone are putting in place. [quote][i]Originally posted by bubble[/i] it says unlimited drink refills in pizza hut, but they stop you at 4. [/quote] Can think of a few companies like this ;) :lol: [/quote]
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