Unlimited* mobile internet
01-12-2008, 23:13
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Unlimited* mobile internet
Fair Use Policy – Unlimited Mobile Internet:
subject to a fair use allowance of 25MB per day.
Unlimited use is within the UK and is for your personal, non-commercial use only.
It doesn’t include
making internet phone or video calls,
peer to peer file sharing,
using your phone as a modem
So what is unlimited about it?
http://virginmobilepeople.com/30p/
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01-12-2008, 23:14
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
lol well that is a good question
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01-12-2008, 23:19
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by David F
lol well that is a good question
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It is a good question.
the word unlimited does not belong anywhere in the advertising of that product at all. I can't think of a single thing where they can say but it is unlimited
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01-12-2008, 23:20
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
I am not disagreeing
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01-12-2008, 23:38
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
If I had the money I'd put a stop to the misleading use of the term unlimited used to sell something. you sell it for what it is, but don't use the word to mislead people to believe it's actually better than what it actually is.
if you go over the limit you get charged at the usual tariff prices. there is nothing unlimited about it at all.
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01-12-2008, 23:44
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
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Yup. I've got TM's basic monthly Web 'n' Walk. 1GB per month, no using it as a modem, no VoIP, etc. But hey, it's "Unlimited*"
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01-12-2008, 23:48
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts
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01-12-2008, 23:50
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts
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I think that everytime I use them
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01-12-2008, 23:52
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts
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Only to show it's a mod edit or decision
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08-12-2008, 12:12
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
The worst bit is that if you go over 25MByte you get charged at £2 per MByte!!! Some people are going to get really stung by this probably without realising it because of the "unlimited" advertising.
Nasty stuff.
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08-12-2008, 12:19
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by caph
The worst bit is that if you go over 25MByte you get charged at £2 per MByte!!! Some people are going to get really stung by this probably without realising it because of the "unlimited" advertising.
Nasty stuff.
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And then you say how can I go over if there's no limit as it's Unlimited. they say it's in the small print.
the judge throws it out and it proves once and for all that unlimited isn't unlimited.
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08-12-2008, 12:22
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
Now that's the funniest "unlimited" package I ever did see.
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08-12-2008, 12:51
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
That's clearly a blatant case of misadvertising, and it should be stopped. Misleading customers is one thing, lying is another.
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08-12-2008, 13:06
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Re: Unlimited* mobile internet
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Originally Posted by Turkey Machine
That's clearly a blatant case of misadvertising, and it should be stopped. Misleading customers is one thing, lying is another.
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The way it works is they know that a certain amount of people will see it for what it is and won't see it as unlimited. they don't want them people. they want the ones who purchase it on the basis of it being sold as unlimited.
there is small print to say that it's not unlimited. they put that there themselves because they know it's not unlimited.
if they get complaints they just get referred to the small print. there is nobody to complain to about it being called unlimited when it's not.
if it was a man on the markrt falsely selling it as unlimited he would be shutdown. but becuse it's a company they can keep on taking the money.
they can say anything they like about a product. as long as they use a * next to the claim and small print explaining why it's not what they have claimed it to be, have or do.
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