Ian Morris
Ian Morris loves televisions so much he's been banned from wedding chapels in Las Vegas for trying to marry them. When he's not romancing technology, he can be found watching American TV. Ian likes roast potatoes, but he doesn't like digital rights management.
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Thursday 22 May 2008, 1:02pm
They call it unlimited, but it really isn't
Anyone who's read one of my blog posts or listened to Crave Podcast 85 will know that I find Vodafone's data plan to be something of a complete joke. Since signing a new 18-month contract to get an N95 8GB last year, I've been paying £7.50 a month for 120MB of data, which I think is the most preposterous charge for anything in the history of all chargeable things.
Today though, everything has changed, because I received this text message from Vodafone:
First, I was struck with their use of the letter 'u' to denote the word 'you'. That's something I get cross about in IRC, so when a message from my service provider rolls in with such a heinous abbreviation I really start to question the IQ of those in charge. Secondly, I noticed that my data cap has been lifted and I'm now able to download as much as I like.
Seriously, it uses the word 'unlimited' and everything.
Of course there's a fair use policy, which makes it clear that this product is anything but unlimited, and if you use more than 500MB you'll be in big trouble. So my question: why bother to waste my time by claiming it's unlimited in the first place?
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At last,someone else besides myself who thinks this so called unlimited broadband is a joke.what i don't understand is how they can call it that.when it's anything but.Thankyou.
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