T-Mobile UK cuts 'fair use' allowance to 500MB, sends you home to watch online video

[Jam]

That's why you use GiffGaff.

[Chippiewill]

but the contracts you sign state "Unlimited internet" and in the small print it'll say subject to a fair use policy. also in your contract, they can terminate your use of said device, or part of your plan. ie, cut your internet, remove text/call function.

You never win.

Vodafone, o2 and orange all have this (except iphone tariff's/stated otherwise/panther tariff on orange).

Ah but it said subject to 3GB of fair use bandwidth blah blah, they are now changing the terms of a contract halfway through. That's like removing somebodies call minutes. It's insane.

[Casanova]

on all the one's i've sold they state "unlimited internet, 500mb" they've been doing it for months.

they may make a u-turn. Three did.

[xxMATTGxx]

Which?’s legal team says that by failing to give customers 30 days’ notice of such significant changes, T-Mobile is likely to be in breach of its own terms and conditions.

Read more at; http://conversation.which.co.uk/mobi...ers-contracts/

But I'm with O2 and been using the 500MB limit for months now so yeah.

[HotelUser]

Out of curiosity would any UK users with data plans (with Android or iPhones) mind posting what you get and how much you pay a month?

[xxMATTGxx]

Out of curiosity would any UK users with data plans (with Android or iPhones) mind posting what you get and how much you pay a month?

I'm on pay as you go and I own an Android device with the O2 network. I pay £15 for like unlimited texts and internet, although the limit is around 500MB and haven't reached the limit or have not been told about reaching the limit.

If anyone does want to send a complaint in to OfCom then feel free to use this template the VillainRom guys have put up:

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/vBwiki/i...p/Ofcom_Letter

[HotelUser]

That's $20 less than the cheapest 500MB dataplans you could get where I am, still not bad.

[Hayleigh]

My unlimited internet was cute on 02 to 500mb a few months back at least now i can see how much i am using though

[Casanova]

my tariff is on Orange, supposed to be £40 including vat.
1200 xnet mins, unlimited texts, unlimited satnav, unlimited email, 750mb of 'net, unlimited blackberry (pin, server access etc), 50 picture MMS, free voicemail.

[Firehorse]

Goddamn it, I was just going to move my android to T-Mobile because I could get £5 a month unlimited (1gb fair use) internet. Imo 1gb is minimum for having the freedom to download apps and browse the web without having to constantly check how many megs you've used. These limits are the bottlenecks in mobile communications technology. I mean by giving everyone a useage limit then they just control the overall amount of data downloaded, why don't they just limit people's speeds in busy areas if their more concerned about "fair use".