Vodafone’s ‘Unlimited’ Net Access For All May 01, 2008

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mobile internet.jpg The problem with Internet access on mobile phones is that it costs extra to start with and when you exceed your limit, you’re charged a King's ransom. But now, Vodafone wants to give Net access to everybody.

The company is revamping its monthly payment plans to include ‘unlimited’ Internet access for everyone without the usual £7.50 add-on fee. Now, when they say ‘unlimited’ they really mean ‘a 500MB fair usage policy’ but it’s still enough for casual surfing every day.

The price plans start at £25 per month and run to £40 per month, the latter coming with unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls or unlimited calls to other Vodafone users.

Ian Shepherd, director of consumer for Vodafone UK, commented:

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“Today with our new price plans Vodafone customers have the confidence to browse for as long as they need with no extra costs when checking their e-mail, visiting their favourite social networking sites or making a final bid on eBay.”

Below, Vodafone lays out a sample usage guide for what you could do each day within the 500MB per month limit. Is it enough?-Martin Lynch

* Streaming three 90 second video clips from YouTube would be the equivalent to (=) 4.5MB
* Download one 3 minute movie trailer from Odeon = 3MB
* Browse 50 Internet pages = 1MB
* Find your way to the restaurant using Google Maps = 0.6 MB
* Check for updates on Facebook and upload a message = 0.1MB
* Check your emails and reply = 0.5MB
* Read breaking news on the BBC (4 pages) = 0.1MB
* Place the winning bid on eBay (10 pages) = 0.25MB

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500mb is plenty. Is there any more info on this though? Will I get it added to my existing plan or do I need to be a new customer?

Posted by Andrew | May 1, 2008 12:04 PM

OK, T-Mobile still charge the add-on fee, but you get 1-3GB/month depending on tariff.

I guess this deal is attractive for existing Voda customers - finally making mobile internet cost-free - but if TMo follow suit, I suspect their deal will be better.

Voda have been laggards on mobile internet; TMo have led, and Three have pretended to be generous while trying to fleece customers who go over their usage threshold with per-megabyte charges. Big up, T-Mobile!

Posted by Damian | May 1, 2008 01:58 PM

I phoned up to change my plan over today only to be told that it would add an extra 6 months to my contract becuase I was changing to a new price plan. Well thanks alot Vodafone does being with you for 8 years not mean anything anymore!!

Posted by Ian | May 1, 2008 04:26 PM

Ian, you were told wrong! Working for vodafone customer services, I am 100% certain your cotnract cannot be extended if you cahnge tarrif. I suggest you go into a vodafone store, where they should be able to transfer you to the new tariff in store.

Posted by Andyg | May 2, 2008 08:50 AM

Hi Ian,

Just to clarify the information in Andyg's post.

There are some instances where customers will be required to extend their existing contract commitments depending on the individual status of their accounts.

As we'd like to ensure you get the correct advice it'd be great if you could contact Vodafone's Forum Intervention Team via this link https://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=Page_Help_ContactUs&pageID=PCU_0002. All you'll need to do is quote the code FIT 135 in the body of your email and it'll come straight through to us.

All the best and look forward to hearing from you.

Lee
Vodafone UK

Posted by Lee | May 2, 2008 02:09 PM

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