Unlimited* mobile internet

[Gary L]

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/

[zing]

lol well that is a good question

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by David F

lol well that is a good question

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

[zing]

I am not disagreeing

[Gary L]

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.

[BenMcr]

No different than T-mobile. http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/m...on-your-phone/

Lots of Unlimited* there too

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And Vodafone http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...pageID=MI_0004

[Matt D]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

No different than T-mobile. http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/m...on-your-phone/

Lots of Unlimited* there too

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And Vodafone http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...pageID=MI_0004

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*"

[BenMcr]

P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts

I think that everytime I use them

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

P.S I thought bold text was for Mod posts

Only to show it's a mod edit or decision

[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.

[Gary L]

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.

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.

[chamoan]

Now that's the funniest "unlimited" package I ever did see.

[Turkey Machine]

That's clearly a blatant case of misadvertising, and it should be stopped. Misleading customers is one thing, lying is another.

[Gary L]

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.

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.