Posted by Mark Goodge on 10/09/07 06:44

On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:24:10 +0100, SpaceGirl put finger to keyboard
and typed:
>
>-yet-. Now that large screen format phones, such as the iPhone are
>around, with unlimited data contracts by default + free wifi, we're
>going to see an explosion in mobile browsing I think. Everyone is
>rushing to copy the iPhone feature for feature. There are 5 or 6 similar
>"web" phones out this Christmas, and most networks (in Europe anyway)
>are bundling unrestricted web access & unlimited data contracts with
>these phones. This is a HUGE market change. Until now, very few networks
> offered uncapped data rates unless you were on a business contract.

There's no such thing as "unlimited data". Contracts that offer it are
either subject to a "Fair Use Policy" (which simply means that there
is a limit, but they won't tell you what it is) or they're on
contended bandwidth (which means there is a limit, but they don't know
what it is either).

In my experience, "unlimited" tariffs are more common on consumer
contracts, partly because consumers are less likely to be tech-savvy
enough to realise that "unlimited" doesn't mean there aren't any
limits and partly because consumers are less likely to push the device
to its limits anyway. Business users, on the other hand, tend to want
to know exactly what their limits are, and to have an SLA that
guarantees they'll be able to use everything up to the limit.

Mark
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