Unlimited data on Orange UK for £8 a month. No, I’m not kidding!

Well, will WONDERS never CEASE?

Butter me in jelly and call me Christopher!

Look again. Yes, Orange, uh huh, ORANGE are launching an unlimited data add-on. This is from the company who most recently brought us the unbelievable and downright laughable ‘unlimited’ off peak data deal if you signed up to their 75 quid a month price plan. As if ‘off peak’ was any use.

Muchos kudos to SMS Text News reader Barry O’Connell for spotting this in The London Times!

So, the future’s bright, right? Have a read……

Link:
Orange cuts cost of plugging into the internet on a mobile phone 3G facts-Business-Industry Sectors-Telecoms-TimesOnline

The battle to encourage mobile phones users to connect to the internet on the move will intensify this week when Orange, one of Britain’s biggest
operators, launches cut-price data deals including ‘free’ content.

The French-owned group, which has 17 million UK customers, will unveil new tariffs that will allow mobile customers to have unlimited access to the net for a daily or monthly fee, or else pay for short ‘snacking’ sessions. Access to basic news headlines and some search services will be free. At present, customers are charged per unit of data they use.

The move by Orange to simplify charges is part of the latest attempt by mobile operators to encourage customers to take up more lucrative data services and finally transform ’3G’ into a mass-market product.

So for all you Orange users out there — the ones who’ve been feeling my ‘YOU’RE ALL CHUMPS’ wrath (aimed more at o2 customers really), there’s no excuse. Phone’em up and get adding unlimited data.

More details?

Orange

Contract: Internet ‘snacks’ – 30p for 15mins with daily cap of £1.50 or a ‘bundle’ priced at £1 per day or £5 monthly for evening/ weekends or £8 monthly ‘anytime’

Pay-as-you-go: Internet snacks – 40p for 15 mins with daily cap of £2 or a daily £1 bundle

It’s still confusing me. I don’t know why they couldn’t have just said ‘it’s five quid’ like Three did. Why four different choices? Did they get a bulk deal from their systems integrator?

“We’ll sort out your unlimited data on your billing system, sure, but, listen, we’ve got a special going at the moment — we’ll do you three other billing system updates, call it quits at 2 million quid in fees, yeah?”

Anyway it’s good news.

I’m delighted. So now all those Nokia N95 users can actually SEND pictures and use their data hungry handsets. Obviously not for VOIP.

That’s a watershed moment. I’ll need to remember this one for my book.

And I’ve just realised I don’t have a category on here for Orange. Hmm.