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T-Mobile’s Full Monty price plan: Unlimited everything — it’s brilliant and it’s the way ahead

By Ewan on January 30, 2012 in Operators

For a long time I’ve been banging on about mobile operators simply not ‘getting it’. One of the key points I’ve been keen to assert is that dicking about charging me stupid little pennies (or, actually, huge lumps of pennies) for calls, texts and so on, was a total waste of time and resources. In [...]

XCom Global now offers unlimited MiFi usage for $14.95/day in 195 countries

By Ewan on January 4, 2012 in Devices, Operators, Services

I have to say I’m sorely tempted to try out XCom Global’s latest offering. They can now offer you unlimited data via MiFi (or USB stick) for a thoroughly reasonable $14.95 per day across a phenomenal 195 countries (up from 67 previously). There’s no charge for the equipment and delivery is (generally free if you [...]

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Let’s kill ‘unlimited’ once and for all?

By Ewan on February 1, 2011 in Operators, Opinion, Services

Ben Smith over at the all new Wireless Worker site makes a rather challenging point about the mobile data market: We have a chance – let’s kill ‘unlimited’ once and for all The word ‘unlimited’ has been abused too much and too long by telecoms companies to be rehabilitated. It should be killed off now we [...]

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My unlimited data Google Search Story

By Ewan on June 11, 2010 in Opinion

I made the following video with Google’s Search Story service. The first search? For the definition of “Unlimited”. Heh. Have a good weekend…

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Virgin Mobile: More abuse of the word ‘unlimited’

By Ben Smith on November 19, 2008 in News

Virgin Mobile have just announced a fixed-price per day of 30p for pay-as-you-go (albeit post-paid) data and unlimited use. For fun, let’s remind ourselves of the definition of ‘unlimited’: un-lim-it-ed [adjective] 1. not limited; unrestricted; unconfined: unlimited trade. 2. boundless; infinite; vast: the unlimited skies. 3. without any qualification or exception; unconditional. Wow… Infinite, unrestricted [...]

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3UK are set to launch a new unlimited package

By Ricky Chotai on October 15, 2008 in Operators

Over at Mobile News they are reporting that 3UK are set to launch a new unlimited package at £15. Unlimited calls, texts to 3 customers and 1GB data to boot 3 last week revealed it’s to launch a new £15 unlimited calls and text tariff through stores in November. The deal, which also includes 1GB [...]

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Fancy an unlimited orgy of fun?

By Ewan on May 29, 2008 in News

Not what you think. Ricky, our BlykWatch correspondent, came across this rather smart o2 viral challenge for students. 40 multiple choice questions that you have to answer as soon as possible. Get as many points as you can for your Uni and win a bucketload of iTunes and National Express vouchers. Here’s the a pic [...]

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Operators ask to dodge termination fees

By Julia on March 20, 2008 in Operators

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has referred the question of wholesale mobile termination rates – the fee each operator charges another to connect a call on their network – to the Competition Commission after appeals by BT and 3. The appeals come after Ofcom changed the controls on mobile termination rates early last year, which it [...]

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Apple to give away unlimited free music with the iPhone?

By Julia on March 20, 2008 in News

According to a report in the Financial Times, Apple is looking to make a break with its traditional pay-per-song iTunes model and switch to offering giving away a swathe of with each purchase of an iPhone (or an iPod, for that matter). In return for unlimited access to the iTunes library, individuals would be expected [...]

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