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[Viv 14]

Morning,

Does anybody know how much 250 MB is actually worth (cash)... this is what I get for Internet access from my new phone per month.

Help.

Also: for a trial period, I am supposed to be able to receive Hotmail. At the start I did so. Then I went along the coast to another town. A sign flashed up basically indicating I was elsewhere, and would I like to reconnect - I did so.... However, when I got back to my own town, it seems I have now lost all the ability to connect to Hotmail?????

Why??

Edit: Twitter people are telling me that this is equivalent to 12 hours of surfing?? Hmmm... not a lot really, eh.

[R94N 10]

250MB a month? If you use your phone a lot that's not very much at all. It goes KB, MB, and then GB in order of data size (or at least I think so). As to what's it worth I have no idea, it's not much in terms of data so I wouldn't think it would be that expensive...

[MrDoovdeHaxorz 11]

Yeah it's not really much. I have 1GB included in my con-tract at about £20 a month (With about 5000 mins/text etc) and that seems reasonable for the average user. 250MB is what, a quarter of that.

[Viv 14]

Mmmm. Wonder if this is why my hotmail has been taken away.... I got it on a 14 day trial, but have been accessing it a lot.

I am still fizzing because there was a link Jono posted on twitter, I attempted to download it (it was about the labour party) - it would NOT download, and it cost me £2.00 !!!!!!!! (for like, about, 10 seconds)

*mad*

[MrDoovdeHaxorz 11]

That's why it's good that it doesn't go by the second, but by the amount of data.

[Viv 14]

I don't think I have sufficient brain power for all this..... one thing I won't be doing is randomly downloading stuff off of twitter in the future.

At least I get 300 free texts per month now, so even if I go over the score on twitter, I can use all these to tweet.

Even though the hotmail was just on trial, I was in at it over and over... must be why Orange actually took it away altogether.

Orange are charging £5.00 per month for 250MB hotmail, and £10.00 for 250MB twitter and facebook - PAYG (didn't want a contract) - I think I may have been 'done' *

* rapidly coming to this conclusion

[Viv 14]

BTW, just thought I'd boot this bit in... the Orange 'phone guy was seriously CAMP - AS!! And once he sold me the phone, he threw his hands in the air with a shout "Enjoy your phone"!!!!!!

[E*F*4L 10]

what phone do you have Viv ?

i have a P&G Orange SanFrancisco (Android) when i put on £10 i get 300 free texts plus free internet 100MB a month, the 100MB lasts me just over three weeks, as i only use it for twitter & about 10 mins web browsing a day, i don't use it for calls very much at all, so i get about five weeks from £10, when i want to download apps onto it i just use the Wi-Fi connection so i don't get charged for data.

http://www1.orange.co.uk/service_plans/payasyougo/payg_dolphin_costs.html

whats the Hotmail charges for ? just access them via the internet on your phone.

[Viv 14]

I've got an Orange Rio now... The free internet doesn't kick in until the start of next month.... I never thought of just accessing via internet on phone to hotmail.

My phone says you have to pay £5.00 for the extras - mind you, it may mean once you have used up all the allowance.

Edit: In fact, it isn't... because my hotmail was on trial for 14 days, or at least it was supposed to be, then was removed after two days. Mind you, I think I may be responsible for this. I think I may have connected myself up to another region, whilst living in this region !! I'm going to Orange shop tomorrow to ask for some help.

[Viv 14]

I went to Orange, Alan, who say that the Hotmail problem is hotmail's fault, and not Orange's... they say to contact hotmail, but I have been into my hotmail account, and there isn't a way to contact at all. So I will just have to go via the orange browser.....

I went back into the shop today, and my phone collapsed, because my battery is so low... so brilliant, I wound up not been shown anything!!

[MrDoovdeHaxorz 11]

You've got a Rio... does it dance on the sand?

[Viv 14]

If it did, it would probably be the only thing it does.

Total embarassment asking to be shown what to do, and the phone won't go on.... no energy... the guy just looked at me like he thought I was barking, you know.

[Viv 14]

Good news. managed to install Basic mail on my phone. Did it all by myself in my bed.

Still getting "connection failed" when trying to get the rest of the Internet.

[MrDoovdeHaxorz 11]

Did it all by myself in my bed.

WOAH... don't think anyone asked for THAT level of detail.

[Viv 14]

Doovde, does downloading cost more at certain times of day than others?? This morning it cost me very little to download mail, yet the other day (in the afternoon - evening), I swear it was twice as much???

[MrDoovdeHaxorz 11]

I would have thought it usually costs depending on how much email there is to download. If you get emails with a lot of images etc, that'll use more data and might cost more because of that.

[Viv 14]

I've now discovered I can read parts of this forum from my phone. V. pleased at this. Learned this yesterday.

[alexa1 10]

Yes, it isn't much at all. May be good enough to check you emails every now and then.