Just a quick question.

I was checking the Three website a little while ago (to look somewhere up on the coverage map, I don't make a habit of checking mobile network websites!) and noticed a banner across the top advertising their PAYG SIM cards.

It reads: "You'll get: unlimited internet, 300 free texts, unlimited Three-to-Three calls... a £10 top up gives you all this for 90 days".

I thought 3's free internet on PAYG was limited (an actual limit, not a FUP) to 150MB - this was always very clear in their advertising. Have they changed this, or is this another mobile network deciding that "unlimited" actually means "capped"?

Free Internet Use

Free internet allowance is applied immediately on Top-up and remains valid for 90 days. After 90 days any remaining internet allowance is lost. Subject to an allowance of 150MB for 90 days. Internet use charged at 30p per MB once inclusive allowance is used up.
From 1 June. http://www.three.co.uk/Help_Support/...=1214305745843

Thanks. So nothing's changed other than the honest description of the 150MB allowance has been changed to "unlimited". That could be the worst use of the U-word I've yet seen - 150MB over three months is hardly unlimited...

I just thought there might have been a special offer on or something.

I would say it's very misleading.

A 150MB allowance is different to a fair usage policy.

Sort of off subject but when I was talking on the phone about my iPhone upgrade, I said that the 'Unlimeted' (1GB) would not be enough, the guy replied telling me that three do not charge extra, and will continue to let me use the internet for free

They may limit you connection speed though if you go over their fair usage limit though.