With iCloud's imminent release, how exactly are the UK networks going to cope with the constant push/pull nature of a seamless 'always uploading/downloading' service?

For example, on an average month i manage to stay under my 500mb 'unlimited' data usage allowance from Vodafone but in the first 3 days of my September billing period, I must have accidentally started an app update sesssion while on wi-fi and walked out of wi-fi area prompting and 850mb download session. Cue an extra £5.00 charge on my bill again this month (for the third month this year). I'm not convinced thats what happened but I'm assuming it was my error when i saw the usage alerts in my Vodafone App

If everytime I take a photo or edit a document, the iCloud is gonna push and pull it back to my devices, surely I'm gonna have to come to expect massive data charges every month unless I make the iCloud only work while connected to wi-fi which would entirely defeat the point of it.

My point is this, are the networks going to adjust their policies or download limits to work with the cloud service or is it just something I'm going to pay through the teeth to use?

Are american networks any different to ours with usage limits?

You can disable a lot of iCloud's services like document sync over mobile data so it would only sync over wifi so I suspect networks with less generous usage caps will simply suggest turning these features off over 3G

Obviously 3 customers have absolutely nothing to worry about if they are on the 1plan

Might be time I move to 3. My SIM only contract runs out in January so i'll have to migrate then unless vodafone want to give me a 1gb usage limit!

Unless the other networks do something about their data offerings I can see 3 doing rather well with this iPhone release especially if people are concerned at what effect iCloud will have on their data allowances. Even more so if they maintain their current aggressive pricing which is significantly cheaper than the other networks

Get a giff gaff card, 250 minutes to any network, unlimited texts and unlimited downloads all for £10 a month.

To the best of my knowledge, the current networks offering proper unlimited data on at least some of their plans are Three, Giffgaff and T-mobile.

T-Mobile I think slow you down if you go over a certain limit but don't charge you or cut you off. On Three and Giffgaff, use as much as you like, no charge. For Three, it's not just the One Plans, any plan with all-you-can-eat data is fine.

If the phone is HSPA+ as rumoured then that's another reason to make sure you're on a network with good HSPA+ coverage too for faster speeds, full specs out tomorrow.

Is there any way to find out the various networks respective HSPA+ coverage?? Their coverage checkers don't seem to be that great with it, unless i'm missing something.

No the only way is to look for news articles or press releases from the operators really. Some are more open than others. HSPA+ will make a difference, they even call it 4G in America even though it's not. It does mean lower latency and faster speeds though.

Ignore. I got distracted and commented on the wrong thread!