[wavejockglw]

Just read the article below which seems like very good news for smartphone users travelling to European countries.

£5 a day buys 3 customers unlimited data in all EU countries.

http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/News/21...g_service.aspx

[m4tt24]

O2 sent me a message the other day (I've deleted it so can't get the full details) there's was 1.99 a day for x amount of mb per day and calls coming out of my contract allowance after 50p per day or something similar. About time they all did something like this.

I remember 10 years ago or so going to the US and was with t mobile at the time got there my phone connected to a t mobile signal. Tested it and all the minutes came off my free call time so I used it whenever I wanted about 7 days after returning they took all the phone calls off my free minutes and charged me for them.

[fmradiotuner1]

That would be worth having if your away as some wifi networks can cost more to use.

[heskethbang]

Originally Posted by fmradiotuner1

That would be worth having if your away as some wifi networks can cost more to use.

If you're in Europe and can't find wifi it's a good fallback to have.

[slyfox51]

I hope nobody on xdadevelopers forum reads this or they will be doing more moaning.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...676052&page=60

[reclusive46]

This is 'unlimited' browsing, it says you cannot stream.

[wavejockglw]

Originally Posted by reclusive46

This is 'unlimited' browsing, it says you cannot stream.

Still pretty good value for £5 a day. Ideal for travellers and if you really want to stream it'll have to be W-Fi. I can see this being very useful for mapping apps etc when travelling abroad.

[finbaar]

£5 a day for browsing is crap value. And I dont care if other networks charge more it is still crap. You are unlikley to use more than a few mb browsing.

[reclusive46]

Originally Posted by finbaar

£5 a day for browsing is crap value. And I dont care if other networks charge more it is still crap. You are unlikley to use more than a few mb browsing.

Indeed its good value but sneeky at the same time as even T-Mobiles £10 for 50mb for the month in some ways is better as when I'm on holiday I don't want to be using my phone all the time. Just the occasional email, imessage and web browsing.

[Daveoc64]

Originally Posted by finbaar

£5 a day for browsing is crap value. And I dont care if other networks charge more it is still crap. You are unlikley to use more than a few mb browsing.

I hit the £40 cap on O2 in just two days of brief usage last year.

Maps are big!

I'm looking forward to trying this in the summer. I'm a bit disappointed about the tethering, but other than that it seems like a reasonable deal (especially compared to Hotel Wi-Fi).

[MojoMaster]

Originally Posted by finbaar

£5 a day for browsing is crap value. And I dont care if other networks charge more it is still crap. You are unlikley to use more than a few mb browsing.

Surely only people that know they are going to use lots of MB are going to use the service?

So it's only crap value for an idiot who isn't giong to take advantage of it!

[dangetti]

Originally Posted by reclusive46

This is 'unlimited' browsing, it says you cannot stream.

it actually says Just so you know, the pass was designed for browsing, so streaming may not be as good as it is on our UK network, and, tethering isn’t included.

So you can stream, but it might not be as good as you have had on the UK network (as in they cant guarantee speeds or connectivity from other networks)

[Daveoc64]

Personally, I take that to mean that it's throttled.

[heskethbang]

Originally Posted by MojoMaster

Surely only people that know they are going to use lots of MB are going to use the service?

So it's only crap value for an idiot who isn't giong to take advantage of it!

I don't think there's any need for name calling.
Plenty of folk may simply want to switch on, check emails, and thats about it. £5 is a bit steep for them, but good if you're a high user without access to wifi.

[spendleb]

I used the O2 allowance in France last week and went over several times, it's currently (until the new tariff in July) £1.25 for 15mb, as soon as I opened Google Maps even for short spells it went over, the sooner they release these offline maps and ability to navigate offline the better!

[TheBigM]

Originally Posted by spendleb

I used the O2 allowance in France last week and went over several times, it's currently (until the new tariff in July) £1.25 for 15mb, as soon as I opened Google Maps even for short spells it went over, the sooner they release these offline maps and ability to navigate offline the better!

So far only Nokia offers full offline street-level mapping and navigation for entire countries.

Nokia Lumia ftw

[AxeVictim]

Your better off doing a bit of research and getting a local data Sim.

[spendleb]

Originally Posted by TheBigM

So far only Nokia offers full offline street-level mapping and navigation for entire countries.

Nokia Lumia ftw

Haven't Google announced this now? I know you can already download small 10 mile radius map areas and use them offline using the Labs feature but I could only download two, not tried them yet.

[Step666]

Originally Posted by spendleb

Haven't Google announced this now? I know you can already download small 10 mile radius map areas and use them offline using the Labs feature but I could only download two, not tried them yet.

Yeah, Google announced last week that they were going to introduce full offline mapping.

The Labs feature was clearly always a first-step towards this.

[jabbamk1]

This was the thing i was talking about in the previous thread.

It's only good value for those who use data (which is a lot of people on Three). But its nowhere near good value when compared to other networks whose packages include texts and minutes as well.

[iangrad]

Originally Posted by spendleb

I used the O2 allowance in France last week and went over several times, it's currently (until the new tariff in July) £1.25 for 15mb, as soon as I opened Google Maps even for short spells it went over, the sooner they release these offline maps and ability to navigate offline the better!

Try map droid

[iangrad]

Originally Posted by TheBigM

So far only Nokia offers full offline street-level mapping and navigation for entire countries.

Nokia Lumia ftw

Try map droid , you can download via wifi and then switch to 3g

[TheBigM]

Originally Posted by iangrad

Try map droid , you can download via wifi and then switch to 3g

Why do you need 3G? The Nokia system offers offline maps and POIs (download via WiFi) then all you need is GPS.

[TheBigM]

Originally Posted by spendleb

Haven't Google announced this now? I know you can already download small 10 mile radius map areas and use them offline using the Labs feature but I could only download two, not tried them yet.

AFAIK, it's still only the 10 mile radius ones you mention. Haven't heard anything about whole countries at full street level.

[finbaar]

Originally Posted by MojoMaster

Surely only people that know they are going to use lots of MB are going to use the service?

So it's only crap value for an idiot who isn't giong to take advantage of it!

Yes but £5 a day to use data IS crap value. The whole data abroad is a complete scam. I don't care if this deal is better than others it is still crap value.