The rumour mill has been busy for some time with hints about changes to 3's last unlimited tethering deals.

3 stopped their unlimited tethering offering on the One Plan for new handset deal customers a couple of months ago. You can still get 'all you can eat' data but subject to TrafficSense management during peak hours and a 2GB Monthly tethering limit.

3's SIM Only 1 month and 12 month rolling contracts continued to offer 'all you can eat' data with unlimited tethering but look set to be replaced with new terms restricting tethering to 4GB per month.

This move will affect many who have chosen 3 to provide access to broadband whilst they are temporary residents and/or those who simply decided to rely on a a mobile network for their primary Internet access.

This deserves to be discussed in a thread of it's own as it is an important change that will impact many existing 3 customers and those considering using the network based on prior offers.

The days of the 100GB per month consumers look to be numbered on 3. Good for the majority of average users?

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Lets file this under rumour and move on.

Also if this move was to be true it wouldn't affect any existing customers at all as you made out above.

This thread simply isn't needed as it's misleading and relies on rumours and hearsay.

This thread should be closed and re opened when there is a concrete decision made by Three.

As of now Three still provide unlimited tethering on their one month and twelve month "One Plan" contracts for new customers as stated in the T&C. Customers already on the One Plan will also still have unlimited tethering.

Which was never really the sort of people 3 were trying to entice with unlimited data/tethering. They still sell mobile broadband plans for a reason, and none of those are unlimited.

It's nice to see that you've chosen such an authoritative subject title when there's actually no real evidence of any changes, other than someone else's hearsay.

Oh wow, another anti 3 thread by wavejock, imagine my surprise.

Nothing to see here, except a misleading thread title, that's simply designed to troll.

Is there any outright denial?

I have not seen any.... and the reports of the changes are unchallenged elsewhere.

Given the previous comments of some who claim to be 'in the know' I expect this 'rumour' has more than a fair chance of being based on fact.

Happy to await the 1st July which is not too far away to see if it's true.

The worst that can happen is that 3 will get a run on SIM Only contracts before then to take advantage of the current terms.

so 1 person on 1 site posts Internal rumour: No unlimited tethering from 1st of July for new customers, changing to 4gb, will report back when I've heard more...

And a whole new thread pops up about it when all it is is a rumour....speculation....NOT confirmed.

Until Three confirm this is the case it is not true.

Saying 'well they have not denied it' is hardly confirmation as they have not confirmed it either....as there is nothing to confirm yet

But that site has some form for producing accurate information on future deals not just on 3 but on other networks and on other products and services for that matter.

The advice was wait the 13 days and see..... The announcement will be made before the effective date so perhaps 10 days away and I am positive that not only some on HotUKDeals but on this board have posted teasing comments about changes 3 plan to make around that time.

And if nothing happens on the 1st will you come on these threads and comment that you were wrong for now?

If I have time.....I will be a long way off then! Maybe David Dyson will change the date just to prove me and the others reporting the change wrong! I doubt he will though!

Well you seem to have enough time to post message after message and create threads about rumours saying they are true.....should do the decent thing and if proved wrong at least comment on that to be fair

BTW..... Nothing has been stated by myself as 'fact'. The thread poses a question..... that is what a '?' signifies.

The wording was chosen carefully, "3's SIM Only 1 month and 12 month rolling contracts continued to offer 'all you can eat' data with unlimited tethering but look set to be replaced with new terms restricting tethering to 4GB per month."

Look set does not in any way imply a certainty..... it is a possibility albeit a fairly certain one.

Rumours deserve to be discussed especially when they have been hinted at by those claiming to be 'in the know' previously!

The topic was opened for discussion.........and is about what 3 customers consider about the prospect of the change.

Can you explain why Three changing the price plan from next month will "affect many who have chosen 3 to provide access to broadband"?

It wouldn't change for existing users so wouldn't make a difference to any of your "many who have chosen 3".

Sounds pretty definite to me, especially the "since the inevitable has become a reality".

I'm not going to comment on this issue anymore until there is actually something to comment about that is not rumour or speculation posted to stir up a discussion based on unconfirmed carefully worded biased info.

Cool.... come back after the 1st July and see what others have stated and are saying then.

Why is everyone being so harsh to wavejock? Ok so at this stage it is just a rumour but he has added another source which also states the rumour too, so of course if it does become true then I and many others will be gutted.

He always posts Anti Three stuff with a "haha look how crap three are" stance.

Why would you be gutted if it's true? If you're an existing customer it wouldn't affect you.

I love that wavejock has now added a "?" To the end of the thread title, to make it look like a question.

Yesterday, it simply read "3 to end unlimited tethering" as if it were a fact.

Nice try, but the trolling/anti 3 agenda is (still) blatantly obvious.

FWIW, I wouldn't be surprised if it were true, but to post it as fact from a single post on HUKD is silly.

Well my contract doesn't end until December 2014 but I will have no choice but to "downgrade" and move to the One Plan sim only when i am due for an upgrade as new phone tariffs loose the unlimited tethering, of course if this is the same for sim only then yes i will be a bit gutted.

Are you sure?

I thought that if you just stayed 'as you were' once your contract expires, then you will stay on your existing tariff until you choose to change (when they will only offer you a newer tariff).

If you're on the unlimited tethering One Plan, maybe the answer is to simply buy a new phone outright in December (when your current contract is up) and stick your 3 SIM in it (which will still be on the unlimited tethering One Plan).

I'm pretty sure that once your contracted period expires, you will simply stay on the same tariff (on a one month rolling contract basis) until you change.

Obviously if you're looking for a subsidised handset with a new contract, then this doesn't apply.

If wavejock originally posted the thread without the "?" at the end of the subject, and then came back and added it later (and I've no means of telling if that was the case), it would make wavejock's post #12 on this thread just a tad two faced.

He changed the title

But yeh, if anyone else other than wavejock posted a thread like this I would not care at all. But its obvious wavejock is trying to antagonise certain members and cause an argument by posting inflammatory and unconfirmed stuff. Over on the other thread he got a bit personal as well.

Wavejock has always been like this when it comes to three.

Why bother offering tethering when you wish to push MBB? By the look of what I am seeing, its not just unlimited tethering (some would also welcome the end of unlimited mobile data too I suspect) but the 'One Plan' too.

I also wonder if Three will end existing contracts on the proviso that doing so would be more cost effective than keeping the status quo and allowing One Plan contracts to continue as my £15 One Plan has now gone onto a rolling contract?

Is it really that straight forward? If he just continues his contract, he will be still paying the full price as before and not £23 a month. If he "changes" to the One Plan SIM only, wouldn't that be seen as a tariff change?

You need to calm down, you jump on him too quickly and every time even when his posts are reasonable. Yes, he has form but he can change.

I would be very interested in knowing about this. I got on to a One Plan contract with handset in January 2013 when it was still £25/month for sim only so I wasn't able to move to it when price dropped to £15/month.

I was looking to move it at the start of next year at least at £20/month but if the unlimited tethering is going away, I'd want to know about it. If it is going to be 4GB tethering, I'd much rather move to a plan offered by my employer which allows for 4GB of 4G data incl. tethering for only £8 a month on either EE or Vodafone (and go payg for my calls and texts).