Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“At the very least, Three should allow customers to purchase additional tetherable data.
Unlimited on the handset is good enough as 95% of people just don't need the tethering. Obviously some people do tether and may wish to use more than 2GB/4GB. So the ability to add additional data to the tethering pot would be a good move from Three.
Or Three (and other networks) could do what they do in Taiwan which is offer a plan like Taiwan Star do which includes Minutes/Texts and 5GB data for $1299 NTD. Once the 5GB is exceeded your speeds are slowed to 128Kbps but you can buy additional data such as 1GB for $250 NTD. That seems fair to me, although I think throttling it down that much is extreme. Maybe 512Kbps is more lenient.”
That's a terrible idea Jabbamk1 as I understand it if the users carry on using their 'home broadband' at 128kbps, they keep hogging active data channels on the network clogging up the network, that's why Trafficsense can't help this case I think.
It may be that restricting speeds actually causes more active connections as things take longer to download and hog radio channels for longer. Maybe somebody that knows the specifics of base station active data channels can confirm, however I think that might be the case.
I agree with allowing them to add more tethering data though £5 for another 5GB would be good, and you could just keep adding more if you needed it, then you're helping to fund investment in the network if you're a heavy user.