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Unlimited data scrapped for Utility Warehouse mobile customers
sdduk
16-12-2014
Hundreds of Utility Warehouse mobile customers will have their unlimited data allowance cut from January.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/new...126.1417786640
jabbamk1
16-12-2014
No one cares.

Utility Warehouse is just some pyramid scheme that isn't worth discussing.
moox
16-12-2014
Who is their network operator?

I doubt UW has many customers anyway, so this wouldn't be anywhere near as significant as 3 doing it, for example
david16
16-12-2014
It's not 3.

4GB data limit is a savage cut in data for existing Utility Warehouse customers
The Lord Lucan
16-12-2014
It's EE. Not even Virgin gets unlimited data with EE so.. It was never going to last.
david16
16-12-2014
Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“It's EE. Not even Virgin gets unlimited data with EE so.. It was never going to last.”

Virgin do. But on pay monthly, not on PAYG.
jabbamk1
16-12-2014
Originally Posted by david16:
“They do. But on pay monthly, not on PAYG.”

Unlimited ≠ 3.5GB
david16
17-12-2014
Originally Posted by jabbamk1:
“Unlimited ≠ 3.5GB”

3.5GB of the unlimited data on maximum speed.
The Lord Lucan
17-12-2014
Therefore it is capped. At less than 90gb a month. Approx 85 of those Gb's at a ridiculously slow speed that doesn't allow streaming of even highly compressed HD or decent FaceTime quality etc.
binary
17-12-2014
Re the Virgin Mobile 3.5GB 'fair use' quasi-cap, doesn't stop though, so access to the web remains available, ditto for 'data light' applications (streaming audio would probably work ok too, no?).
david16
17-12-2014
Originally Posted by binary:
“Re the Virgin Mobile 3.5GB 'fair use' quasi-cap, doesn't stop though, so access to the web remains available, ditto for 'data light' applications (streaming audio would probably work ok too, no?).”

More a soft cap. Tesco mobile PAYG had a had a hard cap of 250MB per day and you had to wait until midnight if you had used up your 250MB per dsy

With Virgin sim only/contract smartphone it depends on how you use the sim card really whether or not you notice any deterioration in performance after the first 3.5GB of use. It might be a struggle to listen to TuneIn beyond 3.5GB use without suffering from constant buffering.
david16
17-12-2014
Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan:
“Therefore it is capped. At less than 90gb a month. Approx 85 of those Gb's at a ridiculously slow speed that doesn't allow streaming of even highly compressed HD or decent FaceTime quality etc.”

How can you use 85GB for the month beyond the first 3.5GB on a virgin sim only 3G sim if it is ridiculously slow speed?

Approaching 3GB per day data use for possibly 12 to 16 hours per day use on a virgin 3G sim? Presuming you are only constantly streaming audio and video.
Dean Lambert
18-12-2014
I've been with Utility Warehouse before.....amazes me how they can stay in business with such a rubbish billing system
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