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Old 05-01-2016, 18:13
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They could, but why should they? People paying for fixed line broadband is for that itself. If someone buys a 2GB mobile broadband plan it costs about £8/month. Why should they get it for free.

BT broadband customers have BT fon anyway. So if their home wifi goes on the blink they can connect to a BT fon hotspot..
You could say the same for other things the ISPs hand out. Like BT sport for BT broadband customers. Why do they do that for free?
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Old 05-01-2016, 21:11
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If people can't take out a contract with the fixed liners, they could take out a contact with mobile broadband, which is cheaper than PAYG mobile broadband.
They may not be able to take out a contract with the fixed liners because they fail the credit check due to a poor credit rating.

And it’s almost certain that the same people will also fail the credit check when applying to take out a mobile broadband contract.

What these people are left with is only an option for PAYG mobile broadband for their home broadband where they will not receive much in the way of mobile broadband data unless they fork out something like 50 or 60 quid per month. Seems they are reliant on these special 200GB EE PAYG mobile phone sims to tether with to get a good amount of data as a home broadband substitute.
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Old 06-01-2016, 16:09
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Actually using mobile banking is completed through SSL or similar, the wifi hotspot provider doesn't see information when its ecrypted. If that were the case then mobile banking using mobile internet would be even more risky seeing as networks use Carrier Grade NAT.
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Old 06-01-2016, 17:50
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They may not be able to take out a contract with the fixed liners because they fail the credit check due to a poor credit rating.

And it’s almost certain that the same people will also fail the credit check when applying to take out a mobile broadband contract.

What these people are left with is only an option for PAYG mobile broadband for their home broadband where they will not receive much in the way of mobile broadband data unless they fork out something like 50 or 60 quid per month. Seems they are reliant on these special 200GB EE PAYG mobile phone sims to tether with to get a good amount of data as a home broadband substitute.
But hang on, that's one of the perks of having a good rating isn't it?
Getting better deals. That's how it's always been with anything.
It's also the main reason people with poor ratings try to make them better.
Well most do anyway.
This can only be a good thing. If we could all get what we wanted with a poor rating no one would bother having a good rating would they.
That IS the whole point of the rating system I think you'll find and precisely why you end up having to pay upfront for your phone credit.
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Old 06-01-2016, 19:30
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But hang on, that's one of the perks of having a good rating isn't it?
Getting better deals. That's how it's always been with anything.
It's also the main reason people with poor ratings try to make them better.
Well most do anyway.
This can only be a good thing. If we could all get what we wanted with a poor rating no one would bother having a good rating would they.
That IS the whole point of the rating system I think you'll find and precisely why you end up having to pay upfront for your phone credit.
Quite true, poor rating equals higher risk, which means options are not open to you until the rating improves, higher apr on loans and cards because of the higher likelihood of default or cost incurred chasing. If people improve their profile then they can get a home phone and broadband again.

I'd have thought fixed line is more likely to be approved anyway, less risk, no expensive handset, can be credit limited.
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Old 07-01-2016, 21:36
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Well I certainly hope Three don't start limiting data.

I switched to them when EE told me I could no longer have unlimited last April. Don't have broadband at home so I use quite a lot of cellular data.
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Old 09-01-2016, 22:40
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To the OP.. Because of limited spectrum and how a mast itself generally supplies several times more people than a fibre cabinet on a street would have to.. Making it able to take that demand, all costs. Plus what others have said about little profit in texts, chargeable picture message usage and calls and roaming competition/legislation.
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Old 09-01-2016, 22:57
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Well I certainly hope Three don't start limiting data.

I switched to them when EE told me I could no longer have unlimited last April. Don't have broadband at home so I use quite a lot of cellular data.
I hopped on over to EE when I bought a new phone. Plenty of minutes and texts, but they are MEAN with data. They were making a fortune out of me buying Add-Ons. Now back on Three unlimited and feeling free.
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Old 09-01-2016, 23:43
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I'm not really sure if this is a serious question or not by the OP.

Data is what sells contracts now. Everyone just expects to have unltd txt/min. Data is the biggest factor now in deciding choice out of the 3 consumables that you have.
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