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Orange launches revolutionary piece of shit mobile data rates for UK

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

Read it and weep (as reported by Businessweek):
Orange in the UK is also tweaking its Pay As You Consume standard, per MB rate. Orange Business Services customers who will see the standard rate reduced from £3.50 per MB for data cards and £4.50 per MB for handsets, to £2.55 per MB for both data cards [...] ... Continue reading »

4 comments

  • MartinSFP

    1 year ago

    Ha! I went in to the Orange shop on Market Street in Manchester last week to see what the N82 Black looked like up close. Of course, a sales assistant asked if he could help. I thought I'd ask about data (even though I know they're shit for data). He said "You can add unlimited data for £8"). "Wow!" I thought. "Maybe they've just launched a new tariff today that I haven't heard about"!

    "Is it it really unlimited?" I asked. I'd have bought an N82 there and then if he'd have said yes. "Well, it's limited to 30MB per month" he sheepishly replied.

    I laughed and walked out.
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    that is totally ridiculous but a super demonstration of realities with
    Orange, Martin!
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  • SteveRowlands

    1 year ago

    Orange have already lost my custom because of their ridiculous data packages..... I wonder how many others will follow suit.......
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    It doesn't matter what it costs - you won't be able to use it anyway: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/orange_...
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