All call credit gone from internet use!!

kevinm07 · 31-10-2010 5:41pm #1

Got a Se Xperia X8 on friday and in the 2 days all my credit is gone (over 40e) from internet use. Is it not 99c a day to use the internet? i downloaded around 15 apps (all free) would meteor charge you to download these?

Random · 31-10-2010 5:44pm

once you go over your free allocation of internet then they will charge you per KB or MB over that. can you check your call history online and tell us how much you downloaded each day?

i've also moved your thread to the android forum.

kevinm07 · 31-10-2010 5:53pm

Yeah i know once you go over the 50mb a day, they charge you 2c per kb. The apps i downloaded in the 2days definately dont exceed 50mb although i did download some apps and games and deleted them soon after. I am continously connected to my wireless upc broadband..would this be wasting my credit?

Random · 31-10-2010 5:55pm

your credit shouldn't be used if you're on wifi. are you sure you were connected via wifi? i would suggest you check your call history and see where the credit is going.

for future reference i suggest you install 3g watchdog from the app store to help you monitor data usage.

Keano · 31-10-2010 5:56pm

kevinm07 wrote: »

Yeah i know once you go over the 50mb a day, they charge you 2c per kb. The apps i downloaded in the 2days definately dont exceed 50mb although i did download some apps and games and deleted them soon after. I am continously connected to my wireless upc broadband..would this be wasting my credit?

Are you sure you were definitely connected to your wireless?

omahaid · 31-10-2010 5:58pm

Something similar was happening to me. I'm on billpay so it was easy enough to see where and when the data was being downloaded and from what I could see it was all updates and automated usage. I downloaded APNDroid and 3G watchdog and that sorted me out.

kevinm07 · 31-10-2010 6:03pm

Yeah im on the internet at the moment via the wifi with no credit so its not that. No i have free texts and calls but its possibly from when i was on the internet after i turned off my wireless router last night. Think I'll get the free texts and internet package and I'll download that app now.

bogman · 31-10-2010 9:56pm

Watch Meteor, my niece was charged 600€ or more for data unknowingly downloaded on her laptop, guess their phone policy is similar when it comes to data........Cnuts

Sofiztikated · 31-10-2010 10:00pm

bogman wrote: »

Watch Meteor, my niece was charged 600€ or more for data unknowingly downloaded on her laptop, guess their phone policy is similar when it comes to data........Cnuts

:eek: Shock Horror, Meteor charge for a service. If it was downloaded outside her price plan, then thats due to her ignorance, NOT the service provider.

Random · 31-10-2010 10:01pm

i think it's a little unfair to jump on the "meteor are cnuts" bandwagon until the op checks their call history to see where the credit went.

Squeeonline · 31-10-2010 11:05pm

I've lost a lot of credit in the past to Vodafone who charged me at 2c/Kb = €20/Mb. In-sane!

That was over a year ago, browsing on the my vodafone thing over gprs or whatever it was back then.

I called into a shop to complain and they insisted they only charged at 2c/Mb despite their website saying otherwise.

hbr · 03-11-2010 11:59am

Squeeonline wrote: »

I've lost a lot of credit in the past to Vodafone who charged me at 2c/Kb = €20/Mb. In-sane!

Ah sure it's only €21,000/GB. Not much really when everybody
talks about billions these days.

jimmycrackcorm · 03-11-2010 2:58pm

I remember measuring the front page of www.boards.ie once and it alone was a half a mb of data use. Normal web use has gotten pretty heavy.

jor el · 03-11-2010 3:19pm

kevinm07 wrote: »

Yeah im on the internet at the moment via the wifi with no credit so its not that.

Since you've no credit now, there is no option but for the phone to use Wifi, but this doesn't mean it didn't use the mobile 3G connection previously, and may have only switched to Wifi now that the 3G connection is no longer available.

You need to check your details, which should be available to you, to see what, how and when the credit was used, and was it all data usage.

Random · 05-11-2010 6:37pm

hi op, have you checked your call history yet to see where the bulk of your credit went?

crapmanjoe · 05-11-2010 6:56pm

Random wrote: »

hi op, have you checked your call history yet to see where the bulk of your credit went?

I got charged 85 euro for going over my monthly allowance - sick to the teeth about it

davetherave · 07-11-2010 12:51pm

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I remember measuring the front page of www.boards.ie once and it alone was a half a mb of data use. Normal web use has gotten pretty heavy.

m.boards.ie - ~11808 bytes

boards.ie - ~281202 bytes

Simples

All call credit gone from internet use!!

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