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Cheapest data package for combined voice, web & pop3?

  • 04-07-2007 12:20pm
    #1
    A Random Walk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭


    What's the cheapest data package for someone who wants voice, web & pop3? I've read a bunch of threads on mobile broadband packages and I'm more confused now than I started. Can any of the multi-gig broadband packages be added to a voice SIM and allow non http/non proxy traffic?

    I rang O2 earlier and their new package is a stand alone SIM. Currently I'm shelling out obscene amounts on a per Mb basis to download mails.


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  • #2
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    At the moment the leader is three Billpay with unlimited BB add-on. However there is no guarantee the sim will work on a non-three phone if you have one.


  • #3
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    If you are using it mainly for email, have you considered a Blackberry device? O2 do them and you pay a fixed fee of €20 a month, no matter how much emailing you do!


  • #4
    A Random Walk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭A Random Walk


    I have the blackberry as well ;) It frustrates me that with the new generation of phones (N95 etc) that we are running from wifi spot to wifi spot to use data on a mobile phone when the operators have the infrastructure to do it over 3g. It's like having a Ferrari but only be allowed use it on a dirt track road while a perfectly good motorway runs alongside.


  • #5
    elderlemon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭elderlemon


    agreed. Both Voda and O2 match each other in pricing (~€15 for 25mb) and are crippling mobile data with their useless offerings. 3 on the otherhand have a great mobile data pack and I'd seriously consider moving to them if I could use my current handset.


  • #6
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    You can use your current handset with 3, but only if it is a 3G handset. So a SIM free N95 works fine with 3. Just get one of their free handsets and use that as a backup should yours ever get lost, stolen or break down.


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  • #7
    A Random Walk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 346 ✭✭A Random Walk


    That's interesting. Is that unrestricted Internet access, not just http/s? (I realise there seems to be a proxy involved on the prepay side)


  • #8
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Apparently it is unrestricted on billpay. At least that is what people seem to say; I haven't verified that myself. If you have a problem, they have a 14 day return policy anyway.

    So sure it's worth getting and if it does not work, simply return it for a full refund.


  • #9
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    Urban Weigl wrote:
    You can use your current handset with 3, but only if it is a 3G handset. So a SIM free N95 works fine with 3. Just get one of their free handsets and use that as a backup should yours ever get lost, stolen or break down.


    That's not always true as I've posted many times. I only got 3pay to work albeit via lousy proxy on my N95. I've moved back to meteor with a 10GB unlimited package. Unfortuanately even though it is €30 that is ex VAT plus you have to be on talk400 minimum (another €60).


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