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Vodafone - data from text allowance?
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| faddy 2005-07-24, 11:48 pm |
| It's been discussed on this NG that Vodafone Extras Packs may be used for
texts or data or a combination of both. Does this also apply to text
allowances within price plans?
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| a8359 2005-07-24, 11:48 pm |
| faddy wrote:
> It's been discussed on this NG that Vodafone Extras Packs may be used for
> texts or data or a combination of both. Does this also apply to text
> allowances within price plans?
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im on payg, purchased a text pack. DATA DID NOT COME OUT OF THE TEXT
PACK. THATS ONLY FOR CONTRACT CUSTOMERS. NOT PAYG.
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| faddy 2005-07-24, 11:48 pm |
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"a8359" <a8359@email.com> wrote in message
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> faddy wrote:
> im on payg, purchased a text pack. DATA DID NOT COME OUT OF THE TEXT PACK.
> THATS ONLY FOR CONTRACT CUSTOMERS. NOT PAYG.
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Should have made clear my question relates to contract...
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| Andy Hewitt 2005-07-24, 11:48 pm |
| "faddy" <noone@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> It's been discussed on this NG that Vodafone Extras Packs may be used for
> texts or data or a combination of both. Does this also apply to text
> allowances within price plans?
Yes.
Andy
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| Ray Martin 2005-07-25, 5:48 am |
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"faddy" <noone@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> "a8359" <a8359@email.com> wrote in message
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> Should have made clear my question relates to contract...
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On contract, the 'text' allowances are in fact data packages and include any
type of data message, they're just expressed as numbers of text messages -
presumably for the hard of thinking!
Ray Martin
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"Ray Martin" <me@home.com> wrote in message
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> "faddy" <noone@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> On contract, the 'text' allowances are in fact data packages and include
> any type of data message, they're just expressed as numbers of text
> messages - presumably for the hard of thinking!
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> Ray Martin
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Thanks. Can anyone confirm whether this would apply to the 1000 texts
allowance included in the Sim-only "30 day contracts" at
http://snipurl.com/gham ?
Incidentally, the T&Cs for this offer state:
"4. This offer is subject to status, availability and connection to a 30 day
minimum term airtime contract. (Not available on 12, 18 or 24 month
contracts). A disconnection notice can be accepted from the end of the first
month onwards."
Does this mean that the minimum term is in fact one month + 30 days rather
than the headline 30 days?
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| Stephen Henson 2005-07-25, 5:49 pm |
| In article <4X1Fe.4578$m4.185@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, noone@nowhere.org
says...
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> "Ray Martin" <me@home.com> wrote in message
> news:dc242c$klv$1$83
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> Thanks. Can anyone confirm whether this would apply to the 1000 texts
> allowance included in the Sim-only "30 day contracts" at
> http://snipurl.com/gham ?
>
That looks like a pretty good deal if the 1000 texts can apply to data.
I've been trying to find details of normal GPRS charges, "extras" or the
allowance equivalent on the Vodafone website but keep getting dumped
back in the list of price plans which don't mention GPRS.
The site map has a reference to "extras" which ends up with a page not
found error.
Anyone have a link?
Steve.
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| Mr.Phoney 2005-07-25, 5:49 pm |
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Stephen Henson wrote:
> In article <4X1Fe.4578$m4.185@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, noone@nowhere.org
> says...
ude[color=darkred]
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> That looks like a pretty good deal if the 1000 texts can apply to data.
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> I've been trying to find details of normal GPRS charges, "extras" or the
> allowance equivalent on the Vodafone website but keep getting dumped
> back in the list of price plans which don't mention GPRS.
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> The site map has a reference to "extras" which ends up with a page not
> found error.
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> Anyone have a link?
>
> Steve.
Not sure about link nut data is normally charged at =A32.35/MB
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| Mr.Phoney 2005-07-25, 5:49 pm |
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Stephen Henson wrote:
> In article <4X1Fe.4578$m4.185@newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, noone@nowhere.org
> says...
ude[color=darkred]
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> That looks like a pretty good deal if the 1000 texts can apply to data.
>
> I've been trying to find details of normal GPRS charges, "extras" or the
> allowance equivalent on the Vodafone website but keep getting dumped
> back in the list of price plans which don't mention GPRS.
>
> The site map has a reference to "extras" which ends up with a page not
> found error.
>
> Anyone have a link?
>
> Steve.
Not sure about link but data is normally charged at =A32.35/MB
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| JA Paul 2005-07-25, 5:49 pm |
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"Andy Hewitt" <abh at dsl dot pipex dot com> wrote in message
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> "faddy" <noone@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> Yes.
What about circuit switched data calls to geographic numbers? Until last
month it was a long time since I made one of these on Voda. The call cost
(the normal 12p/min) came out of the data allowance. I seem to remember
that in the past these came out of inclusive minutes (not the data
allowance) although I may be mistaken. However I've just looked at Voda's
t&c and they state that inclusive minutes cover geographic data/fax calls so
something doesn't seem right here.
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| Andy Hewitt 2005-07-25, 5:49 pm |
| "JA Paul" <jmail0605-1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> What about circuit switched data calls to geographic numbers? Until last
> month it was a long time since I made one of these on Voda. The call cost
> (the normal 12p/min) came out of the data allowance. I seem to remember
> that in the past these came out of inclusive minutes (not the data
> allowance) although I may be mistaken. However I've just looked at Voda's
> t&c and they state that inclusive minutes cover geographic data/fax calls
> so something doesn't seem right here.
>
Very good question, unfortunatley I don't know the exact answer, However I
would say that circuit switched data calls as they are charged per second
and not per byte would come out of the inclusive call allowance and not the
extras pack.
Kind regards
Andy
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| JA Paul 2005-07-25, 11:48 pm |
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"Andy Hewitt" <abh at dsl dot pipex dot com> wrote in message
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> Very good question, unfortunatley I don't know the exact answer, However I
> would say that circuit switched data calls as they are charged per second
> and not per byte would come out of the inclusive call allowance and not
> the extras pack.
Exactly what I thought would be the case but the call cost (still a per
second charge) was included in the extras pack according to the bill. I
wonder if an 0845 number would also have been inclusive from the extras
pack?
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| dani2xll 2005-07-26, 5:48 pm |
| The data which comes out of inclusive extra packs is only when
connected through vodafone's own portal ie vodafone live. If you
connection to a wap page ie goole, etc, bbci etc, this does not come
out of your extra's pack, this is charged as separate data at the same
rate as vodafone's usual data rate.
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| Chris Leuty 2005-07-27, 11:48 pm |
| In article <1122409792.709857.149310@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
"dani2xll" <dani2xll@gmail.com> wrote:
> The data which comes out of inclusive extra packs is only when
> connected through vodafone's own portal ie vodafone live. If you
> connection to a wap page ie goole, etc, bbci etc, this does not come
> out of your extra's pack, this is charged as separate data at the same
> rate as vodafone's usual data rate.
I thought all Vodafone Live! browsing was free anyway. Therefore only
non-Vodafone Live! data can come out of the extra pack. So far this
month I've used £3-odd's worth of my Extra pack and I have not sent
anything like that in text messages (zero picture).
In fact, here's an extract from an email from CPW customer services:
> Please be advised, your extra Value Pack, charged at £14 is equivalent to 250
> text, 83 mms or 12.8MB GPRS.
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> I can confirm that Vodafone Live! is free to browse. However, the downloading
> of games, ringtones for etc, are charged at their quoted price.
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| dani2xll 2005-07-28, 5:49 pm |
| Well, this is news to me as prior to reading your message, i was told
that the extras pack was only for text and mms and use of vodafone live
portals. But who knows, they give me enough headaches on my monthly
line rental as it is. I was told to take the =A340 pack which you could
use for text, mms, wap and internet.
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