I topped up my S2 subscription by £10 and received the usual 'free
stuff' including an internet allowance of 150Mb.

However my Three mobile dongle has just run out of credit with a week
to go, so I decided to buy a one week internet add-on at £2.50 for
the
S2 which I can also use as a modem.

However I have two concerns.

One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week
internet
add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing
the web.

And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
used up, before the internet add-on allowance. In which case after
using up the add-on allowance I will be left with no internet access
at all until the next £10 top-up. And I'm not doing that until I have
had some use out of the other 'free stuff' such as texts and 3-3
calls
etc.

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.

CJB.

CJB wrote:
One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week internet
add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing the
web.

I think it's fairly generous, but can't remember exactly. 500MB perhaps?

And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
used up, before the internet add-on allowance.

Yes, that's what happens. It's quite annoying. In the extreme, keep a
separate SIM for the week's addon.

Theo

On Mar 9, 2:05*pm, Theo Markettos
wrote:
CJB wrote:
One - how much download/upload data do I get for the one week internet
add-on - 'fair use' doesn't exactly mean a lot to me when I surfing the
web.

I think it's fairly generous, but can't remember exactly. *500MB perhaps?

And two: both the relevant page on the S2 and the Three web site
states that 'free stuff' will be used up before any add-ons. I take
this to mean that the 'free stuff' 150Mb internet allowance will be
used up, before the internet add-on allowance.

Yes, that's what happens. *It's quite annoying. *In the extreme, keep a
separate SIM for the week's addon.

Theo

That I like - a separate SIM for the Internet add-on!!! I'd only use
it when my dongle allowance has gotten all used up. Nice solution.
Many thanks - Chris B.

"CJB" wrote in message
...

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Don't top-ups start from £5.00? They did last time I looked.

"Harry Stottle" wrote in message
news
"CJB" wrote in message
...

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Don't top-ups start from £5.00? They did last time I looked.


Only by credit card, e-voucher starts at a tenner

Steve Terry
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Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276

On Mar 9, 6:27*pm, "Steve Terry" wrote:
"Harry Stottle" wrote in message

news
....

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Don't top-ups start from £5.00? They did last time I looked.

Only by credit card, e-voucher starts at a tenner

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top uphttp://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276

And AFAIIA registering a credit / debit card with Three also causes an
additional top-up of £10 by default. CJB.

"CJB" wrote in message
...
On Mar 9, 6:27 pm, "Steve Terry" wrote:
"Harry Stottle" wrote in message
news wrote in message
...

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Don't top-ups start from £5.00? They did last time I looked.

Only by credit card, e-voucher starts at a tenner
Steve Terry

And AFAIIA registering a credit / debit card with Three also causes an
additional top-up of £10 by default. CJB.


I've had Direct Debit with Three contract, but i'm not daft enough
with 3PAY to trust them my credit / debit card details

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, CJB
wrote:

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.

CJB.

Not necessarily. [See my other post in uk.telecom.broadband].

If you're using it *only* for internet access, as I am, and not making any
chargeable phone calls, you'll still have your £10 credit when the free
150MB data allowance is used up. You can then eek that out over a long
period in 50p chunks for nearly 2 days'worth at a time (if you play your
cards right) if your pattern of usage is occasional rather than continuous.

[I assume that no-one in their right mind would try to use this as their
main or only means of internet access - because it's basically crap unless
you happen to be sitting on top of an HSDPA mast.]
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion, CJB
wrote:

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Not necessarily. [See my other post in uk.telecom.broadband].

If you're using it *only* for internet access, as I am, and not making any
chargeable phone calls, you'll still have your £10 credit when the free
150MB data allowance is used up. You can then eek that out over a long
period in 50p chunks for nearly 2 days'worth at a time (if you play your
cards right) if your pattern of usage is occasional rather than
continuous.

[I assume that no-one in their right mind would try to use this as their
main or only means of internet access - because it's basically crap unless
you happen to be sitting on top of an HSDPA mast.]
Cheers,
Roger


I use it as my main internet access, my Three BTS is about a mile away
and i get 3 bars.
When Three is down i swap sims


Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276

"Roger Mills" wrote in message
...
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, CJB
wrote:

Seems like a scam to ensure continual top-ups of £10 to retain
internet features.
CJB.

Not necessarily. [See my other post in uk.telecom.broadband].

If you're using it *only* for internet access, as I am, and not making any
chargeable phone calls, you'll still have your £10 credit when the free
150MB data allowance is used up. You can then eek that out over a long
period in 50p chunks for nearly 2 days'worth at a time (if you play your
cards right) if your pattern of usage is occasional rather than
continuous.

[I assume that no-one in their right mind would try to use this as their
main or only means of internet access - because it's basically crap unless
you happen to be sitting on top of an HSDPA mast.]
Cheers,
Roger


I use it as my main internet access, my Three BTS is about a mile away
and i get 3 bars.
When Three is down i swap sims


Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276