Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
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Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#2Has anyone seen the film the Kingsmen? [1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service#Pl...
Seventeen years later, Professor James Arnold is kidnapped by unknown assailants, led by Internet billionaire Richmond Valentine and his henchwoman Gazelle. One of Hart's compatriots, "Lancelot," attempts to stage a rescue, but fails as he is cut in half by Gazelle. Valentine, known for his philanthropy, continues to meet with various heads of state and VIPs; some of whom go missing afterwards. He also announces a giveaway of SIM cards, granting free cellular and Internet access.
Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#3Has anyone seen the film the Kingsmen? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service#Pl... Seventeen years later, Professor James Arnold is kidnapped by unknown assailants, led by Internet billionaire Richmond Valentine and his henchwoman Gazelle. One of Hart's compatriots, "Lancelot," attempts to stage a rescue, but fails as he is cut in half by Gazelle. Valentine, known for his philanthropy, continu…
LOL I jut saw the movie a week ago and this is so scarily similar. Especially after this is coming after the movie... makes me want to stick with my paid plan. You know hang with the Devil you know and not this new seemingly benevolent angel. LOL
Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#4After my teenage son manage to run up £389 pounds of calls in one month on a package with "Free" calls I've been a bit wary of "Free" anything... :-)
Mind you was all my fault - when he got his phone he didn't make calls, ever, so I didn't pay attention in the shop when they explained what "free" meant. However, teenage behaviour changes drastically at various points and suddenly vast amounts of calls were being made to girls...
Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#5There have been plenty of these sorts of MVNOs in the past. For example, Ovivo tried to stay afloat by offering subscription plans above its free tiers. Still went bust.
When something is free there will always be huge uptake of it (see also: NHS). Some people will even get around the limits by having a collection of SIMs rather than pay for using the service (just like people will wait to go to the local GP to get an item for their child free on a prescription rather than get it for £2 from any pharmacy).
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#6I think the extra service of getting a phone number in a different country is almost better than the free allowance. Although more and more people I know abroad are using data bound services more than they are calling/texting.
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#7The catch is full data storage and surveillance by the UK gov.
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#8In Poland we had free data plans for a couple years now from company called Aero2 - they won the right to use a certain frequency,but only under the guarantee that they would offer free data usage on their network to everyone(for up to 5 years I think?). So I know a lot of people who bought cheap 3G modems and got their simcard with Aero2 just to have free internet at home, there are no usage limitations, except for the speed limitation(is limited up to 5mbps)). There is no contract either, you order the simcard online and can use it straight away.
Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#9The catch is full data storage and surveillance by the UK gov.
Well that's not on when I pay good money to Vodafone for the same service.
Re: Free mobile voice, text and data plans coming to UK
#10Has anyone seen the film the Kingsmen? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman:_The_Secret_Service#Pl... Seventeen years later, Professor James Arnold is kidnapped by unknown assailants, led by Internet billionaire Richmond Valentine and his henchwoman Gazelle. One of Hart's compatriots, "Lancelot," attempts to stage a rescue, but fails as he is cut in half by Gazelle. Valentine, known for his philanthropy, continu…
Seen last Monday and my first thought after reading the title of the post :-)