el Chumpo (o2) implements new data plans to hose customers

el Chumpo, AKA “o2”, has cooked up another raft of data plans for international roaming — as has, I think, been commented before.

Paul Worsley caught this via the o2 site and I thought I’d better document it for my own sanity. Whenever I think that we’re getting somewhere with mobile data in this country, I have to remeber to come back and browse the posts I’ve made under the Mobile Data category here.

International Data pricing
Tier Price per MB
Tier A £6.00
Tier B £4.50

Notes:
Charging is in 1KB increments
Charges apply at all times of day
1MB is 1,024KB

From 1 October 2007 we’re removing Tier B pricing. All usage will be charged at the Tier A rate.

So Tier B — 4.50 a meg, will shortly be defunct. You will now be hosed at a more attractive six pounds per meg.

Ridiculous.

Still, if you’re an o2 customer, I say this to you, in a slightly Glasweign accent:

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a foking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Just, please, don’t choose o2 any more. (Rest of the Trainspotting quote here).