Revising my opinion on Three's X-Series - 'internet access' vs 'data'
I walked into the 3Store at Bluewater today and asked the kindly sales chap if he could explain whether or not X-Series afforded me to send data to and from a java applet on my handset inclusive in the deal.
He couldn’t answer.
He didn’t know. He knew what my question meant. He understood the issue. He didn’t know the answer though.
‘It, er, says Unlimited Internet Access,’ he says, pointing to the sign (which I photographed for posterity).
‘Right,’ I say, ‘Because internet access is different from internet data,’ I offer.
‘Yeah….’ he says.
‘So, I’m paying for my data usage, right?’ I ask him.
He didn’t know. I didn’t continue to skewer him.
I had a look on the My Three section to see how my usage was tallying. Last month there was a data tally saying, ‘you’ve used x of 10mb’. This month there’s nothing.
Is that good?
I dunno.
I really don’t.
It could be good. It should be good. It should mean that with X-Series, they’re not counting data. It should hopefully mean that you know, as long as you don’t hose their network, they won’t bother billing you for data. Any data. Whatever you like.
I won’t know, though, until my bill next month.
Nowhere have I seen a statement from anyone of Three UK saying it’s ‘unlimited data’.
It’s always ‘unlimited internet access’ or ‘unlimited web pages’ or something similar.
Is this a concern? Yes. Clasically, yes, it’s a real problem, because it’ll mean a shocker of a bill for me next month.
But, as we’ve recently seen, Frank Sixt and his colleagues are seriously trying their best to do the ‘Suits 2.0’ thing.
The truth is in the bill. So, adieu on this issue until Jan 2007.
