Vodafone me-too's on £25/month Broadband service

Link: BBC NEWS | Business | Vodafone joins broadband brigade

is to become the latest mobile phone group to move into the broadband market with the launch of its £25-a-month At Home service.

The service, which should be available to most of the UK, will be available to contract customers from 8 January.

I saw this story at the end of last week and frankly, well, I’d had enough of Vodafone’s broadband strategy. I think I am really still smarting over my stupid international data bill from a while ago.

So I left it a day or so and received quite a few comments on the matter, all echoing this one, well made, from Mr Fixed Line SMS himself, Paul Worsley (NTS Telecom):

Should they not first offer some sensible data tariffs to their existing customers? Why is that a firm that was once considered Skoda Phone (121/T-Mob) are now the leader of the pack when it comes to mobile data.

What VF and all the other operators with the exception of T-Mobile fail to realise is that most folks that want data, will also make and receive a decent amount of calls – which makes them money.

And as for 3 thinking that the market for all that lovely bandwidth is footy fans and pop video loving teens – they are sad beyond stupidity.

Just my few bytes worth.