T-Mobile bundles Wi-Fi with Web 'n Walk

T-Mobile Leads by being only 2 years behind the curve

I raised this possibility with a T-Mobile rep at the Wireless Event a couple of years ago, when they touted a combined package for Businesses IIRC - however, it turned out they were just selling the two services in a package, rather than providing a bundled all-in-one service.

Still - hats off to them for finally getting there, and actually providing some kind of converged data package, only 2 years after everyone stopped talking about it. Vodafone still don't grasp the concept of decent flat-rate data allowances for PDAs.

OTOH, as one of the early WnW adopters, I still get 'unlimited' / 2Gb a month for #7.50, and while VOIP, VPN, etc. are excluded and now even blocked, I still seem to be able to get through loud and clear. I actually hardly use it any more, but I still maintain the subscription as a homage to the company that actually Got It Right once.

VoIP is ok...

...on their Web'n'Walk Max product.

Web'n'Walk (£7.50pm) : "a 1GB (of data both sent and received in the UK) per month fair use policy applies...We do not permit use of this service to provide modem access for a computer or for peer to peer file sharing, internet phone calls or instant messaging"

Web'n'Walk Plus (£12.50pm): "a fair use policy of 3GB (of data sent and received in the UK) per month applies...We do not permit use of this service for internet phone calls."

Web'n'Walk Max (£22.50pm): "a fair use policy of 10GB (of UK data both sent and received) per month applies."

good news

I will be calling Tmobile to upgrade my web n walk package!

Comes as no suprise that TMobile is the only mobile operator that gives a shit about consumers! Seems a fair price for a decent service!

VoIP may work with W'n'W basic...

...but you're in breach of their T&C's. Whether they'll enforce/notice it is another matter, but you're leaving yourself open to possible problems - including termination of service if they were really going to be difficult.

3, etc

After being on the Virgin with their "300mins for £10" on a Nokia 1100 as part of their 4 for £40 for the past couple of years and recently needed to replace an MP3 player and a camera. So with no prospect of a phone upgrade and/or a sensible data tariff from Virgin, it was bye-bye.

T-Mobile's W'n'W nearly snared me but I was after a K770i and they weren't offering it with W'nW. For the same price pm I went for 3 and it's like a revelation compared to ye olde Vigin "deal". (I was sceptical at first due to mates' reception troubles 3 or 4 years back, but 3 now dropback to 02's 2G when there's no 3G signal, so I went for it and haven't had any troubles across the country.)

I'm not linked to 3 in any professional capacity. Just a very chuffed customer. Which is a rarity these days. So I'm throwing in a shout for 'em whilst data tariffs generally are being discussed.

I'm on the following package.

£18pm =Free SE K770i (keeping a Nokia devotee happy with a decent interface, 3.2MP cybershot w/ flash, decent media player, slim & stylish)

+ 300 any time/network mins/texts mix (nice and flexible and plenty for me)

+ 300 3to3 mins (trying to get my gf to switch from an archaic Sainsbury's Mobile contract(!)

+ 30 video call mins (unused)

+ Free Skype (works fine)

+ Free MS Live Messenger (unused)

+ £5 for unlimited open internet (nice to have the Gmaps and Gmail apps too) = £23pm

Nokia N95(/8GB) would have been an extra £6(/£12) pm more.

Downside: 18mth contract (as most seem to be these days) and a little "overbranded" with three stuff on the phone (shortcuts and stuff).

And while we're on it. The whole Broadband through a dongle thing that T-Mobile and 3 do is pretty nifty too. £25 gets ya 7GB pm (fine for "standard browsing use" i'd have thought?).

So for £48pm I could have a pretty comprehensive broadband+mobile service for little (if any) more than It costs for a standard BT line rental + Basic Sky/BTVision/Tiscali (or Virgin 3play). Only thing missing is the TV, but tbh, the basic subscription TV packages only give you a gnatts chuff more than Freeview anyway, so meh. And, on the upside, none of that connection/installation/set-up/joining fee nonsense or waiting around on your day off for the engineer to arrive.

As for 02/Orange (with their broadband misadventures) and Vodafone (with their cosy-in-bed-with-BT plan) - makes you wonder what they're messing around at.

Props to 3 and T-Mobile, I say for their sensible pricing and simple service.

And the iPhone angle...

...is that it's hats off to T-Mobile for doing what O2 have been doing since last November.