Comments on: Orange UK Unlimited Plan for iPhone Seems to Prohibit Almost Everything

By: Orange Launch Day iPhone Sales Set a Record

Orange Launch Day iPhone Sales Set a Record — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:08:27 +0000

[...] for its reported 750MB cap on data usage under its “Unlimited” plan, and for imposing bizarre restrictions on how network data may be used, restrictions that seemed, if taken at face value, to basically [...]

By: Nik

Nik — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:21:21 +0000

The fact that another carrier is offering pretty similar deal is not surprising. Believe it or not, but O2 deal isn’t that bad in comparison to what carriers in other EU countries are offering. UK,German and Italian markets are just about the most competitive in Europe. Ironically Orange (i.e. France Telecom) in fact offers much better deals in the UK than it does in France. Yes, Orange may offer fewer restrictions in France, but the equivalent deals cost around 20-25 pounds per month more there than they do here.

By: Fatman Ballmer

Fatman Ballmer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53:08 +0000

I am with Orange France, I had the iPhone option until last august, I have the unlimited data option now. I am a heavy user and I have never been notified about any cap. I use Beejive, Facebook, Skype, Brightkite, Tweetie etc etc. This option also includes unlimited wifi via French Orange hotspots. They explicitly forbid VoiP though, and tethering is not included in the package. There are also other “fine print” bizarre things: you can download from the apple store and use their in-house TomTom-like app for free if you have the iPhone option, but you need to pay 7 euros/month for it if you have an unlimited data plan or other non-iPhone data plan. Anyway, they have been under fire for their use of the word “unlimited” for years now. The other two French operators are not better. Mobile operators usually stink. Yours faithfully, Fatman

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:40:19 +0000

“So what advantage is left to Orange, then? Basically only network coverage and quality”

So nothing then. In my experience Orange’s network in the UK is far below the quality of O2′s, in both coverage and quality

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:25:44 +0000

No, it’s unlimited as long as it isn’t deemed abusive to the network

“Excessive usage policy applies”

Other “unlimited” data bolt-ons with O2 may have a 200MB cap, but not the iPhone tariff’s

By: oliver

oliver — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:12 +0000

O2 stated (at the time of getting my iPhone) that data was unlimited also. Reading the fine print you discover unlimited actually means 200MB.

By: Someone

Someone — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:59:13 +0000

I was waiting to see what Orange comes up with the new iPhone. I cannot believe there is a cap, why call it unlimited when the cap is in the MB world and not in the GB world. I wonder what the charge is if you go over the cap.

So if I had a choose between O2 and Orange, it has to be O2. There is still Vodaphone, see what they crop up

Now I see there is a good enough reason to have exclusivity on the iPhone. There is so much mess involved.

Orange must change if they want to have iPhone users switching from O2