T-Mobile G1 Data Cap ‘Will Be 3GB In UK’
T-Mobile’s G1 handset has gone down pretty well amongst the industry, but one factor that really divided opinion was the 1GB data limit placed upon contracts.
Any overzealous downloaders would then face a shuddering crawl down to 50Kbits/sec, not far off the bad old days of dial-up modems.
Before too long, the US market were up in arms at this hobbling of a service touted to revolutionise the mobile internet, and as such T-Mobile reconsidered, and the cap was lifted. What they were going to put in it’s place, however, was not mentioned explicitly…
The British contingent of T-Mobile have been far more forthcoming with information, as well as far more generous, promising a fair usage limit of 3GB of data when the G1 releases over here in November.
“If you exceed that you exceed that you won’t be charged initially, but if you continue the heavy usage you may get a call from a T-Mobile representative suggesting that you upgrade your account,” a spokesman told VNUNet.
Sounds fair to me, and it puts the G1 back on a more level playing field with the web-friendly iPhone 3G. Even the Pay As You Go handsets offer unlimited mobile internet and wi-fi for a small fee, with a generous fair use limit.
At least T-Mobile seem quick to react to keep the public on their good side. The G1 is certainly their most important release to date, it has to go off without a hitch!
