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Thread ID: 106782	2010-01-22 20:18:00	T stick or Vodem Prepay	prefect (6291)	PC World Chat

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850966	2010-01-23 04:01:00	I just rung Telecom on 0800 number on contact us, you lose the lot at the end of the month but you can still top it up within 6 months. Effectively if you are even a real light user and need to use it every month or even just use it for a nano second once a month its real cost is $30.00 a month. Man this sucks big time	prefect (6291)
850967	2010-01-23 22:59:00	i know someone with the vodem setup. its horrendously expensive. 10m per day cap then you pay per meg after that. i chewed through their $10 pre pay within a few minutes. its really only good for email only (text only....no movies or pics!). you have to shut off all the auto updates etc otherwise doing antivirus updates will cost $10-$20.	tweak'e (69)
850968	2010-01-23 23:50:00	Although telecoms terms are totally vague as usual, I turned down teh 'free' t-stick, because they told me that the credit does expire at the end of the month, which I though was very poor as you do pay cash for it. Really it is a rip off for such a small amount of data. I was surprised at how many people thought it was a good deal. If I need mobile interent, I just use my 3g phone connected to the laptop and is $1 for 10MBs with VF for a day, and I just use it for email. Still expensive, but thats what you get for living in NZ, a lack of competition in key markets (eg food) On your ADSL or other wired internet connections, your unused data also expires at the end of the month. I think there might be one ISP that lets you carry over unused data from month to month, but all of the major players use this strategy to maximise their profits. They're just using the same tricks for their mobile broadband services. Prefect: If you are only using the device very rarely, say one or twice a month, then surely you would just go on the casual plan and pay the $1/day for 10mb, rather than choosing one of their "monthly" plans?	somebody (208)
850969	2010-01-24 00:08:00	On your ADSL or other wired internet connections, your unused data also expires at the end of the month. I think there might be one ISP that lets you carry over unused data from month to month, but all of the major players use this strategy to maximise their profits. They're just using the same tricks for their mobile broadband services. Trust power kinect allow carrying over however I found them to be more expensive for me personally but do no someone with a business using them	gary67 (56)
850970	2010-01-24 00:30:00	On your ADSL or other wired internet connections, your unused data also expires at the end of the month. I think there might be one ISP that lets you carry over unused data from month to month, but all of the major players use this strategy to maximise their profits. They're just using the same tricks for their mobile broadband services. Prefect: If you are only using the device very rarely, say one or twice a month, then surely you would just go on the casual plan and pay the $1/day for 10mb, rather than choosing one of their "monthly" plans? I think the "casual" plan only relates to phone browsing - the sticks are solely internet connection and although you can send and receive SMS messages via the SIM card, the primary purpose is to get you online. They therefore attract a penal rate of charging. Because they can. I still haven't worked out (or had explained) what the huge difference is between voice calls and data. As far as I am aware it's all packets of info whizzing about the atmosphere. So I can't understand why the charging needs to be different.	johcar (6283)
850971	2010-01-24 00:33:00	Go over your data and it's $500 a GB	pctek (84)
850972	2010-01-24 00:44:00	I think the "casual" plan only relates to phone browsing - the sticks are solely internet connection and although you can send and receive SMS messages via the SIM card, the primary purpose is to get you online. They therefore attract a penal rate of charging. Because they can. I still haven't worked out (or had explained) what the huge difference is between voice calls and data. As far as I am aware it's all packets of info whizzing about the atmosphere. So I can't understand why the charging needs to be different. Hmm... their website makes it sound like it's possible to have the "casual" plan with a T-Stick (www.telecom.co.nz) I've only used their data network by tethering my XT mobile to my netbook, but can't see why the T-Stick would be any different.	somebody (208)
850973	2010-01-24 00:54:00	Perhaps people who want to know could read the full terms and conditions here. :- www.telecom.co.nz	Sweep (90)
850974	2010-01-24 01:28:00	Perhaps people who want to know could read the full terms and conditions here. :- www.telecom.co.nz Thanks Sweep - looks like this answers the expiry question: Data charges Data is billed in 10,486 byte increments. A minimum charge for any usage up to 10,486 bytes applies, and any usage above this minimum is rounded down to the nearest 10,486 bytes. All prepaid credit will expire if you have not instigated a credit top up in six months on prepaid plans. (My bolding) I infer from that statement that unused credit does NOT expire at the end of each month on prepaid data (which puts it in line with prepaid phone charges), but will only expire if you haven't topped up once every 6 months. However I will await the response from my web enquiry...	johcar (6283)
850975	2010-01-24 02:12:00	Prepaid casual data rate: $1 a day for up to 10MB ~ $1 per MB over that. 500MB $29.95 per month expires at the end of each month $29.95 for additional 500 MB to use in the same calendar month. 10c MB over that. ~~~~~~~~~~~ On account data rate: 2GB $59.95, same again for $29.95. 10c MB over. Per month. 4GB $79.95, same again for $29.95. 10c MB over. Per month. Fixed broadband & USB Modem discounts available. Use the Telecom online usage meter and set up the warning emails in addition to 3rd party usage software and there's no problem staying within the data limit. Vodafone is on a par on cost but no online usage meter nor warning emails ~ I found Vodafone was also slower than XT in most places. Expensive but the only internet option for many. Over 3 years on 100% mobile data, it's getting better... slowly.	Sue (33)
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