"Harry Stottle" <sorryspamdoesntwork@nospam.uk.co> wrote in message
news:q2qFj.3546$6R1.1904@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
> I was considering taking out a mobile broadband service and was looking
> through the options. T-mobile are advertising their Web'n'Walk service
> at £15.00/month for 3 GB, but when I dug through a couple of layers of
> small print, I found the following
> <Quote> We do not permit use of this service for internet phone
> calls</Quote>
> Link http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/uk/fairuse/
> This seems like a restrictive practice to me, a mobile phone company
> providing a different type of service, but banning users of that service
> from using it in a way that could result in competition to their main
> service. How do others see this, and does anyone know if this could be
> challenged legally, because if T-Mobile are allowed to get away with
> banning internet phone calls through their broadband service, then I can
> see VoIP being increasingly threatened.
>
>

They all have this get-out clause.. Some of them work however and it's not a
big deal..
They do all make it clear that it's not allowed so I see nothing wrong with
it.. If they start telling lies and saying it's allowed just to get
customers onboard then there would be a big cause for concern..

If your a big user then the charges above your limit make this service
horrible.. If you were using this service as your full portal for a windows
XP machine for instance, you might spend 180£ the first month just letting
it grab patches!...

I would like to see the data rate cost go down a lot, and restrictions to
follow.. But lets face it, Mobi operators pay a lot (or did pay) for the
spectrum lisence and now they dont want to go broke due to people not making
phone calls..