GPRS no longer free on o2

[themez2004]

Hey guys, I checked my GPRS mobile usage on my o2 online bill and found out that my 5MB has been all used up and that i have run up a bill of an extra £3.47. Am i the only one that has started being charged for it or is the end of the "deal"?

Euan

[coolbeans252]

i've just checked my unbilled usage on the o2 website and havent been charged for gprs yet

[q-biq]

i got unlimited data for free from work (vodafone) today, so damn nice to stream SR Street etc etc..

how long have ya guys had free on o2?

[wytey]

nope no charges for me neither

[Ineedtoys]

"Free" GPRS was an introductory offer on Business Data Sense tariffs only (i.e. joint Voice/Data)- NOT Data5. It finished on Jan 31:-

Business Data Sense
O2 Business Data Sense is the standard data tariff available with O2 business voice tariffs for 2+ connections. Business Data Sense allows you to use our Mobile Web and Mobile Web VPN services and our DataLink solutions. O2 Active WAP browsing is free with Business Data Sense. Business Data Sense is currently free of charge until 31st January 2006. Use of Business Data Sense during the promotional period is subject to a fair use policy of 36 MB of data per month. If a customer exceeds 36 MB in a given month, we may ask the customer to reduce their usage of the service. If usage continues to exceed 36 MB per month, O2 may be required to move the user to another O2 data tariff. When charging commences on 1st February 2006, the first ½ Megabyte (MB) of Mobile Web / Data Bearer access is free each month, then after that access is priced at £1.80 per Mb.

[trapper]

To be fair it is actually swings and roundabouts and it is totally dependant upon your billing platform.

[Ineedtoys]

Which, as no one has stated which tariff they are actually on, makes this thread rather pointless :lol:

[monakh]

Which, as no one has stated which tariff they are actually on, makes this thread rather pointless :lol:

Bingo, you win this thread :)

[layzphil]

I haven't been charged for use this month either and I am on bog standard O2 200.

[trapper]

Depending on whether you took it online or direct from a store then you'll get one of two seperate allowances.

1Mb for online customers.

100kb for store direct customers.

[Omega Xi]

Oddly enough, I've been really abusing (by this I mean a LOT of usage) the GPRS for nearly 2 years now and I haven't been charged once. Not sure if tarrif makes any difference as I switched tarrifs a few times...

//Xi

[trapper]

Same as me, but I'm on a staff tariff, so I put it down to that.

Meh.