Thread: N800 - UK with "Three" Network 3G Mobile
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2007-04-16 , 20:28
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Originally Posted by treefrog911 View Post
Just for the info of those reading this, I've been using the basic T-Mobile Web'n'Walk (£7.50*) since October 2006, in a bluetooth phone - with both my laptop and my N800 (and 770 before that).
You might be interested in this post from a UK mobile phone forum where the poster is referring to his T-Mobile Web'n'Walk account usage:

yes the problem is they are going to be tightening the noose so to speak regarding the data usage thats happening in the next few months.

thats when you wont be able to use IM on the low level accounts. I actually spoke to the [T-Mobile] technical guys today and they listed the days where I hooked my phone to my macbook pro - actually scared me cause I didnt even really batter it [English Translation: use it a great deal], but they knew the periods.

the guy said that they can tell when its being used on a laptop / computer and he said that tmobile were going to be streamlining webnwalk to make sure everyone gets good speed and basically people dont "play unfair"
So they definately know what you're doing - whether they do anything about it in future is another matter.

It strikes me that the network providers may have colluded with the phone manufacturers and a phone connecting for normal data (on-device WAP and Web browsing) connects differently than the same phone when connecting as a modem. Perhaps the phone passes a different configuration code to the network when it connects as a modem, meaning that the networks don't have to mess about monitoring ports, usage levels and protocol signatures etc. to determine if you're abusing your T&Cs.

If I ran a network with two different data plans I'd certainly get the phone to give it's owner away and save me doing the hard work!
Last edited by Milhouse; 2007-04-16 at 20:31.