Has anyone got this on Orange? I'm told they only do a 10MB for £8, not unlimited

Giles, London,

Is this article true? Over a week later and Orange shops, Orange customer support, and Orange website all know nothing of this.

Mike, London, UK

This is a step in the right direction! I didnt want to have to move to T-Mobile and now I dont! my only question is when? orange dont have a clue about it

Matthew Brown, Peebles, Scotland

Things are getting better, but the UK is still pretty expensive. In China I pay 15RMB (less than 1 pound) per month for data, although admittedly this is only GPRS and not 3G.

Ron Frost, Beijing, China

I'm a regular on-the-go internet user. I'm using Nokia e61 that has near-full qwerty keyboard and screen that can actually be used to watch video quite confortably. Browsing is a practical option even with websites that haven't been adjusted for mobile access.
Some applications :
Waiting in a queue and browsing news headlines
Got lost? Check multimap.
Looking for cinema listings when you decide to see a movie on a whim.
Lookup words in a dictionary when you want to impress a Spanish beauty.
Lookup movie actors in IMDB when you can't agree who was the lead.
Get the podcasts downloaded automatically and listen to them in the train.
Send emails abroad instead of sms-es.

Maf, London,

Mobiles aren't much use for Internet use at the moment because, for the most part, the software is simply conversions of PC software that doesn't transfer well to smaller screens & tiny keyboards and data costs were so high.

Now, with data costs falling and great software like Opera Mini being available the situation is rapidly changing.

When blokes can show youtube videos to each other in the pub - mobile internet will be mainstream.

Tom, Edinburgh,

Would you be able to link your phone to your laptop with bluetooth and browse the internet through that?

would be much more handy

Pete, Bucks,

Mob phones are full of gimmicks which I believe most adult users hardly ever want or use.The screen size on mobiles makes internet information usage confusing and relativelly useless.
They load games onto phones.
they load Music onto mob phones.
They attempt to seduce us by saying how affordable these things are.But the end user billing dispels these myths with astronomic charges.On top of this like a plague are so many scams and premium line costs.
When the phone and mobile phone industry gets back to good basic value, instead of extortionate roaming charges, of which between the operating cartels they fleece us yet again.Unashamabley and treating us like idiots.
When they devize affordable and good value uselable services that are not enshrined with the need for a physics or telecommunications degree to access.Then they will find customers will increase there fondness for there common sense.In the end analysis a phone is a phone.
It should work well and dependabley,Most dont!

william thornton, margate, Kent UK

I disagree. It depends on the phone. PDA phones have a large screen and a proper web browser. 3G provides near-broadband connection speed, making the experience very satisfying and useful. The only drawbacks are patchy 3G coverage outside of built-up areas, and the cost.

Martin, St. Austell, UK

"£5 per month unlimited usage"

Finally, a price for mobile internet that might just tempt me. Up to now, it would have been cheaper to buy houses everywhere you were ever likely to go and have broadband fitted.

Pat, London, UK

I started to subscribe to unlimited data server because there are plenty of good application available - for example, google mail now provides a java based applet which provides a fairly good email client on mobile. As well as using MSN on the move (and save texting fee!)

Sunny, London,

reality is phone are no good fro seroius iternet use

steve , swindon, uk

What the man said. I don't know who's running the mobile companies but their approach to data is one of the biggest missed opportunities in the history of business. Right the way from their WAP "walled gardens", through crappy "content" that we just don't want (music download, anybody?), and now to open internet access but exorbitant data tariffs. All along they could have been giving us what we want: access to the internet at a fair price. Let's hope T-mobile and 3 are leading the way and that this is just the start.

Neil Hoskins, Aylesbury, UK

I am amazed such an article has only just become newsworthy. Many thousands of Orange's customers have been badgering them for flat-rate data for many, many months. Just browse to www.modaco.com and take a look (you'll need to use the 'Search' function) at the general feeling created by Orange's refusal to consider the option for their customers. I am amongst many who have left after many years of loyalty simply because they continued to strangle their devices by charging huge fees for mobile internet access. I, like many others, have taken up contracts with T-Mobile because of their fair approach to charges and superior customer service. At least T-Mobile listen to what customers want!

Paul Ryder, Stroud, Glos, UK