O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited

Re:O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited by eterm on Sunday January 04, 2015 @01:28PM (#8835286)

I'd like all mobile internet adverts to have to specify in minutes the "fair usage".

4Gb is "unlimited" fair usage. That would seem less fair expressed as "35 minutes". *

Packages offering 250MB of 4G would seem pathetic when expressed as "2 1/2 minutes of internet".

*Average 4G speed is apparently around 15Mbps in UK.

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Re:O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited by 64mb on Sunday January 04, 2015 @01:47PM (#8835355)

They could just say "4gb" or "250mb" and reserve the words "unlimited" until they truly are. I'm on Three and use 20-25gb/mo. They say it's unlimited, but it certainly isn't limiting.

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Re:O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited by cynix on Sunday January 04, 2015 @06:49PM (#8836410)

It can never be "unlimited" because there is always a limit to how much data you can transfer in a month, given a theoretical maximum bandwidth of x Mbps for 4G networks (actual achieveable transfer speed even less). The correct term is "unmetered".

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Re:O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited by 64mb on Sunday January 04, 2015 @06:58PM (#8836439)

Actually, yeah, that would be a better term.

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Re:O2 (UK) defines unlimited – define:unlimited by arthurfm on Sunday January 04, 2015 @02:58PM (#8835587)

> 4Gb is "unlimited" fair usage.

Do you mean 4Gb or 4GB? They aren't the same.

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