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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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