3 are making a big splash of the uncapped data packages but as a result they are heavily loss making and the network is meant to be quite patchy outside of major cities.
I think that 1gb should be enough for the mobile device itself especially if you are supplementing that with Wi Fi for updates and app downloads.
When you are using the phone as a modem and surfing on a computer a lot more data is used as you will be viewing full websites rather than the cut down mobile versions. 1gb is likely to be used up quite quickly.
What you need for that is a 3G dongle
http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/mobile-internet
As SynthFG has rightly pointed out, data has to be paid for. Networks make almost nothing from the phones themselves and their model is based on revenue per user, i.e. getting users to make more calls, send more texts/MMS's and use more data. They aren't in a position to give that away as that is where the profit is.
In the USA the CEO of AT&T has claimed to be losing sleep over Apple's iMessage service as that will stop people from sending texts, although they might use a little more data I suppose.
Real world economics dictates that we cannot have low call costs and all we can eat data, and have a company that invests in infrastructure to give us a robust network and newer technologies like 4G.
GSL040282 wrote:
Hi SynthFG, I understand that data costs money but even if I opted to pay a extra £15 per month for two gigabytes of extra data it still wouldn't be suffient enough for my needs. I'm sure that if Vodafone introduced a "All You Can Eat" data bundle for certain tariffs. That would in turn attract more customers to the network. G
If 3Gby a month isn't enough for you then I'd look at an alternitive solution such as getting your fiancee broardband or obtaining a 3G dongle
