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Orange 3G Mobile Office Card review

Saturday 22 April 2006, 11:32 PM

Inaccurate Data Counter results in huge bills


Inaccuracies between the data counting software and Oranges billing can mean huge penalties on your bill (tariff dependent). In my case a £45 monthly bill on a 400MB tariff cost me over £600 based on my Orange bill one month when data card was reading 380MB used. BEWARE!!!

Also, 4MB email attachment limit, not advertised and no bulk email possible through Orange -- you have to set up your own mail server.

Also suspect that handshaking before user connection is charged for on Orange, not so on other networks, again, not advertised.

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Orange 3G Mobile Office Card

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Rating: 8.1
Verdict

Orange's 3G data card introduces some much-needed competition into this fledgling market, but there's still some way to go on pricing and usability.

Typical price

£ 255

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