By: Si

Si — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:30:04 +0000

Yes I now realise that tech excuse was bullshit. One day I will write a web page for iPhone that pulls the usage data off Optus website.

By: Laughing

Laughing — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:07:29 +0000

You’ve been had. Optus has no problem tracking how much data you’re using, and whilst the “technology” is different from 2G and 2.5G phones, this is irrelevant. Usage alerts are disabled to make it more difficult for consumers to track their bill before they receive it. Because of the way the ‘Cap’ plans are structured, once you exceed your ‘Cap’ you start getting billed at a rate between 5 and 10 times faster than you intuitively expect (because of the nature of the ridiculous and entirely invented “included value”). This is how they make their money, and this would be near impossible if users were warned immediately when they reached the threshold.

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