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Want to use your Orange iPhone? There's a cap for that

Nov 03, 2009

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The financial difference between buying an iPhone from Orange and O2 may be minimal, but it seems that there are other restrictions that could help shoppers make up their mind which network to plump for.

When the price plans for Orange's handsets were announced yesterday, it was widely reported that the mobile network was imposing a download cap to prevent users from abusing the network. Orange customers will only be able to download 750MB of data over the mobile network (not Wi-Fi) before they are in breach of their contract and could have their service restricted.

The idea is to stop the company's 3G network getting overloaded, but what does the cap actually involve? Over at the BBC, Rory Cellan-Jones spotted this rather disturbing phrase in the company's terms and conditions:

"Not to be used for other activities (eg using your handset as a modem, non-Orange internet based streaming services, voice or video over the internet, instant messaging, peer to peer file sharing, non-Orange internet based video). Should such use be detected notice may be given and Netw

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