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Anonymous
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Hey all,

 

I've been searching the net and even read the Terms and Conditions but cant seem to find the answer. Can anyone let me know how many texts there actually are in an "unlimited texts package"? 

 

I'd like to know so I can manage my usage abit more.

 

Cheers :slight_smile:

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The only figures I've seen reported here are Pay and Go 2990, Pay Monthly 12,000.

To support Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals text Nepal to 70000 to send £5

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The only figures I've seen reported here are Pay and Go 2990, Pay Monthly 12,000.

To support Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk/appeals text Nepal to 70000 to send £5

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More than enough for 99% of customers :wink:
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Well 2990 on a 30 day month is 100 a day ( or there abouts) and 12000 is 400 a day. 

How can anybody send 100 texts a day for a whole month?

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You'd be surprised how many texts our younger users send. I've seen them texting each other whilst sat together on a bus!

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'How can anybody send 100 texts a day for a whole month?'

 

Some years on Watchdog there was a complaint about "unlimited" being "limited" by some people with hearing difficulties who use texts to do general chit-chat with their friends.

 

Doesn't need too many friends to hit 100 texts sent in a day if you are chatting about items in the news/ sport/ showbiz / your interests

 

(though obviously it is possible now to use the internet with online chat and web site services, and there is a lot more flexibility with content, so one is not limited to just text...  smartphones with unlimited data mean it is easy to share photos and so on - perhaps more easily than using texts).

 

It really is time that claims of "unlimited" anything (where there is some 'Fair Use Policy' or undisclosed limit) should mean "unlimited".  I'm not aiming that just at this description, but (for example, and there will be many) Tesco broadband having a 100 GB/month 'limit' but calling their service "unlimited".  Tesco small print indicates they can charge for excess use but does not explain how much, and when I asked, was told they don't use that option but ask a user to limit their use or to switch ISP if they continue for a few months.

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Unfortunately the official bodies are failing to regulate these terms and until they do, networks and companies will continue to use them.

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Ofcom and others are looking at this but up until now they have approved the word "unlimited" to be used for services that are not.

 

Obviously most companies have taken advantage of this.

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@Anonymous wrote:

Well 2990 on a 30 day month is 100 a day ( or there abouts) and 12000 is 400 a day. 

How can anybody send 100 texts a day for a whole month?


I had a 1000 text allowance and I was used to having unlimited texts.

As I knew I had a cap I tried to minimise my texts and sending iMessages or emails and abbreviating the texts as much as I could (which I hate doing) and I only just managed to keep within my limit.  I used about 990 and that includes me having my phone off for 3 days.

 

When I am on unlimited texts I send a lot - an average of at least 40 per day.

 

Thank God I am now back to unlimited texts!

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I think the most I've ever sent is 300 and that was a shock for me!
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