Is Internet access feasible with a prepay phone?

[realityhack]

Unless all that is pretty much transparent to the server, and the web client takes care of it (but then I wouldn't know that).

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/server_attention_span.png

[xoggoth]

Have found Vodaphone ok in past. As is by mb just don't download porn or, if you must, keep it low res and use your imagination. Got T mobile now, seems ok but haven't really used it enough to say.

[OwlHoot]

You send a text to activate the 5 days for £2.50.

Just had a look at the website, and it's got better: £5 for a month, or £20 for 6 months:

Pay as you go Boosters

I probably should have paid more attention.

Flip, I knew it was too good to be true - Look at the small print:

*Subject to a fair use limit of 500MB a month

So let's say the average page is 100 kbytes, including images. That gives you 5000 pages a month. Sounds a lot, but with refreshes, and Flash adverts, and Ajax trying to be clever behind the scenes, surely you'd easily burn through that in a week!

[Spacecadet]

Flip, I knew it was too good to be true - Look at the small print:



So let's say the average page is 100 kbytes, including images. That gives you 5000 pages a month. Sounds a lot, but with refreshes, and Flash adverts, and Ajax trying to be clever behind the scenes, surely you'd easily burn through that in a week!

Lots of times you'll be using the mobile version of a site which has less pictures and adverts and no flash