When did this become a thing? Feels a bit like paying extra for a seat on budget airlines for the benefit of not being in pain for 2-5 hours.
by varinator
When did this become a thing? Feels a bit like paying extra for a seat on budget airlines for the benefit of not being in pain for 2-5 hours.
by varinator
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Just as egregious is the capped speed that are on some of the cheaper plans
In terms of RF transmission this is absolute garbage marketing. You will get the same signal strength and quality as everyone else on the same tower (ignoring obstacles)
What they are really doing is just speed limiting your bandwidth at the transport level out of their internet backbone. Think QoS packet priority.
So your analogy of budget airline is 100% correct.
It’s always been a thing it’s just onlynow being used as a differentiator at the cost level.
Previously the prioritisation was really only sold into larger corporates, government and public services with people like public services and services liable to require communications in an emergency being rated highest.
Newer networks now have more granularity in the levels so networks are using it as a way to provide their more profitable customers with better service and EE are actively publishing it as a benefit,
That so we all know that they are looking at everything we do online now so they know what to prioritize for your benefit obviously (and as long as you can afford it)
I think they’re just marketing how it already works. The cheap carriers which operate on the main carriers have a lower priority. So if you’re O2 you are priority 1, you’re Lyca you’re priority 2. It’s always been this way but they’re just marketing it better.
Unless there’s now a new tier, which wouldn’t surprise me. Seems reasonable if it’s something you need or want. If not then a bit slower for a lower price is fine.
Is it not just a sales tactic? How can it prioritise you if the people around you all had the same?
It’s always been a thing they just announce it know.
The cheap ones like gift gaff, smarty and talk mobile were always below O2, three, ee, vodaphone on their respective networks.
First read of that was “priority coverage in busy gregs” which would cover large swathes of the country.
Priority…. Just like everyone else.
In the summer there are pop concerts in the park near my house and the mobile phone coverage goes to shit as an extra ten or twenty thousand handsets overwhelm the network. I imagine this might be quite useful in such a circumstance.
Looking at the absolute state of mobile phone plans some years back, I let my old phone go onto pay as you go, only used my wifi or free wifi while I saved up. Bought a reasonable Samsung handset, then a Giffgaff single month SIM only plan.
I see the situation has not improved.
I’m keeping this handset until it fails, and will continue to enjoy not being locked into anything longer than one month, and paying £6 to £8.
I won’t go with any provider who does things like this. Paying for a service and getting QoS’d can suck my dick!
Is this that Net Neutrality thing people were bothered about about ten years ago?
I read that as “priority coverage in busy Gregs” and thought that was actually a great deal if it means you get pushed to the front of the queue. But then I realised it’s spelt Greggs.
Misread that and thought you had priority in busy greggs.
Edit I can’t spell
“Hey Dave, I’m writing up the ad copy. What’s an Inclusive Extra?”
“Fucking hell mate, Google one”
At the prices EE charge I’d expect top class service on all plans, never mind having to pay even more for the privilege.
Maybe it’s just me but I’d get it for the no EU roaming charge and unlimited data. I was paying close to that on three sim only until I upgraded and got a phone contract, but I’d love to get this deal.
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