自由?不自在..? 欧洲未锁网的iPhone也有诸多限制

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"Unlimited" iPhone data plans on T-Mobile, O2 and Orange not so unlimited
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"Unlimited" iPhone data plans on T-Mobile, O2 and Orange not so unlimited

! U. r( `+ c5 i! `Posted Oct 29th 2007 10:26AM by Paul Miller
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Europeans are pretty used to paying through the nose for usage charges,whether it be by-the-minute charges for local calls in the landlinedays of yore, or per-KB charges for wireless data. The up side is thatthere are usually some pretty sweet prices on phones, since wirelesscompanies know they can make it up on the back end, but for heavy usersthings can get expensive fast. And unfortunately, the glorious promisesof "unlimited" data usage tacked onto iPhone plans offered by T-Mobile,O2 and Orange in their respective iPhone-exclusive markets aren't quitethe revolution we might've hoped for. T-Mobile just posted its rateplans for the November 9th iPhone launch,though it quickly pulled them from the site. Eagle-eyed observersgrabbed a screenshot of the rates (pictured), but what's notable is thefine print: depending on which plan you select -- M, L or XL -- you'relimited to 200MB, 1GB or 5GB of data, after which your data speeds arelimited to 64Kbps, instead of EDGE's traditional 220Kbps max. O2, whoserates have been up since day one,has a slightly vaguer "fair usage policy" that gives O2 the right toslap you with extra charges or change your rate plan if you exceed200MB of use, though they claim this rarely happens. Details on Orange'srate plans for the iPhone haven't emerged yet, but Orange France hashistorically some of the priciest unlimited data rates, and has astanding policy to just go ahead and slap per-KB charges once the limitis crossed. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

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http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/ ... -and-orange-not-so/

tsangping

无论是按分钟计算的本地通话，还是按KB流量计算的无线数据传输，欧洲人早已经习惯了按照使用量来缴纳通讯费用。这样的好处是电讯公司会推出一系列价钱非常低的手机，因为电讯公司明白他们能够在之后得回利益。对于使用量大的用户来说，最后将会是负担昂贵的费用。
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然而，T-mobile、O2和Orange提供的与iPhone捆绑的所谓“无限”使用量的数据套餐并不如我们希望的那样。T-mobile刚在他们的网站上公布了11月9日iPhone公开发售的收费标准。虽然较后又很快的将收费标准从网站删除，但是眼明手快的人已经将收费标准截图。收费标准共分成3种：M、L、XL，配额的数据量分别是200MB、1GB和5GB，超过配额之后的数据传输被限制在64Kbps，比起EDGE技术传统的220Kbps相差慢了很多。

至于O2早早就公布的收费标准中，200MB的最高配额数据量让O2有更多的机会收取额外的费用，虽然O2声称这种情况很少见。

Orange捆绑iPhone的收费标准还没有公布，但是法国的Orange一向来的收费标准高昂是必然的，而且在超过所配额的数据量之后，Orange是按照每一KB的用量来额外收取费用，只有希望这次不会有一样的结果。
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[ 本帖最后由 tsangping 于 2007-11-4 11:22 编辑 ]

tsangping

终于翻译完毕，但是觉得这次的翻译没那么好。欢迎校对。

chenq2000

我今天去和O2的店员聊过，他们说没有听说只有200M的限制
另外，O2的广告就是“you can take your you tube with you”，他说200M的限量简直不敢想象，才够看多少视频呢。
5 o! m9 K5 h; @' C不过他也不确定具体的限量，但应该比200多。具体执行方法可能是如果你一个月的使用流量过大，他们会发送一条信息警告你，以防止有人24小时不停的下载。
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3 v/ Y# k3 I( r: T, u1 R: K另外买了以后直接插入用户手中的O2卡是不能用的，还是要用它机身里面那张O2卡才行，不过你可以保留现在的号码。