Understanding Internet / Data Plans

[jolly_jonesy]

Hi

Currently I have only a call plan with T-mobile and looking to switch to O2 with the Xperia, however I want to make sure I know of all the costs before doing so therefore I need a little understanding on what is need in terms of 'bolt ons' to do the following...

1. CALLS
2. INTERNET on 3G Network
3. Collecting POP3 Mail and sending SMTP email

Basically '1' is easy part of any package... but I am hazy on the other two..

O2 and many other providers title the deals as Internet browsing deals... does that cover everything?? i.e Browsing 3G/ Connecting to POP3 emails? and sending via smtp??

Any clarity offered would be very helpful..

Cheers

Jonesy

[Rudegar]

O2 and many other providers title the deals as Internet browsing deals... does that cover everything?? i.e Browsing 3G/ Connecting to POP3 emails? and sending via smtp??

dont know how o2 handle it but in general unless one have a free data usage
one pay pr. MB no matter if the MB is internet browsing or sending or recieving mails
but the pure MB's send over gprs, edge or 3g or....

[h3 gruntkiller]

yeah. carriers will give you a certain amount of data or unlimited. most web pages are anywhere from 100 to 400 kb depending on content on the page. emails can be similar depending on length. either way, it is still all data, and no matter what, like Rudegar said, will be the same on any of the networks (edge, 3g)