I recently upgraded my T-Mobile contract to a Sim Only deal where by I get X amount of minutes and X amount of voice calls and unlimited internet usage.  I took this option because I bought my phone outright.

T-Mobile were very quick to point out that the “unlimited internet usage” was not actually unlimited but instead capped at 1GB.

How ridiculous?

Ridiculous for many reasons as the phone I recently purchased is totally geared towards the Internet and for social networking (Skype, Gtalk, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, has a full internet browser, access to everything internet related). The Nokia N900 is a mini computer or tablet device with a phone function.

The Nokia N900 is not the only phone offering such features, there are many other phone makes (Blackberry, Apple, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, LG etc) and models offering fast download speeds (7.2MBit, 10MBit).

T-Mobile bragged that they were streaks ahead of the other mobile ISP’s because they offered 1GB instead of 500MB. All very well, but that is a pathetic statement to make!

I consider myself a heavy Internet data user on my mobile and by that I mean:

1. The Nokia N900 is a multi-tasking device, therefore it is possible to open multiple web sites in the real internet browser, which is similar to what you would find on your desktop PC, and it is able to load up all the graphics, video and sounds that are normally present on a website quickly, which obviously uses a lot of data. I regularly browse;
   1. BBC, Sky News, Engadget, Wired, Netvibes, Youtube, Wilkinsonsworld, Crunchvictims, FT, CMAVision, Gmail,  etc.
2. On top of that I would have open Facebook, an online scrabble game,
3. Multiple Twitter accounts,
4. Last.FM scrobbler, or Shoutcast music streaming, or E-Book reader,
5. I am downloading a few podcasts on a daily basis,
6. Reading and replying to my various Email accounts,
7. Instant Messaging through Skype, MSN, GTalk and Facebook (all possible in one place on the N900),
8. Blogging on my various websites,

I had a look at my data usage after a week of using the Nokia N900 and it’s up at 450MB. (Doh! after a week). There is no way on earth the 1GB limit is going to last me. I will reach that cap by the end of next week!

T-Mobile already offer broadband via a USB Dongle. They are quite generous in the amount one can download with their USB dongle (£ 10/mth – 4.5 Mb/s  – 3 Gb cap). – Check out wifi.co.uk

What they need to realize is that with the new mobile technology coming out with bigger and better devices with lovely large screens and qwerty keyboards, that devices such as the N900 are similar too and / or if not better than a netbook or a laptop with a USB Dongle, since they incorporate the internet technology in the device.

For a Sim Only contract with unlimited Internet at a cost of £15/mth, one would expect T-Mobile to offer a larger download limit!

Come on T-Mobile, please review your Interet download policy!

Above is a recent order from Play.com – I bought my wife a Sony E-Reader PRS505 digital reader for her birthday in September. (look at the price then).

Look at the price today 2 months later. Yup, almost £100 more expensive. Christmas is just around the corner and PLAY.com have decided to RIP OFF GREAT BRITAIN!

Play.com – You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. How you can charge this much money for an old device is beyond me? I was blowing your trumpet not so long ago, but I can safely say I will NOT be shopping at PLAY.Com from this day forth!

Arriva runs this bus service called Fastrack in Kent. Since we dont live near the station, the only choice is walking down a disgusting road full of air pollution or risking life or limb around all the works that litter the pavements.

The service Its is not exactly FAST either, as their name suggests. We often wait an extra 10 to 15 minutes because the bus either missed its slot or didnt bother to turn up.

They recently put up the price of their tickets and for a local bus service outside of London, their prices are ridiculously expensive. £1.60 for a single and £2.60 for a return. It is daylight robbery.

The most obvious thing that Arriva or Fastrack have failed to notice, is that their fancy large bus is not full. If they reduced the prices perhaps more local folk would use the service.

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Grrr, no Matter box again today!   How very disappointing Matter.co.uk?

To show my disappointment I came up with some extra words to the song “No matter what”. I hope you like it!

No matter what (Warren@Matter.co.uk) tells me.
No matter what they do (comment, email and make more promises and excuses).
No matter what they teach us (Matter teaches us to hate Royal Mail and to wait patiently for little boxes).
What we believe is true (Yup Matter & Royal Mail screwed up my delivery).

No matter what they call us (desperado’s for waiting a year for a box of ????)
However they attack (well they emailed me at least 4 times over the year promising a box of matter)
No matter where they take us  (yeah! they take us as fools).
We’ll find our own way back (I won’t be finding my way to the Matter.co.uk site again).
I can’t deny what I believe (The matter box is not going to arrive through my letter box).
I can’t be what I’m not (well I won’t lie, the box never arrived and that is damn annoying).

I know I’ll love forever I know, (well I certainly won’t be loving the matter box).
no matter what…

Oh well, no review of the matter box, so instead here is a cheesy video of Boyzone singing the above words in black.

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Yup you guessed it, yet another false start as my Matter box did not arrive as planned on the 6th of December. It is clear that the Matter teams confidence is let down horribly by the people who are delivering this product to the chosen ones.  No surprises then when I read it’s Royal Mail.

Fortunately I didn’t sit around waiting for the box to arrive as I have better things to do with my life.

Just like the hard drive that was meant to be delivered on Friday before 12pm from Ebuyer.com (another company that make promises they cannot deliver on, hence the reason this will be the last time I ever purchase stuff from them again). They even sent a sob letter apologising for the lack of delivery. Again, I am quite sure Royal Mail had something to do with it.

The only thing going for the Matter box team is that I have yet to purchase anything from them.