Orange UK announces iPad Wi-Fi + 3G data plan pricing for UK

Ouch on the plans.. I just turned in my 3G IPAD one cause the 3G does not work in all of the places I go and of course theres no wifi hotspots either.

But when I called AT&T to cancel the unlimited plan the AT&T person told me that the data amount that the IPAD pulls is huge and in most cases the people who got the $14.95 plan ran out within the first day of usage and were pist off.

I saw this with the Wifi model at the house just normal surfing and 5 email accounts was enough load to draw 250 Meg easily. Thats without Youtube or video streaming. Also watch the data thru put on the network tab and see that the numbers are not always the same. Its weird like I would look a the pad and have 100Meg down then look at it again and it went down to 25Meg this is without a reset of the data usage. The down should go up not down.

Also AT&T also stated that the Cell towers were having issues keeping up with the amount of data that was being pulled from the IPADs. I Europe will be different and they have more Hotspots that US does but beware.

I think the plans and associated prices sound fine. The problem for me is that I think Orange's UK 3G network is bobbins. I've had my iPhone 3GS (my first 3G phone, incidentally) since I got back to the UK at the end of last year and I have been less than impressed with 3G. The overall coverage is not as good as I had hoped (no data connection at all is not unusual) and even with a 3G connection there often does not seem to be any bandwidth to deliver a connection to the Internet, which leads to frequent displays of "The server stopped responding". Now, I can't say that other networks are better because I have no experience with then but I think that they have to be worth a punt. I'd give Vodafone a try with the iPad, if they offer reasonable data plans as well.

For the record, I live just outside of Coventry but tend to travel around the country a fair bit.

Based on these prices I think I''d rather add a tethering bundle to my iPhone plan, then I can share it with my MBP and iPad.

The 'out of bundle' rates are cheaper too.
http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/iphone/iphone-extras.jsp

750mb fair use is at WiFi hotspots only. NOT the pay as you need plan and NOT any other plan. Only for Orange WiFi hotspots.

What's up with the quote marks around "unlimited" in reference to the iPad AT&T plan? At the rate I am using it, I might be incurring into overage fees, and I wasn't even warned! :(
Also, can TUAW fix the "Remember Me" feature? It didn't work in Safari, and it is not working in the TUAW app.

The thing is over here in the UK unlimited never means unlimited, I and others have contacted the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to find out why they can merrily rewrite the definition of unlimited and mislead consumers, and they replied stating it was fine and dandy.

@Roberto 750MB on wifi hotspots not Data

Steven and Roberto - if you follow the asterisks carefully you'll note that the 750MB limit applies to the Wi-Fi Hotspot use, not to the 3G use. You may want to update the story accordingly.

Did I just read that the 10GB plan will actually be limited to 750MB???? WTF!

-Still- waiting for Rogers to announce pricing for Canadian customers. :(