Mobile internet charges

[Hopkirk]

If I were to use the internet on my phone it would cost me 60p per MB.

Is this expensive? I have no idea.

[VHG]

A MB (Megabyte) is not a lot, so it could soon cost you a lot to download things.

For exampke a single mp3 song could be between 2MB and 10Mb (or more) depending on length and quality.

So to download a 10MB song will cost you £6.

[Hopkirk]

Thanks.

How about just browsing, say a couple of minutes looking up train times, or checking something out on Wiki?

[DC_FC]

Could you not add the internet bundle onto your contract

[Hopkirk]

It's for my son on PAYG.

You can add unlimited browsing for £2 a week, but he will need very little internet use so I wondered how much occasional short periods of use would cost.

[DC_FC]

i just checked how much would be used if i checked something on wikipedia and it was .8 of a mb so say a mb and train times maybe 2mb

[DC_FC]

If it only costs £2 and its unlimited then why not add it, if its 60p a mb then as soon as he has used 4mb he has spent more than the internet bundle costs

[Hopkirk]

Thanks for that - a great help.

[Scarlett]

£2 a week doesn't sound much but that's £8 a month! I would maybe see how he goes with it and if he ends up using more than £2 worth per month, then add the bundle on. :)

[DC_FC]

oh my apologies i didnt see the per week bit, yes if its £2 a week then yes a little expensive, my bad OP

[Hopkirk]

He's getting a new phone for his 18th, and it will have Wifi capability, so I don't think he will need to go on the internet via mobile signal very often - if at all.
As a result £2 a week would probably be a bit of a waste.