Talk:United Kingdom/@comment-194.136.18.66-20170918074751/@comment-24682153-20170920014540

For me there is a slight contradiction of needing a very small amount of data in day/week/month and the need for a 4G connection. The average website is now some MBs in size, so you don't get very far with 100MB as we all know. You are right, that VoIP doesn't consume so much (around 1MB/min) and messaging even less. But for light data use you don't need a connection that can potentially consume your 100MB allowance in a few seconds.

One further consideration: a rate like 100MB per period for €1 has many strings attached, as you can't consume the exact amount in this exact period. So a rate like this is min.1c and max.2c per MB in practice and an average 1.5c/MB seems plausible. Compared to this, I consider a pure per-MB rate much fairer and 1c/MB (of e.g. DrimSIM and others) is only 2/3 of this average 1.5c/MB.

The problem with EE packs is that you can't suspend them, but only change them in size or renew them ahead of time. The only way to stop them is by being low on credit, so that your pack can't be renewed. But this is really inconvenient.