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O2 Cuts Unlimited iPhone Data to Just 1GB in UK

O2 Cuts Unlimited iPhone Data to Just 1GB in UK

O2, the UK cellphone carrier, has always offered sweet deals on iPhone price-plans. For instance, it was one of the first to give truly unlimited data, even for pay-as-you-go customers. Now it has wiped out years of goodwill by chopping the iPhone 4 plan down to just 1GB maximum.

The confusion of tariffs shows that you’ll have to pay a minimum of £45 ($65) to get even this amount of data. Weirdly, pay-as-you-go customers get a pretty good deal: buy a minimum of £10 credit and you’ll get 500MB of data thrown in.

We wonder why telcos are crippling iPhone data like this? Perhaps they are shocked by the amount of bandwidth iPhone customers consume? More likely its just a way to use the new iPhone 4, the most desirable iPhone upgrade in a few years, as a way to squeeze us for more cash.

Expect to see this kind of nonsense repeated around the world as more tariffs are announced. At least in the UK there will be some choice for disgruntled O2 customers. The final UK carrier, 3, has just announced that it will sell the iPhone, bringing the total carrier count up to five.

[Thanks: http://www.wired.com]

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