Telepocalypse

Dumb Pipes R Us

So, BT launches its dumb pipe product. Shame they’ve got a super-confusing way of pricing it:

…for that you will get 4,000 minutes BT Openzone Wi-Fi access and 75MB of data transfer via 3G or GPRS.

Do the users care what radio technology is used to make the connection? Why mix your metrics across connection types? Why bother limiting the Wi-Fi connection time at all? Afraid someone will decide to take up permanent residence in the airline lounge?

PS - 75Mb is only about 4 hours of Skyping. At the price, you’re still better off getting traditional cellular minutes if you’re willing to forego all the goodies of the stupid network.