Three may have managed to garner a whopping 1.7 million users on its 4G network, but there seems to be a knock-on effect that will likely see the unlimited tethering stripped off its One Plan and a 2GB cap being imposed instead.
The change hasn’t been officially confirmed by Three, but according to ISPReview Three will drop the unlimited mobile broadband tethering from the One Plan and instead replace it with a 2GB Cap for new customers. Existing customers will be able to continue with their unlimited tethering until their contract ends.
Three is the only mobile operator in the UK that provided free upgrades to 4G network to all its customers with a 4G compatible handset and is the only company that offered unlimited data and tethering for free. Its competitors on the other hand imposed a fee for a 4G upgrade as well as caps when it came to tethering.
This is what, seemingly, instigated customers to jump on Three’s 4G bandwagon faster than its rivals except Everything Everywhere, which has 2 million subscribers on 4G network.
Currently under Three’s The One Plan users have to shell out just £20 per month under a 12-month contract and in return they get “all-you-can-eat” data, 2,000 cross network minutes, 5,000 Three-to-Three minutes and 5,000 texts.
When checked in the T&C section of the One Plan, Three notes that the only limit on the One Plan “is how much your device can consume”.
When approached by ISPReview, a spokesperson for Three UK said “As I’m sure you can appreciate, we cannot discuss future propositions.”
This is a well-crafted evasive PR statement, but customers who walk into Three Stores in the UK are being informed that the unlimited tethering is about to end.
