Since some time Fonic offers a new data tariff. It is Internet-day flat rate for only 2.50 € per day. The network of fonic supports maximal speed of HSPDA level, but after downloading of one gigabyte, the speed will be decreased to GPRS level. It is clear that not everyone will find this offer as great. I was initially not pleased with it, because I calculated 2.50 * 30 to lern a monthly charge. But this was wrong. The offer is not directed at power surfers, but to people who use mobile internet not very often, but want always be mobile. That means now you have no expensive contracts and you don’t need to search for expensive hotspots. You should by only a SIM card, either in combination with a HSDPA stick. The stick is very useful if you have a netbook. The netbook have no express card slot, so you have only the choice between HSDPA USB stick and mobile phone with bluetooth. If you already have an HSDPA-enabled phone, it will probably be the cheaper to use it, of course, if you use the Fonic card for the phone calls. Otherwise, it will be quite uncomfortable. You would be forced to constantly swap cards, with all the resulting disadvantages, such as Inaccessibility while you surf the Internet.
I am pleased with the current price trend in this segment. We waited several years to a possibility of using mobile phones to surf in the Internet. Slowly but surely we will come to this aim. Hopefully other mobile operators soon offer other such offers.
