Telecom finally launches an online Mobile broadband usage meter

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bbman

646 posts

Ultimate Geek

#28755 10-Dec-2008 14:55

Finally Telecom have launched an online usage meter for their mobile broadband users.

I have tested and it works well.

Similar to existing ADSL broadband usage meter, great move from Telecom, obviously the world of mobile / cellular broadband is changing and utilities like this will make customers accounts easier to manage!

www.telecom.co.nz/mbbmeter

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bbman

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#183336 10-Dec-2008 14:57

Dam it, looks like someone else has already found it!

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n00dy

482 posts

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Lifetime subscriber

#183346 10-Dec-2008 15:55

This is going to make life so much easier, now if only they would stop putting the usage on your phone account as "data calls in units"

Laz

33 posts

Geek

#183490 11-Dec-2008 12:27

n00dy:
This is going to make life so much easier, now if only they would stop putting the usage on your phone account as "data calls in units"

i believe its possible to request a detailed bill which includes actual data used

jackreach07

25 posts

Geek

#183562 11-Dec-2008 16:33

A standard bill will just show how many IP Packet data calls you have made on the Telecom bill which doesn't mean anything when reading the bill.

when I used to use a data card I contacted Telecom and asked if they could show the amount of Megabytes used on the bill and was told that this was not possible. They told me they could send out a report after the bill had printed which will detail the usage. I requested this on one occasion but all the report showed me was the times and dates that I used the device. It still showed the usage as IP Packets, not in Megabytes.

This new usage meter is a much better way of keeping track of usage for sure.

bbman

646 posts

Ultimate Geek

#183563 11-Dec-2008 16:34

its flippin brilliant... long time coming but good all the same

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