iPad 3G and Orange 5p per MB plan

Hi, has anyone taken up the Orange 5p per MB plan for their iPad? What's it like in use, how much MB do you use up?

I wasn't going to buy a 3G iPad because most of the time I will be using it at home but when I saw Orange are offering 5p per MB I have decided to go for a 3G iPad. This plan sounds ideal for me as I would only occasionally use the iPad out and about and then only to check mail or look up something quickly on the web. I don't mind paying 50p occasionally for checking mail as opposed to £2 a day as I am going to be a casual user.

So what do others think, is this a good choice for me?

I've not used the Orange 3G as after getting the iPad I spotted Three's price of £7.50 for 1GB a month, which is what I'll opt for instead. If you think you might end up using more than 150MB in a month that might be a better option for you (from my use, I've found myself showing the odd YouTube video to friends, so that would quickly add up).

ta,
Phil.

In reply to a post by SkyFire:

I've not used the Orange 3G as after getting the iPad I spotted Three's price of £7.50 for 1GB a month, which is what I'll opt for instead. If you think you might end up using more than 150MB in a month that might be a better option for you (from my use, I've found myself showing the odd YouTube video to friends, so that would quickly add up).

ta,
Phil.

Go for 3!

3 sim arrived today, set up and working well. Best signal in this area, only get GPRS at home on iPhone on O2. Orange signal is week.

P.

try tmobile mobile broadband sim it works brill

I'm rather disappointed with the data throughput on 3 on my iPad. I suspect the 3 network is congested in the London area. I'm seeing much better performance on my iPhone on O2.

I've got t-mobile 3G and I find the coverage in this area of the country to be less than fantastic, and on a lot of occasions even when I have good signal the performance (especially packet loss) is very poor

May be worthwhile trying Vodafone; you can buy a cheap Vodafone SIM on eBay for £3.25.

I've got orange 3G on my iPad it's not a very good signal.

You will need to either cut that SIM up to fit the iPad or get a blank microsim and ring Voda to do a SIM swap.

Matt