[babybearbarker]

I have an o2 monthly sim and just tried for the first time, some intenet and youtube when on the move - how do i know when the phone has disconnected from downloading data (as some phones you have to tell it to stop doing this or it stays connected) or does it auto disconnect when you press the home key - don't want to be charged more than I need to be as i havevn't bought any web bolt ons yet

Many thanks
Tony

[RobM]

Data with O2 (and pretty much all networks) is based on the amount of data downloaded, not by the amount of time you're connected. So you could leave the phone connected in a data session 24/7 if you wanted, you'll still only pay for the amount you download.

When you open Safari and browse to a website, it will download the data needed to display that page and you pay for that data. Once the page is loaded there is nothing left to download to display the page, so you're not paying for anything. If it takes 10 seconds or 10 minutes to download, the amount of data is the same so the cost is the same

With YouTube, it's the same theory. You pay for the data you download, which will of course vary from one film to the next depending on content and duration (the longer the film, the more content there is to download).

Same applies to anything else you use that needs to download data