24 hours online a daily flat rate, you can with a daily flat rate to use the UMTS network for 24 hours. Already as a price of 2.50 euros, you can use the daily flat rate. The daily data volume is 1 gigabyte. Mobile Internet is more interesting for the people. You can thanks to a fast UMTS connection to enjoy mobile Internet everywhere with a very high speed. UMTS is an evolution of the existing GSM network.
With the GSM network, it was possible to reach speeds of up to 56 kbit / s. In the course of time, this speed was no longer sufficient. The Web pages have been designed ever more elaborate, more pictures were used. Also the storage size for a Web page is increased due to the increased number of images. It took several minutes until the Web page is completely loaded by the slow 56 kbit / s.
With UMTS, the speed has been increased. Maximum 384 kbit / s can be achieved with UMTS. This speed is more than sufficient. Web pages can be called or move email messages with or without attachments are sent. Almost all new mobile phones support UMTS. Also the data Turbo HSDPA is now supported by many phones. Thanks to HSDPA speeds of up to 7.2 Mbit / s can be achieved. This is comparable with a traditional DSL connection. So the monthly bill for mobile Internet isn’t exploding, there are corresponding flat rate. Started by a conventional UMTS flat rate up towards to the UMTS day flat rate. This day flat rate allows the customer to use the UMTS network of the respective provider for 24 hours for an amount of X. The provider Fonic is a provider for a daily flat rate. Fonic requires an amount of 2,50 euro for this service. Then, the UMTS network can be used by O2. O2 supports also the data Turbo HSDPA, but only”with a maximum speed of 3.6 Mbit / s. Torsten Heinsius