KPN cancels its all-you-can-eat internet for smartphones

T-Mobile is not the only carrier for mobile internet that suffers from network congestion and outages. Webwereld reports that Robbert Bakker, director of KPN's mobile division for the consumer market last week announced that KPN will stop offering the so-called ‘flat-fee’ rates for smart phones. Unlimited mobile Internet for a flat rate is no longer workable:

"You have casual consumers who occasionally use the mobile Internet, business users and media junkies. The last group imposes a huge burden on the capacity of the mobile network, while they pay the same as the casual consumer. This means that the first group is paying for the use of the latter group."

Baker emphasized that for some the cost of mobile internet will rise, but for others it will fall. There won’t be a pay per kilobits system as in the early days. Bakker finds that outdated. "But it is logical that meanwhile consumers must pay for their consumption."

The new KPN Mobile internet bundles, with different rates, are expected at the end of this year.