YouTube 'all you can eat' for Orcon customers

Orcon users will be able to access YouTube content without paying for data use.

Big data use on YouTube will be free for Orcon users until the end of January.

From today, customers can upload and download to their hearts' content without any affect on their data caps.

Orcon chief executive Scott Bartlett says YouTube is a data-hungry website but remains popular with customers.

"YouTube is one of the hottest properties on the web – with an almost endless supply of content," he says.

"It makes up a big chunk of our customer-base's usage every month. With the school holidays looming and the festive season in full swing we're expecting a big uptake from our customers.

"Streaming and downloading can rapidly chew through gigabytes of data so these holidays mums and dads can rest assured their data cap won't take a beating."

- NZ HERALD STAFF