T-Mobile is changing its pay-as-you-go pricing for wireless internet access, making it more convenient for business travellers.

From the end of April, the rules on one-hour passes will change so that the clock doesn’t start ticking as soon as you buy the pass. Now, the pass will give a total of one hour’s access in any 24-hour period, subject to a minimum time period of ten minutes. This means that connecting to check for email at regular intervals throughout the day will become considerably cheaper.

The company is also reducing its prices. A day pass is reduced from £13 to £10 and a monthly pass comes down from £45 to £40. Three hour and seven-day passes will no longer be available.

T-Mobile HotSpot manager Jay Saw says they have been discontinued because of a lack of demand for those passes. The company is also set to join the Ipass network, which gives business travellers international roaming access to hotspots worldwide, within the next two months.