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I posted many times about GPRS being a stitch up in UK after browsing on an ipaq for a while, but 2714kb is about £54 so you have been under charged hav`nt you.
But you get an indication of usage on your phone & you knew the cost per kb, so why are you surprised at your bill.
In UK the mobile networks seem to be trying to get the huge amount they spent on 3G contracts back through GPRS charging.
Orange have been giving free MMS for 2 months in the hope of people continuing to use it when it becomes chargable on 1st March, but i will wipe the Orange settings & go for NowMMS acount for MMS.
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Posted: 2003-02-24 16:11:00
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that was a huge astonishing bill i think, i got a postpaid line too but on about £7 budget only a month. and i love phil globe telecom for a still free gprs access!! thanks globe and today is the anniversary of my t65, you are my most unforgettable telecom experience!!
This message was posted from a T65
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Posted: 2003-02-24 16:12:00
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Here in the Philippines, Globe Telecom has 2 gateways, one is free...but it has restricted access to only WAP sites, a few XML, and mostly their WAP services.
The other gateway Globe has is for full internet browsing/surfing. This gateway is billed per KB both ways (up and down stream) at a little less than ¢1/KB , €0.008/KB of data or about €8.5/MB , US$9.2/MB of data. So far, no plans for unlimited or 'plan' rates.
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Posted: 2003-02-24 16:28:00
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Hi All,
Thank you for giving my wrists the slap the so richly deserve Pachy.....I am crap at maths so pointing out I have been undercharged by £12 when I am whinging at having to shell out around £15 a mb GPRS charges is also MUCH appreciated......I guess one should be grateful for small blessings eh !!!...and T-mobile should get a hearty clap on the back for letting me off too.....perhaps I have been a bit OTT in daring to question such ludicrous charges ??????!!!!
Seriously though, my message is posted mainly in a sort of 'be careful of what you are racking up in charges' sort of way. I concede that I should have been adding up every byte/text message/picture message/call time down the the last second/gsm wap times/ tec etc down to the last penny.....but I am a bit too busy for that and tend to round things up or down a lot. I was a bit shocked that my 'rounding up' fell far short of what I got billed for. Especially in view of what the other networks are charging.
I assumed that ALL the networks charged around the same 2p per kb but that by opting for a bundle......you got money off (as in call plans). So was a tiny bit miffed to see what others pay.... Orange £8 for 4MB, T-mobile around £14-15 for 1MB.!!!(???).....That is why I am shocked.....and that's why I posted to warn others. Especially those who are reading these boards and are deciding what network to plump for as regards GPRS.
Regards gahanfan
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Posted: 2003-02-24 17:07:00
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How can they justify those kind of prices, its just crazy. I'm on Orange pay as you go and GPRS is only £4 per mb.
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Posted: 2003-02-24 20:27:00
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On 2003-02-24 16:12, ojsph wrote:
that was a huge astonishing bill i think, i got a postpaid line too but on about £7 budget only a month. and i love phil globe telecom for a still free gprs access!! thanks globe and today is the anniversary of my t65, you are my most unforgettable telecom experience!!
This message was posted from a T65
Hopefully a good telecom experience!
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Posted: 2003-02-24 20:38:00
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PAY AS YOU GO ONLINE, ON 02 They give 300 mins free WAP , but you seem to be able to use GPRS as well as dial up.
I have downloaded 10's,mb's of data for no charge, giv it a look.
I've been pointing this out for years, that they were going to charge 2p per kb, this is a fookin jooookeeee, thats like 30 quid to fill a floppy disk!!!!!!!!!!!!! It must be 100X more expensive than a landline.
(by the way. I sent an e-mail to one-2-one as it was then, saying the first people to get bills at those prices will go ballistic, and that that pricing structure is a very sad joke, got no reply)
Work it out, a dial up link is usually 10p min, at roughly 1kb/sec, thats 60kb a min, 60 kb on GPRS-T-Mobile would be £1.20!!!!!!! and only 10p on dial up!!!!!!!! In fact 1mb of data would take roughly 1000 secs, which is roughly 17 mins or £1.70, hmmm GPRS IS very expensive compared to dial up, on any package it's on.
[ This Message was edited by: bigjobs on 2003-02-24 20:17 ]
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Posted: 2003-02-24 20:44:00
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I pay around 7 EUR for UNLIMITED GPRS (this price remains until April).
[ This Message was edited by: Fred_est on 2003-02-25 03:59 ]
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Posted: 2003-02-25 04:37:00
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I pay 33 cents a minute in peak time, and off peak is 16.5c with Telstra Mobile in Australia.
The prblem with the huge bill, maybe you arn't disconnecting your phone properly.
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Posted: 2003-02-25 10:14:00
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On 2003-02-24 20:44, bigjobs wrote:
PAY AS YOU GO ONLINE, ON 02 They give 300 mins free WAP , but you seem to be able to use GPRS as well as dial up.
I have downloaded 10's,mb's of data for no charge, giv it a look.
I've been pointing this out for years, that they were going to charge 2p per kb, this is a fookin jooookeeee, thats like 30 quid to fill a floppy disk!!!!!!!!!!!!! It must be 100X more expensive than a landline.
(by the way. I sent an e-mail to one-2-one as it was then, saying the first people to get bills at those prices will go ballistic, and that that pricing structure is a very sad joke, got no reply)
Work it out, a dial up link is usually 10p min, at roughly 1kb/sec, thats 60kb a min, 60 kb on GPRS-T-Mobile would be £1.20!!!!!!! and only 10p on dial up!!!!!!!! In fact 1mb of data would take roughly 1000 secs, which is roughly 17 mins or £1.70, hmmm GPRS IS very expensive compared to dial up, on any package it's on.
[ This Message was edited by: bigjobs on 2003-02-24 20:17 ]
I'm on that pay as you go online package, the one with 300 free txts?? But how do you set up GPRS for free?? that would be kool, you wouldn't mind giving me a little step by step? It's just i'm on a t68i atm, but am upgrading to a p800 soon, and once that's here i definately want a GPRS account,
let me know,
thanks,
Daz.
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Posted: 2003-02-25 10:26:00
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