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Medyo matagal tagal na akong di nakakapag surf using GPRS.
Dati kasi nag si-surf ako ng madaling araw, at kahit madami na ang na download ko, pag nag balance inquire ako after several minutes di naman masyado malaki ang nababawas.
Ibat ibang portals pa ang pinupuntahan ko.
Siguro during peak hours yung pag download nyo. Kaya mataas ang singil.
Pero kung talagang 0.25/kb ang charge ng SMART, sa tingin ko ay mataas yun.
Subokan ko nga mamayang gabi.
Thanks sa info.
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Posted: 2003-11-05 08:49:55
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On 2003-11-05 08:37:54, jomni1 wrote:
@jp
My point is, free man o hindi, mahal talagaI mag-surf using GPRS (kahit 25 centavos per kb). I don't want to get addicted to it. Especially because our phones can veiw real webpages not just wap...
[ This Message was edited by: jomni1 on 2003-11-05 07:39 ]
Wap surfing via Gprs is expensive but instant mesaging via gprs is a good deal ... it comes out cheaper than Sms.
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Posted: 2003-11-06 02:26:00
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same goes for me here...
laki ng consumo ng smart when it comes to wap!
really questionable!?!
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Posted: 2003-11-06 05:18:08
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Oh, one more thing... GPRS charges are 2-way... not just downloaded data... GPRS charges you for both UPLOADED AND DOWNLOADED data... forum posting, email, login/password all add up to your data charge. Viewing a simple webpage may not eat up a lot...but if you post a long message, that will add to your total data sent.
Even if they do not overcharge, Smart is smart... packets are resent if the client computer doesn't receive a response within a certain time... so your phone might be resending page requests if they set their servers to reply slowly... technically that's not overcharging... but it's a technical loophole that I'm sure Smart exploits. (What can you expect from PLDT?)
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Posted: 2003-11-06 05:25:23
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On 2003-11-06 05:25:23, jplacson wrote:
Smart is smart... packets are resent if the client computer doesn't receive a response within a certain time... so your phone might be resending page requests if they set their servers to reply slowly... technically that's not overcharging... but it's a technical loophole that I'm sure Smart exploits. (What can you expect from PLDT?)
if you are so sure, prove it, that PLDT has in anyway something to do with how a WAP gateway will act and process packet requests.
i'm no pro-pldt, nor pro-smart, but i do not make baseless claims such as those.
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Posted: 2003-11-06 05:48:53
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Ey, im a newbie here, i usually post at buyncell, but i think i can help.
arnoldc, cat_fly9, adv99576, gearbox, Erwin777
i can have yer issues forwarded. email me at
stonecold4035@yahoo.com , i need yer cell no. & dates as to when was it 'overly' deducted.
i'll wait.
hope i can help.
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Posted: 2003-11-07 07:36:54
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@ arnoldc
i think what jplacson meant by his statement "what can you expect from PLDT?" (he was referring to management and everything, cos Smart's management is basically appointed by PLDT's management)
my own piece on this:
Smart's management, although autonomous, is just like a stamp pad of PLDT's own management. The fact that PLDT owns all of Smart, it just appoints whoever will manage Smart, so back to jplacson's statement, he could have referred to PLDT's reputation (remember PLDT's monopolistic and 'anti-consumer' history before 1991?) and the "pagkahawa" of that attitude to Smart, since kahit saan natin paabutin ito, ang Smart at PLDT ay iisa lamang, nagkaiba lang ng pangalan...
although you are also right at saying that jplacson has to prove how SMART can control the WAP gateways' transmission of packet data... but let's admit it, he's claim is somehow half-truth already...
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Posted: 2003-11-08 01:32:26
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