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This has been discussed alot recently while I've been lurking around here, but as time changes so do technology, so what I want to know is does the gprs free proxy thing still work?
I've heard mixed things from the posts, from it does work to it only works on contract etc. Some people still seem to have it and I just wondered how it worked?
I also wondered what exactly the proxy was, because if o2 have started charging then surely it should effect this too. Hopefully someone can explain it for me, I've been wondering for ages.
Also I am willing to pay for my gprs if I can get it unlimited, but I don't seem to be able to find that anywhere either.
Thanks for any help guys
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Posted: 2005-01-14 10:49:37
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Well funny u say that my last 2 bills i aint paid for gprs, where as before that i did get charged? O2 cant seem to make there minds up. I got contract last yr had free gprs for like 6 months or so then i starting getting charged for it :-l but i paying for it atm so i guess it is free again :-D .
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Posted: 2005-01-14 10:55:29
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On 2005-01-14 10:55:29, mkush wrote:
Well funny u say that my last 2 bills i aint paid for gprs, where as before that i did get charged? O2 cant seem to make there minds up. I got contract last yr had free gprs for like 6 months or so then i starting getting charged for it :-l but i paying for it atm so i guess it is free again
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I think he means on pay as you go.
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Posted: 2005-01-14 11:07:03
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Yep I'm on PAYG, but I'm wondering if it does work. I know that "officially" it doesn't, but that doesn't mean to say that you can't use it does it.
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Posted: 2005-01-14 12:36:23
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im on payg and i still free gprs through the proxy, even though ive heard people on here say that its been stopped.
the only thing i can say is that over the past month or so its been going a bit funny esp. with downloads, it just refuses to let me download anything at times.
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Posted: 2005-01-14 16:33:00
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I still get it free using proxy 193.113.200.195 port 8080. I have no credit on that particular SIM card and sometimes it pops up a message on the phone saying "You have run out of credit, please top up and try again" but my laptop still connects and pages view fine.
There is some sort of restriction on downloads, anything over about 1.5Mb gets terminated by the proxy and can't be resumed for some reason. But for web pages it's fine.
I have finally managed to get MSN Messenger working through the proxy too, using Adium which is an instant messenger for OS X.
j.
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Posted: 2005-01-14 17:50:16
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ive also got msn workin now but without the proxy would you believe? couldnt even sign in before.
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Posted: 2005-01-15 20:26:07
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@Nature: Great, you still get it free, that's good news. I don't mind it being a bit unstable as long as it works, I think there is a way around the mb download limit that's mentioned on the boards somewhere here.
@Jonat8: Thanks for your reply too, great to here you can still get it. I'll try the settings you suggested when I can get my blasted usb cable to work. The fact that it doesn't work directly from the phone but does from the laptop is wierd and I wonder why this happens, but I'm not compaining, I want it for laptop use anyway. Glad you got MSN to work, when I get around to using it I'll try the program you suggested, thanks.
@ten18: So MSN can work then, not bad, I'll try it out, thanks.
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Posted: 2005-01-15 21:10:08
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what?!
how do we get around the d/l limit? i never read about it here!
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Posted: 2005-01-15 21:26:00
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I sort of found out about the download limit by trial and error, after 3 times trying to download the same file and it terminating at the same point every time I figured it must be to do with the proxy.
The problem is, when the download gets to 1.5Mb (ish) the proxy simply terminates it but does it in such a way that the browser thinks the download is complete. So IE flashes up "Download Complete" and you're left with a truncated file. Depending on the file type it'll probably be unusable. If the proxy terminated the download so that it appeared to have failed, then you could probably resume it. But no, it has to be a pain in the neck.
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Posted: 2005-01-16 09:45:37
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