Rick Marks <dikm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've noticed an odd behaviour with O's all-u-can eat PAYG GPRS
> service. If I make a DUN connection from laptop via my phone it holds
> up the connection with no problems for web browsing and e-mail.
>
> But If I then connect to streaming type services (e.g. listen-now
> radio services e.g. on bbc.co.uk) or other 'real-time' IP services
> like VoIP (yeah, I know...) then the connection drops within a few
> seconds. It's repeatable and consistent. Same behaviour in more than
> one type of phone including an SPV.
>
> It's as if O are 'monitoring' application (port?) usage such as Skype,
> SIP-based VoIP, Real Player etc at the network level and are cutting
> off anything that makes a session of semi-continuous or streamed data.
> Has anyone else seen this behaviour? In the case of my old Ericsson
> phone, it also often crashes the device, forcing a reboot.
Works perfectly well streaming radio to my Voq Windows Mobile phone.
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