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- 10-24-2006, 10:41 AM #1BarneyGuest
Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go?
I'm looking to get a seperate sim card for my XDA as it's a bit impractivcle
as a phone, but good for checking email on
Cheers,
B
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- 10-24-2006, 08:45 PM #2Stephen HensonGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
In article <Bmr%[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go?
>
> I'm looking to get a seperate sim card for my XDA as it's a bit impractivcle
> as a phone, but good for checking email on
>
Depends on your usage pattern.
Orange do a £1 daily unlimited GPRS add on and a £4 for 4Mb add on too
that lasts a month. Otherwise it is £4 per Mb. So it can be expensive if
you forget to activate the add on.
T-mobile PAYG have a daily charge limit of £1. If you use more than 133K
you'll hit that because it is 0.75p per KB.
If you plan to do a lot of GPRS then a T-mobile SIM only contract with
WnW add on works out at £15 a month including 50 anytime minutes and
unlimited GPRS.
T-mobile allows 3G, Orange doesn't. That wouldn't matter with an XDA
though.
Steve.
- 10-25-2006, 05:48 PM #3Stephen HensonGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
In article <[email protected]>, occassionally-
[email protected] says...
>
> Stephen Henson <[email protected]> wrote
>
> >Orange do a £1 daily unlimited GPRS add on and a £4 for 4Mb add on too
> >that lasts a month. Otherwise it is £4 per Mb. So it can be expensive if
> >you forget to activate the add on.
>
> Is the above UK only, or roaming?
>
UK only.
>
> >T-mobile PAYG have a daily charge limit of £1. If you use more than 133K
> >you'll hit that because it is 0.75p per KB.
>
> Does that mean they cut you off after you have spent £1?
>
No they maximum charge is £1 a day. Usage is unlimited subject to
various conditions.
> >If you plan to do a lot of GPRS then a T-mobile SIM only contract with
> >WnW add on works out at £15 a month including 50 anytime minutes and
> >unlimited GPRS.
> >
> >T-mobile allows 3G, Orange doesn't. That wouldn't matter with an XDA
> >though.
>
> TM also blocks a load of ports (one can see this on Virgin GPRS).
>
I haven't noticed any blocked ports on contract (SIM only + WnW Pro)
don't use PAYG myself though.
Steve.
- 10-26-2006, 01:26 AM #4Stew PidGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:48:17 +0100, Stephen Henson wrote:
> I haven't noticed any blocked ports on contract (SIM only + WnW Pro)
> don't use PAYG myself though.
>
> Steve.
Agree with you, I have a T-mobile contract with WnW plus and a PAYG sim
and haven't noticed any blocked ports yet. ssh , ftp , vpn , email all
work fine.
- 10-26-2006, 03:16 AM #5Jack TorrenceGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
"Peter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Stephen Henson <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>Orange do a £1 daily unlimited GPRS add on and a £4 for 4Mb add on too
>>that lasts a month. Otherwise it is £4 per Mb. So it can be expensive if
>>you forget to activate the add on.
>
> Is the above UK only, or roaming?
Certainly not roaming. 0.5mb cost me nearly £5 in Lanzarote.
- 10-26-2006, 03:21 AM #6PhilGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
"Jack Torrence" <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>
> Certainly not roaming. 0.5mb cost me nearly £5 in Lanzarote.
You need a virgin sim for roaming.
- 10-26-2006, 03:57 AM #7Brian McIlwrathGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
Phil <[email protected]> wrote:
: > Certainly not roaming. 0.5mb cost me nearly £5 in Lanzarote.
: You need a virgin sim for roaming.
Still not cheap! Virgin are £5/Mb while Orange are £8/Mb for PAYG (according to
their latest shop handout)
- 10-26-2006, 10:55 AM #8Stew PidGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:25:48 +0100, occassionally-confused wrote:
> What about the Windows (PPTP) VPN? Virgin block that particular one.
>
> I haven't tried IPSEC yet; it's supported by win2000/XP but is a pig to
> get it working.
PPTP is what I have been using and it works fine, I haven't needed to try
IPsec yet.
- 10-27-2006, 12:39 PM #9Bob CoatesGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
"Barney" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Bmr%[email protected]...
> Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go?
>
> I'm looking to get a seperate sim card for my XDA as it's a bit
> impractivcle
> as a phone, but good for checking email on
>
> Cheers,
>
> B
>
>
Don't know if they're cheapest or not, but I use Easymobile. They charge £3
per MB charged in kB chunks.
When roaming, they don't seem to list their charges but I found it to be
about £10 per MB when in the USA recently.
BobC
- 10-29-2006, 02:05 PM #10Guest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:39:44 +0100, "Bob Coates"
<bob@g4dih._remove_.co.uk> wrote:
>Don't know if they're cheapest or not, but I use Easymobile. They charge £3
>per MB charged in kB chunks.
Are you sure? I had to do something over GPRS and the only connection
available was easymobile. I got through £60 worth of credit in one
evening.
And they still charged me 75p per month because my call spend hadn't
reached £5 that quarter.
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- 10-30-2006, 12:16 PM #11SorukGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:14:28 +0000, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>>Are you sure? I had to do something over GPRS and the only connection
>>available was easymobile. I got through £60 worth of credit in one
>>evening.
>
>I once blew away £150 in an hour, with Vodafone, in the USA. GPRS runs
>2x faster over there than here...
>
>One has to be really careful. Disable windoze auto update, antivirus
>auto update, etc.
There's a reason why my laptop only has a configuration for GPRS
connections when under Linux...
I used it in USA on Virgin Mobile. Worked like a charm and was probably
cheaper than the Wi-Fi hotspot or the approach-and-use terminals at the
airport.
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- 11-01-2006, 02:46 AM #12Guest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:14:28 +0000,
[email protected] wrote:
>Disable windoze auto update, antivirus
>auto update, etc.
I was careful. All those were off. It was data I needed to shift
around.
--
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- 11-08-2006, 01:37 PM #13Alan J RobertsonGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
Stephen Henson wrote:
> In article <Bmr%[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>> Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go?
>>
>> I'm looking to get a seperate sim card for my XDA as it's a bit impractivcle
>> as a phone, but good for checking email on
>>
>
> Depends on your usage pattern.
>
> Orange do a £1 daily unlimited GPRS add on and a £4 for 4Mb add on too
> that lasts a month. Otherwise it is £4 per Mb. So it can be expensive if
> you forget to activate the add on.
>
> T-mobile PAYG have a daily charge limit of £1. If you use more than 133K
> you'll hit that because it is 0.75p per KB.
>
> If you plan to do a lot of GPRS then a T-mobile SIM only contract with
> WnW add on works out at £15 a month including 50 anytime minutes and
> unlimited GPRS.
>
> T-mobile allows 3G, Orange doesn't. That wouldn't matter with an XDA
> though.
Ahh - so the T-Mobile max £1/day deal works on 3G? Do you need a
special 3G PAYG USIM for that or does a normal T-Mobile SIM in a 3G
phone work? I've got some spare T-Mobile PAYG SIMs lying around and if
I can get 3G access for max £1/day then I'd prefer to use that than the
Orange £1 non-3G deal.
Cheers
Alan
- 11-08-2006, 04:51 PM #14Guest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:37:53 +0000, Alan J Robertson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Ahh - so the T-Mobile max £1/day deal works on 3G?
Yes
>Do you need a
>special 3G PAYG USIM for that
No
>or does a normal T-Mobile SIM in a 3G
>phone work?
Yes
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- 11-10-2006, 11:49 AM #15Alan J RobertsonGuest
Re: PAYG GPRS Costs
[email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:37:53 +0000, Alan J Robertson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ahh - so the T-Mobile max £1/day deal works on 3G?
>
> Yes
>
>> Do you need a
>> special 3G PAYG USIM for that
>
> No
>
>> or does a normal T-Mobile SIM in a 3G
>> phone work?
>
> Yes
>
Sweet!
Cheers for the quick reply.
Alan
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