Internet access on a pay-as-you-go Vodafone mobile

I've just acquired a secondhand Samsung C300 mobile phone, all the
advertising for which mentions internet access as one of its features.

The phone's "Funbox" menu (now there's an embarrassing name) includes "WAP
browser", an option which allows the entry of a URL, or immediate connection
to a presumably preprogrammed Home page.

Selecting "Home" though brings up the message "No response from network".

Now I know nothing whatsoever about WAP, and really basic information seems
hard to find (is everyone these days expected to know this stuff straight
out of the womb?) so I'm not clear on what I should expect. Is WAP coverage
different from normal mobile phone coverage? Am I just in the wrong place?
Or is internet access not possible on a pay-as-you-talk basis? (Though the
Vodafone pricing page seems to suggest that it is.) Or do I just have the
entire concept hopelessly wrong?

The phone's single-sheet user manual is completely silent on the subject.

I don't anticipate using the phone very much to surf the net. But it would
be fun to try it at least once. Can it be done?

Many thanks.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

Yes, WAP (GPRS) works fine on Vodafone PAYG.
Try the settings listed here http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html and here
http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html. Worked fine for me.
DaveB


"Bert Coules" <mail@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I've just acquired a secondhand Samsung C300 mobile phone, all the
> advertising for which mentions internet access as one of its features.
>
> The phone's "Funbox" menu (now there's an embarrassing name) includes "WAP
> browser", an option which allows the entry of a URL, or immediate
> connection to a presumably preprogrammed Home page.
>
> Selecting "Home" though brings up the message "No response from network".
>
> Now I know nothing whatsoever about WAP, and really basic information
> seems hard to find (is everyone these days expected to know this stuff
> straight out of the womb?) so I'm not clear on what I should expect. Is
> WAP coverage different from normal mobile phone coverage? Am I just in the
> wrong place? Or is internet access not possible on a pay-as-you-talk
> basis? (Though the Vodafone pricing page seems to suggest that it is.) Or
> do I just have the entire concept hopelessly wrong?
>
> The phone's single-sheet user manual is completely silent on the subject.
>
> I don't anticipate using the phone very much to surf the net. But it would
> be fun to try it at least once. Can it be done?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Bert
> www.bertcoules.co.uk
>
>

DaveB wrote:

> Yes, WAP (GPRS) works fine on Vodafone PAYG.

Ah, that's good to know; thanks.

> Try the settings listed here http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html and here
> http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html. Worked fine for me.

That's the same URL twice, there - a slip of the fingers, I guess. I'll
take a look!

Incidentally, I was surprised to see my question and your reply crop up on a
website called cellphoneforums.net
(Internet access on a pay-as-you-go Vodafone mobile)
- do all posts from this usenet group get copied there?

Thanks again,

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

Fat finger syndrome again.
The second one should have been http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.htm.

"Bert Coules" <mail@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message
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> DaveB wrote:
>
>> Yes, WAP (GPRS) works fine on Vodafone PAYG.
>
> Ah, that's good to know; thanks.
>
>> Try the settings listed here http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html and here
>> http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html. Worked fine for me.
>
> That's the same URL twice, there - a slip of the fingers, I guess. I'll
> take a look!
>
> Incidentally, I was surprised to see my question and your reply crop up on
> a website called cellphoneforums.net
> (Internet access on a pay-as-you-go Vodafone mobile)
> - do all posts from this usenet group get copied there?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bert
> www.bertcoules.co.uk
>

Third time lucky. This really is the right one
http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html.
It must be age related!

"DaveB" <noonehome@gmx.dotnet> wrote in message
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> Fat finger syndrome again.
> The second one should have been http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.htm.
>
> "Bert Coules" <mail@bertcoules.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:13d001p67mio00c@corp.supernews.com...
>> DaveB wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, WAP (GPRS) works fine on Vodafone PAYG.
>>
>> Ah, that's good to know; thanks.
>>
>>> Try the settings listed here http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html and here
>>> http://www.filesaveas.com/wap.html. Worked fine for me.
>>
>> That's the same URL twice, there - a slip of the fingers, I guess. I'll
>> take a look!
>>
>> Incidentally, I was surprised to see my question and your reply crop up
>> on a website called cellphoneforums.net
>> (Internet access on a pay-as-you-go Vodafone mobile)
>> - do all posts from this usenet group get copied there?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Bert
>> www.bertcoules.co.uk
>>
>
>

DaveB wrote:

> Third time lucky. This really is the right one

Thanks very much, Dave. I'll take a good look and see what I can discover.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk