who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

I have had my phone on T-mobile PAYG. while on the T-mobile £10 credit only lasted me 3 days just for testing the internet with GPRS. called up and they said the charge is correct. but i have only been browsing around 20 pages... havnt even got the grip :(

here i would really really like to get the MSN messanger on the phone so i can be online 24/7 but really worried about the cost. so is there a network going to be really cheap on GPRS? in the UK that is have to be!


Thanks

fe.

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

A lot of contracts give a certain amount of data transfer for free...

is contract an option you would consider or do you want to stick PAYG?

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

Thanks Chris... (even it was you that locked my last thread :P)

but anyway, i have a 3G contract already, but u know the D**M walled garden, i can't use anything at all... the contract is not finishing till Nov.

i d prefer a PAYG but a contract can be a option. i don't know how much i am going to use as the MSN is going to be for type chat only and no file(preferably) but going to be on for at least 12 hours a day. as long as a contract is cheap enough! :P

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

I have an o2 contract with unlimited GPRS but it looks like they have discontinued that now :(

All of their tarriffs seem to include 1mb usage per month though, which they reckon equates to around 1000 wap pages...

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

:wavey: Different Chris ... :p:

Your last thread got locked because the muppets at O2 did such an amateur job of setting up the URL for their promotion it made it look like a phishing scam. We made this very clear to them when they got in touch. Sorry you got stuck in the middle of it...

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

arghhhhh... how many chris have we got in this forum?? ? is there a page that lists all the mods here? ??

oh well, i have not complaint or anything, but i have to admit that o2 has got a MUPPET... so he/she is to blame.

ok, so O2 has 1mb free GPRS for all their tarrif, what about PAYG?? i d probably have to check out their site. but has anyone used MSN msger on their phone?? i want an estimate on the data usage!

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

I use msn on the O2 contract, AFAIK you can leave msn 'open' with no extra cost than that of opening the prog ( waits to be corrected ) then it only costs you per mb of data sent / recieved, which I would assume to be low, I say assume and AFAIK because I've never looked into it, sorry I can't help more than that :tu:

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As i said anyhelp is much appreciated. at least i can be sure at this point that MSN can be used on O2 contract!

but i am not sure what messanger do you use? and you just use the normal GPRS setting without the change of anything else?

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

I have an XDA II and MSN messanger came pre-installed, and nope, no settings to change, at least not on the XDA, in case you don't know, it's classed as a hand held or pocket p.c. so its just as simple as selecting the icon from the start menu and logging in.

HTH

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

The program still has to send packets every few seconds to allow it to acknowledge your still online, but this is a very small amount, so over a long period i'd imagine it would build up slowly

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I have used internet and msn quite a lot on o2 and have never gone over my quota (which is listed as 100k). I think they do do a PAYG deal where you can pick 300 free text or a amount of gprs free each month so long as you bang £10 on it.

ahh here we go linky its £2.35 per mb which they say is 150 to 200 pages.

Plus you get all this free to use in the first 30 days :eek: :

5MB GRPS WAP
1 O2 Photocard
1 O2 Ringtone up to £2.50
1 O2 Game up to £2.50
5 Picture Messages
2 O2 videos up to £2.50 each ****

how do you like them apples?:D

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

i pay for 4mb of gprs per month, this is mainly for bobbing on the email and msn occasionally when im on the move...

however, last month i used 32mb of gprs, and paid £25 for it, this is on orange. That was basically viewing my gmail page, and my "my ebay" page, every day...

expensive :erm:

i believe with orange 3G you get 1000mb per month, but i don't know whether that is limited in any way.

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

i have a nokia 7710 which uses HTML browser, it will even download/open flash movies, that's why i have killed my £10 credit in no time! :(

so i will not use the phone for browsing again. only MSN... i will go and get myself smoe O2 cards from somewhere!

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

Thanks for the info mate, I'll have to leave it on one month and see how much it costs, either that or install a bandwidth monitor on it and monitor it daily, that would be better, I think ;)

Re: who has the cheapest GPRS?
 

What sort of handset do you need to go on my ebay and msn on orange? I only seem to be able to check my hotmail mail account on mine.