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tony - 23 Oct 2006 11:37 GMT

last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites and
protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still the
case?

I can't find any info on their site
thanks
tony

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Mark Hewitt - 23 Oct 2006 12:04 GMT

> last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites
> and protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still
> the case?
>
> I can't find any info on their site

Don't think so. I've had TomTom traffic working via O2 GPRS.

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Dave C - 23 Oct 2006 12:11 GMT

> last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites and
> protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still the
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> thanks
> tony

On PAYG Yes, not on Contract

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Peter - 23 Oct 2006 20:09 GMT

>> last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites and
>> protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still the
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>>
>On PAYG Yes, not on Contract

That really stinks.

Go with Vodafone. Their GPRS is wide open; they differentiate their
PAYG from contract almost entirely by price alone.

It's the smart way to do it; why cripple a service which you are
billing per kilobyte anyway :)

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Soruk - 23 Oct 2006 22:17 GMT

>>> last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites and
>>> protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still the
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>It's the smart way to do it; why cripple a service which you are
>billing per kilobyte anyway :)

Even Orange manage to get this bit right. The PAYG GPRS is wide open,
and you can even buy an "extra" for a quid that turns off the meter for
the rest of that calendar day.

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Peter - 25 Oct 2006 21:26 GMT

>Even Orange manage to get this bit right. The PAYG GPRS is wide open,
>and you can even buy an "extra" for a quid that turns off the meter for
>the rest of that calendar day.

Does that work abroad, or just in the UK?

Orange do not allow fax on PAYG though.

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Soruk - 25 Oct 2006 23:14 GMT

>>Even Orange manage to get this bit right. The PAYG GPRS is wide open,
>>and you can even buy an "extra" for a quid that turns off the meter for
>>the rest of that calendar day.
>
>Does that work abroad, or just in the UK?

The offer? Just UK. Wide open? Anywhere you can connect.

>Orange do not allow fax on PAYG though.

That's one thing I've never tried (or had) to do...

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Alan J Robertson - 24 Oct 2006 21:54 GMT

>>> last time I checked, their GPRS was restricted to only work on the sites and
>>> protocols approved by them. The so called walled-garden. is this still the
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> It's the smart way to do it; why cripple a service which you are
> billing per kilobyte anyway :)

Agreed - and O2 certainly know how to charge for GPRS! Their bundle
costs are extortionate too - as a result I'm hardly using it at all,
whereas if they had some reasonable bundles (or better a Web'n'walk
style tariff) I'd happily pay for that. They seem to wonder while the
'mobile internet' doesn't take off then forget it's because they're
charging and arm and a leg to customers to use it!

Rant over.

Alan :)

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Mark Hewitt - 25 Oct 2006 10:31 GMT

> Agreed - and O2 certainly know how to charge for GPRS! Their bundle costs
> are extortionate too - as a result I'm hardly using it at all, whereas if
> they had some reasonable bundles (or better a Web'n'walk style tariff) I'd
> happily pay for that. They seem to wonder while the 'mobile internet'
> doesn't take off then forget it's because they're charging and arm and a
> leg to customers to use it!

Quite. I'd quite happily pay £10-15/month for unlimited data usage. But as
it is it's once in a blue moon because of the massive costs.

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Gerry (The MOTH) - 25 Oct 2006 11:17 GMT

Used to use my O2 GPRS for checking my emails mostly, but since the free
period ended was costing far to much, so in the process of moving to Three
for free access to yahoo mail and its only £2.50 for 10MB internet access or
£5 for 30MB.

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>> Agreed - and O2 certainly know how to charge for GPRS! Their bundle
>> costs are extortionate too - as a result I'm hardly using it at all,
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> Quite. I'd quite happily pay £10-15/month for unlimited data usage. But as
> it is it's once in a blue moon because of the massive costs.

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