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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / November 2006PAYG GPRS Costs
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 > 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. >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? Voda do £3.06/MB on their special "data" SIM cards; £9/MB abroad. Virgin do £5/MB Uk and abroad, but they block some ports (see below). They do offer a direct debit option which opens up the roaming coverage, but they block some ports. >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? >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). The only network I know of that is wide open, and has reasonable coverage (Orange doesn't) is Voda. But they are pricey. There is an Italian SIM card called "Wind" which is much cheaper than any of the above, but it's hard to get without having to go to Italy initially, to register it on their network. Personally I am on Voda, because they don't seem to block any ports, cost £3.06/MB in the UK, and allow fax both ways. They *arguably* also have the best PAYG coverage, both UK and abroad. It's possible that Virgin (on DD) offers marginally better roaming coverage. > >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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 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. > 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. >> I haven't noticed any blocked ports on contract (SIM only + WnW Pro) >> don't use PAYG myself though. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >and haven't noticed any blocked ports yet. ssh , ftp , vpn , email all >work fine. 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. 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. >>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. > Certainly not roaming. 0.5mb cost me nearly £5 in Lanzarote. You need a virgin sim for roaming. : > 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) >: > 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) Yes, Voda are £9/£10 (depending whether you have one of their rare "data" cards, or an off the peg PAYG card), Virgin are £5 but block some ports. There is a SIM card called WIND which is from an Italian network. Somebody was selling it online pre-registered (so you didn't have to go to Italy to register it :)) but the last email I got from him was that he can't get any more for the moment. That card was very good; something like £1/MB for all roaming. It appears to be freely available in Italy though. I suspect there is a lot of PAYG GRPS deals like that - if you know where to look. Topping them up is another matter.... >> Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go? >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > 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 >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  SignatureIain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! >> Ahh - so the T-Mobile max £1/day deal works on 3G? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Yes Sweet! :D Cheers for the quick reply. Alan > Does anyone know off hand who is cheapest for GPRS on pay as you go? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > 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 >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. SignatureIain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! >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. >>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 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >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. Signature-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell Eridani Star System MailStripper - http://www.MailStripper.eu/ - SMTP spam filter Mail Me Anywhere - http://www.MailMeAnywhere.com/ - Mobile email >>I once blew away £150 in an hour, with Vodafone, in the USA. GPRS runs >>2x faster over there than here... [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >cheaper than the Wi-Fi hotspot or the approach-and-use terminals at the >airport. I agree; GPRS is usually easier than wifi, whose availability is often poor, or one has to pay for it in big chunks, etc. I wonder why Windoze (and all other AV programs, etc) doesn't have a config option to auto-update only when it has a broadband connection. The O/S can easily tell, because GPRS/3G appears as a dial-up connection. Wifi appears as a LAN connection. >Disable windoze auto update, antivirus >auto update, etc. I was careful. All those were off. It was data I needed to shift around. SignatureIain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! |
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