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Tony C - 30 Aug 2007 14:50 GMT

Bought an Orange pre-activated PAYG SIM pack, not registered in any name.
Put it in a SE K550i, then accessed Orange World and paid 1 pound for a days
browsing.
Connect K550i to laptop, open SE PC Suite and connect to Internet.
Can use Skype, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Live Messenger (intermittently), browse
the web, Outlook for pop mail, and Outlook Express for newsgroups. All for
1 pound a day.

Anyone else tried this, how long before Orange find out and block it ?

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SteveH - 30 Aug 2007 19:08 GMT

> Bought an Orange pre-activated PAYG SIM pack, not registered in any name.
> Put it in a SE K550i, then accessed Orange World and paid 1 pound for a days
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>
> Anyone else tried this, how long before Orange find out and block it ?

They won't block it - it's a recognised service.

I've been using it for 18 months or so now. I think. It's a long time,
anyway.

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Roger Mills - 31 Aug 2007 14:42 GMT

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

>> Bought an Orange pre-activated PAYG SIM pack, not registered in any
>> name. Put it in a SE K550i, then accessed Orange World and paid 1
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> I've been using it for 18 months or so now. I think. It's a long time,
> anyway.

How is it charged - do you only pay £1 for any day on which you access the
internet? Does it dock £1 from your pre-pay balance on the first access of a
day? When does a 'day' start and end - is it 4am, as for phone calls on
tariffs which charge more for the first so many minutes each 'day'?

Any reason why it shouldn't work with an SE K300i or Nokia 6070 - both of
which have infra-red and appear to have a 'modem' function - but neither of
which appeared (the last time I looked) in Orange's on-line 'how-to connect
your computer to the internet using your mobile phone' information?

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Soruk - 31 Aug 2007 15:41 GMT

>How is it charged - do you only pay £1 for any day on which you access the
>internet? Does it dock £1 from your pre-pay balance on the first access of a
>day? When does a 'day' start and end - is it 4am, as for phone calls on
>tariffs which charge more for the first so many minutes each 'day'?

You have to manually buy the extra from their automated system on 453
(IIRC) before you use any data. If you do some data access before buying
the extra, you don't get it retrospectively refunded.

The extra runs out at midnight at the end of the calendar day you bought
it.

>Any reason why it shouldn't work with an SE K300i or Nokia 6070 - both of
>which have infra-red and appear to have a 'modem' function - but neither of
>which appeared (the last time I looked) in Orange's on-line 'how-to connect
>your computer to the internet using your mobile phone' information?

None at all. I've used this with my laptop using Bluetooth to a Motorola
V500.

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Roger Mills - 31 Aug 2007 19:46 GMT

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

>> How is it charged - do you only pay £1 for any day on which you
>> access the internet? Does it dock £1 from your pre-pay balance on
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> buying
> the extra, you don't get it retrospectively refunded.

Thanks. Actually it seems to be 450 - 453 is just to hear your balance.

I followed the menu system for buying 'extras', and got to the point where
it invited me to buy unlimited browsing for a day for £1 or for a week for
£5. If I had selected either of these, does anyone know how it *actually*
takes the money - does it simply dock it from the current balance (assuming
you have enough balance) or does it insist on *new* money, via a credit card
etc.?

> The extra runs out at midnight at the end of the calendar day you
> bought it.

Not a good idea to buy it at 11:30pm then!

>> Any reason why it shouldn't work with an SE K300i or Nokia 6070 -
>> both of which have infra-red and appear to have a 'modem' function -
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Motorola
> V500.

Excellent. Anyone know where I can find a blow-by-blow account of how to set
it all up, and get connected?

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Soruk - 31 Aug 2007 20:07 GMT

>In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>
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>Thanks. Actually it seems to be 450 - 453 is just to hear your balance.

OK, I stand corrected. I haven't used it in a while ^_^

>I followed the menu system for buying 'extras', and got to the point where
>it invited me to buy unlimited browsing for a day for £1 or for a week for
>£5. If I had selected either of these, does anyone know how it *actually*
>takes the money - does it simply dock it from the current balance (assuming
>you have enough balance) or does it insist on *new* money, via a credit card
>etc.?

£5 for a week unlimited? That's a new one on me, and does sound like it
could be useful when away from home for extended periods.

It'll deduct it from your airtime balance, so just make sure you've got
enough credit to buy the extra beforehand.

>> The extra runs out at midnight at the end of the calendar day you
>> bought it.
>
>Not a good idea to buy it at 11:30pm then!

Normally, no. But I have made use of it at 10pm once - when I bricked my
Netgear ADSL router, and needed to download their recovery tools and a
clean copy of the firmware to unbrick it. That was a well-spent quid IMHO.
(I don't have a dial-up internet account now.)

>>> Any reason why it shouldn't work with an SE K300i or Nokia 6070 -
>>> both of which have infra-red and appear to have a 'modem' function -
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>Excellent. Anyone know where I can find a blow-by-blow account of how to set
>it all up, and get connected?

I can't help you on that one - sorry :(

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Jon - 31 Aug 2007 12:15 GMT

tcspamguard-newsgroups@yahoo.co.uk declared for all the world to hear...

Why should it get blocked? Thats what the product is meant to offer!

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Soruk - 31 Aug 2007 13:07 GMT

>Bought an Orange pre-activated PAYG SIM pack, not registered in any name.
>Put it in a SE K550i, then accessed Orange World and paid 1 pound for a days
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>the web, Outlook for pop mail, and Outlook Express for newsgroups. All for
>1 pound a day.

You got Skype to work over GPRS? I'm impressed...

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