O2 gprs

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

"tony" <no@spamhere.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

tony wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
On PAYG Yes, not on Contract

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:09:53 +0100, Peter <occassionally-confused@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Dave C <davec@nospam.org.uk> wrote
>
>>> 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
>>>
>>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

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 wrote:
> Dave C <davec@nospam.org.uk> wrote
>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 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

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

"Alan J Robertson" <ajr@nnnnooooosppaam.alanjrobertson.taanyway.co.uk > wrote
in message news:9pGdnWGH84oT4KPYRVnygw@pipex.net...
>
> 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.

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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"Mark Hewitt" <nomail@here.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Alan J Robertson" <ajr@nnnnooooosppaam.alanjrobertson.taanyway.co.uk >
> wrote in message news:9pGdnWGH84oT4KPYRVnygw@pipex.net...
>>
>> 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.
>
>

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:26:30 +0100, Peter <occassionally-confused@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>soruk@bitbucket.eridani.co.uk (Soruk) wrote
>
>>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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