GPRS prices

WilliamT

Has anyone done a comparison of GPRS costs on different networks?

I've been with Vodafone for 2+ years.

- Average monthly bill of £25 (varies between £20 and £30)
- On Vodafone 20 (a discontinued, £12/month tariff, the cheapest pay monthly one)
- Make very few outgoing calls (1, possibly 2 a week max)
- Regularly use GPRS for checking email and using wap sites (bbc news, train times, etc.) - I have a 1mb/month GPRS package from vodafone which is ~£7 of my bill (1mb + each kb extra at ~0.7p). Don't usually go over 1mb.
This is why I pay monthly rather than PAYG.
- If I transfer somewhere else its quite important that I retain the same number

Can I get a better deal?

I get the impression (though its all a bit unclear) from Vodafone's price list they've now discontinued the separate GPRS packages (says new people can't sign up to them).

So, does anyone else do cheaper GPRS? Or more usefully, does anyone yet do GPRS by PAYG, and can I transfer to them and retain my number, as GPRS is the only reason I'm currently on a pay monthly contract.

My phone is a Nokia 7650 (which I'm very happy with) but its currently Vodafone locked. I did try using all the various online code-generators to unlock it but after repeated attempts none of them worked (nor, curiously, did the Xth attempt permanently lock it).

Thanks in advance,
William

RaihanT

O2 PayG do FREE yes FREE GPRS. Ive got on o2 sim that has no credit on and im still using it to browse the net. Basically all you need to do is tweak the settings and put in a proxy and it doesn't charge you. I can even connect it to my laptop and browse the net or connect to msn messenger. You can get one of these sim cards free through their free sim card promotions that they always seem to have every month. If your interested in going down this route, let me know and I can help you configure it all

michaels

Please don't publicise this, the more who use it the more likely it is to be closed - look at what is happening with simply-fone