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Is WAP free on any network?
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beebee
08-05-2005
Hi

I moved from Vodafone to T-Mobile a year ago, which I immediately regretted as I was being charged loads for my WAP usage, which I believe was free on Vodafone as it was taken out of my free minutes (or it was free to use anyway, I'm not sure which). Because of this, I stopped using WAP, which has been a pain for me, but now that my contract is coming ending, I'd like to get a 6310 or 6310i on a network with free (or cheap WAP).

Can anyone confirm that Vodafone WAP is free please? But I'd rather not be limited to one network, so does anyone know for sure that any other network's WAP is free?

(Sorry for such a long-winded question, which should actually have been really straightforward!)

Cheers
Beavis99
08-05-2005
To the best of my knowledge, browsing Vodafone Live pages are completely free and not part of any monthly allowance. I assume you're talking about contract and not PAYG (which I think is free as well).

Accessing other non-Live sites are chargeable at the rate in your contract.

Dunno about other networks, though I think Orange and O2 are free so don't see why T-Mobile are different!

Beavis
actfia
09-05-2005
You get 1MB of free WAP each time you top up by £10 on O2 online pay as you go, plus free texts/mins too.
Dephanix
09-05-2005
As long as you have a proxy phone (Sony Ericsson: S700i, K700i, K500i, P900, P910i, P800. Nokia: 6630, 6230, 6260 etc) and most new phones, using o2 you can get free unlimited wap. (gprs)
J.D!
09-05-2005
3g is exellent if you like to go on internet on ur mobile its free.
kev
09-05-2005
Originally Posted by J.D!:
“3g is exellent if you like to go on internet on ur mobile its free.”

Thats a rather sweeping statement.

On ThreeUK you are limited to a walled garden- i.e. no general net.

Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone all charge more than £50 for unlimited (where unlimited=1gb) 3G data transfers.

You have to pay for GPRS on Orange (from £4 for 4MB) and most other networks.
big dave in uk
09-05-2005
Quote:
“As long as you have a proxy phone (Sony Ericsson: S700i, K700i, K500i, P900, P910i, P800. Nokia: 6630, 6230, 6260 etc) and most new phones, using o2 you can get free unlimited wap. (gprs)”

Care to explain?
actfia
09-05-2005
Originally Posted by big dave in uk:
“Care to explain?”

I'd like to know too please.
geordiegirl
11-05-2005
I don't pretend to know how it works, but there's something called Proxy Port 8080 that you get with those phones (I have a Nokia6600) and that gives you free unlimited GPRS. Mine was already set when I got the phone, but you find the place to set it in your advanced internet settings apparently. Hope this helps
Salt
11-05-2005
On my 6230, do i just change the proxy to 8080 and it will give me free WAP on an O2 online payg sim card?
stickworlduk
11-05-2005
If you set the port number to 8080 which is the default on most Computers you get free 3G/GPRS? WOW Fun i hate paying for things(im not a thief i just love a good freebie!)
geordiegirl
12-05-2005
Originally Posted by DungBEEtle:
“On my 6230, do i just change the proxy to 8080 and it will give me free WAP on an O2 online payg sim card?”

As far as I know, yes!! It's GPRS rather than WAP, so make sure you are GPRS enabled. Enjoy!!
mattworld
12-05-2005
Its a backdoor thats there to give O2s techies & developers access to free GPRS.

Careful not to over use it though, some guys over on the Esato forums claim they lock your SIM if you over use it, plus there is still a charge for some services (o2 mail for example).
UNcabled
12-05-2005
Originally Posted by geordiegirl:
“I don't pretend to know how it works, but there's something called Proxy Port 8080 that you get with those phones (I have a Nokia6600) and that gives you free unlimited GPRS. Mine was already set when I got the phone, but you find the place to set it in your advanced internet settings apparently. Hope this helps ”

You don't need to pretend to know how it works, because it doesn't work - at least it didn't when I had an O2 PAYG sim in my P900.. and don't say I did it wrong, because I know my settings


I've gone over to 3 now and thank God for the walled garden. The WG puts you off the idea of mobile internet which is a good thing because in my opinion (call me a traditionalist) it's a crap idea.
Richard John
12-05-2005
It most definately DOES work! I used gprs for ages with no credit with the 8080 trick
Gage
13-05-2005
can someone post up the configuration please
Paul Bland
13-05-2005
I am trying to do this on my datacard on my laptop, anyone know how I can get this to work? I have tried entering 8080 in the port box but it requires an IP address? Anyone got the proxy one? I'll see if they have it on the settings page @ 02...
ryda21
13-05-2005
Originally Posted by Gage:
“can someone post up the configuration please”

Internet Accnts:
-Accnt name: O2 WAP GPRS
-Conn. type: GPRS
-user name: payandgo
-password: Password
-Address: payandgo.o2.co.uk
-IP add. auto: Tick
-DNS add. auto: Tick
-Use Proxy: Tick
-Proxy add: 193.113.200.195
-Proxy port: 8080
-Enable PPP: Tick

WAP Accnt:
-Accnt name: O2 WAP GPRS
-Int. Accnt.: O2 WAP GPRS
-Use Proxy: Tick
-Add: 193.113.200.195
-Port: 9201
-user name: (blank)
-password: (blank)

http://www.esato.com/archive/t.php/t-71025
big dave in uk
13-05-2005
Works!!!
Paul Bland
13-05-2005
Thats brilliant... Didn't even need to activate with one top-up. Isn't it a bit shocking though that anyone can access this from a laptop using a datacard where the manufacturer address isn't registered and an unregistered sim. Means illigal activities are untraceable.
geordiegirl
13-05-2005
[quote=UNcabled]You don't need to pretend to know how it works, because it doesn't work - at least it didn't when I had an O2 PAYG sim in my P900.. and don't say I did it wrong, because I know my settings


Lmao yep it works alright - been using it for a year, sometimes 24/7 and not been charged a penny. If it ends, it ends, but it has served me well so far!!
Gage
14-05-2005
does anyone know how i can put these settings in a nokia 3650
gazf
14-05-2005
Can someone tell me what the original port number was on an 02 online sim as i have changed it to 8080 and it won'twork now!! Or is 02 gprs just down again?
big dave in uk
14-05-2005
Yes i can surf but not Download anything
EDIT: Its 9201
gazf
14-05-2005
Originally Posted by big dave in uk:
“Yes i can surf but not Download anything
EDIT: Its 9201”

Thanks!!!!
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