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Old 06-05-2003, 22:03
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Ive been using my new nokia 5100 for accessing the wap cos i get 500 mins free every month,when i got it i at to change the settings from Gprs to Gsm and every thing was fine, i checked to make sure i wasnt connecting by Gprs and checked the counter which was at 0, until today for some reason it says i have downloaded 4161b ? i thought u at to be connected by Gprs for this to go up? ive checked the settings and it says connected to wap.Am i to assume that even that i dont connect by the Gprs and i download a game or ringtone that this counts and i will be charged? ive used wap before and downloaded loads of stuff for nothing,but my other phone wasnt Gprs but still it should be free? if this is right and i do have to pay for it, the o2 website says £3.00 every MB ,what does that mean for 4161b...Cheers
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Old 07-05-2003, 09:16
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£3 a Megabyte ? OMG thats a bargin, when i first used GPRS i got charged £74 for 4 Megabytes!
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Old 07-05-2003, 10:18
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For 4.1kb (4161b) you would be charged about 1.2 pence.
(3/1024 to get price per kb, multiply that by 4)...
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Old 07-05-2003, 10:51
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Thanks for that guys, at least i know im not going to ge ta big bill now, but still i shouldnt be paying for it cos i was using normal wap which they give m 500 free wap mins a month..Cheers!!
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Old 07-05-2003, 11:06
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Just been reading the orange website and in the small print it says that a megabyte is 1.048.576 bytes...
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Old 07-05-2003, 12:45
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Ok if you want it to be precise then
3/1048576 to get the price per byte, multiplied by 4161 gives you
1.190471p (round up to 1.2p)

Strictly speaking AFAIK
1kb = 1024 bytes
1mb = 1024 k/bytes (1048576bytes)
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Old 07-05-2003, 15:07
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Originally posted by jonat8
Ok if you want it to be precise then
3/1048576 to get the price per byte, multiplied by 4161 gives you
1.190471p (round up to 1.2p)

Strictly speaking AFAIK
1kb = 1024 bytes
1mb = 1024 k/bytes (1048576bytes)


I see u good at your maths then??
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Old 07-05-2003, 16:41
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Not that good...

I use one of them there new fangled inventions... the calculator.
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Old 07-05-2003, 19:00
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Originally posted by jonat8
Not that good...

I use one of them there new fangled inventions... the calculator.

That was really funny !!!
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Old 07-05-2003, 20:30
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Originally posted by rock8633
That was really funny !!!
Well I aim to please...

I don't actually have a stand alone calculator (that is a just a calculator)... I either use the one with Windows or my PDA has a scientific calculator program, I use that.
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