O2 and GPRS/MMS - Esato archive

Posted by Mulder1094
I was told via this forum that to get MMS setup on O2 I have to either phone them or email them to get my simcard "provisioned". I opted to email them and after a delay of about 9 days I finally got a reply: They stated that because I am on one of the old "Genie" online tariffs (unlimited txt's/Ł9.99 a month) that they could not "provision" my simcard to be capable of MMS and that if I wanted to use MMS i would have to change contracts. Obviously the same contract that I am on now isnt available anymore so i would have to opt for a more expensiver one. Is this a load of crap because they want me to change my contract and is there any way around it or do i have to change contracts simply to use this technology

Posted by phil.n
They did that to me but didn't tell me. You just end up with their 300 texts, 300mins wap/gprs a month with a minimum top-up of Ł10 a month. There isn't anypoint complaining about it - you either sign up for it and get MMS/GPRS or you dont.

Posted by exodus
Orange do the same thing with the tariffs before Your Plan. They wont MMS or gprs provision them. The system is probably designed not to support a genie tariff with gprs.