Posted by tranquil
With reference to this topic I have become interested in an issue that might concern a few more than member nina.
The topic refereed to is in Norwegian so I'll fill you all in:
She bought a T630 and later changed network provider to one called Sense.
She wanted MMS on her phone and found that Sense are charging 5 Norwegian Kroner (equivalent to 50 UK pence) for each automatic configuration SMS sent to her phone. It says on Sesnes' site that a few messages will be sent to her in order to activate the MMS settings on her phone. So: half a £ per message and no indication of how many messages needs to be sent to her. I.e.: she was looking at Esato to find the manual settings but avail. (No,
don't have them.)
I am curious to know:
Does your network provider charge for setting for your phone in order to be able to use their services?
Norway:
TeleNor Mobil: NO
NetCom: NO
Sense: YES
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[ This Message was edited by: tranquil on 2004-07-13 13:29 ]
Posted by buckle247
O2 UK = NO
That is the most stupid thing ever. The company is shooting themselves in the foot, because people won't pay for the settings and therefore they will make no money from MMS.
Posted by energetic
Vodafone Greece: NO
TIM Greece: NO
Cosmote Greece: NO
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Posted by tranquil
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That is exactly why I picked up on it.
I'll give it a few days and send the link to this topic to those network providers who charge for settings.
Thanks so far guys.
Posted by tranquil
Bump...
Posted by hariznordin
My service provider does charge through sms request but free through web download
Posted by myT300
provider in indonesia charges for mms/gprs ota settings. charge is Rp2500 or about US30cent. But they provide manual setting instruction in their website
Posted by hariznordin
My goodness. Ota suppose 2 b free
Posted by Atlis
Orange and Eurotel Slovakia - settings for free, also available on internet for most of phones on market. :-)
Posted by Elrond
- Orange SK NO
- Eurotel NO
Posted by Jowi
yes
Posted by bacanito
In Canada...
Most phones, because they're branded, the settings are preset, but if you need them, they are free...can't believe you can actually get charged for that shit!!! I certainly wouldn't pay for it...
Posted by wapchimp
Orange UK = NO
Nokia website UK = NO
website UK = NO
Posted by rrojas260
DIGITEL VE: NO
TELCEL VE: NO
MOVILNET VE: NO
Posted by stuartdb87
It looks like Sense is the only provider to charge for settings
Posted by BOSSHOGG
Technically O2 and vodafone uk do. When you phone up to ask for settings to be sent, it costs 50p on O2 and 25p on voda to even speak to someone.
Posted by Lynx69
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No they dont because you can get them sent to you from the O2 site
Posted by shithappens
settings are FOC from all service providers in M'sia......we can either enter the settings manually from instructions on the website or request for a sms sent to the phone......
Posted by Residentevil
T-Mobile in the US does not charge anything either.
Posted by plasmadog
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you mean they charge u to call up customer care? that's pretty stupid.
cos it has to be a toll free number right??
btw
airtel india = NO
hutch =NO
Posted by lovewalrus
T-Mobile UK, USA, DE, AUS, CZ, NL and Russia:- all do not charge for either MMS or WAP settings via OTA. They are also available free of charge via there respective websites. Cheers, Me :-D
Posted by Ayush
Hutch india charges for the message sent. but imo that should be free too. I for one never pay for the text. Just enter settings manually :-)
Posted by wrecked_porsche
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Nope, u are worng there m8. DiGi Telecomunications (Malaysia) does charge RM0.50 per sms configuration for MMS/GPRS. I got conned, if i knew that before, i wud have entered it manually or sent it via OTA from their website.
Posted by BobaFett
@tranquil i remember her to have a thread about mms, i answered, but she didnt reported what happened. Btw the settings here are for free.
Posted by BOSSHOGG
@lynx, true about that. But not everyone has the internet. The majority will have to pay for the call.
@plasmadog, I'm talking payasyougo/prepay/non contract. You get charged to speak to someone on all the prepay networks, not for other options, just customer care as a last resort.
Most contract phones however have the settings already or have an option to get them in the phone by sms. Not sure if they charge for speaking to someone on contract?