free o2 wap with s700i - Esato archive

Posted by steveiecee
hi all just to let you know i spoke to o2 this morning and if you have a s700i on contract all wap browsing is FREE at the moment until they decide on the charges however you still pay to download ringtones games etc

Posted by peanut
Hi

This has got little to do with you having an S700i or not, GPRS is chargeable under your contract they are just either choosing not to or can't. There is a proxy issue with O2 GPRS that renders it unchargeable at the moment

BUT

O2 are perfectly within their rights to backcharge GPRS charges as long as they make an entry on your bill (and this only needs to be once) that GPRS is chargeable. They do this by showing you your inclusinve allowance on your bill i.e. you have 1meg free or 6 if you buy O2 Active 5. As long as they do that they are allowed to say "ooops hang on we meant to charge you for all of this over your allowance". They can do this for up to 6 years post the event.

Orange did it way back with text messages going via an international server and it caused a huge stink - I know I was one of the customers.