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Roamed GPRS access? |
Elkman
Joined: Jan 07, 2002
Posts: 46
From: Switzerland
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Maybe it is a stoopid question but once you have setup the GPRS configuration for your home network, can you access GPRS while roaming abroad? |
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moffa
Joined: Jan 21, 2002
Posts: 12
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There is no technical reason why you shouldn't but not very many operators has contracts regarding roaming GPRS.
I've only heard of one example, with roaming GPRS between some operators here in scandinavia. |
fredrik
Joined: Jan 25, 2002
Posts: 38
From: Norway/USA
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I use gprs both i scandinavia and USA. No, need to change the gprs settings. But more operators are changing to "local" dns-servers on their gprs network, so that they can't be accessed outside the home-network. Telenor just did this in Norway. dns: 010.... |
johanch
Joined: Jan 02, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Oslo, Norway
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Here in Norway, the operator NetCom provides GPRS-roaming in the Scandinavia, so technicaly it's no problem. |
aZooZa
Joined: Mar 23, 2003
Posts: 121
From: UK
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I'm on Orange GPRS here in the UK. Can I get GPRS in Malaysia when I go there next week? I will be in Sungai Petani for any Malaysians that might be round there. That's about an hour's drive north from Penang/Butterworth. If it's possible, will it be 'roamed' from Orange at an extortionate price or will I get it at local rates by one of their roaming partners if they have one?
Thanks!
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draje
Joined: Feb 28, 2003
Posts: 27
From: uk
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I'm on Orange too and as far as I remember you could use GPRS in 20 countries or so go to www.orange.co.uk to check which ones are they
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
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My UK Vodafone SIM card lets me GPRS roam in many European countries that I visit without any changes required as long as I am conected to the vodafone company of that country (i.e. D2 in Germany etc).
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arnoldc
Joined: Dec 14, 2001
Posts: > 500
From: Philippines
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I depends on the roaming agreement between operators. My operator Smart Communications in the Philippines allows GPRS roaming with M1 in Singapore, for example. |
cadcad
Joined: Mar 01, 2002
Posts: > 500
From: Lebanon
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Well my network actually don't provide GPRS roaming so I've asked them why and the answer was : because of different billing methods. So for example here we get packages of 60, 130, or 200MB/month for 20, 40 or 60$ while other networks would bill u for the amount of kb u would use. This way, if am roaming & using GPRS, the other network won't benefit from me.
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Quintessence
Joined: Mar 22, 2003
Posts: 35
From: Sydney, Australia
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I believe that Vodafone has an international roaming rate of 3c a kilobyte, minimum session time of 75kbs. Not 100% sure of it though |
Rotavap
Joined: Jul 06, 2002
Posts: 47
From: Ortigas, Philippines
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Its possible but you have to consider the ff:
- If the service provider has GPRS support
- If the service provider has GPRS roaming agreement with your home network.
- Interconnection charges maybe charged depending on the agreement and the service provider (some per connection/session, other per kb download/upload)
I usually get the error message "wrong APN address" when the GPRS signal gets shitty when im on other networks. |
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Posted: 2002-02-01 11:13
