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slept while the GPRS still running |
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ok you might found me stupid or probably laugh at me.. but this is for real.. happened yesterday after i decided to go to bed around 23:00 world time.. and i was surfing Esato with my phone.. guess that i was too tired and my eye was half close while browsing through esato.. and guess what? when i wake up for the first time.. check my phone and BOOM! my screen are still on the Esato sites and the globe was there! i check the clock and it was 05:40 the next morning!!! oh jesus.. how many hours is that actually ? the only thing i know was im going to hurt my wallet when the bills arrive  damn.. careless me!
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Miss UK
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Lol ive never done that, if I did it wouldnt skin my bank account anyway W@P GPRS is free for me. Got a habit of falling asleep with myphone in bed tho turned it of and when ive woke up its saying enter pincode glad theres no keys visable on my D600 when doing that lmao
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guess that its only me then  i can't imagine what are the cost will be |
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QuickShare maybe you should get a unlimited plan if your going to sleep on the job. 
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quickshare - So it means that your service provider charges gprs based on time consumed online? If so, yeah, you drilled a hole in your pocket... But if they charge based on kilobytes downloaded/ uploaded, you didn't spend anything while you were sleeping, unless the site you were on is auto-refreshing.  |
crude75
Joined: Sep 24, 2005
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That happend to me once, but only i was not surfing the net i was playing an online game and i fell asleep left it, and the worst thing about that it was 12pm that night my operator started charging for wap(a new operater so they offerd wap free for a while) what bad luck.
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@axxxr
yea probably i need to start apply an unlimited one..
@chili
i've search the information on the GPRS charges on my service provider website.. miraculously, the charges are based on kilobytes downloads/uploads. Seems like i won't hurt my wallet for that careless of mine  i sure do have a big smile right now 
@crude75
oh mate.. sorry to hear that
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When using GPRS u connected all the time, "always on", as they say. Which means, that even u r always connected if u don"t traffic data, u're not paying a dime. so when u were asleep, u didn't actually browsing so no extra money will be on ur bill. If u have a wap acount with dial-up, THEN and ONLY then u r paying based oon ur amount of time spent online So, don't worry, when u fell asleep u stoped trafficking data which means u wont pay extra.
I am sorry so many ppl that post here couldn't tell u an usual thing like that. Research guys, research before u speak....
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On 2006-09-24 08:41:08, QuickShare wrote:
@axxxr
yea probably i need to start apply an unlimited one..
@chili
i've search the information on the GPRS charges on my service provider website.. miraculously, the charges are based on kilobytes downloads/uploads. Seems like i won't hurt my wallet for that careless of mine i sure do have a big smile right now
@crude75
oh mate.. sorry to hear that
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Lol!! Its always packet based data! You lost nothing more than you already surfed!
I do it almost every night... Mxit a chat application... 
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On 2006-09-24 08:57:25, 786KBR wrote:
You lost nothing more than you already surfed!
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such a relieve to me
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I do this all the time. I go to sleep daily with my gprs connected...
And yes @701 is right. Unless the page was reloading at regular intervals, which I presume did not happen, you need not be worried.
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@whizkidd even so,esato takes just a few kb
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On 2006-09-24 08:55:22, 701 wrote:
When using GPRS u connected all the time, "always on", as they say. Which means, that even u r always connected if u don"t traffic data, u're not paying a dime. so when u were asleep, u didn't actually browsing so no extra money will be on ur bill. If u have a wap acount with dial-up, THEN and ONLY then u r paying based oon ur amount of time spent online So, don't worry, when u fell asleep u stoped trafficking data which means u wont pay extra.
I am sorry so many ppl that post here couldn't tell u an usual thing like that. Research guys, research before u speak....
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oh thanks mate.. that was a great explanation. For the other people.. i guess they're trying to help.. you know, a quick way of help 
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appreciate that mate
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gprs/EDGE/3G charging depends on service provider policy. Here in the Philippines, the 2 main rival networks chose different policies. Smart Telecoms charges gprs/EDGE/3G on a time basis -- about 19 cents for the 1st 30 mins, & a proportionate amt for every minute thereafter. Their rival, Globe Telecom, charges gprs/EDGE/3G on a per-kb basis. As for CSD (dialup), no one i know uses it anymore. |
Marly
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Here in the Netherlands it also depends, on which provider you're using. Vodafone charges the time you're browsing. The other providers : KPN (our largest provider, landline also), T-Mobile and Orange charge GPRS per kb.
WAP-charges are always time-based, but almost nobody uses it anymore.
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