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Re: [OT] GPRS Advice please


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  • Subject: Re: [OT] GPRS Advice please
  • From: "psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:10:37 -0000
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The Vodafone guys came to see me a while back - they were offering a
GRPS trial with 5 handsets and =A31 per MB for a few hundred quid
(corporate offer) and then about =A35000 per year I seem to remember.
This trial used a standard 'corporate' APN aparently.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Bovingdon" <bov@t...> wrote:
>
> Vodafone has 2 APN's a WAP one and an Internet one. If you want
> direct connections to a company etc then they start to talk big
bucks
> for personal APN's etc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dermot_bradley [mailto:bradley@o...]
> > Sent: 17 July 2002 00:09
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] GPRS Advice please
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@y..., "PatrickLidstone" <patrickl@t...= > wrote:
> > > Behind the times as always, but I don't see a followup to th= is
yet:
> > >
> > > I don't think this is true. Some networks do use NAT, but there is no
> > > problem with mobile-originated routing of most common net protocols.
> > > GPRS is available to the general UK populace on: Orange, O2 =
(cellnet)
> > > and Vodafone, albeit at a price.
> >
> > When you access GPRS you need to specify an APN (or use the
default).
> > I assumed the default APN was used for WAP services.
> >
> > I also assumed that the operators would be firewalling traffic using
> > the default APN from sending traffic direct onto the Internet (i.e.
> > not via their WAP GW).
> >
> > Still they aren't really pricing GPRS as a non-business
service...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > For more information: = http://www.automatedhome.co.uk
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