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Desire to ipad internet sharing?
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23-07-2010 9:19am#1
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No they can only screw iPhone users like that, thanks to apple.
Brilliant thanks! Going to Spain tomorrow (I'm on vodafone so data comes out of my add-on). This means I can connect my laptop and (maybe for a fee
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This has been confirmed numerous times by Vodafone. If you have a data bundle and connect using the live.vodafone.com apn all data roaming comes out of the bundle. This is worldwide and it's also been confirmed that you can connect to any carrier....not just vodafone.
So far I have done this in UK, Germany, Spain and even in New York and haven't been charged a bean.
Here's one of the many threads on the subject with confirmation that the live apn comes out of your bundle no matter what country and carrier. It's the reason I bought sim-free and stayed with vodafone.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=66319103
oh, and sorry Cianos I don't mean to hijack your thread....I suppose it is related.
Wow, really? I've my desire set to not use data when roaming, so as long as I've the vodafone live APN set (and no other one) I'll never be charged roaming rates? :eek: Sounds too good to be true!
ON TOPIC: Cianos, remember we tried to connect your desire to mine and it didn't pick it up? It's probably because it's an AD HOC signal, whatever that means so the desire didn't pick it up
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Wow, really? I've my desire set to not use data when roaming, so as long as I've the vodafone live APN set (and no other one) I'll never be charged roaming rates? :eek: Sounds too good to be true!
ON TOPIC: Cianos, remember we tried to connect your desire to mine and it didn't pick it up? It's probably because it's an AD HOC signal, whatever that means so the desire didn't pick it up
That's what I thought when I heard. Seems everyone thinks the same thing on the vodafone forums as well as all you see is people asking VF staff to confiirm again that it's true
http://forum.vodafone.ie/index.php?/topic/2770-iphone-data-package-and-roaming/
Just make sure you're set up to use the live.vofaone.com apn. I have purposely not set up the isp and offices apns on my phone to make sure it doesn't switch any settings by mistake. What it basically means is that you can turn data roaming on if you're on vodafone....if you get a data connection it will come out of your bundle.0 -
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Interesting, but great news!
Why aren't they advertising this? Are they trying to keep it hush hush? They have roaming packages on the site that don't mention anything about being able to use the APN on a data package to connect for free?
It's DEFINITELY out of the package so and they make no money for you connecting via another provider in another country and don't charge as such either? So it's not a case of still connecting to the live apn, but being charged to do so?
I always remember reading that data roaming will cost extra out of Ireland?0 -
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Interesting, but great news!
Why aren't they advertising this? Are they trying to keep it hush hush? They have roaming packages on the site that don't mention anything about being able to use the APN on a data package to connect for free?
It's DEFINITELY out of the package so and they make no money for you connecting via another provider in another country and don't charge as such either? So it's not a case of still connecting to the live apn, but being charged to do so?
I always remember reading that data roaming will cost extra out of Ireland?
I don't know why they're not advertising this - it's a dealbreaker for someone who roams a lot.
I was very sceptical myself but tested it a little bit and checked on VF's poxy website (when it finally catches up with your usage) to see that it was included in my package. It was. The only stipulation is to stay on the VF Live APN.
I've been using it happily in China for the last week. I thought the Desire was a great phone before now but it really excels with data roaming. I wandered around Kunming using Google maps and GPS to navigate. (By the way, contrary to a lot of BS on these boards, Google maps doesn't use a lot of data - Kunming, a city 3 times the size of Dublin, used about 15 MB).
It also subverts the Chinese government's internet blocking as you can still access such subversive sites as Facebook. Your IP address is Irish.
With data you can use Google Translate which is a godsend in China and a host of other services. Places Directory is even quite useful.
And, of course, when the internet in your hotel room doesn't work and the staff don't give a flying f*** you just plug your phone into your laptop and off you go.0 -
That's great news alright, so just to be sure before I switch data roaming on, as long as the only APN thingy I have in
settings>wireless and networks>mobile networks>access point names are Vodafone Live! (live.vodafone.com - port 80) and the only other one I have is Vodafone MMS (mms.vodafone.net)... I'll get the roaming taken out of my allowance?
How can I be sure another APN is never added by mistake, or must I do it (or avoid doing it) manually?0
oh i want to see those adds on the tele:D 
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