Unrestricted net access via GPRS?

Zaphod

Can someone tell me if you can get unrestricted access to the internet using (Vodafone) GPRS, or is it merely high speed WAP?

For example, would it be possible to use a GPRS mobile connected to PC with DVB card to use a one-way satellite internet service? Most of these appear to use a VPN connection - can this be done over a GPRS mobile as you can with a landline?

TIA!

seamus

I know certainly you can use a laptop + mobile to access the web over GPRS, but as for using it as the upload line of a one-way sat service I'm not sure. GPRS isn't a time-based service, i.e there's no dial-up. So certainly you could use the mobile in conjunction with a sat service, but only over CSD.

Maybe someone who knows a bit more about how clients (i.e. phones) access the web through the carrier's network, over GPRS could shed more light on this.

jesus_thats_gre

You should be able too. The only thing off concern would be the upload speeds that GPRS would facilitate.

sirlinux

The other concern would be the extortionate data costs on vodafone. Bit i vpn on vodafone GPRS and it works fine, HSCSD would be better for what you want, but again you would rack up a huge amount of call minutes.

BigMoose

Certainly using the VF ISP service over GPRS it works like any other dialup ISP, so should technically do what you want. Not sure what the upload speed is - how many slots up do you get with GPRS?

jesus_thats_gre

I think its only 1 slot for upload.. not 100%

Zaphod

Thanks for the replies!

Can VPN also be done over O2 - is it similarly unrestricted?

Charolais

zaphod, is that you from the old TOL 100s?????

crowbar

Originally posted by Zaphod
Can VPN also be done over O2 - is it similarly unrestricted?

yeah, it works on o2 gprs on the standard internet apn with the cisco and checkpoint vpn clients. it doesn't work on pp.internet however.