Couple of NOOB questions about O2 prepay, and iPhone 3G ..

condra · 08-08-2008 04:05PM #1

Hullo.
I have a 3G iPhone on O2 Prepay. (I got lucky, dont hate me)
I have a couple of questions. If anyone could take the time to answer, I would appreciate it very much.

-3G - Am I right in thinking it costs 1 cent per kilobyte on prepay? This is bloody expensive no?

-If I turn off 3G and the E comes up, I presume that means I'm using Edge. Is this still 1 cent per kilobyte?

- Stupid question - If I'm in a wifi area, how do I use my iPhones wifi without getting charged for internet by O2?

- Weather, GPS etc - Do I get charged for using these? Appearantly I do.

- If I were to go over to bill pay, for the sake of cheaper internet, is there a way to use the iPhone as a modem with my computer?

Thanks for any reply!

Jonathan · 08-08-2008 04:33PM

womoma wrote: »

-3G - Am I right in thinking it costs 1 cent per kilobyte on prepay? This is bloody expensive no?

-If I turn off 3G and the E comes up, I presume that means I'm using Edge. Is this still 1 cent per kilobyte?

Yup. O2 is crazily expensive for data.

womoma wrote: »

- Weather, GPS etc - Do I get charged for using these? Appearantly I do.

You don't if you are using wifi.

womoma wrote: »

- If I were to go over to bill pay, for the sake of cheaper internet, is there a way to use the iPhone as a modem with my computer?

You can. But no official way.. Steve Jobs obviously didnt see it as a business feature :rolleyes:

condra · 08-08-2008 05:22PM

jmccrohan thanks for taking the time to answer.

I cant believe its 1 cent per kb. That means, if I wanted to download a 4mb mp3 from the internet on my iphone, it would cost me a whopping 40 euro.

Crazy.

Random · 08-08-2008 06:56PM

Crazy pricing yes .. but not really in comparison to the whole Irish market.

If you want prepay data then switch to 3 (I don't like them personally, there's plenty of threads on this forum though with similiar and differing views) or hang on for Meteor to launch their prepay data plans (which we're all assuming is Sept / Oct). Can only assume that O2 will follow suit then and no doubt Vodafone as well.

drunkmonkey · 08-08-2008 07:03PM

Have you thought of unlocking it and sticking in a 3 sim.....that's what i'd be doing.......

drunkmonkey stumbles off to find his 5mp Touchscreen LG Viewty to take snaps of more silly people in silly situations........:D

condra · 08-08-2008 07:18PM

Has the 3G iPhone been cracked already?

? sorry. Im clueless.

Jonathan · 08-08-2008 08:44PM

random wrote: »

or hang on for Meteor to launch their prepay data plans (which we're all assuming is Sept / Oct).

Lets hope they listened to the three of us

condra · 08-08-2008 10:09PM

I just left Meteor to use my iPhone with an O2 sim card, but if and when I can safely unlock it for Meteor, when Meteor have 3G going on, I'll gladly jump the O2 ship. I really like Meteor.

chrislad · 08-08-2008 10:23PM

random wrote: »

Crazy pricing yes .. but not really in comparison to the whole Irish market.

If you want prepay data then switch to 3 (I don't like them personally, there's plenty of threads on this forum though with similiar and differing views) or hang on for Meteor to launch their prepay data plans (which we're all assuming is Sept / Oct). Can only assume that O2 will follow suit then and no doubt Vodafone as well.

Try about 10 days for Meteor

flodis79 · 08-08-2008 10:49PM

The 3g iphone is not unlocked yet. The pwnage app does only allow you install any app on it. But you can still not put any other sim in it.

Jonathan · 09-08-2008 07:32AM

chrislad wrote: »

Try about 10 days for Meteor

Data plans being unveiled in 10days?

flodis79 · 09-08-2008 07:49AM

Meteor has already announced that they will start prepay data 99c per day. Similar offer to Voda but think Meteor gives you more than 50 MB per day. And on proxy.

Jonathan · 09-08-2008 08:40AM

flodis79 wrote: »

Meteor has already announced that they will start prepay data 99c per day. Similar offer to Voda but think Meteor gives you more than 50 MB per day. And on proxy.

Ah yea sure we knew that. I thought you were talking about an actual data bundle.

conway · 14-08-2008 11:28AM

I've just bought an iphone 3g 16gb to use on vodafone as they offer 50mb download for 99c a day. I just hope the iphone 3g unlock comes out soon, if it doesn't ill have to sell the phone

Jonathan · 14-08-2008 11:30AM

conway wrote: »

I've just bought an iphone 3g 16gb to use on vodafone as they offer 50mb download for 99c a day. I just hope the iphone 3g unlock comes out soon, if it doesn't ill have to sell the phone

Do you realise than the vodafone offer is totally useless as it is via a proxy?

conway · 14-08-2008 11:35AM

I dont understand how it useless could you please explain, cheers

Dades · 14-08-2008 11:36AM

Just reading this thread lads, I'm wondering why people are still giving out about the 1GB bundled with the O2 tariffs.

1 cent per kilobyte is crazy, but 99c per day isn't exactly giving it away either.

Jonathan · 14-08-2008 11:37AM

The vodafone proxy is port 80 only*. That means everything else bar webbrowsing is blocked.

Means checking mail via builtin pop3/imap client is blocked as they use different ports

*it was anyways. they may have opened up a few other ports. nonetheless it is still via a proxy

conway · 14-08-2008 11:39AM

Thanks jmccrohan,

Ill probably use wifi for everything but web browsing and check email via hotmail.com.

condra · 14-08-2008 03:39PM

Conway you would be insane to sell the iphone. Best phone ever.

Jonathan · 14-08-2008 03:40PM

womoma wrote: »

Conway you would be insane to sell the iphone. Best phone ever.

Oh dear.

condra · 14-08-2008 04:10PM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Oh dear.

Care to expand? You might validate your "oh dear" comment by actually making a point.

Those sort of conceited comments piss me off.

mobius42 · 14-08-2008 05:05PM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Yup. O2 is crazily expensive for data.

You don't if you are using wifi.

You can. But no official way.. Steve Jobs obviously didnt see it as a business feature :rolleyes:

That's not strictly true. Using the Netshare app, you can use your iPhone as a modem without jailbreaking. Of course, you had to be one of the lucky ones to get it before it was taken down, though it could be put back up in the future.

Jonathan · 14-08-2008 05:09PM

mobius42 wrote: »

That's not strictly true. Using the Netshare app, you can use your iPhone as a modem without jailbreaking. Of course, you had to be one of the lucky ones to get it before it was taken down, though it could be put back up in the future.

Yea. That is an unofficial way. I never said it couldnt be done.

condra · 14-08-2008 07:45PM

jmccrohan wrote: »

Yea. That is an unofficial way. I never said it couldnt be done.

Oh dear.

(See?, its easy to sound like a conceited prick without actually making a point, anyone can do it)

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