GPRS Costs In Ireland ..

OutlawPete · 16-12-2005 4:58pm #1

Hi,

Does anyone know who provides the cheapest GPRS access in Ireland?

I'm with O2 and it's 1cent per kb which is working out pretty expensive.

Be interested to know what everyone is using and what you average spend is a month.

Sarsfield · 16-12-2005 5:26pm

Don't O2 have an add-on package of 1Mb for €5 which is half the rate you quote. They also have higher usage packages available I think.

I got the 1Mb package as a free add-on when I renewed my contract.

Edit: it's €7.50 for 1Mb

OutlawPete · 16-12-2005 5:40pm

That's true but that's only on contract and not Speakeasy .. I have two Speakeasy's .. Nightowl and an EarlyBird .. that way I get 15cent a minute calls no matter which network. Never understood why they don't just do the 15cent anytime package.

OutlawPete · 20-12-2005 1:19pm

Hey, just noticed that Meteor are now offering GPRS bundles at ?5 per Mb

They start at ?2.50 for 1/2 an Mb .. bye bye O2

OutlawPete · 20-12-2005 9:45pm

Scratch that .. Allthough they list the 1mb for 5 Euro rate in the GPRS costs page .. they are still charging 2cent per kb and it's an INCREASE in GPRS Costs and not a decrease .. unbelievable. It's getting worse not better. Hello again O2

20-12-2005 11:32pm

At 1c per kb O2 are actually the cheapest in the country on prepaid. Meteor went up to 3c per kb in the summer. The €2.50 per 512kb only applies to ISP access, not WAP.

flodis79 · 21-12-2005 1:40am

Karsini wrote:

At 1c per kb O2 are actually the cheapest in the country on prepaid. Meteor went up to 3c per kb in the summer. The €2.50 per 512kb only applies to ISP access, not WAP.

What do you mean ISP access? I cannot access any material?

OutlawPete · 21-12-2005 2:52pm

flodis79 wrote:

What do you mean ISP access? I cannot access any material?

He means that when you open an HTTP connection with your phone to the internet instead of the usual Wap Gateway. For instance Pop3 is accessed via http and also the newer Opera Web Browser (Mini Opera for S40 phones is fine via Wap though). GPRS of any kind is crazy in Ireland ..

jesus_thats_gre · 21-12-2005 2:55pm

If you used it, you can get 1GB on vodafone for 100 euro at the moment..

TerrorFirmer · 21-12-2005 2:56pm

Is there any Network that has always-on GPRS?

There is in England, which means free online games in N-Gage Arena with some seriously good games, but don't fancy paying for it...

subway · 21-12-2005 6:48pm

Nico22 wrote:

Hey, just noticed that Meteor are now offering GPRS bundles at ?5 per Mb They start at ?2.50 for 1/2 an Mb .. bye bye O2

where can you see that?
i just rang and they pretty much laughed me off the phone?

22-12-2005 12:39am

subway wrote:

where can you see that?
i just rang and they pretty much laughed me off the phone?

It was in my Meteor customer guide (came with the SIM) or here: http://www.meteor.ie/makethemove/callcost_tables.html

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 1:00am

subway wrote:

where can you see that?
i just rang and they pretty much laughed me off the phone?

Meteor customer service is a joke. Even if you get someone who can speak english .. they usually don't have a clue. It's amazing .. I was on the forum over at TwilightWap and people in the UK complain about the cost of GPRS even though the have Networks like T-Mobile giving away 40mb a month!

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 1:03am

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

If you used it, you can get 1GB on vodafone for 100 euro at the moment..

What's a GB .. 100Mb? Do you have a link?

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 1:09am

[QUOTE=There is in England, which means free online games in N-Gage Arena with some seriously good games, but don't fancy paying for it...[/QUOTE]
Can't wait for UNLIMITED always on GPRS or 3G. It's only three years ago I was saying local call rates for 56kb dial up on my PC and that meant 4p per minute during the day and many days I stayed on from 10am till 4 oh 5pm. That was nearly 20Punt ..

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 1:19am

.. and I'd have 10 or so days like that (like the fool I was) and so the two monthly phone bill was hundreds. Yet here we are in a situation were we look down on Ripwave that's only 19 a month! We'll also laugh at us mugs who are paying such crazy GPRS rates this time next year .. no question. God, the Networks must be making a mint with downloading Ringtones, MP3s etc ..

subway · 22-12-2005 2:05am

thank you

ill be on to them first thing tomorrow.
when she asked me where i read it I couldnt really just quote boards

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 5:03am

subway wrote:

thank you
ill be on to them first thing tomorrow.
when she asked me where i read it I couldnt really just quote boards

I phoned them about it and the girl daem't a blue what kb's were and first she tried to tell me a kb was one web page. Then she put me on hold. Some guy came on then and said the 1/2 meg is on top of the Kb for downloading due to the high demands

subway · 22-12-2005 1:20pm

i was just told the only way to get the 1/2 meg for 2.50 is to obtain a data card.
this is an extra monthly subscuiption and probably not much use in a phone anyway...

Sam Vimes · 22-12-2005 1:47pm

Nico22 wrote:

That's true but that's only on contract and not Speakeasy .. I have two Speakeasy's .. Nightowl and an EarlyBird .. that way I get 15cent a minute calls no matter which network. Never understood why they don't just do the 15cent anytime package.

eh... because they would lose lots of money i suppose

jesus_thats_gre · 22-12-2005 2:34pm

Nico22 wrote:

What's a GB .. 100Mb? Do you have a link?

http://www.vodafone.ie/soho/price/dataroaming/3ggprsplans/index.jsp

1 GB 1 GB €99 €0.75 / MB

1GB = 1024 MB

jrey1981 · 22-12-2005 4:40pm

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

http://www.vodafone.ie/soho/price/dataroaming/3ggprsplans/index.jsp

1 GB €99
1GB = 1024 MB

That has to be the best deal out there. I am glad to see the prices have come down...

blorg · 22-12-2005 5:37pm

Those prices are criminal. Even the €99/1gb; that's recurring every month and I am presuming it doesn't transfer... As for 2c/min, just downloading www.vodafone.ie's home page alone - once! - would set you back €2.68! (134k)

Thank god for people who don't know how to WEP their WiFi!

muppetkiller · 22-12-2005 5:48pm

I wish i had read the fine print about the downloads too.
I just got my O2 bill for one month €300...
i downloaded 3 songs on my phone and a premiership goal.
Total 20.6 Mb for €196....!!!
I'm not going to pay that money ..it's criminal. I'll threaten to drop the contract and never use their network again.

what are these new phones with itunes on them how on earth are they going to download songs other than from their PC.

I'll let yee know how i get on..
:mad:

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 8:02pm

Well I downloade full Opera today which is 1700kb and at the end of the download it wouldn't open the Installer and a message came up about Network Not Allowing .. sinned O2 and they said Speakeasy has a 1MB and i'm "misusing my phone". I said you having a laugh mate .. my phone's a Nokia 3230 and is designed with a large screen specificly to browse the net and they steaming content. He said that these were there for "convienence only" and that GPRS will always be this price as it's an expensive ..

OutlawPete · 22-12-2005 8:10pm

.. to maintain. I just said "why don't you get a job where you actually know what your talking about?"He said that he did and working for O2 in the UK for four years and I was a fool to ever think that there would be Flat Rate GPRS packages in Ireland .. Anyway, I've had enough. No more being ripped off .. i'm gonna save up for a laptop and wait till there is a package available with 40mb of GPRS a month for around 40 Euro

darraghrogan · 22-12-2005 11:45pm

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