gps roaming cost?

x in the city · 13-02-2008 12:23am #1

lads

just back from uk and i seemed to have used up 15e over a day without doing much on my phone, i had gps on and gave it tom someone else who was using the wifi and gmail etc, but dont think it would have been 15e worth

does gps usage abroad cost a lot? i thought it was a free service?

wba88 · 13-02-2008 12:27am

i think its because of the gmail, gps whilst roaming.

mkennedy · 13-02-2008 2:01am

GPS is free.
GPRS isn't.

Sam Vimes · 13-02-2008 9:15am

i'm confused. Were you using gps (global positioning system), a system which uses satellites to tell you your location, or gprs (general packet radio service), a system which allows you to use the internet on the phone?

if the former, it should have cost you nothing, if the later you were probably saying upwards of 3c per kilobyte

MiCr0 · 13-02-2008 10:41am

its possible that its using agps (assisted) - which uses a data connection

slegs · 13-02-2008 2:40pm

If you were using a free navigation app like Nav4All (http://www.nav4all.com/) then a data connection is made every few mins to download the updated mapping and routes

Sam Vimes · 13-02-2008 2:50pm

MiCr0 wrote: »

its possible that its using agps (assisted) - which uses a data connection

that's what i first thought but when he mentioned gmail.....

Random · 14-02-2008 12:41am

x in the city wrote: »

lads

just back from uk and i seemed to have used up 15e over a day without doing much on my phone, i had gps on and gave it tom someone else who was using the wifi and gmail etc, but dont think it would have been 15e worth

does gps usage abroad cost a lot? i thought it was a free service?

What is your basis for the €15 being excessive?

Give us some more information .. .

gps roaming cost?

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