Vodafone 1Gb ISP Promo

foobar

elderlemon wrote: »

It does. I've used fring/skype on the isp connection for ages now. works ok.

What phone are you using? Have you started to experiencing any issues lately ?

elderlemon

Nokia E71 - works fine. No problems at all. Sometimes if the 3g reception is low I get a bad connection but usually its fine.

foobar wrote: »

What phone are you using? Have you started to experiencing any issues lately ?

charlie_says

I can confirm that with this 1GB promo unused data will roll over to the next month, it says it on my bill and I have had it for 2 months now got nearly 2GB to use up.

Gonna start some serious VOIPing and mobile last.fm radio now

cahirhennessy

charlie_says wrote: »

I can confirm that with this 1GB promo unused data will roll over to the next month, it says it on my bill and I have had it for 2 months now got nearly 2GB to use up.

Gonna start some serious VOIPing and mobile last.fm radio now

Thats some damn good news...

jimogr

Access to live.vodafone.com seems to be included in this package - can anyone else confirm this?

dublander

this seems (slightly) too good to be true. i'm on the 500mb allowance, is there any difference between this and the 1GB offer other than having to select isp.vodafone.ie? Do i have to get new settings?

RFHost

How are people adding this to their accounts?? I have tried changing addons on the website but it's not listed.

I also called vodafone but they keep telling me there is no such package. The phone is on a business account I wonder if that makes a difference?

elderlemon

Nothing to do with business account. Everything to do with brainless support people. Get onto them and ask for data support if the front line can't help.

RFHost wrote: »

How are people adding this to their accounts?? I have tried changing addons on the website but it's not listed.

I also called vodafone but they keep telling me there is no such package. The phone is on a business account I wonder if that makes a difference?

seanmcfoto

I've just signed up, comes online Sunday.

I'm investigating Profimail too instead of their overpriced push email facility. I may end up with a month of push email, but I think it's going to work out with profimail (on an E61i). I've been on a symbian phone for... 5 6 years now, since the 7610 (or was it the 7650.. the first slider phone) The iPhone looks great, O2 doesn't appeal to me though.

J-blk

Just signed up for it too - have had an iPhone for a year now with no data connection. The Vodafone site is really confusing though, says 1GB ISP Promo and something about 15MB on the same line... I'll trust what I've read here though. Doesn't kick in for me until the 7/10. Looking forward to having Internet access on the go .

cahirhennessy

J-blk wrote: »

Just signed up for it too - have had an iPhone for a year now with no data connection. The Vodafone site is really confusing though, says 1GB ISP Promo and something about 15MB on the same line... I'll trust what I've read here though. Doesn't kick in for me until the 7/10. Looking forward to having Internet access on the go .

It's 1gb for sure. It also appears to include access to live.vodafone.com when abroad.

J-blk

This kicked in today - does anyone know why my data allocation online is showing as 34.13 MB?! I'm I going to need to get on to them again?

grey squirrel

Vodafone do that. The 34.13 is for today. From tomorrow it'll be the 1 month's allowance.

Basically your bills might be for calls to 5th and your bill is issued on 7th. Something like that. It happened to me too

Where do you see the data online?

J-blk

Thanks for that. Don't think I'll need 30Mb just for today, so if it normalizes tomorrow onwards, good stuff.

If I log into my Vodafone account, go to "Change Extras and Add Ons" it shows the Voice/Text Plan I'm on and the 1GB add-on further down the page:

Type Name Status Remaining Allocation Cost
GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 34.13 MB €8.26

jessconr

I signed up to the ISP 1Gb also. It kicked in today but when I check out the Vodafone website it says.........


GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 34.13 MB(remaining) €8.26

Whats that all about?

Also can I use ISB Vodafone when I'm abroad. I'm heading to Barcelona in 2 weeks.

J-blk

jessconr wrote: »

I signed up to the ISP 1Gb also. It kicked in today but when I check out the Vodafone website it says.........


GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 34.13 MB(remaining) €8.26

Whats that all about?

Also can I use ISB Vodafone when I'm abroad. I'm heading to Barcelona in 2 weeks.

Well if Grey Squirrel is right, it should look normal by tomorrow:

grey squirrel wrote: »

Vodafone do that. The 34.13 is for today. From tomorrow it'll be the 1 month's allowance.

Basically your bills might be for calls to 5th and your bill is issued on 7th. Something like that. It happened to me too

Not sure about using it abroad, data roaming is usually a rip-off.

jessconr

When I had the 500mb vodafone live tarriff i was able to surf the net when i was abroad without any additional cost. I hope its the same for vodafone ISP?????

J-blk

jessconr wrote: »

When I had the 500mb vodafone live tarriff i was able to surf the net when i was abroad without any additional cost. I hope its the same for vodafone ISP?????

I read pretty much through this whole thread when I was looking into getting the add-on - I remember seeing a post that access to live.vodafone.com is included in the price and can be used when abroad. If you look through the thread you should find it but really, you'll need an opinion from someone who has used the add-on for awhile as I'm in the same boat as you, only got it today.

Gotta say though, 3G is pretty sweet - I just changed from a 1st gen. iPhone to an iPhone 3G and pages seem to load almost as fast as on Wifi . Hopefully the allowance will sort itself out and then happy days...

charlie_says

Yeah, you would really want to check with vodafone if you can use the live or the isp promo abroad for no extra cost.

I reckon you can't and the data will be super piss takingly expensive and charged separately on the the bill.

jessconr

checked the vodafone website again today........

GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 30.88 MB(remaining) €8.26 Modify

whats the story? do I not get 1Gb?

J-blk

Yeah I'm going to call them up today or tomorrow - it still only says 30MB or so...

Blackdragon

Im in the same boat - mine kicked in there three nights ago - been just over 30Mb allowance showing on the site since - My minutes and text do not recharge until the 10th i believe so im thinking it will correct itself then

mobileplaza

guys I called 1907 today about this, my bill date is the. 7th and the data allowance still says I got 30mb allocation. Was advised that this is wrong and I have 1gb data. Was told the systems just haven't updated yet! As for this working whilst abroad it's not you will have a hefty data bill if used so beware!

J-blk

mobileplaza wrote: »

guys I called 1907 today about this, my bill date is the. 7th and the data allowance still says I got 30mb allocation. Was advised that this is wrong and I have 1gb data. Was told the systems just haven't updated yet! As for this working whilst abroad it's not you will have a hefty data bill if used so beware!

Cheers. Just like Blackdragon, my next bill date is marked as the 10th, so I'm thinking it'll sort itself out by then, if not, then I'll have to get on to them. I still don't get why the changes to the price plan take effect on the 7th, with the bill being issued on the 10th, but as long as it is 1GB of data, then I don't care...

jessconr

checked the website this morning. Everything seems to be ok now..........



GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 1047.08 MB €8.26 Modify


Its about time!

J-blk

Yeah, mine's just sorted itself out too:

GPRS 1Gb ISP Promo Selected 1058.13 MB €8.26

Woo hoo!

grey squirrel

Got my first bill and can confirm:

Unused data carries forward
Access through isp & vodafone live is included

charlie_says

Just to confirm for everyone the 1GB ISP promo:

Costs €9.99 incl vat p/m

Gives you 1GB of data ONLY trough the ISP APN - use Live APN at extra cost

Does not include use abroad for either Live or ISP - that costs extra (a lot extra so be careful, internet cafe or wifi when away ftw)

Unused data rolls over each month!

Danbo!

Anyone else having trouble with remaining allocation? Mine now says I have 28Mb, 4 days in. Started off at 34Mb on sunday (first day connected to ISP promo.) Do I need to call customer support or will it update in a few days?

Zith

Stee wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble with remaining allocation? Mine now says I have 28Mb, 4 days in. Started off at 34Mb on sunday (first day connected to ISP promo.) Do I need to call customer support or will it update in a few days?

What date is your bill date? You could have just a part allocation until the start of your next bill when the full month quota kicks in. Happened me when I first signed up. Was only 3 days until my bill date so only had a proportional quota (1GB divided by 31) * 3 days.

Danbo!

Zith wrote: »

What date is your bill date? You could have just a part allocation until the start of your next bill when the full month quota kicks in. Happened me when I first signed up. Was only 3 days until my bill date so only had a proportional quota (1GB divided by 31) * 3 days.

I signed up on 20th january or thereabouts. Was told not to use it until the start of my next bill, 15th feb. The live apn stayed functional until then. I'll give them a ring to see what the story is, thanks

cahirhennessy

Just found out the hard way, that there is a standard EU Data roaming charge of 15 Euro per day(plus v.a.t.) when using isp.vodafone.ie. I believe it's free when you use the vodafone.live APN but couldn't get it to work with the Iphone. Thank god it was only a weekend. Net addiction is expensive.

CivilEx

cahirhennessy wrote: »

Just found out the hard way, that there is a standard EU Data roaming charge of 15 Euro per day(plus v.a.t.) when using isp.vodafone.ie. I believe it's free when you use the vodafone.live APN but couldn't get it to work with the Iphone. Thank god it was only a weekend. Net addiction is expensive.

How many MB did you get with €15 per day - did you go over any allowance with the iPhone?

cahirhennessy

It didn't tell me on the bill how much I used, nor what, or if, there's a limit.
it's an iphone 2g so there was little chance of downloading a lot- just used it for push email and light browsing.

CivilEx

Noticed yesterday that access through the hs.vodafone.ie APN is no longer possible on the 1GB ISP Promo with an iPhone. Can anyone else confirm this?

atlantean

cahirhennessy wrote: »

Just found out the hard way, that there is a standard EU Data roaming charge of 15 Euro per day(plus v.a.t.) when using isp.vodafone.ie.

I am guessing this applies to accessing the net using isp.vodafone.ie while in the North?

mik_da_man

Nope.
the charges are not included in the bundle, but not near €15 per day

atlantean

What is the best way to access the internet while in the North?

Davy

atlantean wrote: »

What is the best way to access the internet while in the North?

They have a europe daily bundle for €14.58 for 50MB and additional usage is €1.22 per MB. Other wise not on a plan its €6.08 for 100kb ouch

atlantean

Cheers Davy

sdanseo

Lol, customer support here is better than the real thing. Legendary - you all just saved me 14c. Even a few months on.