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wap costs me??
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Posted by: ihaveaname

aftera friend showed me about tagtag.com...i ve been using their wap from my phone (nokia 3410) and ive been charged for downloading games and apps of the wap. i thought the wap was free. im on a pay as you go tarif. i now have no money on my phone, so if its not actually free im gonna move to a different network. i have downloaded about 4 or 5 games, cant remember now cos i deleted them and 1 app. - i did have around £6 and now ive got nothing. i thought id try connecting with no money on my phone but it days ' Check Service Settings '

can anyone help me? or tell me whats going on?

thanks

Posted by: Chazam

You can download the wap charges PDF here http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?menuid=help_ob
Wap does cost on pay as you go and i don't know if any network has free wap!

Posted by: TriBand81

The only T-Mobile network with Free WAP for prepaid customers is T-Mobile USA. I use GPRS on Vodafone PAYT and it costs me but I use it in moderation so it doesn't knock off too much of my money.

Besides, one should always assume something will be charged for unless it is clearly stated otherwise by the provider. The provider will make such prices quite clear and if subscribers want to leave since they didn't look into the prices, then it's not their fault.

But to be on Pay As You Go is a very good thing since you can leave whenever you want. If you do want to leave T-Mobile, consider porting your number to another provider (this means you can keep your existing number). What you need for that is a PAC (Port Authorization Code) from T-Mobile, take that code to your new provider and they will then transfer your number as well as send you a new SIM card with the same number. This process takes anywhere from a couple of days to a week.

Cheers

Posted by: ihaveaname

thanks for that info. my mate who has the same phone...nokia 3410 and he is on O2 and his wap is free. he has no credit and is downloading games no problem.

Posted by: sunnychandi

its not free exactly, o2: credit line with £10 and get 300 texts and 300 wap minutes for the month

Posted by: TriBand81

Wirelessly posted (Triband81's Nokia N-Gage: NokiaN-Gage/1.0 SymbianOS/6.1 Series60/1.2 Profile/MIDP-1.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0)

Quote:

Originally posted by sunnychandi
its not free exactly, o2: credit line with £10 and get 300 texts and 300 wap minutes for the month

True, O2 did have free WAP for the last couple months but that's ending on May 1st if I recall correctly.

Posted by: bjh_101

I just showed my girlfriend how to use GPRS on her new 3200 on t-mobile. then we checked her balance and i was shocked at how much it had gone down by - seeing as my GPRS barely uses my credit at all on Orange.

I looked into the costs, and 2p per kb?!?! What a rip-off that is!
Orange charge £4 per mb (around 0.4p per kb)