Guest DiGiTaL iNSaNiTY Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 Sorry to ask some total newbie questions, but 1) Shouldn't GPRS be always on ? How come i have to manually set the phone to check for mail, and when it does how come it says "Dialling...." 2) How much BW does MSN take up if you leave it connected for say 20 mins ? Thanks in advance for any replies, and sorry about the nature of the questions.
Guest spacemonkey Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 GPRS isn't always on but once connected you can leave it connected without worrying about blocking incoming calls or time related costs. However when GPRS "dials" it is significantly quicker to connect than WAP was anyway so this is not a big issue. When it is "dialing" it is really just doing a handshake with the network like TCP/IP does when you go to a new website. MSN someone tested and found it used a good half Mb per day or so for being connected with no actual communication beyond that. It's in an old post somewhere on this board. Not really practical. I've found I mainly use MSN when I'm somewhere without a computer (like the M4) and just want to quickly chat with a mate who I know is likely to be on, like I'd use SMS really but a bit more useful.
Guest DiGiTaL iNSaNiTY Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 Thanks spacemonkey for the prompt reply. Just been reading about peoples GPRS charges. I was just under the impression from Adverts and other sites, that you could leave MSN connected on the phone and you would only be charged when you send / recieve a message (Per MB). I think i will let the GPRS charging structure actually come back down from cloud 9 before i use MSN like i do on proper internet connection. Thanks again
Guest spacemonkey Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 If you only hook up briefly for like 10-20 mins and have a chat wth a friend it'll probably use like 50-60k It uses all that bandwidth cos it's got to keep sending keep alives across the network to say your still online and it's communicating your friends status's etc all the time as the log on/off. Part of the problem is it's just accessing normal MSN same as if you were on a PC. I imagine if M$ was motivated they could build a MSN client/gateway for the phone platform that was a bit more designed for the cost structures/usage patterns of phones.
Guest Bazz Posted January 7, 2003 Report Posted January 7, 2003 It was me! http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic...=580&highlight= Barry
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