enabling GPRS

[tradesman]

Hi I'm a first time poster and a complete newbie to this I have been trying to connect to GPRS on my ipaq 6515 my SIM is a pay as you go vodafone card, have read GPRS needs to be enabled to connect how do I do this.
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regards tradesman
ipaq 6515 running tom tom navigator 5

[mikealder]

Welcome to the forum, to enable GPRS on your device phone the service provider (Vodaphone in your case) and request that GPRS is emabled, they will then send a message to the phone with the correct settings thus enabling GPRS for you to use.
As a word of caution watch the cost as it can prove very expensive, quite often charges of £3 per MB is not unusual, this can rack up a substantial bill, or in your case wipe out your credit loaded to the phone in a very short duration - Mike

[tradesman]

[mikealder]

1MB is not very much at all, I have managed to rack up bills over £100 in a single month (and I monitor what I am doing on the net via the phone), the normal web pages are not too bad, but any containing graphics etc can seriously increase the cost, at least on Pay As You Go you have a limit, in that once its consumed, it will stop! - you might want to get a second Sim though pre loaded with a token amount, as a "Just In Case" card, you don't want to get caught with no credit and then need the phone! - Mike

[tradesman]

Sounds prohibitivly expensive is it just as costly just to receive & send emails.
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regards tradesman
ipaq 6515 running tom tom navigator 5

[mikealder]

E-mail is fine, so long as you don't send/ accept large attachments, its the graphics that kick the charge through the roof - Mike

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