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MrT Frequent Visitor

Joined: Nov 14, 2003 Posts: 2146 Location: Surrounded by A1, M1 & M25
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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NMatthew wrote: |
As an aside, if you've got international roaming on your phone, does GPRS roam too? Will I be able to use Traffic in France (should it ever become usable) when I buy the European maps?
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Technically GPRS does roam but you will need to check with your provider what roaming services and at what cost they are provided. |
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iancjc Frequent Visitor

Joined: 10/02/2003 14:19:44 Posts: 749 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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If you are in france (and on orange) then effectively you can roam without changing any settings.
Cost could be a major issue though as with orange via orange fr the cost is £10 per 1 mb uploaded/downloaded. I had a data bill of just over £140 last year after 3 weeks on holiday in france and doing some work there as well. On one horrible day I was forced to send a total of 10 mb's of attachments to emails - made me weep all the way to the bar to buy my £5 pint of lager (why is beer so expensive in bars and cheap in supermarkets?) whilst I was sending them.
One thing I have noticed is that the orange signal for voice and data appears to be more consistent in france than in rural england.
Is the traffic info betterin France? - I'm about to remove it from my ipaq but am off to France in a 2 weeks so it maybe useful then. _________________ -----------------------------------------------------------
TyTn II (WM6.1) / tomtom one v2
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The_Pilgrim Regular Visitor

Joined: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 118 Location: H
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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hi all
O2 does roam but the costs are HUGE ill try and find an old bill and give you some idea.
The Pilgrim |
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Blackshark Occasional Visitor

Joined: 06/08/2003 01:26:39 Posts: 10 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: My two penneth |
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Hi all,
Ipaq 5550
Orange pre paid GPS15
Sony T610
I downloaded and installed Traffic a few weeks ago. For the first 2 days of use (High Wycombe, A404, M40/M4 to Uxbridge, M25 from 17 to 14) I was getting continual full updates. Set it to every couple of minutes and no problems.
I did not use it for a week and since then on the 1st to 3rd update I get all incidents (140-170 normally). Then I seem to get a few updates of 40 (always 40) and then it drops out although I can still surf. I would agree with the caching thought except that I cant see why I can get the complete update the first couple of times.
Has anyone else noticed the GPRS options in their phone? I have all sorts of options to fiddle with, under Quality of Service: Precedence (Subscribed, High Normal and Low) Delay (Subscribed, Class 1 to 3 and Best Effort) Reliability (Class 1 to 5) Peak rate and Mean rate (Subscribed and Class's 1 to 5)
Not been able to find much on these. I have tried playing around wihout any luck.
Regards Tim |
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JamesShannon Occasional Visitor

Joined: Jun 08, 2004 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject: Fix is on the way... |
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I've been helping TomTom resolve this one and they've certainly nailed what the issue with Orange (orangeinternet APN) was, and I suspect the other networks (apart from Vodafone apparently) are using the same tricks. I'd expect an updated version imminently.
The '4 connection limit' is also resolved.
--James |
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Privateer Pocket GPS Moderator


Joined: 30/12/2002 17:36:20 Posts: 4921 Location: Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Fix is on the way... |
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Hi James,
JamesShannon wrote: | I've been helping TomTom resolve this one and they've certainly nailed what the issue with Orange (orangeinternet APN) was, and I suspect the other networks (apart from Vodafone apparently) are using the same tricks. I'd expect an updated version imminently. The '4 connection limit' is also resolved. |
Many thanks for the information. Will the updated version of TT Travel be all that we will need, or will we need to reconfigure the BT modem settings on the PDAs, or even change the settings on the phones/network?
Regards, _________________ Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D |
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JamesShannon Occasional Visitor

Joined: Jun 08, 2004 Posts: 5
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Fix is on the way... |
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Privateer wrote: | Hi James,
Many thanks for the information. Will the updated version of TT Travel be all that we will need, or will we need to reconfigure the BT modem settings on the PDAs, or even change the settings on the phones/network?
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Just an updated Navigator (Traffic) application.
--James |
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Privateer Pocket GPS Moderator


Joined: 30/12/2002 17:36:20 Posts: 4921 Location: Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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Hi James,
Any news on when TomTom will release the new update?
It’s been a week since we heard that TomTom have a solution and I’d like to try a version of Traffic that doesn’t keep disconnecting from GPRS.
Regards, _________________ Robert.
iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14.0.1: iOS CamerAlert v2.0.7
TomTom GO Mobile iOS 2.3.1; TomTom (UK & ROI and Europe) iOS apps v1.29
Garmin Camper 770 LMT-D |
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JamesShannon Occasional Visitor

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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Privateer wrote: |
Any news on when TomTom will release the new update?
It’s been a week since we heard that TomTom have a solution and I’d like to try a version of Traffic that doesn’t keep disconnecting from GPRS.
Regards, |
Although I clearly can't speak for TomTom, the update was released to the wider beta group on Monday, so I'd expect them to allow at least a week for any feedback from that group before publishing the update.
--James |
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