Hi,
is there a program that could restrict the amount of traffic through GRPS per day? Don't tell me about SPB GPRS Monitor, it just says it could do it but it couldn't break live connection for some reason and just complain afterward about limit being broken.
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Whats the diff between csd and gprs. Right now I created a new connection by doing start; settings; connections; connections; modify (internet settings). Under "My connection" I have it set for "cellular line (GPRS)". Under baud rate it is 19200 (why so slow?). Clicking next I have "wap.voicestream.com". This works but is really slow. Is this the correct way to use GPRS or is this CSD? If not, what is CSD? Is it better. Sorry for so many questions but I really dont know much about this. I have t-mobile in the US (southern california).
CSD (Circuit-Switched Data)
CSD is similar to your PC dialing up to a ISP / corperate modem pool for a data connection. For XDA or a cell phone in general, it consumes your air time. (If you make the CSD call during nights & weekends with T-Mobile, air time is free.) You get a 7Kbps avg narrow pipe - pulling an Internet page is very slow, but you can turn off the graphics on XDA to speed it up. GPRS is designed for data, giving you 40Kbps avg pipe, comparable to your PC dial-up speed but you have to pay T-Mobile $20/mo for unlimited data service. See thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4723
for setup. Hope this helps.
I'm interested in finding out if any applications exist out there to indicate realtime throughput on the GPRS connection. Something like DU meter but for the PPC. It would show real time and average d/load and u/load speeds.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Ian
You can check out SPB GPRS Monitor. I use that for the GPRS Monitor, and I used IP Dashboard by Omega One to monitor my Upload and Download usage, speed monitor and ping utility.
I have created a few apps using www.pocketpccreations.com (plug for an excelent product). The problem I am having is the GPRS connection drops every time the phone is used and thus the server loses the connection with the xda. My app needs a perminent connection so I can update Jobs, prices lists, program updates etc.
There is no wake up GPRS command available in pocketpccreations, is there a standalone app that will switch the GPRS back on (ie similar to doing a send and recive in messaging) whenever it drops?
my gprs icon is permently on on my device G with the 2 arrows task manager says nothing running, will this use up my GPRS data?
Providing no app is accessing your GPRS then no. It's a bit like having your home PC connected to broadband ADSL but nothing actually downloading. The connection has been made but it's sat there idle.
Just ensure no application is running in the background.
You can, of course, click the "G" icon itself and then close the connection down.
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but if the operator is billing out idle time (T-Mobile HUN rounds up every 5/15 mins the traffic to 10kB) it's not equal then, if there is an active conn or not.
Connection via a dial-up WAP connection take the form of an actual call and are thus are billed by time. But GPRS data calls, I thought, were billed by data transferred. I often leave my GPRS connection open all day and Orange UK certainly only bill per MB.
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Hi everybody!
Is there a way (e.g. registry hack) to keep ActiveSync from disconnecting the GPRS connection?
I have GPRS always on for Push Email and my GPRS tariff has a 100kb block size with a monthly limit of 30MB, so disconnecting every time I sync my device is using up my limit quite fast...
:?
Thanks!