abroadband - Page 5

dg7feq · 16-03-2011, 07:31

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Originally Posted by snidely

What is the definition of a "session"? If you were going to make a series of calls, is that one session or several? Or, if you do a Google search and click on a series of links - is that one long session or a series that can each make you round up a bunch of short downloads?
I think I'll ask them.
I often am on a "session" where, for periods of time, no data is going up or down.

...mike

usually a session is defined from the time where your phone connects to the GPRS service (when the G, E or 3G or H symbol appears on your screen) to the time where you disconnect the GPRS service again. Most providers still have some smallprint like "at least one session rounding per day / per hour" etc.

Chris

snidely · 17-03-2011, 16:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by dg7feq

usually a session is defined from the time where your phone connects to the GPRS service (when the G, E or 3G or H symbol appears on your screen) to the time where you disconnect the GPRS service again. Most providers still have some smallprint like "at least one session rounding per day / per hour" etc.

Chris

That makes sense. Also, they should count it as a single "session" if you lose signal and reconnect within 2 or 3 minutes.

...mike

andy · 17-03-2011, 22:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by snidely

That makes sense. Also, they should count it as a single "session" if you lose signal and reconnect within 2 or 3 minutes.

...mike

It would be nice to see, but I wonder ...

That's where unit sizes in the billing will come into the picture, and might affect people's decisions on thing like leaving an email client constantly checking or just doing manual updates a few times a day

dg7feq · 18-03-2011, 09:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by snidely

That makes sense. Also, they should count it as a single "session" if you lose signal and reconnect within 2 or 3 minutes.

...mike

yes, depends on the settings on the providers APN. For example T-Mobile germany holds the session open for up to 60 minutes in case the subscriber is getting out of service area and re-entering. Other providers can set different times of course.

Chris

ronniewilliams · 23-03-2011, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Effendi

my abroadband - abroadband.com

Someone used this service?
It seems to be postpaid and it also seems to be owned by A1 Austria Telekom.
€ 0,59/MB everywhere is not that bad and it has a yearly fee of € 10.00 too.

Could be interesting for low data usage.

I don't use it but Abroadband service is a postpaid service and they give different packages of different prices but they provide there services just within 50 countries. If they increase it then it is possible that this service is useful for high data or whatever you want.

RobertSeviour · 27-03-2011, 13:31

I bought one, but I can't use it because the registration process fails to complete. I emailed abroadband.com about this and have not had a reply in over a week. I phoned them in Austria 3 days ago, spoke to a pleasant help line man who told me to clear my internet cache. I did this but it didn't fix the problem. He said he had no further suggestions and would pass my problem on to someone else. That was 3 days ago and I have heard nothing more from them since. Disappointing to say the least.

tux · 13-04-2011, 15:43

Hi guys, Easter deal for abroadband: *Promotion "no shipping costs" valid until 30.04.2011 (standard parcel post).
On all their products.

kuba.g · 03-05-2011, 15:37

I have just received mine.

Some remarks:
-It is indeed shipped by DHL (tracable) for free
-I couldn't register my card using abroadband's internet. The first two steps were OK, but I couldn't load the PayPal page so I copied the URL and registered on my own internet network.
-I am getting the same speeds as on my own Dutch Simyo sim card on the KPN network.
-You can check your usage online on the abroadband site. It is updated instantly.

-The way in which it connects to a network is very strange. According to their website they should support KPN and Vodafone in The Netherlands. When in 'automatic' mode it connects me to Vodafone NL. When I manually search for networks and select KPN, KPN denies my sim card and at the same moment I also loose my connection with Vodafone. After that I also cannot connect to Vodafone any more (it also denies my sim card)

The only way I could get it to connect to KPN is by forcing WCDMA, restarting, and then letting the phone select the network automatically.

This all seems very strange to me, as I haven't experienced it with any other sim card. Does somebody know a possible cause of this?

tux · 03-05-2011, 16:45

I had no trouble with registering the sim within abroadband's network.

And I can't test the roaming between networks because in Italy they have an agreement only with Vodafone IT; anyway your problem is very strange.

kuba.g · 03-05-2011, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by tux

anyway your problem is very strange.

This is how it looks like: YouTube - abroadband

I have also just tried it in my Nokia 2330 and the effect is exactly the same.

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RobertSeviour (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 27 Mar 2011 Country:	27-03-2011, 13:31 I bought one, but I can't use it because the registration process fails to complete. I emailed abroadband.com about this and have not had a reply in over a week. I phoned them in Austria 3 days ago, spoke to a pleasant help line man who told me to clear my internet cache. I did this but it didn't fix the problem. He said he had no further suggestions and would pass my problem on to someone else. That was 3 days ago and I have heard nothing more from them since. Disappointing to say the least.

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tux (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 250 Join Date: 28 Jan 2011 Country:	13-04-2011, 15:43 Hi guys, Easter deal for abroadband: *Promotion "no shipping costs" valid until 30.04.2011 (standard parcel post). On all their products.

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kuba.g (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 228 Join Date: 24 Oct 2010 Country:	03-05-2011, 15:37 I have just received mine. Some remarks: -It is indeed shipped by DHL (tracable) for free -I couldn't register my card using abroadband's internet. The first two steps were OK, but I couldn't load the PayPal page so I copied the URL and registered on my own internet network. -I am getting the same speeds as on my own Dutch Simyo sim card on the KPN network. -You can check your usage online on the abroadband site. It is updated instantly. -The way in which it connects to a network is very strange. According to their website they should support KPN and Vodafone in The Netherlands. When in 'automatic' mode it connects me to Vodafone NL. When I manually search for networks and select KPN, KPN denies my sim card and at the same moment I also loose my connection with Vodafone. After that I also cannot connect to Vodafone any more (it also denies my sim card) The only way I could get it to connect to KPN is by forcing WCDMA, restarting, and then letting the phone select the network automatically. This all seems very strange to me, as I haven't experienced it with any other sim card. Does somebody know a possible cause of this? Mobile internet sim cards: INT: abroadband, NL: Simyo, bliep, BE: Colruyt Mobile, MEDIONmobile, LUX: Orange, PL: mBank Mobile, DE: Congstar, MEDIONmobile, IE: Vodafone, CH: OK Mobil, SwissCom, SE: Telia, ES: MásMovil, GR: Cosmote, IT: TIM, RO: Vodafone, RS: mt:s, BY: Privet, UA: Kievstar, MD: Moldcell Feel free to consult me about sim cards in the Benelux and Poland.* Last edited by kuba.g; 03-05-2011 at 15:58..

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tux (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 250 Join Date: 28 Jan 2011 Country:	03-05-2011, 16:45 I had no trouble with registering the sim within abroadband's network. And I can't test the roaming between networks because in Italy they have an agreement only with Vodafone IT; anyway your problem is very strange.