Thread: Airtel GPRS: Questions, Problems and Solutions

Originally posted by knak@Oct 6 2004, 10:44 PM
What is the rate for using Airtel live? ( browsing, email etc )* how do they charge it?* time? data?
Its nowere on their sites and CC is always busy here...

any1 an idea?
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Well I have been using Airtel Live (previously Airtel Masala) for an year now. The service is only for browsing on handset only and cannot be used for PC/Laptop etc.

Moreover 2-3 days back they have limited the browsing to only Airtel Live&#39;s home page in delhi.....no external site is allowed.....this restriction was earlier too but inbetween for a period of 4-5 months u can access all sites....now it&#39;s no longer true.

Anyways, subsribing to Airtel Live is free and so is browsing. Airtel mentions the downloading of items like polytones/waalpapers/themes etc is chargeable.
But see that where u see "powred by phoneytunes or IMI mobile wll not get charged whereas those provided by Yahoo, indiatimes etc will get charged....

Beleive me Airtel Live s*cks now.....it&#39;s so slow now....u can hardly browse or download

Initially it was good....and airtel people have forgotten to block the send sms via gprs option.....i discovered it and send around 4000 sms a month for 2-3 months and then they came to know bout it and then blocked it.....

I no longer use airtel.....it s*cks so much......coverage is poor.....voice breaks too much and call drops are often.

Hi all,

I want to know how is Airtel Mobile Office unlimited GPRS conx. for 150 pm, do we get descent speeds on it while surfing on PC though mobile phone.
I would have tried it myself but i&#39;ve got a Hutch, and changing it would involve quite a lot of trouble , so is it worth it ?
Thanx in advance

Regards
TM

Definitely Not&#33; Its near to or less than Dialup Speed&#33; (<56k)&#33; If changing your connection is invovled, you must think about it&#33; Thought its unlimited&#33; You can give it a thought if ytoua re a regular chatter, using it more in time than more in bandwidth&#33; If you re a heavy downloader, leave the thought&#33;

for airtel its mobile office....i too m lookin for the details.....frm wht i have searched on net........
mobile office is charged 99 for some whereas some told 199...........now ppl sayin the charges r ard 249 presently............
so i guess as it gains popularity..........they r charging high....but for old ppl charges r same...or depending on its popularity.......

also ppl says its slow.....but wht i heard frm ppl xperince...is that wht u need is airtel tower near u.......+ most important u need edge supportin phone....ppl use gprs phones and say they get 4-5kBps..........
and says its slow........but max speed for gprs is 48kbps.......so 5 kBps is right speed......
regarding edge..........u get max speed 236.8......which comes ard 20-22kBps but practically u get 12-14 ard which is good.......

regarding settings i dont know anything...but 1 person posted this hope it helps u


Connection Name: Mobile Office
Data Bearer: GPRS
Access Point Name: airtelgprs.com
User name: Blank
prompt password: No
Password:Blank
Homepage:http://www.google.com
Gateway IP Address: 202.56.231.117
Connection Security: off
Session Mode: Permanent

I have used Airtel mobile office for myself,i must say my experience wasnt the best.but its not bad for the money we pay for it considering there isnt any download limits or anything.
Regarding speed,during off peak hours ,u get decent speed of about 6KBps constantly.but during peak (read 5pm to 11pm) ,it goes down ,its pathetic 2-3KBps.
With EDGE the situation is like 2.5-3 times better than gprs. Another problem with MO is all gprs users share same (external) ip(&#33;) (Remember rapidshare one ip limit,its basically a mess if u do that). p2p can be barely used,but there are workarounds,but dont expect much.

For query&#39;s about mobile&#39;s and configuration u can ask to some mobile phone forums like esato.com or something.