Re: [OT] GPRS usage count

["Shmern" <shmern@xxxxxxx>]

> Hi All,
>
> Is anyone on here using GPRS?
>

Dabbling with it for work.

> At work we use it as part of our telematics device and have noticed
(after
a huge GPRS bill) that the byte count is about 10 fold what you think it
is.
>

Have you checked the GPRS data counter in the phone itself ? It should give
last session and total usage in bytes AFAIK

> We calculated that we had sent about 80-100Kb of data (including the
TCP/IP header) and the GPRS bill showed this to be just over 1Mb. We have
looked at this and have come to the conclusion that this is due to the
handshaking that TCP/IP employs when making a connection. We connect in a
way similar to a web page.
>

I must admit I have only used it to pick up email for now, and it worked
ok.
Ultimately we would like to use it for accessing an NFuse/Metaframe server
farm, via a PDA. Altho I haven't tested this as yet.

> Even if you only use web pages in Text mode you are going to generate
a
lot of data traffic.
>
> No wonder the phone operators are happy??? :o(
>
> Dave...
>

Darren