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Forum: Greece and Cyprus 18-03-2010, 12:37
Replies: 13
Views: 19,436
Posted By DaveRo
I found the Press Release...

I found the Press Release (http://www.wind.com.gr/Listing.fds?langid=2&pageID=101&tablePageID=240&rec=1224&p=1) about this offer.

Only thing not already mentioned here is "... each WIND F2G...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 15-03-2010, 17:54
Replies: 13
Views: 19,436
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for spotting that, Evan. Is this data...

Thanks for spotting that, Evan.

Is this data offer only for the WAP portal - gwap.b-online.gr and proxy 192.168.200.10:9401? Or does it work for gint.b-online.gr?

I hope YP works for a balance...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 30-01-2010, 22:12
Replies: 4
Views: 6,209
Posted By DaveRo
"short-term visitors and tourists will be asked...

"short-term visitors and tourists will be asked for name, address and passport."
From here
Prepaid cell phone cards in Greece lose anonymity starting November 2009...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 08-11-2009, 16:29
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Prepaid cell/mobile phone cards in Greece –...

Prepaid cell/mobile phone cards in Greece – Registration begins (http://livingingreece.gr/2009/11/08/prepaid-mobile-cell-phone-greece/)
Forum: France 18-10-2009, 11:42
Replies: 254
Views: 177,786
Posted By DaveRo
This post Mobicarte Orange [topic unique] -...

This post
Mobicarte Orange [topic unique] - Page : 27 - GSM - Technologies Mobiles - FORUM HardWare.fr (http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/gsmgpspda/GSM/unique-mobicarte-orange-sujet_785_27.htm#t399886)...
Forum: Europe 17-10-2009, 07:38
Replies: 35
Views: 39,413
Posted By DaveRo
That's not how I interpret the government...

That's not how I interpret the government website.

Here (http://imei.tk.gov.tr/node/46) is the relevant page in English. I expect it's clearer in Turkish ;-)
I can understand that!

I assume...
Forum: Europe 13-10-2009, 18:38
Replies: 35
Views: 39,413
Posted By DaveRo
Mobile internet access

I emailed Turkcell and got this prompt reply:

When you come to Turkey, with your passport you can buy prepaid turkcell line from Turkcell extra shops.

You can also connect to the internet with...
Forum: Europe 11-10-2009, 11:27
Replies: 35
Views: 39,413
Posted By DaveRo
A couple of websites I found that deal with the...

A couple of websites I found that deal with the theory of IMEI registration:

This one is a Q&A in English:

Avea: Unregistered devices...
Forum: Europe 09-10-2009, 23:10
Replies: 35
Views: 39,413
Posted By DaveRo
I'll probably be in Turkey for 8 to 10 weeks next...

I'll probably be in Turkey for 8 to 10 weeks next year, and require GPRS in small volumes - 1Mb/day is enough.

Vodafone (http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/turchia/voda.html) charge 750units/month,...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 07-10-2009, 21:03
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I'm back in the UK and have updated my page about...

I'm back in the UK and have updated my page about using Cosmote My View’n'Web here:

Greek Internet Weather Yacht Vigdis (http://yachtvigdis.wordpress.com/greek-internet-weather/)

All...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 29-08-2009, 06:37
Replies: 5
Views: 5,367
Posted By DaveRo
I solved it. I need to set the http_proxy...

I solved it. I need to set the http_proxy environment variable. I assumed that the connection manager would specify the proxy for WGET since the browser picks it up.
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 28-08-2009, 05:46
Replies: 5
Views: 5,367
Posted By DaveRo
Yes, I usually use -U; I tried the longer version...

Yes, I usually use -U; I tried the longer version yesterday.

I'll try checking if the UAS is actually changed next time I find a wifi - may be a week or two. Maybe this version of WGET, compiled...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 27-08-2009, 16:18
Replies: 5
Views: 5,367
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for that comprehensive reply, but I...

Thanks for that comprehensive reply, but I already tried that. I just tried again with Cosmote and your suggested User Agent Strings (UAS) and it definitely makes no difference.

Is it likely that...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 25-08-2009, 13:46
Replies: 5
Views: 5,367
Posted By DaveRo
Why doesn't WGET work with Cosmote or Wind GR'

A rather technical question. On my blog about using Greek phones for weather forecasts
Greek Internet Weather Yacht Vigdis (http://yachtvigdis.wordpress.com/greek-internet-weather/)
I explain how...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 22-08-2009, 05:48
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
No - I'm currently using Cosmote myView'n'Web...

No - I'm currently using Cosmote myView'n'Web over 3G here on Kos.

Yes - speeds on Cosmote can be very slow. It's best early in the morning - which is when I want waether forecasts ;-)
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 21-08-2009, 06:29
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for that clarification. So both...

Thanks for that clarification.

So both Cosmote My View'n'Web and Wind Plus Non-stop renew automatically.

I was in a bay on Kalimnos where I got a reasonable Cosmote GPRS signal but I couldn't...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 08-08-2009, 20:33
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Back in May I read on the excellent Living In...

Back in May I read on the excellent Living In Greece blog about proposals to require owners of Greek pre-paid SIMs to register them: Prepaid cell phone cards in Greece lose anonymity starting July...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 19-06-2009, 22:18
Replies: 2
Views: 4,366
Posted By DaveRo
See my recent reply here...

See my recent reply here (http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/europe/2835-greece-hspa-prepaid-postpaid-offers-7.html#post27553). I don't know about 3G in the places mentioned.
No. I've bought both...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 04-06-2009, 05:21
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I suggest that you just study the posts dated...

I suggest that you just study the posts dated 2009.

There is also a recent update on this blog:
Mobile Internet for Visitors in Greece 2009 (http://betabug.ch/blogs/ch-athens/958)

I have found...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 24-05-2009, 20:44
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Having used up the free period, I have now...

Having used up the free period, I have now successfully subscribed to a 4€ monthly pass using the WAP portal.

1 Select 'My Account'
2 Scroll down and look for 'Monthly Pass' - 'Miniaio paso'...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 07-05-2009, 20:11
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I figured out how to get the WAP browser on my...

I figured out how to get the WAP browser on my phone to go to Cosmote and not T-mobile. On first access to the WAP portal (wap.cosmotemyview.gr) I got a long welcome screen which tells me I have 15...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 03-05-2009, 15:33
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for your help, gmmour. I have set up an...

Thanks for your help, gmmour. I have set up an account. But I cannot see a way of subscribing to My View 'n' Web on the cosmote internet website.

The option 'prices' (6th down on the left) says...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 30-04-2009, 18:22
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks. I have the user code - customer serviices...

Thanks. I have the user code - customer serviices always asks for it.

I sail south from Nidri (Lefkada) tomorrow - not sure where the next wifi will be. But I will be back on here when I can.
...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 30-04-2009, 10:45
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I bought a Cosmokarte. No indication of free 15...

I bought a Cosmokarte. No indication of free 15 days MyView as mentioned earlier by caliston. SMS 'WAP' to 1333 failed - "the activation of your function not immediately possible...ring customer...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 26-04-2009, 11:29
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Back in Greece, so I activated Wind Non-stop,...

Back in Greece, so I activated Wind Non-stop, since I had the SIM and some credit. I find that I cannot access some sites – e.g. my webmail at webmail.1and1.co.uk, or the mobile gmail site. Neither...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 20-04-2009, 20:27
Replies: 11
Views: 14,998
Posted By DaveRo
Really? Nowhere have I read that! I'll try it...

Really? Nowhere have I read that! I'll try it when I get to Greece later this week.

I admit that I tend to avoid telephone help desks; often I've been given several options "If .... press 1, if...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 20-04-2009, 10:55
Replies: 11
Views: 14,998
Posted By DaveRo
I expect you'll get an SMS - all in upper case...

I expect you'll get an SMS - all in upper case Greek. ;-) I got three yesterday when I put the SIM in the phone here in the UK.

I have a book of Greek SMS messages and their translations. Unlike,...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 19-04-2009, 21:46
Replies: 11
Views: 14,998
Posted By DaveRo
Yep. On mine it's just under the barcode.

Yep. On mine it's just under the barcode.
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 19-04-2009, 17:36
Replies: 11
Views: 14,998
Posted By DaveRo
The one I bought a year ago does not have the...

The one I bought a year ago does not have the number on the SIM or the card it was attached to. I got it from a shop in Greece and it was in a paper envelope which does have the number on it - 693...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 10-04-2009, 15:18
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Are you both sure that the bundles (250Mb, 5Gb)...

Are you both sure that the bundles (250Mb, 5Gb) are not available with prepaid? If it is €4.3/Mb while you use up the €43 and €4.2/Mb (?) afterwards then that could have been expressed much...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 09-04-2009, 20:22
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
In that case what does Charges for use in excess...

In that case what does Charges for use in excess of the free usage volume mean? It appears under the prepaid deal - see my link.
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 04-04-2009, 22:07
Replies: 1
Views: 4,030
Posted By DaveRo
See my post on the Greece HSPA sticky thread. ...

See my post on the Greece HSPA sticky thread.

Also, read back through that thread for some other options.

Dave
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 04-04-2009, 21:38
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I just found this: Vodafone Mobile Broadband...

I just found this: Vodafone Mobile Broadband Tariff Plans (http://www.vodafone.gr/portal/client/cms/viewCmsPage.action?pageId=1339&request_locale=en) which has a prepaid option.

I think this is...
Forum: France 18-02-2009, 12:13
Replies: 254
Views: 177,786
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for all that. It sounds better than my...

Thanks for all that. It sounds better than my last experience of Mobicarte: http://www.prepaidgsm.net/forum/europe/1742-gprs-france.html - 2 years ago

The mobicarte I bought then, on ebay, way...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 09-01-2009, 11:26
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I looked at Cosmote's and Wind's new WAP offers...

I looked at Cosmote's and Wind's new WAP offers when I was in the Ionian in October. Both said that the Poseidon weather site was part of their portal - so maybe excluded from the 40Mb. Can you tell...
Forum: Italy 20-10-2008, 23:35
Replies: 19
Views: 20,409
Posted By DaveRo
I subscribed to Roaming No Limit while in Greece....

I subscribed to Roaming No Limit while in Greece. (It didn't work with Cosmote - see Greece HSPA thread.) Returning through Italy I sent a 'Roaming No Limit No' SMS which was rejected: 'invalid...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 24-09-2008, 15:10
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks for the warning. I'll need something to...

Thanks for the warning. I'll need something to replace it when I sail in Greece next year.

Yesterday I was in Kioni, on Ithiki. It is the first place I've been with no Wind signal - only Cosmote....
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 15-09-2008, 13:19
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
So there's nothing I can do to tell the site I'm...

So there's nothing I can do to tell the site I'm not a phone? Any HTTP headers I could add with Privoxy?

Opera isn't avaiilable for the Nokia N810 - or wasn't last time I looked. Actually, the...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 15-09-2008, 08:47
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
I don't have a yahoo mail account but I do have...

I don't have a yahoo mail account but I do have yahoo logins for flickr. Lately i've been having problems with flickr over Wind NS. I used to be able to use the 'blog this' feature but now I can't....
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 01-09-2008, 06:07
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
Thanks - that's a useful clue. Why should gecko...

Thanks - that's a useful clue. Why should gecko cause or detect a redirect loop and not Opera, I wonder? I have not come accross any other site with this problem.

Thunderdird won't work because...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 26-08-2008, 06:08
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
Back in Greece with Wind plus non-stop (Ionian...

Back in Greece with Wind plus non-stop (Ionian islands) and can confirm that Privoxy solves the HTML/XML mangling problem. Firefox 3 on the laptop and the Nokia N810 work fine.

Next problem: why...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 13-08-2008, 08:48
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
@gmmour: Thanks very much. This is all very...

@gmmour: Thanks very much. This is all very helpful.

Dave
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 12-08-2008, 08:18
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
I'm back in Greece next week and spent an hour...

I'm back in Greece next week and spent an hour yesterday on Cosmote's website looking for prepaid data prices or offers as a back-up to Wind NS. I couldn't find that price and didn't see "My View...
Forum: UK & Ireland 09-08-2008, 15:04
Replies: 3
Views: 3,003
Posted By DaveRo
Is that the reason for the failure to connect, or...

Is that the reason for the failure to connect, or just the pretext for the refund?

I see from your blog you're in Deal, in Kent. I would have expected the modem to work with GPRS if there was no...
Forum: Europe 03-08-2008, 13:45
Replies: 13
Views: 5,663
Posted By DaveRo
Next episode:

Next episode:
Forum: Europe 03-08-2008, 11:55
Replies: 13
Views: 5,663
Posted By DaveRo
This was posted to a sailing forum. I'm reposting...

This was posted to a sailing forum. I'm reposting it here with Jan's permission.
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 29-07-2008, 11:48
Replies: 222
Views: 193,620
Posted By DaveRo
'plus non-stop' gives you internet access. For...

'plus non-stop' gives you internet access. For other F2G rates go here (http://www.wind.com.gr/default.fds?langid=2) and follow the drop-down menus:
Wind mobile telephony > For individuals > Prepaid...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 05-07-2008, 11:17
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
I think I now have a work-round to the HTML...

I think I now have a work-round to the HTML mangling (XML parsing error) problem caused by Wind's WAP Proxy. It uses privoxy (http://www.privoxy.org/) and seems to work on both my laptop and the...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 01-07-2008, 14:03
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
Yes, I'm sure that is the reason. I was sometimes...

Yes, I'm sure that is the reason. I was sometimes served WML pages instead of html - I assume that the proxy was altering the http requests in some way.Maybe they read this forum! I don't think they...
Forum: Greece and Cyprus 01-07-2008, 09:03
Replies: 78
Views: 42,839
Posted By DaveRo
I concluded that many (all?) sites that uses AJAX...

I concluded that many (all?) sites that uses AJAX (asynchronous javascript and XML) won't work. At least they won't when parsed as html in Firefox - I don't know about Opera. The wordpress blog...
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