Experience of Wind GPRS in Italy

[Landis]

Not sure what you mean by dialing? Since GPRS is an always on connection you don't really need to dial anything to be online. Maybe you can clear this up.

[DaveRo]

Originally Posted by Landis

Not sure what you mean by dialing...

As far as the laptop is concerned it's a 'dial up' (PPP) connection using a bluetooth modem. Once the bluetooth serial link has been establshed between the laptop and the phone (no problem with this AFAICS) the laptop 'dials' *99# to establish the connection with the access point - which in my case is set up in the phone as the default AP. Once it establishes the connection it then authenticates and establishes an internet connection.

It's the dial/connect phase that fails - usually no response so it times out. If that works the authentication nearly always works.

I get the same connection problems with my Zaurus PDA, so it's not the laptop (but it could be the phone - I only have one unlocked bluetooth phone.)

Once the network connection has been established it should be 'always on' until I disconnect, but as I said it generally dies once data stops flowing - and often dies even when it is. In that case the phone thinks the GPRS session is still active - it just doesn't work.

(Funny how the work 'dial' has survived long after the rotary dial has become obsolete.)

Dave