Bestmates and CSD

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#14210 21-Jun-2007 10:21

Well if for some insane reason I wanted to run an old phone as a dial in modem and have the number of that phone as my bestmate
would a data call come under the definition of a call according to Vodafone?

If so theres unlimited mobile internet for $6 a month. I know only 9.6Kb/s but it could be useful for the occasional email download while away on holiday.

In the extreme 24/7 days a week case we could get a maximum of around

1KB/s*3600*24*31

= 2.5 GB for $6!!!

Comments, thoughts?

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sbiddle

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#75486 21-Jun-2007 10:48

CSD is billed differently so it won't work.

If you're On Account CSD is charged at a fixed rate for the first 30s and then per second after that. If you're on Prepay it's charged at your usual airtime rate.

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#75489 21-Jun-2007 10:54

Why is it billed differently? How is it different from a voice call between two phones? It's just two modems talking to each other instead.

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johnr

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#75492 21-Jun-2007 11:12

Network knows its a CSD connection and bestmate is for voice calls only

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#75496 21-Jun-2007 11:28

Its always in the details, thanks guys

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#75524 21-Jun-2007 14:02

Plus bestmate is only for 021 to 021... so unless that data call was to an 021... then yea it wouldn't work anyway!!

I want bestmate OA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#75529 21-Jun-2007 14:13

simon14: Plus bestmate is only for 021 to 021... so unless that data call was to an 021... then yea it wouldn't work anyway!!!

Yea i know I've got a couple of old gsms

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