o2 mms is up! free til jan 31st 2002

am on hold now trying to get the settings..... dum de dum.....

i've got the settings if anyone wants them (saves a phone call). i have to wait till tomorrow for gprs to activated on my sim.

[ashby]

Yes please

B y the way is it free until Jan 31st 2002 or 2003?

Ashby

wouldn't be much good for 2002, whoops! it's 31st Jan 2003.
Here's the settings I was instructed to enter.

Under Tools->Settings->Connection

ACCESS POINTS

Connection Name: o2MMS (or whatever)
Data bearer: GPRS
Access point name: wap.o2.co.uk
username: o2wap
Prompt password: No
Password: password (imaginative!)
Authentication: Normal
Gateway IP address: 193.113.200.195
Homepage: http://mmsc.mms.o2.co.uk:8002
Connection security: Off
Session mode: Permanent

GPRS

GPRS connection: When needed
Access point: wap.o2.co.uk


Under Messaging->Settings->Multimedia message

Preferred connection: [connection name above]
Secondary connection: None
Multimedia recpetion: Always on
On receiving message: Retrieve immeadiately
Allow anon. messages: Yes
Recieve adverts: Yes
Reciev report: Yes
Deny report sending: No
Message validity: Maximum time
Image size: Small
Speaker: Loudspeaker

That ok? Haven't tested the settings cause am waiting for GPRS to activated on my sim, but got the settings from o2 so should all work.

enjoy.

[ashby]

Tried them, tey don't work.
I think its due to an issue with my GPRS.

I will talk to O2 and have it re-enabled

Ashby

[omar_g]

It won't work until tomorrow when the new MMS service is officialy announced. Settings can be downloaded OTA from the new MMS section on the O2 site. If you are on a tariff greater than £25 a month you will get 150 free MMS a month when the current offer finishes, not bad!

If you are on an old Genie contract, you will need a bit of luck getting O2 to enable your sim for MMS. Apparantly they have insturcted all staff not to do it.

All details are at www.o2.co.uk

i was on genie and they've enabled mine? probably cause i flustered the guy on the phone.

[omar_g]

Excellent! What number did you ring to get it done?

[omar_g]

I'm on the phone to the 50p min 5151 helpdesk, they're trying to get me to change my tariff. She insists that I can't get mms on Genie. :(

Anybody wanna ring up on my behalf and argue for me?!

[omar_g]

Last message I promise!

I changed my tariff, I know that sounds stupid, loosing my:

600 SMS
Unlimited WAP
100 Anytime minutes
for £12.50 a month, but the girl made a mistake! She's given me:

500 off peak mins
50 cross network mins
500 SMS
500 min WAP
for £15 a month. I'm a happy guy! I got the tariff so cheap because I was a sim only customer(!) when I first joined way back last year. I can also still ring back up tomorrow and get my upgrade to an new handset and still only pay £15!


Still can't send MMS though, I get the GPRS 'G' but then get a message saying 'User Barred' :(