January 2008 - Opinion Poll

[Asfaq]

Do you use your cellphone to access the Web using GPRS/EDGE/WAP?

a) Yes, I surf the Web on mobile daily
b) Yes I use it only once-twice a week
c) I don't simply because I feel it is not secured. (Bad experiences, if any)
d) No, I don't use the Mobile Web as the speeds are very slow. (Name the service provider)

[The_Devil_Himself]

I'm the first one.

Hmm...I go for 4.I did use GPRS when I had nokia ngage qd cos it had that cool 'ngage arena' through which you could talk to other ngagers and download gaming stuff and all for your ngage.The speeds were not very good and it was pretty costly.Hutch had no unlimited GPRS plan then and I used to get 300+ bill\month just for GPRS.So I sold off ngage,deactivated GPRS, and got MTNL's broadband.

Oh my service provider:Hutch(now Vodafone).

So the main issues for me were---too less speeds and too costly.People say you get more insane speeds in edge enabled handsets+regions but I haven't used it so can't really say.

[azzu]

i pick B coz iam on Web thru mobile and i pretty much use it to surf web on my mobile i have MO on my airtel per day 15 UL which i think is pretty much good

[hayabusa_ryu]

Yeah I do the option B. Earlier when I got my new bsnl GPRS connection then I used to surf a lot and dowloaded a lot on my mobile too. My bill sometimes went above 150/- per day(prepaid):D ,generally 30-40/-/day. But now I controlled myself and use it(now Airtel MO) only when I m not with my laptop and when my laptop internet is not working.:)

[praka123]

I dont becoz i m not having a mobile which is able to browse internet.but soon include me too. :D

[Dark Star]

No.. I don't have Mobile and I am looking to buy one :p Surfing on my bro. HTC is such a pain ... Better one should buy a laptop or UMPC with big screen if he/she is a net addict on the move :p

[Delta]

I use GPRS only when I am away and internet is not accessible. I have BSNL Prepaid connection which is very costly for normal use.

[kumarmohit]

I use it only when I am needing to check something online while I am on the move. I voted for once or twice a week but actually its is rares may be once every 15 days.

[debiprasad_sahoo]

I voted for 4th one. I used to use BSNL wap service. But the speed is too slow that u can not able to download always. But u have to pay for the data transfered. So, I am not using any now.

[prasad_den]

Where is the 5th option...?? I don't use cell to access web because right now I don't have a mobile that has these facilities..

[Gigacore]

2. I use every weekend to try new applications and to access net when i'm out on holiday.

[Tech.Masti]

Using gprs everyday for surfing, but no EDGE here:(

[Charan]

I use it when im away from computer for many days.

[Vishal Gupta]

My vote goes to 4th option "No, I don't use the Mobile Web as the speeds are very slow. (Name the service provider)".

I have used Nokia 3120 and Sony Ericsson k700i in past. I tried with AirTel and BSNL connections but both times I get pathetic speed. I was able to browse on the net but with very poor speed and don't ask about downloads, coz it was impossible. :D

atm I'm using Tata connection and its not very good but not that bad. I get approx. 10-17 KBps download speed. In day time the speed is quite good but it goes worst between 5:00 PM - 12:00 AM.

[utsav]

My choice is D

because it is a pain to surf web pages with huge content like wallpapers etc.NO GPRS service provider is able to fullfill the demand of the customers as the number of GPRS users are increasing day by day and the speeds are worsening.The service providers are giving unlimited download facility but the reality is that they do not spend enough funds to provide bandwidth to the increasing demand of GPRS users and i myself have ditched GPRS due to the slow speeds it had.it was only sufficient to load www.google.com faster.

Service provider was IDEA cellular

[Cyclone]

I use Airtel's gprs on my roomie's phone, when I'm too lazy to borrow someone's pc or trudge to the computer centre in college, but now that Idea's offering gprs, I think I'll use mine instead...my roomie's phone bill's driving him nuts ;-)

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

I Selected option 3.
I've used Airtel Mobile Office for sometime but the speed was not up to the mark and the cost is also too high as compared to other cities and other service providers. Most of the time i used to get disconnected in middle of my Download and hence i can say that its not for people like me who are always indulged in download and heavy web surfing.

[shantanu]

i too use AIRTEL WAP(GPRS) on my windows mobile.. it is ok.. and yes i use it daily so its A>

as i always get important mails and IMs coming up any moment and there is a huge community work that we all do in these days, i love having a Mobile internet device with me , that allows me to do that all any where.

[vicky_l7]

yep i use airtel mo daily but i dont like it

[Tech_Wiz]

Option D. I used Idea , Sony Erriccson Z 550i

Good ol BSNL Broadband is best :D

[Batistabomb]

option D
service provider : Vodafone

[hikapil]

yes, i use it daily. Sometines for
1) Cricket scores.
2) Stock Update
3) News
4) Checking mail (very less)

[expertno.1]

Airtel GPRS is the only source of ma internet both on pc and mobile :D

have loaded above 20 GB in total data counter :D

and in mobile......UCweb shows 3000 mb as data counter (which means i surfed this much along with the downloads in mobile)

I have the symbian phone and using GPRS is such a breeze.....can get info of anything on the go ......anywhere anytime .....plus can provide net to any pc too.....so option A


Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

[xzone]

I don't use GPRS on my mobile because I've a 2 MBPS line in our office with which I work 12+ hours n if a person sitting in front of the computer for that long... won't ever think of getting online from a creepy cell connection :D [I've an IDEA connection... which has never changed my life so far.. LoL]

[casanova]

No, I don't use the Mobile Web as the speeds are very slow. My service provider is Airtel. Also, calls are quite often dropped if gprs is used for longer times on mobiles

[ravi_9793]

2 option for me.
I use my cell phone to access once or twice in a week.
Reason is -->> Slow speed.
I am happy with my Airtel BB 256 Kbps speed.

[anand1]

4. My option.
Yes i do also never try to use my Mobilephone for netconnect as the speed are too slow. I use my Laptop to connect to my Airtel BB and i love using it.

[src2206]

Cellphone to access internet? A strict no no for me (for the time being at least). It is not secured enough and the speed is horrible. Then the price is too high. Not to mention that I find it too inconvenient to type using the small keypad of a cell phone. I believe it is necessary for those who are always on the move and can afford a communicator which sports a decent QWERTY key board.

[Wh!Zk!D]

I am a WAP nerd.

I am always online on my phone.. logged on to a chat client as I prefer being online all the time. The only time I go offline is when the chat client closes due to the poor memory management in Series 60 third edition. Crap.

Been using GPRS for the last four years. It was free back then :roll: then they changed it to 150 and now 349.

I mostly access the net from my phone. I have a broadband conenction at home BSNL @2mbps - but nothing beats GPRS as it enables me to be online anywhere I am.

I have almost all browsers installed on the phone so that I can browse multiple webpages at the same time. :grin:

And whoever says gprs is too too slow for surfing, I agree. But its not that bad either.

With EDGE, i get speeds upto 32 KBps in the morning at home. I still don't know why this is in the morning only.. as the speed drops down during the day.

Simply put, i can't live without a GPRS enabled mobile phone. I feel shut off from the rest of the world.

AMEN.

[pritish_kul2]

One should not surf the net on mobile as it is the costs are very high,then the speed is also low.

[Wh!Zk!D]

One should not surf the net on mobile as it is the costs are very high,then the speed is also low.

Well.. it works perfectly fine for me. Obviously, I dont use it to download movies or torrents. But 32KBps with EDGE aint bad eh? I can download a 1 mb file in just under two odd minutes. And the rates are reasonable. Although it differs from circle to circle.

There is always a different viewpoint. Your post "implies" that no one should surf the net on the phone. Which obviously is not true as I do use it and I know there are many others like me. :)

[nish_higher]

2.i use it to connect my laptop when i am away from home

[expertno.1]

Well.. it works perfectly fine for me. Obviously, I dont use it to download movies or torrents. But 32KBps with EDGE aint bad eh? I can download a 1 mb file in just under two odd minutes. And the rates are reasonable. Although it differs from circle to circle.
:)
in 32KBps edge you can load 1 mb in less than 35 seconds because u get speeds from 24 KB/s to 28 KB/s

i get speeds of 8 KB/s ......and can download 1 mb in 2 min 5 sec......

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/4270/51467166xa3.th.jpg (http://img184.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51467166xa3.jpg)

and can upload 1 mb in 1 min 39 seconds @ 10 KB/s

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6802/78067818uj3.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=78067818uj3.jpg)

Thanks
Regards.....
Expertno.1

[sganesh]

ya i ve chosed option1.because this is an Era of Nomadic Computing

[Garbage]

AirTel GPRS/MO is the only way I can connect to Internet.

AirTel MO enabled me to connect to Internet from Linux and then after that I regularly using it. :)

But no EDGE here and too much poor speed. I got 2-3 KBps downloading speed.

[turbasu]

Speed is disgusting and connectivity is even worse through BSNL prepaid! Dunno abt postpaid yet...

[Sukhdeep Singh]

I dont use it for two reasons

1. Too slow
2. Too Expensive, 10 paise per 10 kb

[Tapomay]

My vote goes for Option [A]
No cheap and good BB service is available here. So I previously used BSNL's dial-up service. But after paying the huge bills (for nothing) for a few years I decided to go for Airtel's MO plan. No EDGE here, so Speed is very very slow. But I have to use it for now. :(

[Rudick]

In September 2007 I got my BSNL Broadband connetion but b4 that I surfed web using my mobile phone as modem(Nokia 5200). ISP was Airtel. Speed was OK as expected from GPRS connection but but during 3:00AM to 7:30AM speed 'came enviable to a broadband connection. How and Why u guys tell me.

[blueshift]

Airtel MO is the only best option for me here as I can't afford to have a broadband connection now. I pay only 100rs/month unlimited..no other charges..and yeah I do have a GPRS EDGE phone(w300i).

So I choose the 1st option.

Whn I am on the move, I use Opera Mini to browse the sites including this forum, GMail app for mails, RSS feeds for news, Google Maps mobile, Morange Mini for chat,mails...

More often I do download mp3s, ebooks and softwares. I even downloaded 2 complete movies in the past using my mobile. Speeds are good in the morning...and is very good if I use download manager.

Right now I am happy with the service but I really hope to see Mobile Internet revolution happening in India (3G/4G).

[zyberboy]

voted for 2nd option
Even though i don't like browsing from mobile,quite often i find situation were i have to rely on my Airtel GPRS.

[rohandhruva]

I use it very very rarely, to check mail when the PC is not available..

[Pathik]

My Mobile was my only access to the internet about 2-3 years back.
I used a Ngage QD with Airtel MO. The speeds rocked. But now the speeds are hellishly slow. But i still surf the net on my e50 with Airtel NOP.
GPRS FTW! :D

[evewin89]

i have a samsung SGH-E490 edge enabled handset & i use airtel GPRS 2 surf the net, though its download speed is very poor but still getting online all the time without thinking about any extra charge is worth it...

[krazzy]

Voted for the 1st option. I surf a lot on my phone. More than half of my posts on this forum are from a mobile phone, including this one. Just wish the speeds were better. Waiting eagerly for 3G.

[girish.g]

option 4
airtel gprs on k790. dont use it because it is too slow. past experiences with airtel GPRS on k750 also not good

[Pathik]

^^ Dude get a symbian fone if u wanna experience gprs applications to the fullest.

[rosemolr]

I pick opt 1 coz i used to surf and make chats in internet through my nok 6630& 6680.Iam using idea cellular

[Rajesh Balachandran]

I Vote 4. I have an EDGE Phone, but I am getting only the same speed as normal GPRS. My Service Provider is Vodafone. The charges for data connections is also very high. In my experience, it is also very inconvenient to browse the web using a mobile phone, except in Apple's iPhone (it is by far the best mobile for surfing; readability is superb and the display scaling is perfect).

I use GPRS/EDGE for checking e-mail via POP3, though. Never for surfing.

[girish.g]

@pathiks
tried to use gprs from my dad's n80 the experience is better than my k790i or k750i

[tuxfan]

4th Option: No, I don't use the Mobile Web as the speeds are very slow.

I have Nokia N70 (3G capable phone) with Vodafone in Mumbai.

Even when I was on a dial up, using net thru mobile looked slow. Now when I am habituated to Triband, a page takes eternity to load and is far more costly! 10 ps per 10 KB is Rs. 10 per MB! Triband is Rs. 1 per MB.

10 times the cost, 1/100 the speed! Not done! Data cards and laptops are getting more and more popular and rightly so!

[Gursimran]

It was too slow!!!
Airtel @ 4kbps :(

[talkingcomet]

Use it ocassionally to check for some quick information on the move!