Did you get a sms saying your Mnet GPRS was being upgraded for free to 3.5g ??

If so be careful

Yes the do swap you on to 3.5g account but not the basic one it's the 2mb at 25Dr per month rental charge

If you are only an occassional user then cancel your mnet gprs by calling 101 then subscribe to pay as you go at 2fils per 2k download no rental charge by dialling 125

If unsure call 8006464 there helpful

Best of luck with customer services

rgds
Steve

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mohammed Al-Ashram,

Hi Steve and what a great comeback!

Thanks for the clarification I also got the SMS from them which I posted here, here it is again:

quote:

"Dear customer, we are pleased to inform you that on 26 Feb 07, your Mnet subscription will be migrated to 3.5G Pay As You Go Data Package without having to pay registration or rental fees. With the new package, Mnet monthly rental of AED 10 will be waived. You will enjoy High Speed Internet Access & video calling using 3G handset. Charges are 2fils/Kb. Video call charges are 75fils/min. For info call 8006464

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MA

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Originally posted by Mohammed Al-Ashram:
Hi Steve and what a great comeback!

Thanks for the clarification I also got the SMS from them

Thanks M8

Actually I'm still waiting for CS to phone back on cancellation of Mnet

The 125 activation is easy, only a selection menu, still waiting for sms confirmation (24hrs they say) Note if you phone the usual 121 for wasel they tell you to phone 125 which is the post paid services normally

The 101 CS did not even know there was a pay as you go data package option

I noticed on E's web site the do say some services are not available on pre-paid (wasel accounts)hope this is not another problem yet to encounter.

All of this came about as I could not get a gprs connection.

rgds
Steve

Welcome back Steve...

All the nest with mNet

SKP

quote:

Welcome back Steve...

All the nest with mNet

Ta M8

got my 3g but have no clue if E has put me on pay as you go as no sms notification or call back as promised
rgds
Steve

wait for a month or so, and know the fees

As a follow up finally got 3G working on my phone and the Mrs

The video calls are fun now I can see what the wife is spending my money on

rgds
Steve

SteveJ,

Thanks for the tip! At least I know what should I expect!

btw- I am looking for 3G offers from Du, let's hope they Du it soon!

Does anyone know if E or du are offering HSDPA now? I got an SMS from E saying that my 3G speed has been increased to 2Mbit for no extra charge, and as far as I know that is only possible via HSDPA not UMTS. What about du?

Also, someone told me that E is now offering a 1GB data transfer package for around Dhs. 900 month, but their website has not been updated in a while. I was hopeful that du would offer an unlimited plan for 3G, but sadly their pricing is no better.

jimmyg,

I was also searching for this information and I couldn't find it on Etisalat's website, I just found one broken link or empty page about thier 3G/GPRS charges but nothing about HSDPA.

Since Etisalat is giving a name to each service you will have to check one by one and that is time consuming I will have to call 101

So far I didn't find anything in Du but will look further later, check here: http://www.du.ae/en/business/products-and-services/mobi...ess-mobile-data.html

And here: http://www.du.ae/en/category/add-5-to-life/next-generation/