"Mike Tullett" wrote in message
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A few weekends ago I must have transferred over 40 megabytes in one day
and
it was free:-) There is another member of this ng who uses his phone in
the same way, IIRC.


There is indeed, Mike. I wouldn't be without my O2 GPRS phone connected to
my laptop. It is ideal when on a train or in the car and something needs to
be checked quickly. It was good recently for keeping up to date with the
train bombing news as I was travelling from Nottingham to Manchester on a
train and there was a lot of hearsay floating about.

The only downfalls are that, as you say, you can only check O2 mail, not my
individual accounts with university or any other ISP. However it is possible
to use Windows Messenger, but not MSN Messenger. The biggest bonus is that
it is free, whatever you download, both here in the UK and abroad. Change
your SIM, Phil !! E-mail me if you want one as I have a few spare.

Joe