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Don't worry - the iPhone won't even support eMail in the UK on O2 PAYG.

That's complete crap. He's using the wrong GPRS bundle. o2's £7.50 hasn't worked in years, but using the new iPhone specific bundle works fine!

http://customerforum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3527

I can confirm SSL Imap to gmail works, along with HTTPS. Blowing that article to bits.

MMS can't be sent directly to email on O2, and as far as I know, not at ALL in the UK.

Even so, eMail doesn't work on Pay as you Go on O2.

So yeah, it does affect customers. Anyone who sends an MMS to a non-MMS capable phone (presumably if the phone can't do MMS, it probably can't do eMail either), the MMS is posted to O2's website, and that's where the problem starts.

Did you bother to read the article?

MMS can't be sent directly to email on O2, and as far as I know, not at ALL in the UK.

Even so, eMail doesn't work on Pay as you Go on O2.

So yeah, it does affect customers. Anyone who sends an MMS to a non-MMS capable phone (presumably if the phone can't do MMS, it probably can't do eMail either), the MMS is posted to O2's website, and that's where the problem starts.

Did you bother to read the article?

Yes, but only if you message it to a non-mms enabled phone. rtfa you twonk!

Don't worry - the iPhone won't even support eMail in the UK on O2 PAYG.

Probably, O2 have already disabled access to email for non-contract users.

I tried to post this on /. the other day but hasn't been accepted; being as anyone on O2 is probably reading this article, I'll post it here. "It's been reported in a number of places that UK Mobile Phone company, O2 are blocking some internet ports for some customers.

It appears that although Contract customers on the mobile network are fully able to access email and SSH via their mobile phone, yet customers subscribed through 'Pay as you Go' (PAYG; a non-subscription service, paid up in front as credit), are only given WAP access, which only provides very basic HTTP access.

Essentially this means that anyone with a pay-in-front service agreement won't be able to access their email or use anything apart from basic HTTP, even though O2 are now selling and advertising the new Apple iPhone on PAYG and stating it will support "all the same features as contract customers".

It's been reported that on contacting O2, they state its a technical problem and one that can't be resolved, yet it's also been mentioned that their own O2 POP3 mail service does work, but access to any other service doesn't.

Are O2 right to restrict access for customers not on a fixed contract? Does your mobile phone company do the same thing? And are O2 advertising unfairly?"

More information here.

Probably, O2 have already disabled access to email for non-contract users.

I tried to post this on /. the other day but hasn't been accepted; being as anyone on O2 is probably reading this article, I'll post it here. "It's been reported in a number of places that UK Mobile Phone company, O2 are blocking some internet ports for some customers.

It appears that although Contract customers on the mobile network are fully able to access email and SSH via their mobile phone, yet customers subscribed through 'Pay as you Go' (PAYG; a non-subscription service, paid up in front as credit), are only given WAP access, which only provides very basic HTTP access.

Essentially this means that anyone with a pay-in-front service agreement won't be able to access their email or use anything apart from basic HTTP, even though O2 are now selling and advertising the new Apple iPhone on PAYG and stating it will support "all the same features as contract customers".

It's been reported that on contacting O2, they state its a technical problem and one that can't be resolved, yet it's also been mentioned that their own O2 POP3 mail service does work, but access to any other service doesn't.

Are O2 right to restrict access for customers not on a fixed contract? Does your mobile phone company do the same thing? And are O2 advertising unfairly?"

More information here.