GPRS Setting for Afghanistan

[besjr69]

Well I was so happy yesterday. I received my new MWg Atom (great phone BTW) and was all set to set up GPRS. Unfortunately, Afghan Wireless Communications Company does not support this device. They do all of their GPRS setting via OTA SMS. This is a very long shot, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the manual GPRS setting are for AWCC or Roshan in Afghanistan. The Auto Configurator does not have either of these networks. Pakistan is the closest country I could find in the list.

Bobby

[quark1980]

sorry dude, all you can find about those networks is to call customer service..

they should help you out with a device wich needs manual settings...

[besjr69]

Thanks for the reply, but I've already been down that road. They just hang up when you mention your device is not Nokia, Samsung or Motorola. They insist my phone doesn't support GPRS, but of course it does. Also, I erased all of the settings and got connected, but it is very slow (8Kbps max). I believe I'm connected to their GPRS, but they also have an INTERNET profile which is supposed to be faster.

[maihannijat]

Well I was so happy yesterday. I received my new MWg Atom (great phone BTW) and was all set to set up GPRS. Unfortunately, Afghan Wireless Communications Company does not support this device. They do all of their GPRS setting via OTA SMS. This is a very long shot, but I was wondering if anyone knows what the manual GPRS setting are for AWCC or Roshan in Afghanistan. The Auto Configurator does not have either of these networks. Pakistan is the closest country I could find in the list.

Bobby

check the following AWCC GPRS settings

hXXp://afghanistanforums.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html

[maihannijat]

check the following AWCC GPRS settings

hXXp://afghanistanforums.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html

[besjr69]

Maihan,

Thanks for the reply. I'd already configured the phone like you described in your post. Actually, I have successfully used three different settings

APN: wap
Username: awcc
Password: 1111
Proxy: 10.100.1.52 (port 80)
*limited to HTTP traffic only. Slow to start, but fast when it recognizes DNS

APN: internet
Username: blank
Password: blank

APN: blank
Username: blank
Password: blank
* both these connections are slow. Speed test show 2.8Kbps MAX

AWCC shows that it connects at EDGE speed, but the connection is much slower than regular GPRS. Seems like it wasn't worth the cash to have the phone. What speeds are you getting? Also, it appears that after 1700hrs, I can't even get a connection. I really wanted to use AWCC to replace the high cost internet service I subscribe to now. I was at least hoping to get at least 56Kbps service out of this.

If you have any other advice please reply. Thanks.

Bobby

[maihannijat]

Dear Bobby,

Hope you are fine and doing your best,

Thanks for sharing with us your settings,

I have tested these all settings and have checked my speed, the speed of AWCC is very slow, my average speed with all three settings is between 1 -12 kbs.

I don’t think so your phone is bad because sometimes AWCC get hang and the internet doesn’t work for while.

Maihan Nijat

[Knumb]

anyone have manual settings for Roshan?

[orb3000]

Perhaps you can find it on the GPRS/Internet Connection Settings for the whole world (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=564459) thread

[YzRacer]

I use AWCC with much success, $20 per month unlimited. I only use it to check email and chat with Palringo, so I dont need much speed. I use my gmai+google voice to send and receive txts from home. Some of my guys use Roshon and have good luck as well. I am in Kandahar with good coverage, and the settings posted above by besjr69 have worked on both networks.

[fooman123]

thanks -- good information. I'll be in Herat Provence soon.

I heard talk of 3G last year - any insight from someone on the ground?

[cireasa]

AWCC sucks big time. It costs 20 usd per month, unlimited, crappy speed. You can get your emails though and sometimes check Facebook :).
1. send message to 999 with text: GPRS
2. wait for 24 hours
3. APN: internet (everything else blank)

ROSHAN
i'm just trying that right now. Other than the APN, i saw that you must activate GPRS by sending message to 167 with text: GPRS on
http://www.afghanistanforums.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=323.0

hope it helps.

[cliftonanding21]

anyone have manual settings for Roshan?

Roshan settings are as follow
Name: Roshan
APN: internet

everything else leave default and ensure phone internet service turned on

[pyrator]

roshan is... expensive...

[YzRacer]

There was some news of 3G coming in 2011 to Afghanistan and the government was in talks with the carriers. The carriers are concerned that their investment in infrastructure could be wasted by attacks on towers. I doubt it will happen this year and if it does it will probably just be Kabul.

[flahusky]

roshan is... expensive...

Depends on how you use it...
I have had a 1,k AFS scratch card loaded on my phone for 3months. still have about 350AFS on it. I use it to call local Roshan #'s mainly and RARE calls stateside after 9pm afghanistan time. I've done maybe 15 sms msgs on it to the USA.

BUT yes GPRS data is stupid $$$
as of 04/07/2011
GPRS Rates: A fee of 0.10 Afs is applicable per 10 KB download in Afghanistan.
So 1 AFS per KB, a 1k AFS card is $23ish USD do the math...:eek:
MIGHT be cheaper @ the Bazaar or via online top up but don't think so

[flahusky]

thanks -- good information. I'll be in Herat Provence soon.

I heard talk of 3G last year - any insight from someone on the ground?
Just talk, still 2g/GPRS IF your lucky, some guys are saying its not worth bothering out in the field.

There was some news of 3G coming in 2011 to Afghanistan and the government was in talks with the carriers. The carriers are concerned that their investment in infrastructure could be wasted by attacks on towers. I doubt it will happen this year and if it does it will probably just be Kabul.
Thought I read Kabul had it (April `11 time frame) but I'm way down in Kandahar so we are just glad to have service :D
Cause yes, they used to shut down cell towers at night to keep them from getting attacked.

[Majikman]

I use my android with these setting, simple..

access point
Name: Any name u want
APN: internet

Save those in. Your gprs should kick in.
Im in Bagram and it works for me in certain areas.

[lowandbehold]

I use my android with these setting, simple..

access point
Name: Any name u want
APN: internet

Save those in. Your gprs should kick in.
Im in Bagram and it works for me in certain areas.

What are the speeds like on Bagram, and how fast do the Roshan cards deplete? I currently have a Roshan Sim in my HTC but didnt even know I could use data!