In theory, GPRS packet-based services cost users less than circuit-switched services since communication channels are being used on a shared-use, as-packets-are-needed basis rather than dedicated to only one user at a time. It is also easier to make applications available to mobile users because the faster data rate means that middleware currently needed to adapt applications to the slower speed of wireless systems are no longer be needed. As GPRS has become more widely available, along with other 2.5G and 3G services, mobile users of virtual private networks (VPNs) have been able to access the private network continuously over wireless rather than through a rooted dial-up connection.
GPRS or General Packet Radio Service is an extended service of GSM Network adding the ability to surf the Internet on your phone at slightly higher speeds. GPRS Internet surfing is comparable to dial-up Internet service in it's speed, operating at around 4 to 5 Kilobytes per second.
Surfing the net on your mobile isn't exactly cheap compared to residential Internet services. It is generally billed by how much data you transfer and it can get costly!
We would not recommend the consumer use GPRS technology in place of a desktop computer with an Internet connection. It's just too expensive.
