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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / October 2003UMTS in DFW
I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now and 2)I have never been able to get my nokia 6200 to connect as my internet connection. I am able to transfer ring tones, pictures, and games, ect.. so I know my computer recognizes the phone but I am not able to use it as my internet connection. can anyone give any ideas on how I make this work ATT does not allow CSD, unless you pay for data. Could that be it? > I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by > December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now and 2)I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > can anyone give any ideas on how I make this work > I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by > December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now The 6200 is not a UMTS device. In fact, AT&T has not anounced the availability of any 3G devices. However, the 6200 will operate on EDGE. When EDGE is deployed, it will more than double the average speed of GPRS. This will make web browsing more fun/useful. >and 2) > I have never been able to get my nokia 6200 to connect as my internet > connection. I am able to transfer ring tones, pictures, and games, > ect.. so I know my computer recognizes the phone but I am not able to > use it as my internet connection. I've been able to connect just fine on a buddy's laptop and 6200. The AT&T Connection Manager software does not work with the 6200 right now, so you have to use the workaround. Goto: www.attws.com/support and follow the instructions to set up "Dial Up Networking" to get on the web with your phone. Once on the site, click set up tools, setting up laptop/PDA conection and pick the device and laptop OS you use. The website will give you detailed instructions to get set up. Good Luck I got my 6200 yesterday, downloaded and installed the Connection Mgr software from attws.com on my Dell Latitude today, and had absolutely no trouble making my laptop connect to the Internet with it. And I was just using IR to connect the laptop to the phone -- I haven't bought the cable yet. I could surf the web and I even got a VPN connection to my office and checked my email on a corporate Exchange server. It worked great and I didn't use any kind of workaround at all. In fact, this is the first I've heard that what I did today didn't work. In other words, give it a shot because it works fine for me. Still haven't been able to get a connection with my Dell PPC though. I'll try the link below and see if I can make it work too. > I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by > December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now The 6200 is not a UMTS device. In fact, AT&T has not anounced the availability of any 3G devices. However, the 6200 will operate on EDGE. When EDGE is deployed, it will more than double the average speed of GPRS. This will make web browsing more fun/useful. >and 2) > I have never been able to get my nokia 6200 to connect as my internet > connection. I am able to transfer ring tones, pictures, and games, > ect.. so I know my computer recognizes the phone but I am not able to > use it as my internet connection. I've been able to connect just fine on a buddy's laptop and 6200. The AT&T Connection Manager software does not work with the 6200 right now, so you have to use the workaround. Goto: www.attws.com/support and follow the instructions to set up "Dial Up Networking" to get on the web with your phone. Once on the site, click set up tools, setting up laptop/PDA conection and pick the device and laptop OS you use. The website will give you detailed instructions to get set up. Good Luck Now my question is -- did all my Internet surfing with my laptop still fall under the included bandwidth for my $7.99/mo mMode charge? Or is there some other "data" charge if I use the phone as a modem to surf on my laptop and PPC? I never really understood the breakdown there. Is there a price difference in checking email on my phone vs. checking email on my laptop via the phone? I just need to know if I'm going to get hammered with a big bill at the end of the month... I got my 6200 yesterday, downloaded and installed the Connection Mgr software from attws.com on my Dell Latitude today, and had absolutely no trouble making my laptop connect to the Internet with it. And I was just using IR to connect the laptop to the phone -- I haven't bought the cable yet. I could surf the web and I even got a VPN connection to my office and checked my email on a corporate Exchange server. It worked great and I didn't use any kind of workaround at all. In fact, this is the first I've heard that what I did today didn't work. In other words, give it a shot because it works fine for me. Still haven't been able to get a connection with my Dell PPC though. I'll try the link below and see if I can make it work too. > Now my question is -- did all my Internet surfing with my laptop still fall > under the included bandwidth for my $7.99/mo mMode charge? Or is there some > other "data" charge if I use the phone as a modem to surf on my laptop and > PPC? I never really understood the breakdown there. Is there a price > difference in checking email on my phone vs. checking email on my laptop via > the phone? AFAIK, it's the same - just remember you've got a 1MB limit. AT&T tech suppt on their forums said the 6200 and connection manager didn't jive well and we had "connection error 409" on my friend's Dell Latitude laptop with XP, but DUN worked just fine. Since it's not my laptop I really don't have time to play with it or maybe I could figure it out. I do know connection manager uses optimization so the connection would seem faster or maybe my buddy didn't have the most recent version. Anyways, thanks for the input. The Nokia 6200 is a dual-mode (GPRS & EDGE data or EGPRS) device... Currently, AT&T is only providing you with GPRS (mMode) data service. They have plans to upgrade to EGPRS once their EDGE network upgrade takes place - essentially tripling the TPT of GPRS (which is typically around 30 to 40 kbps). EDGE also doubles their voice capacity so they'll do it mostly for the economic benefits. Wayne > I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by > December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now and 2)I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > can anyone give any ideas on how I make this work Wayne, Thanks for the info. But how come I keep reading/hearing that DFW is currently active for EDGE on AT&T? Is that inaccurate? Incidentally, after about a week of trying to make it work for me, I punted the 6200s and GSM and went back to my TDMA phones today. I loved the cool data services on the GSM network (lay the thing down next to the IR port on my laptop and BAM I've got an Internet connection -- same with my Dell Axim) but at the end of the day I really need a cell phone for actual voice conversations. My experience on AT&T's GSM network was a vast amount more dropped calls as well as far more completely garbled calls than I experience on the TDMA side. I'm sure I'll try it again in the future but my opinion is that it isn't ready enough for prime time for me. Switching back was a snap too. Props to AT&T on making the "un-migration" process a painless one. The Nokia 6200 is a dual-mode (GPRS & EDGE data or EGPRS) device... Currently, AT&T is only providing you with GPRS (mMode) data service. They have plans to upgrade to EGPRS once their EDGE network upgrade takes place - essentially tripling the TPT of GPRS (which is typically around 30 to 40 kbps). EDGE also doubles their voice capacity so they'll do it mostly for the economic benefits. Wayne Eric-TX wrote: > I own the Nokia 6200 and I know that UMTS is supose to be launched by > December does anyone know if it will let me get a signal now and 2)I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > can anyone give any ideas on how I make this work Eric, well, sometimes it's the price you pay for being at the "bleeding edge" (no pun intended!) the only EDGE network I've heard of is Cingular's Indianapolis network - there maybe another one with AT&T I don't know about. I think EDGE and 1XEV (CDMA flavor) will debut in more markets next year and will be directed as a data service - ie PC cards - rather than voice. Also, you'll see more and more dual band GSM/EDGE phones too. best of luck, Wayne > Wayne, > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> >>can anyone give any ideas on how I make this work BA-DUM-BUMP. :-) Eric, well, sometimes it's the price you pay for being at the "bleeding edge" (no pun intended!) |
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