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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / July 2005Cingular data options
If I don't want to go with an edge card, but rather just an emergency backup for those times when I otherwise cannot connect, is it possible to use a standard connection as a slow-speed (9600 baud) internet connection? I seem to recall that ATTWS prohibited that sort of thing entirely, but perhaps in the new world order... My phone is an SE T68i, but that might change to a Motorola Razr V3. Thanks- --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA You already have Pay As You Go Data with Cingular. The 68i has GPRS. If you just Pay As You Go its billed at .01 per KB. Unfortunately you cant get CSD anymore, as just like ATTWS they dont want to put people on it. Old and slow technology. You could also get a package with some MB included. > If I don't want to go with an edge card, but rather just an emergency backup > for those times when I otherwise cannot connect, is it possible to use a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > www.ChainReaction.com > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added the feature called "Wireless Internet" for $3.99 a month. It even comes with an ISP to dial in to. Make sure you add "Wireless Internet" and not "Wireless Internet Express." Also, as the PDA Man mentioned, your phone does have GPRS, and it is so much better anyways, and that's what I just switched to now. ($19.99 a month unlimited, and that would work with edge too if you get that razr) It also comes with the CSD features as a back up in when traveling in rural areas. > You already have Pay As You Go Data with Cingular. The 68i has GPRS. If you > just Pay As You Go its billed at .01 per KB. Unfortunately you cant get CSD [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > www.ChainReaction.com > > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA Its funny, I have read were people are refused, I was 3 months ago, yet you just added CSD Its almost like going to Los Vegas, getting certain data plans and options with Cingular is a hit and miss it appears. I guess if one CSR says no, try another.. If CSD works for you, give it a whirl!. > Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but > you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > www.ChainReaction.com > > > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA The problem with Cingular is that most of their salemen and customer support reps are not trained in data connection options. They haven't the foggiest. :O > Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but > you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > also > comes with the CSD features as a back up in when traveling in rural areas. But... isn't that $3.99/month (CSD)/$19.99/month (Edge) restricted to web use for the cell-phone only... not something that can be sent to a laptop? And how is the $19.99/month "unlimited" edge/gprs consistent with the outrageous fees for their "data" plans? Thanks- --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but > you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >> > www.ChainReaction.com >> > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA > But... isn't that $3.99/month (CSD)/$19.99/month (Edge) restricted to > web use for the cell-phone only... not something that can be sent to a > laptop? And how is the $19.99/month "unlimited" edge/gprs consistent > with the outrageous fees for their "data" plans? That's just what I thought. But someone else replied that they do use their phone tethered to their Palm with the Media Connect Unlimited plan. He claimed that there was nothing in Cingular's legel statement prohibiting tethering to a Palm or laptop. I read the statement a little differently. See the link below: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.cellular.cingular/browse_thread/thread/1 d61ad01d80087e9/997dbedd05c1df13?q=tethered+tony+clark&rnum=1#997dbedd05c1df13 >> Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but >> you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >And how is the $19.99/month "unlimited" edge/gprs consistent with the >outrageous fees for their "data" plans? While there are some minor service restrictions, these plans *can* be used with a "tethered" device (e.g., laptop) -- I do it all the time.  SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > While there are some minor service restrictions, these plans *can* be used > with a "tethered" device (e.g., laptop) -- I do it all the time. What sort of a phone are you using to do it? SignatureRemove NOPSAM to email www.daviddfriedman.com >> >But... isn't that $3.99/month (CSD)/$19.99/month (Edge) restricted to web >> >use for the cell-phone only... not something that can be sent to a laptop? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >What sort of a phone are you using to do it? * Sony Ericsson Z600 * Motorola V551 * Sony Ericsson GC82 (PC card modem) SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > But... isn't that $3.99/month (CSD)/$19.99/month (Edge) restricted to web > use for the cell-phone only... not something that can be sent to a laptop? > And how is the $19.99/month "unlimited" edge/gprs consistent with the > outrageous fees for their "data" plans? What I was told by someone from Cingular was that the less expensive plan (I think he quoted about $40/month, not $19.99) required a "pda phone" such as a Treo, while the $80/month was for either a wireless card in a laptop or an ordinary cell phone used as a modem on a laptop. But he did not sound as though he understood the subject very well, so might easily have been wrong. SignatureRemove NOPSAM to email www.daviddfriedman.com The current razr does not have edge. >Oh yes you can get CSD. It does cost $3.99 a month for the privilege, but >you can get it. I added it to my phone myself using the website. I added [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> > www.ChainReaction.com >> > Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA you can still tether to a laptop using the unlimited media net plan. You don't need the more expensive data plan sure don' I've got the V551 and have tried the motorola software, the cingular software....random website information... I am out of ideas. Are you guys customizing the connection in some way? laptop running xp home usb teather v551 wireless internet express (Unlimited Meda Package) 19.99 Motorola software (updated) Cingular connection manager (updated) Thanks! Marshall >I've got the V551 and have tried the motorola software, the cingular >software....random website information... I am out of ideas. Are you [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Thanks! >Marshall See my webpages below. SignatureBest regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> |
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