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J Corsica - 28 Sep 2005 21:42 GMT

Can anyone confirm that MEdia Net - Pay As You Go can be used for
occasional access to the internet for a laptop?

I know the data cost will grow quickly, but just want a mechanism for
occasional e-mail retrieval while traveling.

Thanks,

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John Navas - 28 Sep 2005 21:59 GMT

>Can anyone confirm that MEdia Net - Pay As You Go can be used for
>occasional access to the internet for a laptop?

It can.

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dold@XReXXMEdia.usenet.us.com - 28 Sep 2005 23:02 GMT

> Can anyone confirm that MEdia Net - Pay As You Go can be used for
> occasional access to the internet for a laptop?

From the Cingular website: "MEdia Net packages are not available on PDAs,
RIM devices, or PC card modems. MEdia Net packages are not intended for
tethering. Cingular reserves the right to remove customers from MEdia Net
packages for the use of a wireless device as an interface to other devices
or networks, as determined by Cingular, including but not limited to device
tethering."

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John Navas - 29 Sep 2005 00:39 GMT

>> Can anyone confirm that MEdia Net - Pay As You Go can be used for
>> occasional access to the internet for a laptop?
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>or networks, as determined by Cingular, including but not limited to device
>tethering."

This is new. Bummer.

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dold@XReXXMEdia.usenet.us.com - 29 Sep 2005 01:29 GMT

> This is new. Bummer.

How new? I found a cached copy from May, 2005. I also found mention of
the new terminology appearing Jan 2005 in a howardforum, although there
isn't a quote.

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John Navas - 29 Sep 2005 02:06 GMT

>> This is new. Bummer.
>
>How new? I found a cached copy from May, 2005.

Link please. I've been searching regularly, and didn't find anything in that
time frame.

>I also found mention of
>the new terminology appearing Jan 2005 in a howardforum, although there
>isn't a quote.

That is of course meaningless.

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dold@XReXXMEdia.usenet.us.com - 29 Sep 2005 17:26 GMT

> dold@XReXXNoXmo.usenet.us.com wrote:
>>> New webpage <http://www.cingular.com/media/media_legal>:

>>How new? I found a cached copy from May, 2005.

> Link please. I've been searching regularly, and didn't find anything in
> that time frame.

What is the oldest that you did find?
In looking agin, I find many June 2005 forum postings, quoting the page.
<http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=65210> is one of them.
On page one, there is someone noting that the page changed on Feb 04, 2005,
with no quote. On page two, there is a quote.

>>I also found mention of the new terminology appearing Jan 2005 in a
>>howardforum, although there isn't a quote.

> That is of course meaningless.

No it's not. One cannot assume that the poster was wrong. He just didn't
quote text from the page. Is it coincidence that your posting here ca

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John Navas - 29 Sep 2005 17:36 GMT

>> dold@XReXXNoXmo.usenet.us.com wrote:
>>>> New webpage <http://www.cingular.com/media/media_legal>:
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>What is the oldest that you did find?

Recent.

>In looking agin, I find many June 2005 forum postings, quoting the page.
><http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=65210> is one of them.

I see nothing relevant there, part of VerizonWireless.HowardForums.com

>On page one, there is someone noting that the page changed on Feb 04, 2005,
>with no quote. On page two, there is a quote.

Anonymous anecdotal reports in web forums aren't reliable.

Can you actually point me to a "cached copy from May, 2005?"

>>>I also found mention of the new terminology appearing Jan 2005 in a
>>>howardforum, although there isn't a quote.
>
>> That is of course meaningless.
>
>No it's not. ...

No offense intended, but we'll just to agree to disagree.

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dold@XReXXMEdia.usenet.us.com - 29 Sep 2005 18:34 GMT

> dold@XReXXNoXmo.usenet.us.com wrote:

>>When did you first notice the text?

> Just before I posted.

30 minutes after I posted the text in alt.cellular.cingular?

>>You regularly state that there is no prohibition against tethering.
> There wasn't in the past.

How often do you look?
It would be handy to know when it actually changed. One might be
grandfathered if there was a different version at the appropriate time.

>>In looking again, I find many June 2005 forum postings, quoting the page.
>><http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=65210> is one of them.

> I see nothing relevant there, part of VerizonWireless.HowardForums.com

Oops. Dropped a digit when I did the copy. Thread 652106.
http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=652106&page=1&pp=1

I see What purports to be text copied from the page, posted to a forum in
June, that looks just like the text you copied from the page yesterday,
which you suggest is new.

This is

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John Navas - 29 Sep 2005 19:52 GMT

>> dold@XReXXNoXmo.usenet.us.com wrote:
>
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>
>30 minutes after I posted the text in alt.cellular.cingular?

1630 on Wed, 28 Sep 2005

>>>You regularly state that there is no prohibition against tethering.
>> There wasn't in the past.
>
>How often do you look?

Every few weeks.

>It would be handy to know when it actually changed. One might be
>grandfathered if there was a different version at the appropriate time.

I carefully archived the Service Agreement and details of my rate plan and
options at the time I started my contract.

>>>In looking again, I find many June 2005 forum postings, quoting the page.
>>><http://65.254.44.186/showthread.php?t=65210> is one of them.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>June, that looks just like the text you copied from the page yesterday,
>which you suggest is new.

While that report might be true, even then it's possible that it wasn't
applicable (visible) to all subscribers and/or in all areas.

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