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Cingular Laptop Connect Unlimited $60/mo promotion

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John Navas - 01 Oct 2005 20:41 GMT
Available in Northern California and perhaps other areas as well.  Details at
<http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012
>
or <http://tinyurl.com/92bow>

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Tony Clark - 01 Oct 2005 22:36 GMT
Interesting. Probably in response to Verizon's current advertising for
Wireless Broadband. I believe they are offering a $59 plan as well.

Cheers
TC

> Available in Northern California and perhaps other areas as well.  Details
> at
> <http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012
>
> or <http://tinyurl.com/92bow>
GomJabbar - 02 Oct 2005 00:59 GMT
Yeah, too bad the price expires at the end of the year.  I tried
switching from my $80/mo. Laptop Connect by phone.  I called 3
different times and spoke with 3 different reps.  They all said I had
to go to a Cingular store to switch to that plan.  They can not do it.
How ridiculous!
GomJabbar - 02 Oct 2005 12:27 GMT
Note the two-year contract length below:
http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012


Note expiration of $59.99/month price at bottom of page below:
http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/common/legal/pop-planterms.jsp

While the above page could have a couple of different meanings
depending upon how you read it.  It says: "Offer expires 12/31/05.".
This could mean the offer cannot be purchased after 12/31/05 but the
$59.99 price remains in effect for the duration of the contract.  Or it
could mean that the price goes up on 12/31/05 from $59.99 to $79.99.
It was this last interpretation that the Cingular rep on the phone said
was true.  He told me that if I switch my plan to the promotional plan,
the price I pay per month would go up to the $79.99 rate after
12/31/05.  You would think with all of the legalese listed in the Plan
Terms, they could spell out clearly the meaning of "Offer expires
12/31/05.".

If anyone speaking with Cingular hears any different, I would be glad
to find out.
John Navas - 02 Oct 2005 17:01 GMT
>Note the two-year contract length below:
>http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012

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>This could mean the offer cannot be purchased after 12/31/05 but the
>$59.99 price remains in effect for the duration of the contract.

I'm pretty sure that's what it means, that the offer itself expires, not that
the rate goes up on that date -- that's how other Cingular promotions work.
For example, I'm on a promotional rate plan that has long since "expired"
(1,000 anytime minutes for $40/mo), plus the original MEdia Works Unlimited
(with unlimited data) option which has also long since been withdrawn, but I'm
grandfathered indefinitely.  When a price is good only for a part of the
contract, that's stated clearly in the terms; e.g., "first month free."

>Or it
>could mean that the price goes up on 12/31/05 from $59.99 to $79.99.
>It was this last interpretation that the Cingular rep on the phone said
>was true.  He told me that if I switch my plan to the promotional plan,
>the price I pay per month would go up to the $79.99 rate after
>12/31/05.  ...

I'd call back at least one more time, because I think that CSR may well have
been misinformed.

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Johnny - 12 Oct 2005 21:03 GMT
> Available in Northern California and perhaps other areas as well.  Details at
> <http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012
>
> or <http://tinyurl.com/92bow>

Which would be great, if they knew how to use Latop Connect with a
SMT5600 Smartphone.  Everytime I call then it's a 2 hour phone call and
nobody knows what's going on.
John Navas - 12 Oct 2005 21:16 GMT
>> Available in Northern California and perhaps other areas as well.  Details at
>> <http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/wireless-phone-plans/plan-de
tails.jsp?skuid=2840200012
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>SMT5600 Smartphone.  Everytime I call then it's a 2 hour phone call and
>nobody knows what's going on.

Why not just get a faster low-cost EGPRS(EDGE) PC Card and be done with it?
AFAIK, the SMT5600 is only GPRS.

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Johnny - 18 Oct 2005 04:40 GMT
> Why not just get a faster low-cost EGPRS(EDGE) PC Card and be done with it?
> AFAIK, the SMT5600 is only GPRS.

Becuase I already have the phone, and the last thing I want is another
contractually bound account with Cingular.  I already sold my sould to
the devil for 1 year to get this phone.
John Navas - 18 Oct 2005 13:45 GMT
>> Why not just get a faster low-cost EGPRS(EDGE) PC Card and be done with it?
>> AFAIK, the SMT5600 is only GPRS.
>
>Becuase I already have the phone, and the last thing I want is another
>contractually bound account with Cingular.  I already sold my sould to
>the devil for 1 year to get this phone.

You could get a low-cost PC Card on eBay with no contract commitment, as I did
last year for only $61 (including shipping).

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Johnny - 05 Nov 2005 02:50 GMT
> You could get a low-cost PC Card on eBay with no contract commitment, as I did
> last year for only $61 (including shipping).

John, you are a true optimist.  The glass is half full!  I like that.
Unfortunatly that is $61 more than I am willing to pay to have my laptop
connect to the net via Cingular :D
Thurman - 06 Nov 2005 15:29 GMT
>> You could get a low-cost PC Card on eBay with no contract commitment, as
>> I did
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Unfortunatly that is $61 more than I am willing to pay to have my laptop
> connect to the net via Cingular :D

Reminds me of the salesman I worked with that said
"Everyone wants to go to Heaven,
But nobody wants to die!"
dold@XReXXCingu.usenet.us.com - 12 Oct 2005 22:41 GMT
In alt.cellular.cingular Johnny <johnhen@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Which would be great, if they knew how to use Latop Connect with a
> SMT5600 Smartphone.  Everytime I call then it's a 2 hour phone call and
> nobody knows what's going on.

They don't know how?  They feature the SMT 5600 for "Goodlink"
http://www.cingular.com/midtolarge/good
which I would think would be a subset of the Data Connect.

cingular.com - customer service - phones&Devices
has has a "Connection Methods" "Tethering capabilities" for the Audiovox
SMT5600.  No USB, No serial, but infrared and bluetooth.

Here's a claim that it does work on USB:
http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/481487-1.html

It is only GPRS, not EDGE, or EGPRS, so I think your speed will likely be
around 30Kbps (not the theoretical max, but what I see on GPRS).
SMT5600 Technology: GSM 850/1800/1900 GPRS Class 10

What OS are you using on the tethered device?
Which tethering connections have you tried (BT, USB, Serial, IR) ?
Have you tried using the Cingular Connection Manager?
http://www.cingular.com/midtolarge/communicationmgr

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DecTxCowboy - 17 Oct 2005 03:23 GMT
Trucker friend of mine is paying $42/mo. for unlimited usage out for the
Dallas/FW market.
 
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