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cpm - 26 Feb 2006 16:16 GMT

There are times when I cannot connect to websites with MediaNet
despite being in a location where I have very strong signal and the g
icon showing as well. I have tried cycling the power on and off on my
phone, to allow it to reconnect to the network. I also use task
manager to shut down other apps that might be draining memory. I am
using an smt 5600. All my settings are correct and in general the
service is satisfactory.

Anyone else have similar experience or an explanation?

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Mike R. - 27 Feb 2006 01:14 GMT

donstspam_cmalik@sbcglobal.net (cpm) wrote in news:4401d283.6251098
@news.snet.sbcglobal.net:

> There are times when I cannot connect to websites with MediaNet
> despite being in a location where I have very strong signal and the g
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>
> Anyone else have similar experience or an explanation?

I've had the same problems with MEdiaNet on three separate phones. G
shows, signal strength is fine, and all settings are correct. Calls to
Cingular, even to level 2 techs, and pushing me new profiles, get me
nowhere. I'm always told there must be a problem with MEdiaNet, and to
try later.

I try later, days later, but no luck, until I call in again and they push
me a new profile. Quite frustrating.

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DecaturTxCowboy - 27 Feb 2006 14:11 GMT

> I've had the same problems with MEdiaNet on three separate phones. G

> shows, signal strength is fine, and all settings are correct. Calls to
> Cingular, even to level 2 techs, and pushing me new profiles, get me
> nowhere. I'm always told there must be a problem with MEdiaNet, and to
> try later.

[Activating snicker mode]

"Accelerated works consistently well here, as well as for many other
people; i.e., the common factor is you, not Cingular." -- John Navas

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cpm - 27 Feb 2006 15:02 GMT

What is "accellerated"?

There is no problem with my setup. the salesman in the local cingular
store told me he has the same experience.

> > I've had the same problems with MEdiaNet on three separate phones. G
>> shows, signal strength is fine, and all settings are correct. Calls to
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>:)

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DecaturTxCowboy - 27 Feb 2006 15:52 GMT

> What is "accellerated"?

Graphics files such as GIF, JPEG, and PNG files are compressed for
faster downloading. The quality is severely reduced. Does not apply to
the text in an HTML or PDF file.

Since any given web page will have different content than another web
page, you really can't predict how much faster it will be in actual use.

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John Navas - 27 Feb 2006 16:36 GMT

>What is "accellerated"?

See the FAQ below.

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John Navas - 27 Feb 2006 16:07 GMT

>There are times when I cannot connect to websites with MediaNet
>despite being in a location where I have very strong signal and the g
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Anyone else have similar experience or an explanation?

What *exactly* do you mean by "cannot connect"? Can you connect to *any*
sites? Which ones don't work? Is WAP working in the phone itself? Can you
ping or traceroute (tracert)? Etc. Etc.

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cpm - 03 Mar 2006 01:27 GMT

WAP works fine on the phone most of the time, how would i go about
pinging or trace routing using windows mobile 3.0 on a smt 5600? i
assume i would have to install a utility program of some kind? is
there such a program available?

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>sites? Which ones don't work? Is WAP working in the phone itself? Can you
>ping or traceroute (tracert)? Etc. Etc.

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John Navas - 03 Mar 2006 01:45 GMT

>>>There are times when I cannot connect to websites with MediaNet
>>>despite being in a location where I have very strong signal and the g
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>>sites? Which ones don't work? Is WAP working in the phone itself? Can you
>>ping or traceroute (tracert)? Etc. Etc.

>WAP works fine on the phone most of the time,

Most of the time? Not all of the time? How about my other questions?

>how would i go about
>pinging or trace routing using windows mobile 3.0 on a smt 5600? i
>assume i would have to install a utility program of some kind? is
>there such a program available?

I don't know. Perhaps someone else can help.

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