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David - 25 Nov 2003 05:32 GMT

I have a nokia 6340i phone and I have a standard cingular voice plan.
I have never signed up for wireless internet express or wap or any
data plan.

I got the DLR-3P cable and installed the phone as a modem - I used
generic modem drivers as the nokia ones didn't work.

I dialled my ISP (www.theworld.com) using the phone as modem and it
worked just fine, albeit at 9600bps.

My question: From reading others posts it seems I shouldn't have been
able to do what I did without having subscribed to some sort of data
plan. So, does just using the phone for data automatically subscribe
one to a data plan? Will I get a bill for this? I'll wait and see
what happens with this test and see what shows up.

Anyone else experience this?

Thanks
David

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Todd Allcock - 26 Nov 2003 04:33 GMT

> My question: From reading others posts it seems I shouldn't have been
> able to do what I did without having subscribed to some sort of data
> plan. So, does just using the phone for data automatically subscribe
> one to a data plan? Will I get a bill for this? I'll wait and see
> what happens with this test and see what shows up.

It's all my fault! I made a post to that effect, apparently
incorrectly, a few days ago. ;-)

When I was a Cingular dealer and customer, on Cingular's TDMA network,
that was true, although Cingular would often "sell" the plan for free
as a promo.

However, from reading some older posts on this NG (by John Navas IIRC)
it seems that on GSM, the CSD data option is turned on by default, and
at no charge, much like T-Mobile- you only pay extra for GPRS
(Wireless Internet Express.)

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David - 26 Nov 2003 13:47 GMT

> However, from reading some older posts on this NG (by John Navas IIRC)
> it seems that on GSM, the CSD data option is turned on by default, and
> at no charge, much like T-Mobile- you only pay extra for GPRS
> (Wireless Internet Express.)

That's great, then if I understand correctly, the only charges I get
for this is using my airtime minutes. So if I can live with 9600bps
for occasional laptop email I'm all set.

Thanks for clarifying.

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Mike Johnson - 28 Nov 2003 18:54 GMT

Where did you find the driver that worked? I have the cable but can't figure
out how to use the phone as a modem. I would appreciate any help you could
send my way.

> I have a nokia 6340i phone and I have a standard cingular voice plan.
> I have never signed up for wireless internet express or wap or any
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> Thanks
> David

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David - 30 Nov 2003 16:40 GMT

> Where did you find the driver that worked? I have the cable but can't figure
> out how to use the phone as a modem. I would appreciate any help you could
> send my way.

I have win2000 and I just selected the unknown modem option when
selecting manufacturer and model in the add new modem set up

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