Using Tmobile Prepaid card in a Vaio laptop with built in edge?

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tdmailbox@yahoo.com - 30 Mar 2007 21:01 GMT

I have a sony vaio laptop that has a built in edge modem. That want
you to use cingular at $80 a month but I know that Sony will unlock it
and I can use tmobile.

I see the prepaid cards have internet access via tzones. I know going
back years ago when I had a phone with tzones I could tether it get
full access.

Can I use a prepaid card for wireless data in a laptop with a built in
cellualr modem?

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Todd Allcock - 31 Mar 2007 07:33 GMT

> I have a sony vaio laptop that has a built in edge modem...
> I see the prepaid cards have internet access via tzones.

True, but prepaid T-Zones is a very limited "walled garden" access to
your account info, buying ringtones and access to limited news/info sites-
mostly CNN, ABC News, and ESPN.

> I know going
> back years ago when I had a phone with tzones I could tether it get
> full access.

On postpaid (monthly plans) yes. With prepaid, no, except occasionally
when T-Mo lets their guard down. A system glitch has given prepaid users
full access since October, but T-Mo has clamped it back down in most
markets.

> Can I use a prepaid card for wireless data in a laptop with a built in
> cellualr modem?

If the wireless company gives access, yes. T-Mo doesn't, and Cingular
charges $10/mb on prepaid.

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