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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / October 2003Wireless Aircard
Has anyone used the wireless Aircard with the $19.99 all you can eat data ad on? I am thinking of doing this while I am workin back East as every hotel/motel has a charge per phone call or per minute. Unlike the rest of the country where local calls are free. Logging in and getting my E-Mail and other "stuff" via dial up can easily cost a lot of money a month! -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net I have it...it's slow... > Has anyone used the wireless Aircard with the $19.99 all you can eat data ad > on? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > John S. > e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net >I have it...it's slow... Compared to - Dial up? DSL? 100mbps Ethernet directly connected to the OC3 at the central office of the Sprint Backbone? Does it connect pretty much at 56k or there 'bouts? I am looking for a replacement of the dial up from hotels that charge on a per call basis. Something that will allow me to bypass the East Coast mentality of charging per call instead of local calls are free. At 25¢ to $1.50 each time I pick up the phone to dial in for e-mail, $19.99 a month is a great deal! -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net >I have it...it's slow... ps: Thanks for the response -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > Has anyone used the wireless Aircard with the $19.99 all you can eat data ad > on? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Logging in and getting my E-Mail and other "stuff" via dial up can easily cost > a lot of money a month! I have the full internet service and think it is great. I am getting a constant 45-50kbps. I use the aircard 750 and am pleased with the equivlent of a dialup circut. >I have the full internet service and think it is great. I am getting a >constant 45-50kbps. I use the aircard 750 and am pleased with the >equivlent of a dialup circut. Thanks for the response. I am probably going to order the card from my national account manager today. I was in a store that had two variations. One was 900/1800/1900MHz and had voice capability. The other was strictly 1900 with no voice. AND there was a $200 price difference. Since I probably won't want to "Roam" with it what is your expectations with the 1900 only card? -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net >>I have the full internet service and think it is great. I am getting a >>constant 45-50kbps. I use the aircard 750 and am pleased with the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Since I probably won't want to "Roam" with it what is your expectations with >the 1900 only card? If you travel out of the country, 1800mHz & 900mHz could be right handy. -- Nobody but a fool goes into a federal counterrorism operation without duct tape - Richard Preston, THE COBRA EVENT. it's highly recommend to use nokia 3650 or moto T722i, while the former requires bt and the latter requires data cable (pick one up from eforcity.com for 12 bucks), and use it as regular phone Internet manager can be dled for free if you use 3650, make sure the APN (menu-tools-settings-connection-GPRS) is internet2.voicestream.com >Has anyone used the wireless Aircard with the $19.99 all you can eat data ad >on? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >John S. >e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > Has anyone used the wireless Aircard with the $19.99 all you can eat data ad > on? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Logging in and getting my E-Mail and other "stuff" via dial up can easily cost > a lot of money a month! What T-Mo phone do you have? Couldn't you simply connect via GPRS on it and try out the service before plunking down a few C-notes on the Aircard? Many T-Mo phones have IR ports allowing them to connect to laptops without any cables. I use my Nokia 6610 and 3650s this way- heck, I used to use my Nokia 8290 that way w/CSD in hotel rooms! 9.6k was slow, but out of town on biz, I had more time than money! ;-) I've used the older Merlin G100 card on my laptop, but taking the SIM out of my phone and putting it into the Merlin is more trouble than using the IR. Merlin or phone, I get about 40k download speed- about the same as mediocre landline connection, but latency is greater than with landline so "surfing" seems sluggish. Uploading is painfully slow- it only uses one channel, IIRC. I assume you're going to use the data on one of your existing accounts- keep in mind data is $20 extra when added to voice account, but $30 if you activate a data device standalone. >What T-Mo phone do you have? Couldn't you simply connect via GPRS on >it and try out the service before plunking down a few C-notes on the >Aircard? I have 3595, 3390, 6310i, and various older phones. I don't read the pricing schedule to mean that I can use any of those for unlimited $19.99 a month, am I wrong? Besides, I want and need the information on my PC. >I've used the older Merlin G100 card on my laptop, but taking the SIM >out of my phone and putting it into the Merlin is more trouble than >using the IR. The particular phone/SIM that I plan to use currently doesn't have a family member using it. I would put the card in the device and leave it. -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net > >What T-Mo phone do you have? Couldn't you simply connect via GPRS on > >it and try out the service before plunking down a few C-notes on the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > schedule to mean that I can use any of those for unlimited $19.99 a month, am I > wrong? Besides, I want and need the information on my PC. I'm not familiar w/the 6310, but I'm pretty sure the 3390 and 3595 lack any type of connectivity options. My wife's 6610 and my 3650 have IR ports- I line up the phone IR with my laptop's and dial a "dummy" phone number to connect via GPRS (#99***1* or something like that.) > >I've used the older Merlin G100 card on my laptop, but taking the SIM > >out of my phone and putting it into the Merlin is more trouble than > >using the IR. > > The particular phone/SIM that I plan to use currently doesn't have a family > member using it. I would put the card in the device and leave it. Fair enough- the older card would work for you as long as you stay domestic- the G100 is 1900Mhz-only, while the 750 is tri-band. I just thought if you already had a GPRS-capable phone with a connectivity option, you could save the price of an Aircard. >I assume you're going to use the data on one of your existing >accounts- keep in mind data is $20 extra when added to voice account, >but $30 if you activate a data device standalone. Got that part already! Thanks! -- John S. e-mail responses to - john at kiana dot net |
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