Difference between "Tmobile Internet" and "Tmobile Web"?

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Guy.A.Regular@gmail.com - 05 Jul 2007 01:22 GMT

The one-line description of "Tmobile Internet" claims to provide
access to the REAL internet, suggesting that "Tmobile Web" is probably
some intranet-type thing or (even worse) something proprietary like
AOHell's provider content.

Am I correct in my assessment?

What's the minimum phone requirement for using the TM "real internet"
access? I'm about to bail from ATT/Cingular, gotta find a new phone
soon.

Thanks!

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News - 05 Jul 2007 01:46 GMT

> I'm about to bail from ATT/Cingular, gotta find a new phone

Suggesting you are not an iPhone fashion victim...

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Guy.A.Regular@gmail.com - 05 Jul 2007 04:32 GMT

> Guy.A.Regu...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm about to bail from ATT/Cingular, gotta find a new phone
>
> Suggesting you are not an iPhone fashion victim...

Only a victim of my own fashion sense, which has nothing to do with
whatever happens to be trendy...

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News - 05 Jul 2007 12:13 GMT

>>Guy.A.Regu...@gmail.com wrote:
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> Only a victim of my own fashion sense, which has nothing to do with
> whatever happens to be trendy...

Bravo. One unto himself.

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Randall Ainsworth - 05 Jul 2007 04:33 GMT

> Suggesting you are not an iPhone fashion victim...

Maybe he would like an iPhone, but doesn't want their crappy service.

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News - 05 Jul 2007 12:12 GMT

>>Suggesting you are not an iPhone fashion victim...
>
> Maybe he would like an iPhone, but doesn't want their crappy service.

Then he doesn't want an iPhone. Period.

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Todd Allcock - 05 Jul 2007 08:27 GMT

> The one-line description of "Tmobile Internet" claims to provide
> access to the REAL internet, suggesting that "Tmobile Web" is probably
> some intranet-type thing or (even worse) something proprietary like
> AOHell's provider content.
>
> Am I correct in my assessment?

No. The difference is more subtle.

T-Mo Internet is "real access" while T-Mo Web is a port-limited service
for e-mail and http access only- no nntp, no ftp, no streaming audio/video,
no torrent downloads, etc.
They control access by blocking all ports except POP/IMAP/SMTP standard e-
mail ports, and funnelling all web traffic through a T-Mo-provided proxy
server (216.155.165.50:8080) to limit usage. There's also a download cap
of 1MB for files. Try and download anything larger and the proxy server
generates an error message.

Having said that, for a lousy $6/month, T-Mo Web is the best deal out
there in mobile data. I've even tethered my laptop to my phone with T-Mo
Web in a pinch.

> What's the minimum phone requirement for using the TM "real internet"
> access? I'm about to bail from ATT/Cingular, gotta find a new phone
> soon.

Technically any phone COULD use T-Mo Internet, but unless the phone
supports internet functions beyond web browsing and e-mail, why pay $30
when $6 will do?

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Bruce Markowitz - 06 Jul 2007 01:38 GMT

T-Mo Internet is EDGE. If you are subscribed, you can tether your phone to a
laptop, connect via IR or BlueTooth, or take out the simm card and install
it into a Sierra Wireless PC card and connect directly.
Either way, I had the service for 4 years. The best I could ever get was
around 120 kps, and it averages around 60-80 kps, with frequent disconnects
and inability to connect. I was paying $19.99, so for that price not too bad
I guess.
I now have Verizon Broadband (and I get a 20% Govt discount so the price is
not THAT awful)and speed can peak at around 2 MBS, and I often can stream as
high as 1 MBS. It is way fast enough to use a Slingbox or download files.
I would never go back to EDGE (which of course is what the iPhone is on).

> > The one-line description of "Tmobile Internet" claims to provide
> > access to the REAL internet, suggesting that "Tmobile Web" is probably
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> supports internet functions beyond web browsing and e-mail, why pay $30
> when $6 will do?

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