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OM - 26 Oct 2006 11:36 GMT

I was prepared to get a laptop card for my laptop to surf 'unlimited'.
My use would only be very occassional.

Then... I see that you can get the broadband on PAYG for a maximum of
£1 a day?
Heck... that would suit me fine!

Plan: use my W800i as a modem and connect my laptop using bluetooth.

1. Am I missing something...?
2. Am I getting confused with what GPRS is?
3. What is 'unlimited' in this case on PAYG?
4. Are there any restrictions...?
5. How hard is it to configure a bluetooth phone to work with the
laptop (using a bluetooth adapter)?

Is anyone else using TMobile for the internet...?
Comments?

Any replies to the above would be really appreciated.

Thanks.

OM

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hairydog@despammed.com - 26 Oct 2006 12:30 GMT

>Then... I see that you can get the broadband on PAYG for a maximum of
>£1 a day?
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>
>1. Am I missing something...?

Yes. You're not actually allowed to do this. The £1 deal is for use
from the phone, not from a PC.

>2. Am I getting confused with what GPRS is?

>3. What is 'unlimited' in this case on PAYG?

Seems to be what it says, IME.

>4. Are there any restrictions...?

Doesn't always work. Not sure why. When it first failed, I assumed
that t-mobile had noticed and cut me off, but it worked a few hours
later.

I never got vpn to work over it, and because of that, I didn't try
voip - they'd almost certainly notice that!

>5. How hard is it to configure a bluetooth phone to work with the
>laptop (using a bluetooth adapter)?

Dead easy.

>Is anyone else using TMobile for the internet...?

You're not supposed to use it to connect a notebook, so of course
nobody has done it.

>Comments?

If they notice and cut you off, you've only lost a few quid's worth of
credit.

However, if you need a connection you can depend on, better to get
their professional web'nwalk deal.

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OM - 26 Oct 2006 17:00 GMT

aaah... ok... well... never mind. : (
the *only* thing i wanted to do was to surf ebay.
(and also gmail actually.)
how well can i do this from a phone like nokia 6680?

or... actually... can i use my pda...??
(connecting via my bluetooth phone.)

thanks.

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OM - 26 Oct 2006 17:44 GMT

i called tmobile customer services and they're absolutely clueless.

: (

i've seen the word unlmited plastered everywhere.
they'd never heard of this term.

what they said was that my only option is that i have to use a pc card.
i asked can i access through a mobile phone using web and walk?
they said yes sure you can.

i called back 2 min later and asked if i could use with the 'Day Pass'
facility on PAYG.
they said: no.
then i asked: can i access through a mobile phone using web and walk?
(same question as before.)
answer: no.

i can't see why you would be able to access through web and walk
monthly but not web and walk on payg???

confused.
i don't want to fork out on a pc card unless i have to.
i'd rather get a phone contract and add web n walk.

can someone give me a straight forward answer...?
(and also explain why the tmobile customer service are clueless
(including the tech support)),

thanks.

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hairydog@despammed.com - 26 Oct 2006 18:10 GMT

>can someone give me a straight forward answer...?

Yes. I gave you one in my preceding message. It is dead easy to set up
a bluetooth connection through your mobile from a notebook and it
works a treat on the £1 per day PAYG deal, but it isn't officially
permitted.

If you are stupid enough to go and ask t-mobile, the best you can hope
for is that they'll not know what you are talking about. The worst is
that they do something to enforce the restriction that it's not for
use from notebooks.

>(and also explain why the tmobile customer service are clueless
>(including the tech support)),

Because my daily rate is probably more than their week's salary? And
there are plenty of other people in this newsgroup who are better
informed than me.

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