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Nobody - 18 Apr 2004 09:42 GMT

Maybe this is old news, but I've found that you can just use a WAP gateway
other than Verizon's to avoid the $5/mo charge. Still airtime charges, of
course...

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KA7EII - 18 Apr 2004 22:17 GMT

> Maybe this is old news, but I've found that you can just use a WAP gateway
> other than Verizon's to avoid the $5/mo charge. Still airtime charges, of
> course...

I'm surfing for "free" right now on Verizon. Have my PDA (Palm
m-515) connected to an Audiovox CDM-9155 using Verizon's Quick2Net.
During nights and weekends I can surf all I want. During peak times
I burn up my peak minutes. Mind you, this is very slow (14.4k) but
it works great for me to quickly check e-mail or browse usenet. I
have also used the free WAP tunnel on the phone.
Have fun.

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Josh III - 19 Apr 2004 02:56 GMT

Slow, but 1000 times more reliable than packet radio! :)

73's!

JoshIII
KF4BF

> I'm surfing for "free" right now on Verizon. Have my PDA (Palm
> m-515) connected to an Audiovox CDM-9155 using Verizon's Quick2Net.
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> have also used the free WAP tunnel on the phone.
> Have fun.

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Nobody - 19 Apr 2004 07:03 GMT

"Josh III" <joshp51REMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in news:c5vbmb$67eaf$1@ID-
204582.news.uni-berlin.de:

> Slow, but 1000 times more reliable than packet radio! :)
>
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>> have also used the free WAP tunnel on the phone.
>> Have fun.

Downloaded WAP gateway software from www.kannel.org and set up my
own...works great! Not that I plan on using it extensively...typing in
URLs with the number pad is a serious b*tch. Maybe the occasional stock
quote or hotmail check.

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