BTW, on the plan I had, it was a flat $5 per month, and all modem usage was just taken off as part of my regular minutes (such as free on nights and weekends).
Cheers,
-Neil.
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 22:04, Picdude scribbled:
{Quote hidden}> I've used Sprint's service for this, but not really with the RJ11 part,
> since the modem is built into the cellphone. You need a data cable that
> connects the phone to the laptop's serial port, then use a dial-up app that
> Sprint provides. Works decently, but is slow (~9600bps). It's been a live
> saver though, when I've needed to get something on a long trip. One
> example was rupturing a tire in the middle of nowhere and had been planning
> to change tire brand/model, so I dialed-up from the side of the highway and
> emailed some friends and my local Audi club. About an hour later I dialed
> up again, and had recommendations and info on tire-stores along my path who
> had that tire in stock. Technology, baby!
>
> However, Sprint's service and signal quality has declined to practically
> nil in the past year, even after changing phones as per their
> recommendation, and phone tests by them. So I dumped them. I now use
> T-mobile who has much better signal quality, but haven't tried their modem
> system yet.
>
> Cheers,
> -Neil.
>
> On Tuesday 19 August 2003 21:17, rad0 scribbled:
> > I want to get a cell phone that my laptop will
> > be able to use its modem with the same as a
> > land line, using the rj11 and autodial and so on.
> >
> > Is this possible? I'm going to check sprint first,
> > anyone have any experience with a specific phone?
> >
> > Thanks
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