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Cell phones as bluetooth modems...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Naperville, IL
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Can you use a cell phone to actually DIAL out to your ISP? Or do you have to use it as a GPRS modem? The reason I ask is that GPRS in AT&T costs money - per kb! Yet, I have so many night and weekend minutes, it often goes unused. Can I have my phone just act as the "dialer"? So I use minutes instead of kb...
Mike
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2009 MacMini 2.0 C2D 4GB (3,1) - Needs update!
11" MBA (2010 1.6GHz C2D)
iPhone 4 / iPad!
Hooked on Apple since the IIGS
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: New York, NY
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I have AT&T also, it's my understanding that they block the ability to dial an ISP and use your minutes instead of your KBs. It sucks cause the data plans are so expensive. 
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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It really should work no matter what carrier you have. As far as your phone knows you are just dialing a number.
If I remember correctly the data just gets sent like an analog modem...so they shouldn't be able to block it out.
Again im not sure...but i think it should work. Someone correct me if im wrong.
M2
P.S. it works with tmobile and the nokia 3650
...Just try it out!
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Minneapolis, MN U.S.A.
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the problem is att. t-mobile has unlimited data for the same price att gets for 5mb. that's part of why i'm ditching att.
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Originally posted by art_director:
the problem is att. t-mobile has unlimited data for the same price att gets for 5mb. that's part of why i'm ditching att.
I use my tmobile phone to make CSD calls all the time (dialing an ISP, not using GPRS). The downside to this free approach is speed:
Not 56k, not 33k, not 28.8, not even 14.4... 9.6kbps. How badly does that suck? 1k per second, not good.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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I get 5-6 k per sec. using T-Zones on mine.
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It's just an ordinary day and it's all your
state of mind, at the end of the day, you
just gotta say it's alright!
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jan 2001
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I get about 1.5K/sec using CSD...
Its only suitable for emergencies.
i.e. cable internet is down, and I need to check my mail for some reason...
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: London
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Yes - you can use a GPRS phone as a GRPS modem or as an analogue modem.
It's a LOT slower - so It may be a false economy - Once the page has actually loaded you will have been on line for a long time.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Hyrule
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hrmm how ya handle it over tzones? XD That sounds like a major fast way
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