Hi all,
a quick question, what is the cheapest way to get my notebook to be able to
dial onto the internet via my Cingular V90 cellphone to connect to my normal
ISP (Sonic.net in California). I have seen Cingular has a PCMCIA wireless
card that can be used BUT it seems this is part of a signup plan with them.
Anyone got some tips on this, all I really need is a connection to collect
email when on the move.
Patrick

"Patrick" <patrick@patrick.com> wrote in message
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| Hi all,
| a quick question, what is the cheapest way to get my notebook to be able
to
| dial onto the internet via my Cingular V90 cellphone to connect to my
normal
| ISP (Sonic.net in California). I have seen Cingular has a PCMCIA wireless
| card that can be used BUT it seems this is part of a signup plan with
them.
| Anyone got some tips on this, all I really need is a connection to collect
| email when on the move.
| Patrick
|

Dialing in can be done if CSD is enabled on your account, but is terribly
slow ... only 9600. If your phone is GPRS capable (not familiar with the
V90), you can get unlimited data for $20/month. The speed of GPRS is roughly
that of dial-up. In my experience, I average around 50kbps or so.

"Patrick" wrote:
I'm not sure if or how you can do what you want, dialing in to your
normal land-line ISP. For years I looked for a similar solution for
my old Sprint PCS phone, hoping to be able to connect to an existing
AOL or CompuServe dialup account. It was futile. It seemed the only
available options were connecting via the cell provider as ISP -- for
a fee, of course. But I only needed a connection infrequently, so
being locked into an extra monthly fee tacked onto my cellphone bill
was unacceptable.

I recently switched from Sprint to Verizon, partly because Verizon now
provides this Internet connection option at no extra fee. I did have
to buy an overpriced connecting cable (cellphone to USB port, $39),
and it's only 14.4kbps, but it doesn't cost extra (other than the
connection time counting as normal voice minutes on my monthly plan).
With many hotels now providing high-speed broadband ethernet access, I
don't need the Verizon connection very often, so this is ideal. And
it really works -- just last Sunday I was checking email and uploading
webpage updates while traveling down I-5 in Oregon (no, my wife was
driving) ... it was slow, but I've got unlimited weekend minutes, you
know. <g>

I realize this doesn't help you with Cingular, but just thought it
might provide some perspective.

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:28:34 GMT, "Patrick" <patrick@patrick.com>
wrote:


don't know about your phone. I have a Nokia 6340i with Cingular that
has an infrared port on it. I installed the driver from Nokia and can
dial anywhere with the maximum sped of 9600 baud. It isn't great, but
it beats 0 baud. Price is right too, costs me nothing except minutes
I use take away from regular minutes.

Thanks for all the great info.
Much appreciated
Patrick

"Patrick" <patrick@patrick.com> wrote in message
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I get is a connect to the Internet. You can get your email from your ISP
the same way you do now. Simply start the Internet connection. Then start
your mail program. It will connect to your ISP's POP mail server, log in as
it does when you use the ISP's dial up connection.