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dathmalus
Posts: 114
Phone Model:
samsung i607, HTC shift
Service Provider:
AT&T |
 
Thu May 25, 2006 5:36 pm |
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does anyone know of any cingular phones that you can connect to your laptop and use as a modem, that you can get around not haveing a data connet plan, any kind of special model or special code i would enter in the phone? id rather not pay $79 even as an employee thats still a bit much. or from another carrier perhaps? any info would help. i may work tech support but i dont know taht much about the phones.
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SmoveAL
Posts: 34
Phone Model:
Treo 650
Service Provider:
Cingualr |
Thu May 25, 2006 11:09 pm |
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i think u abso. need a data plan to use your celli as a moderm. i've tried it with a Razr and it works but you will need the data plan
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Poohbear26
Posts: 32
Phone Model:
W600i
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Fri May 26, 2006 6:54 am |
Any bluetooth phone will allow u to use the phone as a modem, however if u use the phone as a modem to transfer between laptop and phone, that is considered tethering therefore u will need a data connect plan, bc tethering charges can add up very quickly if not careful, and the additional KB rate is not cheap.
KUDOS 
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dathmalus
Posts: 114
Phone Model:
samsung i607, HTC shift
Service Provider:
AT&T |
Fri May 26, 2006 11:34 am |
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yeah i understand that its .01 cents per kilo but is there a way around it, i got my opera mini browser to run off media net data rather than pda connect, im just wondering if there is a way around the data connect as well.
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BigRUSS
Posts: 2124
Phone Model:
two cans ( del monte) and some string,
Service Provider:
RussCo |
Fri May 26, 2006 3:09 pm |
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no way around it as of yet but you can always just get the air card and pay the 59.99 a mo.
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Jadall
Posts: 389
Phone Model:
Nokia 3300,Nokia n-gage, SEt290a
Service Provider:
Cingular |
Fri May 26, 2006 8:14 pm |
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The data plan for a phone is 19.99 for a regular phone unlimited. and tethering it don't ask me if that's "legal" or not probably not as far as that goes. I'm sure if your phone has like tons and tons of data moved on it they might cancel the data plan or something like that on you..
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Monarchs_Cry
Posts: 17 |
Sat May 27, 2006 10:52 pm |
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the data plan attaches a designated isp to you phone which allows you to us as a modem, there for it is a must...even thou i have seen some reps add a isp to the acct just because...even without a data plan.
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steva11
Posts: 1680
Phone Model:
w810i/pearl
Service Provider:
Rogers |
Tue May 30, 2006 3:11 pm |
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you can definitley do it, but cingular doesn't support it on the medianet plan, so if they ever decide to check and charge you, they have every right to.
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streborlc
Posts: 1 |
Wed May 09, 2007 10:59 pm |
YOU DON'T NEED A PLAN---AT LEAST NOT THE HIGH DOLLAR ONE. 4.99 SHOULD DO IT.
Cingular WAP Dial Up Networking Settings
Using your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone as an internet gateway is really easy….if you know how to set it up. Funny thing is that Cingular does not tell you how to use the MediaNet unlimited account I have as an internet gateway, I had to search for an hour or so online to get it working. So, if you are trying to use your mobile phone to connect to the internet and you use Cingular wireless here is how you make it happen.
UPDATE 8/24/06:
I just posted on how to connect your Cingular 8125 or Cingular 2125 to the internet via Bluetooth and Dial-Up Networking (DUN).
1. First you are going to need to setup a Bluetooth connection between your phone and computer. I am not going to get into this, but you should be able to use the built in Bluetooth features of Windows XP (that is what you are using isn’t it?) to “pair” the two devices.
2. Add a new Dial Up Networking (DUN) connection by going to the Start Menu and then right click (use the right mouse button) on My Network Places and then select Preferences.
3. Click the “Create New Connection” link at the top of the left navigation bar. A wizard will pop up. Click the Next button and then select the Connect to Internet and then click the Next button again. Select “Set Up My Connection Manually” and then click next. Select “Connect Using a Dial-Up Modem”.
4. The next window that pops up will show you the modems that are connected to your computer. If you do not see something like “Standard Modem Over Bluetooth Connection” listed there (or however you have connected your phone to the computer), then you will need to go back and get your phone talking to your computer. Select the modem connection over Bluetooth and click next.
5. Type Cingular or whatever you would like to name this connection in the box and click Next.
6. Type *99***1# as the phone number. Yes, that is the phone number.
7. Here is the information to type in the next boxes:
user name: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
password: CINGULAR1
Select the box about using the connection for anyone that uses your computer (unless you don’t want to) and uncheck the second (unless this is your only or default connection).
You should be good to go. Use this connection as any other Dial-Up connection. In the connection properties, you can set the port speed to 230k if you have an EDGE enabled phone, although I have not seen anything close to the 115K that EGDE is supposed to deliver. Let me know if you have any trouble.
Peace.
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Malibu21
Posts: 1002
Phone Model:
V3xx Lightly Modded, V6 Maxx Tweaked nicely.
Service Provider:
The New AT&T |
Sat May 12, 2007 5:22 am |
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Yes, you can teather with a Media Max, I do it when I'm at my second home where there is only dialup, and thats slower than edge, but like Steva said, if they do an audit and see high data usage, they may cut it off. Short of 1 gig plus bandwidth, I think you're alright, a business user can use well over 100 MB a month in data, anyway if you're really worried about it the teather plan is 59.99 like the Aircards.
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