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10-23-2008, 04:00 PM
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I've always wanted to be able to. Now I can. It's only 28.8KB speed, but it's pretty reliable and quick. Looks like I can get internet anywhere I have cell service without extra hardware. Awesome!
Anyone else use their cell like this?
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10-23-2008, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus  I've always wanted to be able to. Now I can. It's only 28.8KB speed, but it's pretty reliable and quick. Looks like I can get internet anywhere I have cell service without extra hardware. Awesome!
Anyone else use their cell like this? | How do you actually do this? Cable between the headset jack and the audio in/out of your PC? |
10-23-2008, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by fdeck How do you actually do this? Cable between the headset jack and the audio in/out of your PC? | HAHAHA!!!!
Like this old thing? 
No, it's a data cable and some drivers, and it works great. It is like a dial up connection, though.
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10-23-2008, 05:20 PM
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10-23-2008, 05:38 PM
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10-23-2008, 05:48 PM
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10-23-2008, 06:57 PM
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10-23-2008, 06:59 PM
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10-23-2008, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat Welcome back to 1992. | 1992 was 1200 baud ISA cards that were huge or an external hooked up to the parallel port. 1994 was the year of the 14.4KB/s U.S.Robotics modem.
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10-23-2008, 09:46 PM
| | | | Make sure you are allowed to do this. Some carriers make a clear distinction that data transfer allowances do not imply transfers when used as a modem. There was that story a few months ago about some guy running up tens of thousands of dollars in fees because he was using his phone as an unrestricted modem. He had an unlimited data transfer plan, and thought it was ok. Be wary.... |
10-23-2008, 10:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | My wife does it regularly over her laptop with her AT&T tilt. Speeds are WAY faster than 28.8 though!
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10-23-2008, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DigMe My wife does it regularly over her laptop with her AT&T tilt. Speeds are WAY faster than 28.8 though!
bc | Oh, this is too. The thing is, dialup modems could handle 28.8, but conditions were never perfect enough to sustain that. This thing is fast, but definitely not as fast as my broadband.
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10-23-2008, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus HAHAHA!!!!
Like this old thing?
No, it's a data cable and some drivers, and it works great. It is like a dial up connection, though. | Shall we play a game? 
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10-23-2008, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Modesto, CA | | If you are only getting 28.8 then you are actually using your phone as an analog modem with the tones in the call transmitting information, as far as the carrier is concerned you are just making a phone call.
You can tether your phone and laptop to use the highspeed data connection like 3G or CDMA Rev A. this is usually charged as an extra feature but if you can get into the service and programming menus then you can disable NAI and the network doesnt know whether you are a phone or laptop. They will cut you off if you use more than 5G of data per month.
I am posting from my laptop tethered to my phone as we speak
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10-24-2008, 12:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | Well, jady, I've got a Motorola V9m, got any clues about working with that?
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10-24-2008, 12:04 AM
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10-24-2008, 03:34 AM
|  | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | I've been connecting to the internet from anywhere with GPRS nearly a decade ago.
Now with 3G (UMTS/HSPDA), I connect to the internet with a 2.8mbps bandwidth from anywhere. That's how I still browse Talkbass when I'm at the military base. 
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10-24-2008, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus Well, jady, I've got a Motorola V9m, got any clues about working with that? | I assume you are on verizon?
First off you need to get the pc to recognize the phone as a modem. download the nessicary drivers check the motorola site or the verizon site.
then set up a dial up connection on your pc with this info
phone number: #777
user name: yourphonenumber@vzw3g.com
password: vzw
as long as everything is kosher that should work if not there may be more mods needed.
Check in the device manager and see if it recognizes your phone as a cdma modem after you connect it. you may have to pop out your mem card as well to keep it out of mass storage mode.
let me know if this works.
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10-24-2008, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | I've got US Cellular, but the setup was nearly the same, jady. Thx man.
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10-24-2008, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Trevorus I've got US Cellular, but the setup was nearly the same, jady. Thx man. | did it work?
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