[NTLUG:Discuss] RadioShack Offers $99 Acer Netbook

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On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Carl Haddick <sysmail at glade.net> wrote:

>
> Living in the boonies is nice, but there is no broadband at my home.
> So, I contacted Alltel, my cell phone provider, about what they call
> 'tethering', the practice of using a cell phone as a (slow) broadband
> modem via USB.
>
> Disappointingly, even though I was already paying $30 per month for
> unlimited Internet access, they told me the tethering would not work
> unless I paid another $30 monthly.
>

> The next day I was beaten down.  I wanted the access, so I called back -
> but now the bad news.  Yes, I could pay the extra $30 a month for them
> to turn on tethering, but only if I got a new Treo.  My older Treo isn't
> supported for tethering by the version of PDANet Alltel sells, and the
> CSR said he couldn't sell me the tethering feature.
>
> I think the real problem is my older Treo doesn't support the cell
> company thwarting PDANet, but they told me I was out of luck.
>
> Persistence pays, sometimes, so I asked about downloading PDANet from
> the vendor, the oddly named junefabrics.com.
>
> The nice CSR told me if I did that it would be unsupported.  Hot dog, I
> thought, I live for unsupported!
>
> Next I asked the CSR if I would be violating the terms of my unlimited
> data, using it with unsupported software I went out and found on my own.
> The answer was no, I just wouldn't have Alltel's support if I ran into
> difficulties.
>

I looked into this a couple years ago
My cellco told me I had to buy a cable to use my phone as a wireless
connection for my lappy.

It is a bluetooth device so looked on the mfg site (Nokia) and they
had drivers and apps to do it BT.
I did not need the cable It worked great wire free and purchase free,
but since I am not paying for unlimited data I havent used it beyond
the one test session 2 yrs ago.
0.10 per kilobyte would add up fast. (price may have changed, I dont know)

Even before the outsourcing epidemic, CSR's were limited by their scripts.
So it pays to go to the source when the middle man says no.

....
Like asking mom after dad says no.

[always ask Mr ED]





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