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MikeWaters · 10-25-2007, 08:38 PM

It's pretty cool--I can use my phone as a wireless modem for my Mac (even though the phone is windows mobile). I just measured my speeds, 62 kbps download, 39 kbps upload. So not so fast. But way better than 3kb/s old-school modem.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-25-2007, 08:52 PM

You can use a Sprint phone as a USB-tethered modem for a laptop. 234 kbps both ways. No monthly fee. Connects in seconds.

MikeWaters · 10-25-2007, 08:53 PM

USB? So inelegant. Makes me want to puke.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-25-2007, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

USB? So inelegant. Makes me want to puke.

Yeah, but it's free. And faster.

MikeWaters · 10-25-2007, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Yeah, but it's free. And faster.

How is it free? Your cell phone plan is free?

Jeff Lebowski · 10-25-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

How is it free? Your cell phone plan is free?

No data plan required. Just a basic cell phone contract.

MikeWaters · 10-25-2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

No data plan required. Just a basic cell phone contract.

so in other words a sprint phone that dosn't have a data plan, where you can't check your email, can work as a data modem for free.

is that what you are saying? Hard to believe.

TripletDaddy · 10-25-2007, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

It's pretty cool--I can use my phone as a wireless modem for my Mac (even though the phone is windows mobile). I just measured my speeds, 62 kbps download, 39 kbps upload. So not so fast. But way better than 3kb/s old-school modem.

EDGE is not a TMO function, it is a GSM function. Both TMO and ATT use EDGE.

EDGE is slower than EVDO, but definitely serviceable. EVDO is the CDMA counterpart to GSM's EDGE.

MikeWaters · 10-25-2007, 09:03 PM

I just read that back in 2006 with an alltel phone you could hack Sprint's network and get free data. But I didn't find anything saying Sprint's data from Sprint is free.

Jeff Lebowski · 10-25-2007, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

so in other words a sprint phone that dosn't have a data plan, where you can't check your email, can work as a data modem for free.

is that what you are saying? Hard to believe.

Yes, that is what I am saying.

But I don't want to make you puke, so have fun with your expensive 39 kbps connection. (can electrons even move that slowly? hmmm....)

10-25-2007, 08:38 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I now have t-mobile EDGE It's pretty cool--I can use my phone as a wireless modem for my Mac (even though the phone is windows mobile). I just measured my speeds, 62 kbps download, 39 kbps upload. So not so fast. But way better than 3kb/s old-school modem.

10-25-2007, 08:52 PM	#2
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	You can use a Sprint phone as a USB-tethered modem for a laptop. 234 kbps both ways. No monthly fee. Connects in seconds. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

10-25-2007, 08:53 PM	#3
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	USB? So inelegant. Makes me want to puke.

10-25-2007, 09:03 PM	#9
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I just read that back in 2006 with an alltel phone you could hack Sprint's network and get free data. But I didn't find anything saying Sprint's data from Sprint is free.