using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re:
unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?
Matthew S. Crocker
matthew at corp.crocker.com
Tue Dec 30 11:37:10 EST 2008
>From my understanding the 'unlimited' data plan on cell phones is to cover data from the cell phone itself. Data through the cell phone to a laptop is not part of the plan and will be billed additional charges.
-Matt
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> What's the deal with limits on using a smartphone as a laptop modem? There's something about the amount a data limit for mobile data using a smartphone vs. a wireless adapter connector for 'regular' computer data transmission?
>
> Because if someone has an unlimited smartphone data plan, it'd be great to use it as a mobile laptop modem even for limited use.
>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jeff Hobbs < jeffehobbs at gmail.com > wrote:
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> If you're just in it for the Google phone, you may want to consider getting a contract-free developer version that you could use on whatever network you choose:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-google-introduces-developer-g1-phones.html
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> (Not that you asked but: At this point, Android as a mobile platform has a lot of promise but it's still pretty rough -- I'd take a hard look at an iPhone as a mobile option as well.)
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> 1. To keep records or not to keep... | CLARIFICATION |
> (DAVID F. FARKAS)
> 2. RE: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these
> parts? (Arlen Collins)
> 3. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese
> parts? ( ussailis at shaysnet.com )
> 4. Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these
> parts? (Chris Hoogendyk)
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> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:39 -0500
> From: "DAVID F. FARKAS" < david at farkas.com >
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] To keep records or not to keep... |
> CLARIFICATION |
> To: < hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >
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> Hi folks...
>
> Thanx for all the ideas for HOW to keep records electronically rather
> than on paper. Some of the ideas on work flow and storage were great!
> I think I need to move to cloud computing for my CRM and apps so I
> can streamline a lot of my report / record keeping process.
>
> BUT... my real dilemma is whether to keep most of the notes at all. I
> ask clients for some photos and I use GoogleEarth pix for maps. But,
> other than contact info and a summary of findings before and after
> the work, I'm not sure why I need to keep all the scribbles from the
> process. They would need to be scanned to be included in electronic records.
>
> UNLESS... there are legal, marketing or other reasons I'm not considering?
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> Since my work is unusual, it is to my advantage to have not records.
> Then nobody can challenge the process... which is esoteric and
> confusing to most people. As a child of the McCarthy era and of our
> litigious era, I'm wondering what advantage / disadvantages there are
> in keeping fewer notes. I can't claim clinician, fiduciary, or legal
> confidentiality either.
>
> Healers in indigenous cultures have clinics where they go from
> patient to patient doing their work and take no notes at all. They
> are not in the western world running a business... so I'm looking for
> a balance.
>
> If any of this makes sense and/or illuminates flashes of insight...
> please pass them along. If it does not... well, you see the problem, eh?
>
> Merry Everything and Happy Always!
> David
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> From: Arlen Collins < acollins at rxemedia.com >
> Subject: RE: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
> 'round these parts?
> To: < andrew at stakeholderscapital.com >, Hidden Tech
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> The good news is that T-Mobile has a decent policy for unlocking phones. When I last checked, they required the phone be on an active plan for 3 months. My brother who lives in Indonesia half the year got them to do it immediately when he got his new phone, but he had been a long term customer. I also travel to Asia nd wanted the flexibility to install SIMs while there. I got a T-Mobile pay as you go quad-band phone. After 3 months they gave me the code. One thing you might want to try is going in and making their unlocking of the phone conditional on your signing up with T-Mobile. It is a competitive business.
>
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:51:15 -0500
> From: andrew at stakeholderscapital.com
> To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> CC:
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'round these parts?
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> Dear HT,
>
> I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone. I plan to switch to T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2 yr. contract.
>
> But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.
>
>
> Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other carrier, ATT. Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility should not be an issue.
>
> I have had a phone unlocked before. I used eBay to find a vendor but would rather do that locally, if possible.
>
>
> Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June 2009, when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited voice, data, & text.
>
> Anybody use Sprint around here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
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> From: " ussailis at shaysnet.com " < ussailis at shaysnet.com >
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
> 'roundthese parts?
> To: site-hidden-tech at sherbang.com , andrew at stakeholderscapital.com ,
> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
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> Another issue is where you plan to use a T-Mobile phone. Not everywhere in
> the Valley, and not at all in some hilltowns.
>
> I have a T-Mobile phone and battle with the problem.
>
> Jim Ussailis
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> jim at nationalwireless.com
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>
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> Original Message:
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> From: Brian Johnson site-hidden-tech at sherbang.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:18:48 -0500
> To: andrew at stakeholderscapital.com , Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
> 'roundthese parts?
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> andrew bellak wrote:
> > Dear HT,
> >
> >
> > I would like to try the new T-Mobile Google phone. I plan to switch
> > to T-Mobile in January from Verizon and get the phone with a 1 or 2
> > yr. contract.
> >
> > But this Verizon phone # is not my primary number, it's my wife's.
> >
> > Therefore, I want to unlock the G-phone so I can use it with my other
> > carrier, ATT. Both ATT & T-Mobile are GSM so I think compatibility
> > should not be an issue.
> >
> > I have had a phone unlocked before. I used eBay to find a vendor but
> > would rather do that locally, if possible.
> >
> > Part two of the plan, is to maybe switch to Sprint from ATT in June
> > 2009, when that plan expires, so I can get the $99 deal: unlimited
> > voice, data, & text.
> >
> > Anybody use Sprint around here?
>
> T-Mobile and AT&T use different 3G frequencies. As a result the G1 will
> work on AT&T but will _not_ do 3G (high speed data).
>
> There is another Google Android phone about to be released in January
> that will work on AT&T's 3G network, but not T-Mobile's. It's the Kogan
> Agora
> http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/android-powered-kogan-agora-3G-mobile-phone/
> This phone is sold unlocked so you wont have to bother with that part.
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> From: Chris Hoogendyk < hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu >
> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G
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> If you want to be socially conscious, go with Credo (used to be Working
> Assets Wireless). They use the sprint network. They currently have a
> deal where you can get a Solio solar recharger along with a phone with a
> 2 year contract. We have used them for years, and everyone in my family
> has their own cell phone line. Every year you can participate in the
> voting to determine what causes profits get contributed to.
>
> Nobody has total coverage, but I've been happy with ours. Ours drops off
> when we go down the hill south of the main shopping areas of
> Northampton. Picks back up if we are high in the building or get back up
> on the main drag. I think the towers are probably on north King Street.
> I actually got coverage once on a southwest facing slope of a mountain
> along the N.H. border of Maine. We were coming over the top after a
> couple of days of backpacking, dead tired, and decided to try and call
> our favorite B&B to see if they had a room available. It worked.
> Leverette is sort of like that. You have to be on the right bend of the
> road for any cell phone to work.
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