[QUAR] Re: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re: [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint for 3G 'roundthese parts?

[David Korpiewski]

I have a Nokia 6126, which is a pretty basic smartphone.  Anyways, 
through AT&T, I got their unlimited data plan and used that while I was 
away on vacation in Puerto Rico.  I have to tell you it is very slow, 
but when you are out in the middle of nowhere, 28.8k dial up speeds are 
better than nothing.  I racked up 40 megs of bandwidth this way and it 
didn't cost me a cent over my 15 dollars for that month.   Normally it 
is 1 center per kilobyte.



Marcia Yudkin wrote:
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> Matt,
> 
> I have an AT&T 8525 Smartphone and they have instructions
> for using it as a modem for a laptop, so I'm pretty sure
> that that is included in the unlimited data plan.
> 
> Marcia Yudkin
> 
> --- "Matthew S. Crocker" <matthew at corp.crocker.com> wrote:
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>> >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 
>>
>> ----- "andrew bellak" wrote: 
>>> From: "andrew bellak" <andrew at stakeholderscapital.com> 
>>> To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:51:38 AM GMT -05:00
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>>> Subject: using a smartphone as laptop modem - Re:
>> [Hidden-tech] Re: unlocking cell phones - how's Sprint
>> for 3G 'roundthese parts? 
>>> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in
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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. 
>>>
>> 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
>>> (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.) 
>>> ~Jeff 
>>>
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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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>>> Message: 1 
>>> 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 | 
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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? 
>>> 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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